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🔥 On NBA Gametime, the ESPN crew reacts to Bronny James scoring 10 points in just 11 minutes during his Summer League debut as the Lakers defeated the Heat 103–83 at the California Classic.  Bronny opened the scoring with a statement steal and dunk, then followed it with efficient shooting (3/7 FG, 2/5 3PT) and high-IQ perimeter defense  nypost.com +11 latimes.com +11 sports.yahoo.com +11 sports.yahoo.com . Cole Swider led the way with 20 points, but all eyes were on LeBron’s son, whose poise and impact drew praise from commentators  latimes.com +1 thesportingtribune.com +1 .  NBA Gametime breaks down the highlights, grades Bronny’s debut, and discusses how this performance could set the tone for his role in the 2025–26 season.  🔖 Hashtags + Keyword Tags (Inside the Description) Hashtags: #NBAGametime #BronnyJames #Lakers #NBASummerLeague #Heat #NBA2025 #CaliforniaClassic #BronnyDebut #LakerNation  Keyword Tags (Inside Description): Bronny James summer league, Lakers vs Heat highlights, Bronny debut Lakers, NBA Gametime reacts, Cole Swider Lakers, Lakers Summer League 2025, Bronny James steals, Lakers Summer League win  🏷️ Keyword Tags (Outside Description – Upload Tags) Bronny James summer league, Lakers vs Heat highlights, Bronny debut Lakers, NBA Gametime reacts, Cole Swider Lakers, Lakers Summer League 2025, Bronny James steals, Lakers Summer League win, NBA summer league Lakers, Bronny James highlights

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00:00Trades became official.

00:01We also had the second day of the California Classic.

00:04Welcome to Game Time.

00:05Chris Miles here with Dennis Scott, also known as 3DE.

00:08And when we're together, we're doing it

00:09like we're doing it to do it for TV.

00:10Let's go.

00:11Bronny James set out the first summer league game on Saturday,

00:14but did take the court on Sunday against the Miami Heat.

00:17We start with LA and Miami Sunday afternoon.

00:20Oh, cookies.

00:21We start with Bronny James.

00:23Oh, wait, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

00:25Did you see the hang time?

00:26Wait a minute.

00:27I knew he had hockey.

00:27At the end.

00:28Pause the video right there, it seemed like.

00:30Ooh, float, float.

00:31But hold on.

00:32Duncan's one thing.

00:34Hitting corner threes, cashing out.

00:36Ah, now that's going to be important.

00:37You got to make those open shots.

00:39What about Khalil Ware, the all-rookies selection?

00:41Oh, watch your head.

00:42Oh, my goodness, Khalil.

00:4412 points from last year's lottery pick for Miami.

00:48That's go-go gadget on that one.

00:49LA up 12 at the half.

00:51Connect four with only four points in the game.

00:54More on him in a second.

00:56High off the glass on that one.

00:58Cole Swider, though.

00:59Back-to-back 20-point games for him.

01:02Shot seven for 10 from the field in both games in the California Classic.

01:08Swider with 20.

01:09And the Lakers win 103-83.

01:12That is your final score.

01:14But Bronny James, 10 points in 11 minutes.

01:173D looked more comfortable today than we saw all of last season and all of last summer league.

01:23What do you make of what we saw from him in his debut this year in the summer league?

01:26I'm going to add more confident.

01:28You can watch him running up and down the floor.

01:29His instincts, that steal to go down and get that dunk.

01:32He's just happy for the young man because he knows he's on that microscope.

01:36So you thought he was lost there for a second.

01:38You see the instincts.

01:39You get the steal.

01:40You're out and running.

01:40And, yes, I knew he had hops, Chris.

01:42But this right here lets me know this young man has been in the gym, been in the weight room, been working on his body.

01:47Now, big picture, you have to knock down this shot because now this is your dad.

01:52This is Luka.

01:53This is someone else throwing and kicking.

01:54Can you make this shot consistently?

01:57Guess what?

01:57You can help stretch the floor for your team.

01:59Now, transition-wise, I mean, you're just super athletic.

02:02You get out and run.

02:02But this is drawing and kick.

02:04Connect.

02:05Yes.

02:05Love the pass.

02:07Guys running at you and knocking down shots.

02:09Confidence.

02:10Understanding what the NBA game is, the physicality, the pace of the game.

02:13It lets me know he learned a lot from last year.

02:15He's also a good start here in the Summer League.

02:17And a lot of times when we see these second-year players, there's a leap you want to see.

02:20Correct.

02:20Dalton connect in two games.

02:22You ready for the stats?

02:2314 points.

02:245 for 20 from the field.

02:260 for 6 from three-point range.

02:28Are you surprised that he's struggling in his first two games in California Classic?

02:32I wouldn't say surprised.

02:33I would say concerned, Chris.

02:34Because most guys, when you go into your second year, you're like, I really don't want to be here.

02:38What do I need to do to prove to the general manager and coaching staff that I'm a part of the big picture?

02:43With all those first two or three games, you dominate.

02:45You let the rest of the world know, like, why is he playing?

02:48So his first couple games, he hasn't shot the ball particularly well.

02:51I like to play making a draw and kick to the brine for the threes.

02:54He's rebounding the ball pretty well.

02:55So somehow, these next couple days, show that you can score the ball better, be more aggressive, attack the paint, get to the free throw line,

03:02and then have the coaching staff say, you know what?

03:04Let's go ahead and shut him down.

03:05We've seen enough for the big picture.

03:07I mean, we can't talk about Dalton Connect and forget about what happened to him at the trade deadline, right?

03:12Thought he was going to Charlotte.

03:14He also spoke about the fact that that did affect him.

03:17Do you think that that's affecting his game in L.A.

03:20and that he kind of needs to move on in order to get his groove back?

03:23Oh, no question about it.

03:24You have to move on.

03:25When it first happened, yes, young fella, I give it to you.

03:27I don't know too many of us could handle that.

03:29Now you turn the page.

03:30You're still with the team.

03:31Now it's a new summer league to prove that you're worth of being part of the big picture.

03:35Because when you're playing with LeBron and Luke, you've got to make open shots

03:38because they have the ball in their hands most of the time.

03:41Defensively, can you guard your yard?

03:42That keeps coaching staff saying we can keep them on the court.

03:45But more importantly, stay aggressive, get to the free throw line,

03:47and now you're a part of the big picture.

03:49This week and actually on Saturday night, we got to see the fifth pick in the draft

03:52and the third pick in the draft go head-to-head.

03:55Ace Bailey, the fifth pick.

03:57Vijay Edgecombe, the third pick for the Philadelphia 76ers.

04:02You know, he had the highest vertical at the NBA Draft Combine.

04:06You see it here.

04:08That's ridiculous.

04:09The speed and the elevation.

04:11Isaiah Collier and Keev Aluma get into it underneath the basket.

04:17Oh.

04:18It's not often we see that in some of them.

04:20Well, they both push him.

04:21He pushed him back.

04:23His arm got caught in his shirt.

04:24Now he's trying to get his arm out.

04:26And he grabbed him back.

04:28Now we're just pushing.

04:29We're going to go to dinner tonight after the game.

04:30You sound like you have a future as a ringside play-by-play boxing expert.

04:36Utah by nine and a half.

04:38Bryce Sinzabaugh having himself a good season and a good summer league so far.

04:43Kyle Filipowski, second-round pick last year.

04:47Watch him following up the miss, cleaning it up.

04:50You know, one of those guys, Chris, second-year guys,

04:51has to go out there and have a great summer league.

04:53V.J. Edgecombe, balling out all over the place for the 76ers in his debut.

05:04So, V.J. missed the potential game-tying three.

05:08But look at the stats.

05:10Third pick in the draft, 28 points, 10 rebounds, four assists, two blocks,

05:13and a steal.

05:143-D.

05:14He jumped off the screen, jumped out of the gym, just electric.

05:18What you looking for when you draft the guy third overall?

05:20Well, I look for a bright future.

05:22I go back to draft night, being in Brooklyn,

05:23and just understanding this young man is living his dream,

05:26sharing the story of his family, you know,

05:28living off a generator for many years.

05:30And now his first couple games, he's just playing like what you saw in college,

05:34getting to your spot, rising up, shooting with confidence,

05:37attacking the paint, the athleticism and transition.

05:40Defensively, I think that's going to be the brightest spot

05:43because he's going to be able to step right in and guard his yard,

05:46defend one, two, three, the physicality.

05:48That's what the brightest spot for me for him.

05:49Yeah, and Ace Bailey, the fifth pick in the draft,

05:528.7 rebounds, three for 13 from the field, though.

05:56What did you deduce from his struggles shooting in his first game?

06:00Well, I think he's pressing a little bit.

06:01I think the excitement is there.

06:03You're part of the NBA now.

06:04Your dream has come true.

06:05So now just settle down a little bit.

06:07Listen to the coaching staff.

06:09Understand this is summer league,

06:10and you're working on the small things that may not show up in the statutes.

06:13So, right, he's not shooting the ball particularly well,

06:15but we know he's a walking bucket.

06:17Some of the shots he missed, yes, they look a little old school.

06:20I'm talking about those step backs.

06:21Slow down a little bit.

06:22Understand the system you're trying to run here in the summer league

06:24and play hard, rebound, run the floor hard,

06:27little things like that you can control.

06:29Everything else falls into place.

06:30Yeah, and there was a report that Will Hardy,

06:32head coach of the Utah Jazz, said,

06:35hey, the things I did like about Ace Bailey,

06:37that he had seven rebounds,

06:38that he had the block towards the end of the game,

06:40that he grabbed the rebound to seal the win.

06:42And all of the things that he needs to work on,

06:45he focused on in that debut.

06:47When you hear the head coach say that, what do you take away?

06:49Well, once again, Will, that's great leadership

06:50because you know this young man has gone through a lot,

06:52draft night, his age and all that stuff, even his history.

06:55So now you have a coach that understands what you're going through.

06:58Listen to your coach.

07:00Slow down a little bit.

07:01But the effort never lies on the screen.

07:03The shooting percentage will get better

07:04as you learn the system and learn the NBA better.

07:06Well, you get to see Ace Bailey, Walter Clayton Jr. for the Jazz.

07:10Town in a different country, as you will, for the first time.

07:14Does it take you down memory lane

07:16to when you got drafted, you went to Orlando for the first time?

07:18It does, Chris.

07:19Every year, watching these young men live their dreams

07:22and seeing the opportunity present itself,

07:24you're saying, man, this is real.

07:26So for me, growing up in the DMV area,

07:28I had Kings Dominion, and then my mom and grandma

07:30took me to Hershey Park.

07:32And not realizing that building right behind me

07:34is the place Will Chambers scored 100 points in.

07:37So knowing that you go to these amusement parks,

07:39you see these cities, you read about them,

07:41you're trying to learn the history,

07:42you're trying to learn the culture.

07:43I had no idea as a kid that Hershey Park

07:46was right down the street, and it was basketball history.

07:48So now to be here at NBA TV all these years

07:50and talk about it and understanding that

07:51the history of the game was only an hour and a half

07:54from our small town in Hagerstown, Maryland,

07:55which I'm going back in January 17th,

07:58where we did our Boys and Girls Club,

07:59it's just fun to see the kids of today

08:02live their dreams, go to Chicago,

08:04go to L.A., go to Toronto,

08:06you know, different places like that

08:07and learn new cultures.

08:08Had you been to Orlando before you were drafted there?

08:10I had never been there.

08:11My mom couldn't afford to take me down to Disney World,

08:13so that's why you went to all those places,

08:15like, you know, Kings and Ming was only an hour and a half away,

08:18Kennywood, I think maybe another hour and 15 minutes away.

08:21So then, when I get off the plane,

08:24may the Pat Williams rest in peace,

08:25you go get your meal, you go deal with the media,

08:28and then you go to Disney World, baby!

08:30I was like, the happiest place in the world.

08:32You drop some, next thing you know,

08:34they're cleaning up for you.

08:35Good day, how are you?

08:36It's like, wait a minute, this is Southern hospitality?

08:38I just come from Atlanta.

08:39So this is so much fun for me,

08:41watch these young men live their dreams

08:42and learn new cultures in new cities.

08:43It's just amazing to see you with hair back then,

08:45my friend.

08:46A little flat top, landed in the rock.

08:48All right, the NBA 2K.

08:50All right, the NBA 2K.

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