Bronny James's Struggles in NBA Transition: A Detailed Look

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00:00Obviously, Bronny's been kind of shuttling back and forth.

00:03We haven't heard from him in a while.

00:04He had actually won a pretty huge game in the G-League a week or two ago.

00:09So, last night, Lakers, a little short-handed, last five minutes of the first quarter,

00:15J.J. Redick threw him out there and let him get some burn.

00:18Seems like he regretted it afterwards.

00:20You know, just felt like on a back-to-back, just him giving us energy, I think, was the goal.

00:27You know, maybe put him in a tough spot, you know, flying up yesterday

00:33and, you know, a nationally televised game in Philly and all that stuff.

00:39It's, you know, he didn't play well.

00:42But he's been playing great, you know, in the stay-ready games

00:47and he's been playing great in the G.

00:49So, I have confidence in him.

00:53But, obviously, didn't provide that at a high level.

01:01Listen, honestly, when are these guys going to come to grips with the fact

01:05that this kid's not ready for the NBA yet

01:08and they just keep shoving him down our throats as if he is?

01:12I don't deny that the kid has talent.

01:15I don't deny that he's got a really bright future.

01:19And he's going through the process that I think all players have to go through nowadays

01:25that are really good players.

01:28Really good players start out now in the G League

01:33and great players start out at the end of the bench in the NBA.

01:38And there's a big difference between being really good and being great.

01:42You know, let's face facts.

01:45Canek can flat out score and shoot and play basketball

01:50and they barely play him.

01:52I mean, let's just face facts.

01:54And he's a way better player than Bronny.

01:57I think Bronny's more athletic than him.

02:00I think he's a stud, athletically speaking.

02:03And I think that his future will be in the NBA.

02:07But, for now, why don't they just leave him where he belongs

02:11and quit trying to F around with us?

02:13Quit trying to prove all of us wrong when all of us are right.

02:18It's as simple as that.

02:20I never thought he should have even been in the G League.

02:23I thought he should have been playing college basketball this year.

02:26I thought he should have transferred somewhere that gives him massive burn

02:30and that he played the entirety of games.

02:33And that he would be more valuable than ever after a year of seasoning

02:38at the college level because he never really played at USC.