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SI:AM | Bronny James Struggles in First Meaningful Lakers Playing Time

Bronny James 在湖人首場重要出賽中表現掙扎

‘Maybe [I] put him in a tough spot,’ coach JJ Redick conceded.

「也許我讓他處於一個艱難的處境，」教練 JJ Redick 承認。

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This isn’t the G-League

這裡不是 G-League

Los Angeles Lakers rookie Bronny James received the first significant playing ti
me of his NBA career on Tuesday—and it didn’t go well.

洛杉磯湖人隊的新秀 Bronny James 週二迎來了 NBA 生涯中首次重要的上場時間——結果
並不理想。

James, the No. 55 pick in the most recent NBA draft, has shuttled between the La
kers and their G-League affiliate this season, seeing only minimal and infrequen
t playing time with the big club. Tuesday night’s game on the road against the
Philadelphia 76ers was James’s 13th NBA appearance. The previous 12 had been en
tirely unremarkable. Aside from a brief, largely ceremonial second-quarter cameo
 in the season opener in which he and LeBron James became the first father-son d
uo in NBA history to share the court, every one of Bronny’s NBA appearances had
 come in the fourth quarter of a blowout. He scored four total points (0.3 per g
ame) and never played more than five minutes.



Then came Tuesday. The Lakers recalled James from the G-League on Monday and coa
ch JJ Redick inserted him into his rotation for the game against the Sixers. It
didn’t go well. James played a little more than 15 minutes and did not score a
point, going 0-for-5 from the floor (0-for-3 from three). He had one assist, tur
ned the ball over three times and was repeatedly cooked on the defensive end by
Sixers star Tyrese Maxey, who went off for 43 points, two shy of a season high,
as the Sixers won 118–104 to snap the Lakers’ four-game winning streak.



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It was a rough night overall for the Lakers, who lost Anthony Davis in the first
 quarter to what the team is calling an abdominal strain. Gabe Vincent, the team
’s backup point guard, missed his second straight game with a left knee injury,
 necessitating Bronny’s addition to the rotation.



Redick decided to give Vincent’s minutes to James, rather than veteran Shake Mi
lton, who saw his most extensive playing time with the Lakers the previous night
 against the Charlotte Hornets. But Redick conceded that it probably wasn’t the
 right call to feature James so heavily.



“Maybe [I] put him in a tough spot,” Redick told reporters. “Flying up yester
day, nationally televised game in Philly and all that stuff. He didn’t play wel
l, but he’s been playing great in the stay-ready games, and he’s been playing
great in the G [League].”



James has been playing well for the Lakers’ G-League affiliate. He had 31 point
s on 10-of-22 shooting in a game on Friday, but the Sixers are a big step up fro
m the Rip City Remix, and that gap was evident in how Bronny struggled on Tuesda
y. Still, LeBron saw some promise in Bronny’s first big NBA opportunity.


k. That was good,” the elder James said. “Obviously missed his shots. It’s ju
st about him just getting more and more comfortable. It’s his first extensive m
inutes with us.

「他有一次成功突破防線，找到 Jaxson [Hayes] 完成了一記灌籃，那很好，」LeBron 說
。「當然，他沒能投進球，但這只是讓他逐漸適應的過程。這是他首次長時間與我們一起出
戰。

“We had that first game where it was just a moment, and it was a great moment,
but tonight was his first opportunity to be with the big guys, the big club. He
’s going to continue to use that to get better and better, just like the first
time he played with the G League.”



You might be able to chalk up some of Bronny’s struggles on Tuesday to nerves a
nd inexperience—things like a pair of missed open three-pointers, having his sh
ot blocked after driving into a crowd of defenders and forcing ill-advised passe
s after leaving his feet. Those are the kinds of mistakes that 20-year-old secon
d-round picks make. He’s also just 13 months removed from his return to competi
tive basketball after his July 2023 cardiac arrest. But because his name is LeBr
on James Jr., he faces way more scrutiny than any other player ever taken with o
ne of the last five picks of the draft. His name also comes with benefits, thoug
h. He has the greatest player in NBA history as a father to lean on for advice a
nd a high-powered agent, Rich Paul, who can lobby the Lakers to put Bronny on th
e development plan best suited for his needs.



There were moments on Tuesday where Bronny showed his potential. He’s an unself
ish player and a quality athlete with great quickness. Over time, he may very we
ll develop into an NBA-caliber player. He just wasn’t one on Tuesday.



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昨天上場了不少時間，但真的跟G聯表現落差很大

難道這就是NBA的強度嗎？

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