Lakers Won't 'Force-Feed' Bronny James Minutes at Expense of Successhttps://t.co/QSwWoNbjtR via @BleacherReport
— LakerTom (@LakerTom) October 24, 2024
Rookie guard Bronny James played three minutes in the Los Angeles Lakers’ season-opening win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday, but that reportedly doesn’t mean he will receive regular playing time moving forward.
According to ESPN’s Jeremy Woo, it will be a surprise if Bronny getting consistent usage “becomes the norm” since the Lakers aren’t likely to “force-feed him meaningful minutes at the expense of team success.”
Bronny, who is the son of Lakers star and NBA legend LeBron James, was selected by the Lakers with the No. 55 overall pick in the second round of the 2024 NBA draft.
Bronny Haters are just LeBron haters.
But they already force fed him some unearned minutes. Bronny apologists are just Lebron apologists.
I’m a “He’s a late second rounder let him develop”er. Like, honestly, all this drama is a creation of the media, not the Lakers or the James family. They did the right thing getting history out of the way. Once he scores a basket, or even if he doesn’t for many days or weeks, the only storyline IO care about is if he’s improving on a week to week basis. If he does, great, good pick. If he doesn’t, whatever, he was a late second rounder. How are the dudes behind him playing? Nobody even knows who they are without looking it up.
Out of curiosity, I looked it up:
56th pick (traded to Knicks) Kevin McCullar Jr. – DNP, knee
57th pick (traded to Raptors) Ulrich Chomche 4 minutes played, 1-1 2 points, Raptors got blown out, played in garbage time
58th pick (traded to Knicks) Ariel Hukporti, 6 minutes played 0-0, 4 rebounds and a block, Knicks were also blown out, played in garbage time
I ain’t mad at any of that. They’re all projects. Move on, planet Earth.