NBA Fans React To Bronny James’ Performance In Lakers-Suns G League Game

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On Tuesday night, the Los Angeles Lakers lost to the Orlando Magic by a score of 110-109 (at home in California).

Bronny James was not with the team, as he is currently in the middle of an extended G League assignment with South Bay.

The G League Lakers played the Valley Suns (on Wednesday), winning by a score of 113-99.

James finished with 21 points, three rebounds, two assists and four steals while shooting 9/14 from the field in 29 minutes of playing time.

NBA Fans React To Bronny James’ Performance On Wednesday

Here’s what people were saying about Bronny’s performance:

@TGTatum4_3: “He belongs in the G league not the nba”

@Bucketscentral1: “Let this man develop in the g league, don’t rush him unless lakers are short handed”

@dullswords: “i feel like bronny is gonna have a great career just not with the lakers”

@BetTheBalance: “Idk why I feel like he would be great and actually start for the bulls of the kings right now. Just needs to get out of LeBrons shadow”

@BallknowerTony: “Shows how there’s a huge gap from nba level to g league when the worst player can seem like a star when placed in the g league”

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@LukaDoncicStanD: “Bronny is legit for a 55th pick but yall not ready for that conversation”

@roadto81pct: “another strong G League outing for Bronny! for his career, he’s now averaging 21.7 PTS/36 on 64.5 eFG%, shooting: – 55.5% on 8.9 2PA/36 – 38.5% on 8.0 3PA/36 – 81.8% on 2.0 FTA/36 in the 2026 season only, his shoot splits are 68.9/39.5/83.3”

@Kenlovehoops: “But he cant get minutes with that lakers roster”

@FxckChelon: “Like this is clearly an nba player but we couldn’t possibly have good young guys in the rotation” 

Bronny was the 55th pick in the 2024 NBA Draft after one year of college basketball with the USC Trojans.

Right now, he is averaging 2.2 points and 1.2 assists per contest while shooting 40.0% from the field and 40.7% from three-point range in his first 29 NBA games of the season.

Bronny had come into the night with averages of 15.5 points, 3.8 rebounds, 5.2 assists and 1.0 steals per contest while shooting 53.6% from the field and 40.6% from three-point range in his first six games of the G League season.

He has played 30 total G League games over his first two years.

The Lakers will resume play on Thursday night when they play the Phoenix Suns in Arizona.

They are the sixth seed in the Western Conference with a 34-23 record in 57 games.