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'I'm looking forward to any basketball' - Bronny James on summer ball & G League | SportsCenter
Dave McMenamin joins SportsCenter to detail Bronny James' performance in summer league thus far. Then, Jonathan Givoney talks through Zaccharie Risacher and Alex Sarr making their summer league debuts for the Wizards and Hawks.
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His dad had completely ruined his confidence by rushing him into this
@MangoTroubles-007
Ай бұрын
He was never that good He didn't even average 20ppg his senior year in high school
@criticalthought4910
Ай бұрын
His confidence isn't ruined yours is. He wasn't rushed, this was his dream.
@user-jc3pl3de8b
Ай бұрын
@criticalthought4910 his dream was getting cooked by guys 3 levels above him dude couldn't even average 20ppg in high school and averaged like 5 ppg in college he's not ready and got rushed into the big leagues Edit: to put it into perspective lamelo averaged over 20ppg at 13/14 years old vs seniors and top talent bronny has never put up 20ppg that's the difference between nba talent and bronny
@Vito_Caligiuri
Ай бұрын
@@criticalthought4910his dream was rushed by his selfish father.
@jamartramel
Ай бұрын
What!?
So he shooting 0-13 0% from 3 in 3 games! How he getting better? Yall getting like the government, just be lying!
@SuaveCityGear
Ай бұрын
All SCRIPTED 😂 💯
@bayarearacing408
Ай бұрын
and thats is what we call: Bronnomics!
@taylorwoah6322
Ай бұрын
Screaming 😂😂😂
Lmao bro already know his dad finna trade him😂😂😂😂
There is no greater example of the media thinking fans are stupid. Everyone knows he’s not gonna make it and it’s not as much his fault as Bron’s.
@urbaindelva7869
Ай бұрын
How do we know he's not gonna make it? He's not even halfway through his first year yet.
@Dawg476
Ай бұрын
@@urbaindelva7869 Because we got eyes bro
@WhtMike2006
Ай бұрын
@@urbaindelva7869eyeballs. He’s just not an nba caliber player. It is what it is. Wasn’t an amazing player in college or even in high school. It’s only going to get harder for him because this is just the G league.
@mikelmoon100
Ай бұрын
He has not even started his first NBA season yet. It is NBA Summer League. 😆 Summer League results (whether bad or good) are usually not indicative of performances in the Season.
@Vito_Caligiuri
Ай бұрын
@@mikelmoon100if he was mediocre in college, and below mediocre in summer league, he won’t be able to play in the regular season.
Where's the aggression from Bronny? The kid has been so privileged his life that he doesn't understand how to go get it
@3DSteezyOFFICIAL
Ай бұрын
Bro had a heart attack and collapsed while hooping a couple years ago…. Gotta be scary trynna play hard but not pass out 💭
What's wild is a 3 and D player going 0-8 and finishing -9 in Summer League, but continue with the clown show 😂
@BMR_Official
Ай бұрын
alot of nba players and star players usually don’t do good in summer league what Bronny does in the nba matters
@bc_qbeval
Ай бұрын
All great shooters go thru slumps. Klay shot 0-10 in an elimination game.
@sunshinehwy
Ай бұрын
@@BMR_Official Excuses
@lando24k51
Ай бұрын
The whole starting lineup was -11
@arthasmenethil4297
Ай бұрын
@@BMR_Official if he is the worst player on the court in the g league. How the hell is he going to make any impact on an nba floor. He makes Thanasis look like MJ. Homelander JR is not good at basketball and that’s ok. Only 400 people on the planet are im sure he has other talents.
It's more than obvious Bronny's BBIQ and skill level have been hyped up. Bronny should have come into the NBA on the humble instead of having his father and Klutch Sports hype him up more than any other 2024 NBA draft pick. Scottie Pippen Jr would have been the perfect blueprint of a NBA star's son coming into the NBA and earning everything he gets. Guard Boogie Ellis, who actually started in the backcourt at USC, would have been a better second round pick for the Lakers while brining Bronny in on a two way contract. But LBJ's ego wouldn't allow that to happen. LBJ's had to have Bronny hogging the media spotlight from other 2024 draft picks who have actually earned the right to be recognized based on their basketball related particulars.
@criticalthought4910
Ай бұрын
No need for weird rambling paragraphs over a 55th pick who's playing summer league. Invest that energy into your own life
@RafiqWashington-tx7id
Ай бұрын
@@criticalthought4910 He's trash
Man, I could put up 12 misses from 3pt range...
@212keith
Ай бұрын
And airball all 12
@bigdripbobz1072
Ай бұрын
Same bro same, but even then it requires effort to miss that much in a row for me, I haven't missed that much in a row in a while. Not sayin I'm better than bronny at shooting lol, but haven't missed that much in a row prolly since my young days. And if I'm playing nba comp ofc I'll be more careful on my shot selection, I'll try to only take them when I'm considerably open, and trust me I'll def hit 1 of 12. I'm not the type of guy in all honesty to go that cold and miss all 12 lol
@bigdripbobz1072
Ай бұрын
In humble honesty Im just saying I'm not better and would fare well in nba comp overall, but i just believe I can score here and there given the right spot ups (and not go 0/12 from 3 lol). If I go 0/12, I'm acc never going to sleep. That's just embarrassing on a personal level to me.
@warlockmagic3416
Ай бұрын
Me too, can I get a roster spot and 8 mil a year?? Please, I'll get "better" I promise. Lol you can even change my last name to James.
@warlockmagic3416
Ай бұрын
@@bigdripbobz1072it wouldn't matter if you did, that's still worthy of 8 mil a year and constant media meat riding attention. 😂
"Man Bronny definitely better than some of these cats I've been watching on league pass today."-LeBron James; Lakers vs Rockets Summer League. Reed Sheppard 23 pts (30 min) Bronny James 8 pts (27 min); couldn't guard Sheppard. ESPN- Bronny James highlights. It's a circus.
@sumyungguy6818
Ай бұрын
Twenty more years of no titles while Boston slowly pulls away.
@damianpresha9833
Ай бұрын
@@sumyungguy6818Boston not going nowhere we good.
@Easternworld420
Ай бұрын
@@damianpresha9833”Boston not going anywhere” they just won and have the best team in the league. Why are Lakers fans so far up their own a__? Y’all are HILARIOUS, broken brains from too much Hollywood consumerism
@damianpresha9833
Ай бұрын
@@Easternworld420 Boston been super elite since Isiah Thomas but just now broke through again. I'm not super concerned with nothing they do.
@Easternworld420
Ай бұрын
@@damianpresha9833 they literally just WON LOLLLL 🤣😂😂🤣 do you hear yourself?
Bronny is about to become the first nba player to retire before his dad
@bluebluefort5676
Ай бұрын
This was a funny comment
@urbaindelva7869
Ай бұрын
Right, because he'll just quit when his father walks away, right? Stop it.
@Jeffgordonfan24hesthegoat
Ай бұрын
💀
@7505hynz
Ай бұрын
@@urbaindelva7869
This is exactly what any scout telling the truth was saying about bronny yet media continues to gas light.
bronny took an opportunity away from another, more deserving kid - plain and simple
@TrunxKraft3000
Ай бұрын
Yeah, Bronny is an evil, mean guy.
@damianpresha9833
Ай бұрын
Who ? The Lakers drafted him get over it
Bronny just need to turn into Teen Wolf!!!
@7505hynz
Ай бұрын
Michael J Fox with Parkinson’s can ball up this Bronny fool
I feel bad for the kid because he seems like a nice guy and he has some talent but this is all his fathers fault, this isn’t some business where you can slide a family member in who has no experience and you can hide them. This kid has to do that work and nobody can hide him it’s either you’re good enough or not. His father wants to be glorified so nobody especially matters not even his son who claimed he doesn’t wanna play with his father. Sad actually
@CSmoothh
Ай бұрын
I fault LeBron and Rich Paul for putting Bronny in this position. How do you not foresee that getting your son drafted, when he averaged 5 pts 3 reb 2 ast in college, on a team on which he didn't even start, that this would be controversial? Now he has this pressure and magnifying glass on his game that he wouldn't have had if he had stayed in college
@RobertEcheverriaIII
Ай бұрын
why feel bad ? Lebrons son put in the work and overcame his heart setback. He has the tools tol be a solid player in the league. He can play defense. Which is a solid foundation along with his genetics and potential. Not to mention his father is an amazing player and teammate. Lebron will help him along his nba journey and you have 0 clue what that means to either of them.
@derekhayter4879
Ай бұрын
Bronny is not on the Lakers to play. He is there to make his dad stays with the Lakers.
@albertosvj
Ай бұрын
@@derekhayter4879 i think he will bring a lot of media too. It's just very proffitable
@CSmoothh
Ай бұрын
@@RobertEcheverriaIII I personally feel bad for him because no player should be going through this level of scrutiny in the developmental stages of their career. THE ONLY reason he's getting this criticism is because he got drafted into the NBA. 1) coming off a heart scare. 2) Averaging 5 pts 3 ast 2 reb on a losing team on which he didn't start and people know that no other player would've gotten drafted from those circumstances but his father forced the issue. Bronny would've been more respected coming in as an undrafted free agent or staying in college and improving his game to the point where he became a legitimate top prospect sought after by multiple organizations. Now he's forced to grow up before he needed too and he's under a magnifying glass because of the way he entered the league
The amount of special treatment yall give this man is despicable. You would never ever talk so positively about someone else in a similar position not named bronny. Yall would call them bums and dismiss them.
@silvergold2140
Ай бұрын
They are scared their boss lbj will fire them
Nepotism and pot stirring at its finest, obsess over the 55th pick like no one else exists
@Keepit_100
Ай бұрын
I said the same when mj went to baseball
Waste of a contract 4 years on a 2nd round pick. I’m all for opportunity but he could have went undrafted so he can feel the grind and give someone else an opportunity who actually played hard in college and didn’t have opportunities given.
@urbaindelva7869
Ай бұрын
If someone else was in Bronny's position, and he was better than them, what makes you think that they would step aside for him? Do you think players are really concerned about the careers of other players?
@birdzviews
Ай бұрын
@@urbaindelva7869 I’m talking about the front office, he could still get an opportunity as an undrafted rookie. But to average 4pts and land a long term deal as a 55th 2nd rounder is unheard of. There players undrafted that were top tier in college.
@healthfadsfade
Ай бұрын
@@birdzviews I’m a Mavs fan and I met Brandon Williams it is sad to see. Williams is 5xthe player Bronny is and LBJjr doesn’t even need the money. I’m sure there are 300 other players in a similar boat
@birdzviews
Ай бұрын
@@healthfadsfade big facts
I’m glad to hear it. I’m looking for a backup point guard for my YMCA league team. Tryouts are next Tuesday.
Bronny is 0-12 from three point range so far in the summer league and 6-26 shooting ( 23% FG) overall? He made those threes at the combine and in videos shooting in a gym with nobody guarding him! 🤣🤣
@nbagoats4819
Ай бұрын
He's just a little nervous and keep in mind EVERYONE is gunning for him. Don't worry, he's about to turn it on. Once that happens its over.
@philb.1502
Ай бұрын
@nbagoats4819 I counted FOUR wide open threes with nobody guarding him that he just bricked in the last summer league game. This everyone is gunning for him narrative is silly.
@veryloudcrepes3956
Ай бұрын
@@nbagoats4819bruh did you not watch the game yesterday, man he was layering bricks, he had multiple open 3’s and missed. If he can’t score on summer league rookies and g leaguers, he not scoring on real nba defense.
@nbagoats4819
Ай бұрын
@@veryloudcrepes3956 Don't focus so much on offense. Learn to focus on defense and you will began to appreciate him more. His defense is star material.💪
@dedicated1228
Ай бұрын
Include the combine, he shot horrible there. Like 1-20 from three
bronny james is making summer league ineresting. hahahah. i love it
Bronny's gotta tighten up on the man2man defense. They are creating too much space against him and without that his stay in the NBA will be a miserable one
@treyvonlewis3511
Ай бұрын
can't even imagine what luka or trae young would do to him
@JamesDaniel217
Ай бұрын
His defense is what hes beat at, hes already better than most in the nba, u smoking
@1RobertSmith
Ай бұрын
@@JamesDaniel217 Watch that game against Houston,, the ball handlers were slipping away from him a few times
Any basketball so college basketball isn’t any basketball?
@damianpresha9833
Ай бұрын
G-league is better
What happened to the 40 inch vert?
@212keith
Ай бұрын
Did he not windmill in warmups or i missed that?
@rickbrees3297
Ай бұрын
Caught a pass near the basket, jump stopped into a two footed vertical dunk. Vertical is not the issue
@youngnas15
Ай бұрын
A more accurate/relevant comment would be “What happened to the 19/25 3 point shooting in combine?” His vertical is elite his passing is average his shooting sucks he’s small and his handles are below average. Vertical isn’t the issue
THE LAKERS SHOULD HAVE DRAFTED BOOGIE ELLIS
Dude looked like me playing church league against the team where everyone’s over 6’4” and played HS or college ball.
You never know the kid might improve within a year or three if he is given a chance. He can even play in the Euro league or PR league.
@TavaraTheLaughingLion
Ай бұрын
Puerto Rican league?
Bronny is the next Jordan Poole 🤣⛳
@SuaveCityGear
Ай бұрын
😂😂
@cafelatte1124
Ай бұрын
Jokes aside, that's still a nonsense. Jordan Poole actually impacted Warriors winning finals and then fell off. Bronny is nowhere even close to that.
@mryup6100
Ай бұрын
For Bronny that would be a dream
@kjdaman27
Ай бұрын
😂😂😂
@kjdaman27
Ай бұрын
Jordan Poole got more skill than Bronny
Should've done a second year at USC
Media making him lose His confidence🤙🏽🤙🏽
Didn’t even mention Reed Sheppard I hate ESPN !
Bronny should’ve stayed one more year at USC and played a full season of college basketball.
Wait for the national media people like Windhorst to tell you its not allowed to say he plays poorly 😂
I actually hope he makes it because I don't think I've ever seen so many people against 1 person.
@nothembajozi2862
Ай бұрын
Wisdom.
@deni8814
Ай бұрын
His easy road to NBA is what people don't like
@mrvroom188
Ай бұрын
blame ESPN
@RickRijuanaPro
Ай бұрын
@@deni8814 Very true.
@MrJoec68
Ай бұрын
No one is against him, just be honest he's where he is because of his father. People pointing out that he's not very isn't being against him it's called being honest. Honestly he shouldn't be on an NBA team , maybe the G league but he's getting paid well so don't worry about him
How can yall be critical of the number 1 and 2 picks but suck bronny you know what
Espn giving Bronny that hawk tuh after dropping 8 pts.
I'll say this about Bronny he can dunk, so maybe he'll do what his dad never has "enter a dunk contest"
Bronny got a career in bricklaying
They way this guys talk about Bronny is like he’s a super star in the making and the guys that ata scoring 20+ pts a game are some bums he needs to talk about because they need to fill some dead space on tv. What a circus
DiAngelo Ball was a better player coming into the league.
Why are The ESPN lames talking about a player who didn't earned his spot
Bronny need to be playing at a rec league. His father really exploiting him all because he's in competiton with Jordan and to say that his son made the NBA over Jordan son
ESPN is going to wear us out with these same Bronny highlights
btw everyone knows he's going to play game one of the season just so Lebron can say '' I played with my son in the NBA and make a documentary about it ''
The Lakers could have paid me 250,000, and I would have been putting up those same numbers
J. Lin right now is better than Clowney James
This is why NBA is dying. Instead of promoting future stars, they focus on mediocre.
6 for 26 in 3 games! Not bad at all,, he truly belongs here in Hollywood!
Putting up bricks
During the draft combine ESPN analyst quote he shot an impressive 19out of 25 they kept saying it over and over now reality 0 for 12
He's 6'1 and can't dribble the ball?? He has no handle. You see, the other summer league dude just rip the ball from him. Bronny isn't an NBA player.
Why is Bronny getting so many minutes to play 🤨
@OrangeJungle
Ай бұрын
Becuz he’s one of the draft picks 😂😂 pretty sure there’s only one other person who was a draft pick. If I’m a team I’m definitely playing my draft picks in a summer league game
Lebron James Jr. , also known as Bronny was driving a Lamborghini when he was 16 to high school, its hard for a teen like that be hungry to make it in the NBA, this is a feel good story , thats not feeling so good right now. I just hope that this doesn't drive him to alcoholism or drugs, he's going to have something to ease the pain of this reality.
I never heard reporters talking about a 55th pick who's shooting horribly and too small to guard anyone, but still saying the SL coach saying "hes going to iave a long career" wow. This is the first
He didn't say, "I'm looking forward to playing any basketball. ".... He said, "I'm just looking forward to playing basketball." smfh
They wasted a whole spot for lebrons kid smh
Bronny was absolutely not ready at all for the nba.
The positive. Bronny’s 3-point percentage hasn’t decreased.
The kid had unlimited resources to focus on basketball and he averaged 4 points a game in college
Bronny keep believing in yourself. Much Love to you kid. I see greatness in you. Always keep your head up. ❤
Wasted pick
@kjthomas4553
Ай бұрын
No it’s not
1:47 a shot chart? really? for someone who shot 6-26...special treatment in full effect
These guys just said he flashed defensively because he has some steals
@mrs.lovely8527
Ай бұрын
He also has become more aggressive which is what he needed to work on. It's only been a couple of weeks and people expected him to be on Lebron's level in that short amount of time. You'll are weird😂
@youtubeguy9316
Ай бұрын
@@mrs.lovely8527 so playing this horrible means he can’t be talked about? If he was playing good you,him his dad and his lame agent rich paul would be talking like they just hit a walk off home run in the World Series. You and whatever group of people that want to defend this horrible play are the real weird ones. Let me guess your come back could you beat him? 😂😂😂😂
Well the g league will welcome u with open arms!😂😂😂
2nd coming of MJ?
Let the kid grow Jesus Christ Yall weird for being on his sack seriously
Liar. If playing and getting better were his priority, he would have stated in college another year ….
I’m glad he’s pullin shots
Missing so many open threes and barely knocking down any free throws is crazy work.
ESPN obsession over Bronny... even for triple single.
Bronny "D league" james😂
I've seen enough / induct him to the hall of fame already!😊
That’s why it’s called G league people Everyone isn’t as gifted as a LeBron or Kyrie
You’re a point guard and you only made one shot outside the paint in 3 games is horrific
BRONNY JAMES IS "SPACE JAM" IN THE NBA
LeBron ought to be ASHAMED of himself, not for trying to help him out but holding an entire organization hostage!!! He knows darn well he is NOT NBA MATERIAL!!!!! BASKETBALL IS NOT FOR HIM. But his younger son is going to be THE ONE!!!! LEBRON PLEASE STOP TRYING TO MAKE HIM BE WHAT YOU WANT HIM TO BE. LET HIM CHOOSE HIS OWN CAREER WITHOUT YOUR INTERFERENCE. STOP IT BEFORE YOU RUIN HIS LIFE!!!!!
Yall wrong, Bronny gunna be top 5 in a few years. Hes already better than most the class, why he gotta play hard in summer league?? Yall crazy
@AlexR0w
Ай бұрын
Top 5??? Based on what?
I actually had the opportunity to watch Alex Sarr at OTE and attend some private workouts. I don't know what he will become, but I know for a fact that he's significantly better right now than Bronny will [likely] ever be. ESPN has done such a terrible job of promoting potential stars of this league, repeatedly propping up this mediocre player simply because he is LeBron's son. I have never in my life seen mediocrity propped up so much in my three-plus decades of watching sports.
Shanghai Sharks founds their new superstar point guard.
Same day yesterday, the number 53 pick, Jaylen Clark, scored 2 points (1 of 9 shooting)for the Minnesota Timberwolves..but we only want to bash LeBron's kid. I wish you the best bashing a 18-year old millionaire 😂
So Lakers paid almost 10Mil to draft this kid with zero game as a practice guy for G League that is the Goal? U can try to Spin how U want but. Lakers and Bron is making a Mockery out the NBA.🤮🤮🤮
They covering bruh like he the number overall pick
Spoken like a true Pro-G-Leaguer
What LeBron is doing to this kid is unfair. He is clearly not ready for the NBA. That is not a parent’s job to put so much pressure on your kid.
Bryce is the brother with some NBA talent. This dudes a average street player.
Mcmenamin and Bontemps been reporting like CNN correspondent lately.. it's weird 😂😂
Dear Bronny, regardless of whatever way the decision was made, regardless if you feel it was right or wrong. Make the decision to be the best that you can be from here on out and use the support around you as the tool it is... my son and i are rooting for you fam... use the doubt as fuel and remember fuel evaporates after use! Stay strong, Learn, And improve. on & off the court. Yourz truly, support!
Hear that Lakers fans, he's gonna have a looooooooong career. He's "flashed" defensively, but also done bad defensively. If that makes sense. Oh and here is his shot chart. Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxoxxxxxxxxxxxxxxoxxxxxxxxxxxxo a lot of hugs, not many kisses. At this point I feel bad for him and everyone else watching. He was clearly not ready and then the contract signing makes it that much worse. I feel the best thing to have done. Was have him go Undrafted and then keep him with the G-League and be quiet about him.. Leave him alone and let him develop at his own pace.. then if he can make it, cool.. If not, that's okay too. But they wouldn't have had to make it a circus. I honestly hate to have to say anything bad about the young man. The media gives us literally no choice but to be critical. Because all they wanna do is blow constant smoke.. just at least stop blowing him up and constantly meat riding him in the media..
What about Terrence Shannon Jr? He looks ready & way more confident in his game than this person.
then get ready for pick-up basketball after your 9-5, after your contract expires bruh 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@kevinwoods9274
Ай бұрын
9-5? He already signed a contract making more money than most people make in multiple lifetimes
@RealKingGrizz
Ай бұрын
@@kevinwoods9274it’s ragebait bro don’t fall for it 😭😂😂
@hooligan5381
Ай бұрын
even at his worst he accomplished more than you'll ever achieve in your life 😂
@thanos8914
Ай бұрын
@@hooligan5381using another man’s status as a comeback is legendary pathetic 😂
@yahikotargaryen
Ай бұрын
ain’t nothing wrong with s 9-5, jit trash but even without that contract he been rich bro lol
Bronny will set a new record in the NBA 😅
I know his dad was embarrassed asf, ruined the James’ Legacy🏀
I think ol boy for the hawks gone be a poor man's klay Thompson
With his CBA level height and speed, if he cannot even make 3s he is much worse than Ben Simmons
Bronny just doesn't have the skills. He can't pass, dribble, or shoot at an NBA level. He's 6'1. He does play hard on defense, and he's athletic. His skills are way behind his athleticism.
Get him out the league. The only nba floor he needs to be on is as the janitor.
They tlk about the #55 pick...a g league player...before the #1 pick???????
A few more terrible games and that's a wrap. It's over. Time to stop.
just loosen up Bronny!!
He’s not ready for nba
The minute Lebron retire he better go back to being a streamer 😂