Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown hasn’t precisely denied or taken again his obvious criticism of Los Angeles Lakers rookie guard Bronny James, however he addressed the matter on social media on Tuesday morning.
Sitting courtside with Angel Reese and Kysre Gondrezick of the Chicago Sky on Monday night time throughout the Celtics-Lakers Summer time League sport, cameras caught Brown saying (in line with lip-readers) that Bronny wasn’t adequate to be knowledgeable basketball participant.
Whereas the 19-year-old son of four-time MVP LeBron James not too long ago had success in winning the Name of Responsibility Trendy Warfare III event on the NBA Summer time League, his on-court performances have been underwhelming.
Bronny is averaging simply 4.3 factors, 3.8 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.3 steals whereas taking pictures a tough 7-for-31 from the sphere, together with 0-for-15 from three-point land. Bronny completed Tuesday’s loss towards Boston with two factors, three rebounds and one help on 1-for-5 taking pictures.
Amongst his 4 misses have been two air-balled three-point makes an attempt.
It has been a brutal begin to his first Summer time League, however as Brown mentioned, the USC product has “instruments round him” to show issues round.
Except for first-year head coach JJ Redick (one of many higher deep shooters of the twenty first century), veterans like Anthony Davis, D’Angelo Russell and Spencer Dinwiddie ought to have a constructive influence on the teenager. Up-and-coming taking pictures guard Austin Reaves also needs to be a stable affect for Bronny and naturally, he has his father with him each step of the way in which.
The fifty fifth total choose has three extra probabilities to higher his Summer time League efficiency, beginning with Wednesday’s contest towards the Atlanta Hawks.