For the Lakers, the biggest takeaway this summer is undoubtedly Bronny. With the Lakers' 107-81 win over the Bulls in the NBA Summer League qualifying round, the Lakers also ended this year's Summer League.
It's a shame that Bronny didn't play in this game.
Although he is only a second-round pick with the 55th pick, because Bronny is the son of James, and the Lakers also gave him a four-year, $9.7 million contract. In the Lakers' future team plan, Bronny is the team's development plan.
Therefore, in the NBA Summer League, the Lakers also gave him a lot of playing time. Throughout the summer, including the California Classic and the Las Vegas Summer League, Bronny played 25.2 minutes per game, averaging 7 points, 3.5 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 1 steal and 0.8 blocks per game, shooting 32.7% from the field and 13% from three-point range. In the summer league, Bronny averaged 8.8 points per game while shooting 35 percent from the field, a slight margin from three-point range at 15.8 percent, and a whopping 100 percent from the free-throw line.
Don't doubt Bronny's stats, in fact, his stats are better than the NBA charts.
In the summer league, he averaged 5.5 points per game while shooting just 19.1 percent from the field, 11.8 percent from three-point range, and 50 percent from the free throw line. In contrast, Bronny's stats are obviously much better, and as James's son, Bronny is under even more pressure than the top pick in terms of attention.
On the one hand, he has to adjust his mentality, and on the other hand, he has to adjust his playing state. In fact, in the last two games, he scored double-doubles, scoring 12 and 13 points respectively, and the team also won both games.
For James, the first person in the NBA, he is actually very satisfied with Bronny's performance, both on the offensive end and on the defensive end. After all, Bronny is only 20 years old, and there is still a lot of room for improvement in the future. Next season, we'll also see James and Bronny make history playing together in the NBA.