Los Angeles Lakers rookie guard Bronny James will journey with the South Bay Lakers to make his street G League debut Thursday in opposition to the Valley Suns in Tempe, Ariz., sources advised ESPN.
The Lakers’ No. 55 decide has performed in three G League video games — all at dwelling. James is averaging 8.7 factors on 29.4% taking pictures, 3.0 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 1.0 steals and 1.0 blocks.
He’s coming off his strongest exhibiting with South Bay, scoring 16 factors on 6-for-15 taking pictures with 4 rebounds and two assists in 22 minutes in a win over the San Diego Clippers on Saturday.
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James, 20, was lately sidelined for a number of weeks whereas coping with a bone bruise in his left heel. The group was cautious in James’ restoration, sources advised ESPN on Wednesday, as a result of the heel harm was affecting the identical leg that required left knee surgical procedure to restore a torn meniscus when he was in highschool.
Joey Buss, South Bay’s president and CEO, advised ESPN final month that James’ break up allegiances between the Lakers and their G League affiliate weren’t set in stone.
“That is going to be fluid,” Buss advised ESPN. “We’ll do what’s greatest for his growth. There’s going to be a variety of issues that we do for all of the task gamers, and selections are made primarily based off the place they’re, primarily based off the harm standing, primarily based off what number of our bodies they want for observe. There’s a variety of variables. So nothing distinctive for Bronny. He is simply sort of in that system.”
The Lakers don’t play once more till Friday on the street in opposition to the Minnesota Timberwolves, so James might theoretically play in Tempe on Thursday and be known as again as much as be a part of L.A. on Friday in Minneapolis.
James’ father, LeBron, missed Wednesday’s observe due to private causes, in accordance with coach JJ Redick.
