NBA fans are worried about Los Angeles Lakers rookie Bronny James, who is already having his workload managed.
The 19-year-old was drafted with the 55th pick of the NBA Draft to join legendary father LeBron in California.
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Bronny had a rough summer league debut — going two for nine and four points against the Sacramento Kings on Saturday.
He was held out of the Lakers’ 92-68 loss to the Golden State Warriors yesterday, reportedly as a precautionary measure due to minor swelling in his left knee.
“Lebron will outlive his son in the NBA,” one fan posted on X.
“This will be the worst draft pick and use of guaranteed money in League history. Tag him,” added another.
A third asked: “Is Bronny James managing the load yet?”
“Cargo management at 19,” ventured a fourth.
James is expected to play Wednesday against the Miami Heat.
“Hope is [and] the plan is for him to play the next game here. But that’s all the information we have so far,” Lakers summer league coach Dane Johnson said.
“Our coaches deal with all of that. They just give me updates.
“So I hope you guys can have information about this later.”
In the fourth quarter Sunday, fans at Chase Center began clapping and chanting, “We want Bronny! We want Bronny!”
LeBron, 39, watched his son’s debut on his phone in Las Vegas while training for Team USA’s bid for the Paris Olympics.
The guard’s first bucket as a Laker came in the second quarter when Bronny entered the paint through traffic and finished an easy play.
“Come on, man, this is tough,” LeBron exclaimed watching the clip, as Bronny made his layup.
“This is hard, let go!” an impressed LeBron added.
“The atmosphere was more than I expected,” Bronny said on Saturday.
“It’s a big game for me, but I didn’t know the people of Golden State would come and represent me, so it was really good to see that.
“Every first game I take to the next level I always feel butterflies in my stomach.
“But once the ball drops and we fall down a few times, it all disappears and I’m just playing basketball. It’ll always be there, but get over it.”
Johnson plans to give James as much playing time as possible.
“We’re going to try to integrate it and get as many reps as we can,” he said.
“He needs more playing experience.”
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