Bronny James on his rookie season: 'I see the progress'

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But was the 20-year-old, 6-foot-2 shooting guard standing in front his locker, shaking my hand and making jokes, the same basketball player I saw just five months ago join LeBron James, the league’s all-time leading scorer and proverbial “face of the NBA” for more than a decade, as the only father-son duo to play in the same game in NBA history? No, I can’t say he was the same. This version of Bronny James is better. “I definitely think I’ve improved, not only as a player, but just having a different mindset as a player to go out and play my game and play the game that I know how to play,” he said. “I feel really good about it — I see the progress.”
Source: New York Times

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“I saw consistency coming (before that Cleveland trip), and that’s like the biggest thing I’ve been criticized about for a minute, just being consistent as a player,” Bronny said. “I started to see that, and it kind of drove you to (consider that), well, maybe these people don’t think that I could be consistent as a player, be a good player, produce as a player. So just seeing those numbers and seeing myself on film, I believed in myself more, and that boosted my confidence. That little Cleveland stretch definitely sparked a little something.” In our talk, it was Bronny who first brought up the criticism. Because of who he is, and the history he and his father made, and his draft and contract status, Bronny was always going to have a brighter spotlight on him than any other late second-round pick (or even front-runners for Rookie of the Year or the No. 1 pick in last year’s draft, for that matter). -via New York Times / March 20, 2025​

As of this writing, Bronny appeared in 20 NBA games for the Lakers, averaging 1.7 points and shooting just 26 percent from the field in about five minutes per game. Now, if you haven’t seen him, you may be thinking, “This is an improvement?” Hold on a sec. In a recent, close loss to the Denver Nuggets, the Lakers were without several of their rotation players, including Bronny’s dad and new Lakers superstar Luka Dončić. Coach JJ Redick turned to Bronny for 16 game minutes, and though he made just one of the five shots he took, his bucket was a crucial 3-pointer in a pressure situation. He also got to the foul line and turned in a steal. “It’s great that JJ had the level of trust to throw him into a big game the other night at Denver, which is a tough place to play, and he got in the game, made a couple defensive plays, made a corner 3, and I think that’s what he prides himself in is the 3-and-D type of archetype,” Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka said. -via New York Times / March 20, 2025​

Dave McMenamin: Bronny James speaks on his development this year: “Putting in work behind the scenes, it’s just been very good for me … I can see improvement and it’s been going well for me” pic.x.com/7NOF5Sbw1S -via Twitter @mcten / March 15, 2025​

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