Bronny James made the Los Angeles Lakers’ 2026-27 opening night time roster, securing a spot whereas his draft classmate, first-round choose Dalton Knecht, was waived.
Besides, after James averaged solely 2.4 minutes in 5 appearances over the Lakers’ 7-2 begin, the workforce introduced Thursday that it is assigned the 2024 second-round choose to the G League’s Coachella Valley Lakers.
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Fellow guard Cameron Carr was additionally despatched to the franchise’s G League affiliate forward of its Friday night time season opener towards the Utah Jazz’s Salt Lake Metropolis Stars.
Bronny James, amid his first season within the Lakers’ group with out his father, LeBron James, has beforehand frolicked within the G League, the place his stat traces have typically dwarfed these he is authored within the NBA.
Throughout a mixed 25 regular-season video games the previous two seasons with the then-South Bay Lakers — who’ve since relocated and rebranded — Bronny James posted 18.4 factors, 4.4 assists, 4 rebounds and 1.5 steals per recreation whereas capturing 49.6% from the sector, together with 41.3% from past the arc.
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James, now 22, was the No. 55 total choose when he was drafted out of USC greater than two years in the past.
He appeared in 27 regular-season video games with the Lakers as a rookie, making father-son historical past however struggling mightily at instances, significantly early on.
He made noticeable progress in Yr 2, taking the court docket for 42 regular-season video games and elevating his field-goal proportion from 31.3% (2024-25) to 40.9% (2025-26) in addition to his 3-point proportion from 28.1% (2024-25) to 38.6% (2025-26).
Head coach JJ Redick noticed sufficient from James to incorporate him in his playoff rotation final season, albeit a shorthanded one.
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That paved the way in which for extra pleasure and milestones.
Coming into Yr 3, the query was, how would James fare with out his famous person father on the Lakers (together with how he’d be handled by workers and teammates within the absence of the long run Corridor of Famer)?
However James hasn’t been given a lot of a chance within the common season to make any type of leap.
In his sparing minutes, he is scoring 0.8 factors per recreation. He is tried solely three subject targets and made two of them.
James may wind up again with the Lakers quickly, however his lack of on-court involvement to date is not promising for him really carving out the long-term 3-and-D position he teased every now and then final season.
As for Knecht, he ended up signing a two-way take care of the New York Knicks, for whom he logged 10 factors on 4-of-6 capturing, plus seven rebounds, on Wednesday in a win over the Chicago Bulls.
