{"id":120634,"date":"2025-01-29T08:54:41","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T13:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=120634"},"modified":"2025-01-29T08:54:41","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T13:54:41","slug":"bronny-james-non-garbage-time-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/01\/29\/bronny-james-non-garbage-time-minutes\/","title":{"rendered":"Bronny James\u2019 Non-Garbage Time Minutes Don\u2019t Go Well Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Much of the Lakers offseason chatter from fans involved Bronny James<\/a>. Despite rather pedestrian numbers in his one year at USC, the team selected him with the 55th overall pick. Of course, the Lakers also roster his father, LeBron James<\/a>. Was this a classic case of nepotism having Bronny get drafted<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Seeing much time in the G League, the younger James has only received garbage time minutes when playing for the NBA squad (other than the season opener where the James father\/son combo became the first to play with each other). That was up until yesterday when head coach JJ Redick inserted him into the game in the first quarter.<\/p>\n

Bronny James\u2019 Non-Garbage Time Minutes Don\u2019t Go Well Tuesday<\/h2>\n

Bronny Checked In During The First Quarter On Tuesday<\/h3>\n

On Tuesday, the Lakers faced a undermanned Philadelphia 76ers team. It was far from LA\u2019s best performance as they lost by the score of 118-104. The loss dropped their record to 26-19, fifth-best in the Western Conference.<\/p>\n

Redick made a somewhat surprising substitution in the first quarter. With 4:33 remaining, Bronny entered the game for Austin Reaves<\/a>. It\u2019s a sight that Lakers fans aren\u2019t used to seeing which is Bronny entering a game so early. The Lakers were without Gabe Vincent<\/a>, normally their first guard off the bench. Playing the rest of the opening stanza, he turned the ball over, committed a shooting foul, and missed a three-pointer. Bronny came in with LA leading 18-9. The game ended up being tied after the first 12 minutes.<\/p>\n

Bronny would not play at all in the second quarter and wouldn\u2019t come in again until 2:52 remained in the third quarter. He would also play around eight minutes in the fourth quarter in what was turning into a game that the Lakers had no chance of winning. After previously playing no more than 5:16 in his first 12 NBA outings, the 6-foot-2 guard played 15:26 on Tuesday. The final stat line wasn\u2019t very good. Bronny shot 0-5 from the field (0-3 from beyond the arc) while adding three rebounds, one assist, and three turnovers.<\/p>\n

After the game, Redick gave a blunt comment on how he believed Bronny\u2019s performance went. Per Johan Buha of The Athletic, Redick said,<\/p>\n

\u201cHe didn\u2019t play well.\u201d<\/p>\n

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JJ Redick said he went to Bronny James late in the first quarter to try to provide energy for the group. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe didn\u2019t play well,\u201d Redick acknowledged.<\/p>\n

He noted that Bronny has played well in the G League and stay-ready groups after practice\/shootaround.<\/p>\n

— Jovan Buha (@jovanbuha) January 29, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n