Bronny James made his debut with his other team on Saturday, suiting up for the G League South Bay Lakers’ season opener in front of a sold-out crowd.
Some of those fans included his father LeBron, the rest of their family and teammate Anthony Davis.
As for James’ performance against the Salt Lake City Stars, it was a quiet night. The second-round pick finished with six points on 2-of-9 shooting (0-for-4 from 3-point range) with four assists, three rebounds and five turnovers. He was a minus-one in a 110-96 South Bay win.
The more productive players for South Bay were undrafted free agents Quincy Olivari with 28 points, 10 rebounds and six assists and Maxwell Lewis with 27 points.
It was the first of many games James will play for South Bay while moving between the NBA and G League. It was reported earlier this week the plan is for him to essentially be a home-only player for South Bay, playing games for the team when they’re at the UCLA Health Training Center and joining the Los Angeles Lakers when the G League team is on the road.
It’s about as cheery a gig a G League player can get, which isn’t surprising given that no G League player has the kind of leverage behind him that Bronny does. The Lakers have made it clear they expect his development to be a long-term project, and most of the minutes that effort requires will come in South Bay.
CBS Sports Network's continued coverage of the 2024 college football season features s
On the eve of a hearing that could finally conclude Diamond Sports Group’s long-running bankruptcy process, the picture of which Major League Baseball teams w
Coach Mike McDaniel isn’t worried about former Dolphins player DeShon Elliott questioning the Miami’s mental toughness.
Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald said before practice DK Metcalf would have a limited practice Wednesday, and the receiver sai