Lakers News: LeBron James Reacts to Bronny James' Career Scoring Night

The 21-time All-Star has weighed in on his rookie son's big moment.

Feb 1, 2025; New York, New York, USA: Los Angeles Lakers guard Bronny James (9) checks in for forward LeBron James (23) during the fourth quarter against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-Imagn Images / Brad Penner-Imagn Images

Los Angeles Lakers forward and 21-time All-Star LeBron James has weighed in on his rookie son Bronny James' career-best scoring night for the South Bay Lakers, L.A.'s G League affiliate squad.

The younger James, 20, scored a whopping 39 points on 14-of-21 shooting from the field (4-of-8 from long range), pulled down seven boards, dished out four dimes, and swiped four steals, in a 122-118 victory against the Santa Cruz Warriors.

LeBron took to his X account to shout out his son.

SMILE THROUGH IT ALL YOUNG 🤴🏾!!! 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾 KEEP GOING!! https://t.co/xAWHGG6SI5

— LeBron James (@KingJames) March 25, 2025

"SMILE THROUGH IT ALL YOUNG [prince emoji]!!!," an excited LeBron wrote, followed up by a litany of high-five emojis. "KEEP GOING!!"

Bronny has been limited mostly to mop-up minutes in the NBA proper, and also had a rocky start to his G League career with South Bay. He's averaging 2.3 points, 0.6 rebounds and 0.6 assists a night in his 23 healthy games for Los Angeles.

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But things have really started to turn a corner of late.

In a 118-89 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks last week, Bronny scored an NBA career-best 17 points while shooting 7-of-10 from the field, dishing out five dimes (against four turnovers) and pulling down three rebounds. Los Angeles was outscored by 36 points with Bronny on the floor.

BRONNY JAMES CUTS IT TO SINGLE DIGITS!!

LeBron and the Lakers bench loving it 👏👏 pic.twitter.com/cTjguHDnNZ

— NBA (@NBA) March 21, 2025

The first-year Laker is still pretty raw, but he's at least shown flashes of being an NBA-caliber talent during his tenure with his dad's team so far.

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In last summer's 2024 NBA Draft, Los Angeles took a flier on selecting Bronny with the No. 55 pick after an uneventful NCAA run with the USC Trojans.

Across his 10 regular season contests for South Bay, the 6-foot-2 combo guard is averaging 22.4 points on .460/.375/.808 shooting splits, 5.2 rebounds, 4.9 assists and 1.9 steals a night.

With the G League regular season wrapping up this week, the 14-17 South Bay Lakers will not make the postseason. So Bronny will spend the rest of his 2024-25 season as a reserve with Los Angeles.

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