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This year’s NBA Summer League felt like Bronny James “on tour,” according to one of his Lakers teammates.
An anonymous member of the Lakers summer league team explained to The Sun that the heightened attention around LeBron James’ eldest son — the Lakers’ 55th pick in the second round of this year’s NBA draft — created a “tense atmosphere,” and players grew frustrated with his alleged special treatment.
“I mean, he was treated as someone apart, not like all of us, and that is very annoying as we didn’t feel any chemistry in this group of players,” the player said, adding that “almost everything centered around” James.
“I ended up being very frustrated because I was never put in the best situation, or even put in some plays or game plans because they wanted Bronny to show his skills and shine,” he said. “If you talk to any other player that was part of the roster of the California Classic and the Summer League, most of them would tell you the same thing.
However, the player added that he even felt “a bit bad” for James, “as he is not ready for all this, and he isn’t ready for the NBA in my opinion.”
The 19-year-old James missed the first eight games of his freshman year at USC after he suffered cardiac arrest during a practice last July.
In his lone season at USC, he averaged 4.8 points (on 36.6 percent shooting), 2.8 rebounds and 2.1 assists in 25 appearances.
