{"id":167533,"date":"2025-07-13T09:00:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T09:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/167533\/"},"modified":"2025-07-13T09:00:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T09:00:11","slug":"with-lebron-james-instructing-him-courtside-bronny-puts-on-a-summer-league-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/167533\/","title":{"rendered":"With LeBron James instructing him courtside, Bronny puts on a Summer League show"},"content":{"rendered":"

The crowd inside the Thomas & Mack Center began to stir a few seconds before the Lakers<\/a> took the court, the buzz caused by LeBron James strolling into the arena to see his son play.<\/p>\n

The elder James took a baseline seat as Bronny James<\/a> and the rest of the Lakers took the court for warmups ahead of Saturday night\u2019s NBA Summer League game against the New Orleans Pelicans.<\/p>\n

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There was a point early in the second half when LeBron James<\/a> began to offer advice to Bronny \u2014 the kind of encouragement that helped Bronny put up a solid performance during the Lakers\u2019 94-81<\/a> win.<\/p>\n

Read more: Bronny James and Lakers come up short against Cooper Flagg and Mavericks<\/a><\/p>\n

He had 14 points on five-for-11 shooting. He made one of four three-point attempts and also had three assists and two steals.<\/p>\n

Bronny’s defense was solid as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, we want him to play on the ball,\u201d said Lindsey Harding<\/a>, Lakers assistant coach and Summer League coach. \u201cEspecially in tight moments, I like the ball in his hands and I want him to make those decisions. You can go through as many drills as you want, but nothing beats live.<\/p>\n

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Lakers star LeBron James sits courtside during the team’s NBA Summer League game in Las Vegas on Saturday. (Ethan Miller \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n

“So even after this, he will sit with his coach and watch his reads. Some are great, some can be better. … But it comes with confidence and even this game, whether he made the shot or not, that\u2019s not what it\u2019s about. It\u2019s about making the right read.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A few possessions after Bronny got the crowd cheering by driving the length of the court and scoring on a left-handed layup, LeBron started instructing him.<\/p>\n

\u201cMore. More. Get downhill more,\u201d LeBron told him.<\/p>\n

On his next play, Bronny did just that, driving in for a layup.<\/p>\n

Early in the fourth quarter, Bronny drove baseline and threw a pass that was tipped out of bounds.<\/p>\n

\u201cPull-up,\u201d LeBron told him. \u201cGoing right, that\u2019s a pull-up.\u201d<\/p>\n

When a pass was thrown ahead to Bronny in front of the Lakers’ bench in the fourth quarter, LeBron yelled, \u201cKnock it down!\u201d<\/p>\n

Bronny did, drilling a three-pointer. He did this despite nursing a sore hip after falling hard to the court earlier in the quarter.<\/p>\n

Having coached up his son enough, LeBron left with about five minutes remaining.<\/p>\n

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Late in the first quarter, Darius Bazley<\/a> blocked a shot and took off down court.<\/p>\n

\u201cGo Baz,\u201d LeBron James uttered. \u201cGo Baz.\u201d<\/p>\n

And Bazley did, finishing with a dunk.<\/p>\n

Bazley had a complete night, producing a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds. He also had five blocked shots.<\/p>\n

Read more: Dodgers unveil Kobe Bryant bobblehead to be given away Aug. 8 at Chavez Ravine<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI guess I would show all my shows are on the defensive end,\u201d Bazley said. \u201cI\u2019m trying to prove that I can switch one through five. I can be in the right spots, protect the rim, all that type of stuff. Offensively, just doing what\u2019s asked \u2014 offensive rebounding. Like you said, being a screener, creating advantages for other guys.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Even with a sore ankle that was taped after the game (Harding said he would be fine), Bazley left an impression.<\/p>\n

\u201cBazley is an amazing defender,\u201d Harding said. \u201cHe can guard on-ball. He can guard the point guard. He can guard the center. He does a great job off the ball. Sometimes defenders are great on-ball and not on-ball and vice versa, but he can do everything. He\u2019s long. We need him for every position and they were huge blocks.\u201d<\/p>\n

Etc.<\/p>\n

Dalton Knecht<\/a>, who said he suffered cramps in both his legs during Thursday night\u2019s game against the Mavericks, didn\u2019t play Saturday.<\/p>\n

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This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The crowd inside the Thomas & Mack Center began to stir a few seconds before the Lakers took…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":167534,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3790],"tags":[7,1006,1250,27778,4034,1698,300,4044,185,31110,251,150,4033,4043,6,3494,478,470],"class_list":{"0":"post-167533","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-lakers","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-bronny-james","10":"tag-dalton-knecht","11":"tag-darius-bazley","12":"tag-la","13":"tag-la-lakers","14":"tag-lakers","15":"tag-lalakers","16":"tag-lebron-james","17":"tag-lindsey-harding","18":"tag-los-angeles","19":"tag-los-angeles-lakers","20":"tag-losangeles","21":"tag-losangeleslakers","22":"tag-nba","23":"tag-nba-summer-league","24":"tag-new-orleans","25":"tag-new-orleans-pelicans"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114845111043140907","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}