After struggling in his Summer time League debut, Los Angeles Lakers second-round decide Bronny James didn’t go well with up for the workforce’s subsequent recreation as a consequence of knee swelling.
Lakers reporter Mike Trudell posted on X that James is coping with “hint swelling” in his left knee, and he was held out of the back-to-back towards the Golden State Warriors for precautionary causes.
Lakers followers shouldn’t wait lengthy to see James again on the court docket, although, as he’s anticipated to play in Wednesday’s last California Basic Recreation towards the Miami Warmth.
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James, who the Lakers took with the No. 55 decide on this yr’s NBA Draft, bought the beginning in his first skilled motion on Saturday night time. Nonetheless, he didn’t have the best efficiency within the 108-94 loss to the Sacramento Kings.
James shot simply 2 of 9 for 4 factors with two rebounds and two assists over 22 minutes on the court docket. He missed all three of his three-point photographs, and he couldn’t hit both of his two free throws.
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On the defensive finish, James collected his first steal of the Summer time League, although he posted a minus-15 when he was on the ground.
Dalton Knecht, the Lakers’ first-round select of Tennessee, additionally struggled for Los Angeles. He shot 3 of 12 however went 5 of 9 from the charity stripe for 12 whole factors over 26 minutes.
The Lakers’ prime performer got here off the bench as ahead Blake Hinson had 17 factors after draining 5 of seven of his 3-pointers and hitting his two free throws.
This is only one recreation for the younger James, son of famous person LeBron James, who’s in Las Vegas getting ready for the Paris Olympics together with his Workforce USA squad.
James famous throughout his introductory press convention that he didn’t get “that a lot of a chance” to “showcase what I can actually do” throughout his freshman season at USC. He averaged lower than 5 factors per recreation after getting a late begin to his school profession as a consequence of a cardiac arrest he suffered whereas figuring out with the workforce in July.
James had surgical procedure to restore a congenital coronary heart defect.
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Now, James seems to be to silence the naysayers and doubters who didn’t consider he ought to’ve been drafted this yr. These video games are all about growth, and in response to ESPN, James ought to be spending a lot of the yr within the G League with the South Bay Lakers.
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