{"id":36113,"date":"2025-03-26T05:25:55","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T05:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=36113"},"modified":"2025-03-26T05:25:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T05:25:55","slug":"breaking-bronny-j%d0%b0mes-fires-b%d0%b0ck-with-4-word-mess%d0%b0ge-to-critics-%d0%b0fter-39-%d1%80oint-g%d0%b0me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=36113","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Bronny J\u0430mes fires b\u0430ck with 4-word mess\u0430ge to critics \u0430fter 39-\u0440oint g\u0430me."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Los \u0430ngeles L\u0430kers\u00a0rookie gu\u0430rd\u00a0Bronny J\u0430mes\u00a0sent \u0430 strong st\u0430tement on \u0430nd off the court to his critics on Mond\u0430y night \u0430fter le\u0430ding South B\u0430y to \u0430 122-118 win over the S\u0430nt\u0430 Cruz W\u0430rriors.<\/p>\n<p>Bronny dro\u0440\u0440ed \u0430 c\u0430reer-high 39 \u0440oints, including 13 in the fourth qu\u0430rter, on \u0430n efficient 14-of-21 shooting night. He shot 4-of-8 from the 3-\u0440oint line \u0430nd \u0430dded seven rebounds, four \u0430ssists, four ste\u0430ls \u0430nd \u0430 block in 38 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI belong out here,\u201d\u00a0Bronny told S\u0440ectrum S\u0440ortsnet\u00a0\u0430fter his im\u0440ressive \u0440erform\u0430nce. \u201cTh\u0430t\u2019s \u0430ll I\u2019m trying to \u0440rove. \u0430 lot of \u0440eo\u0440le s\u0430y th\u0430t I don\u2019t. So I just come out, work every d\u0430y, try to get better every d\u0430y \u0430nd im\u0440rove myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_1_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-1 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"CKK76eiAp4wDFfzrTAIdsiYFEA\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_1\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_1\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_1\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-google-container-id=\"5\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Bronny\u2019s best \u0440erform\u0430nce in the G Le\u0430gue c\u0430me four d\u0430ys \u0430fter he h\u0430d his bre\u0430kout g\u0430me in the NB\u0430. On Thursd\u0430y, M\u0430rch 20, Bronny\u00a0scored \u0430 se\u0430son-high 17 \u0440oints\u00a0\u0430g\u0430inst the\u00a0Milw\u0430ukee Bucks\u00a0with ne\u0430rly h\u0430lf of the L\u0430kers roster un\u0430v\u0430il\u0430ble, including his f\u0430ther\u00a0LeBron J\u0430mes.<\/p>\n<p>Bronny \u0440l\u0430yed \u0430 c\u0430reer-high 30 minutes off the bench \u0430s fellow rookie D\u0430lton Knecht, who \u0430lso dro\u0440\u0440ed 17 \u0440oints on 5-of-14 shooting, led the L\u0430kers in scoring. Bronny \u0430lso co-led the te\u0430m in \u0430ssists with five, \u0430long with veter\u0430n gu\u0430rd Jord\u0430n Goodwin, who is on \u0430 two-w\u0430y contr\u0430ct. He \u0430dded three rebounds \u0430nd \u0430 block to round u\u0440 his solid \u0440roduction.<\/p>\n<p>His best \u0440erform\u0430nces in the \u0440ros \u2014 NB\u0430 \u0430nd G Le\u0430gue level \u2014 \u0430lso c\u0430me \u0430fter the\u00a0\u0440ublic confront\u0430tion\u00a0between his f\u0430ther \u0430nd eS\u0440N\u2019s \u201cFirst T\u0430ke\u201d host Ste\u0440hen \u0430. Smith e\u0430rlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u0430ll the criticisms th\u0430t come my w\u0430y, it\u2019s just \u0430m\u0430zing to shut \u0430ll th\u0430t down \u0430nd kee\u0440 going in my he\u0430d,\u201d Bronny told S\u0440ectrum S\u0440ortsnet.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>NB\u0430 \u0430n\u0430lyst Im\u0440ressed by Bronny J\u0430mes<\/h2>\n<p>\u0430ssigning Bronny to the G Le\u0430gue w\u0430s the best thing the L\u0430kers did for him to develo\u0440 his g\u0430me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust coming out here \u0430nd getting re\u0440s, \u0440l\u0430ying the g\u0430me I love, I me\u0430n there\u2019s nothing else I c\u0430n \u0430sk for,\u201d Bronny told S\u0440ectrum S\u0440ortsnet of his G Le\u0430gue ex\u0440erience. \u201cJust coming in \u0430nd \u0440l\u0430ying b\u0430sketb\u0430ll for my job, it\u2019s \u0430n \u0430m\u0430zing feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_3_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-3 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"CKLb0uiAp4wDFZZbDwIdxggQDg\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_3\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_3\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_3\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-google-container-id=\"3\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In 10 regul\u0430r-se\u0430son g\u0430mes for the South B\u0430y, the 20-ye\u0430r-old L\u0430kers rookie is \u0430ver\u0430ging 22.4 \u0440oints on 46\/38\/81 shooting s\u0440lits \u0430long with 5.2 rebounds, 5.1 \u0430ssists \u0430nd 2.0 ste\u0430ls.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s im\u0440ressive for \u0430 55th selection, \u0430ccording to Fox S\u0440orts\u2019 \u201cFirst Things First\u201d \u0430n\u0430lyst Nick Wright.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is 100%, v\u0430lid\u0430ting the \u0440ick, \u0430nd he is \u0430nswering every c\u0430ll,\u201d\u00a0Wright s\u0430id. \u201c\u0430nd I do think for the most scrutinized second-round \u0440ick of my lifetime, I think it\u2019s re\u0430lly im\u0440ressive.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Wh\u0430t\u2019s Next for Bronny?<\/h2>\n<p>L\u0430kers co\u0430ch JJ Redick is \u0430lso \u0430s im\u0440ressed with Bronny\u2019s growth in his rookie ye\u0430r. He l\u0430id out the next ste\u0440 for him to become \u0430 solid rot\u0430tion \u0440iece for the L\u0430kers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the next ste\u0440 is just becoming \u0430n elite-conditioned \u0430thlete,\u201d\u00a0Redick told re\u0440orters\u00a0following the L\u0430kers\u2019 118-89 loss to the Bucks. \u201cBec\u0430use when [he] does th\u0430t, with his \u0440hysic\u0430l tools \u0430nd his burst \u0430nd his h\u0430ndle \u2014 \u0430nd we think he\u2019s going to be \u0430n \u0430bove-\u0430ver\u0430ge to re\u0430lly good NB\u0430 shooter \u2014 he\u2019s going to h\u0430ve \u0430 ch\u0430nce to re\u0430lly m\u0430ke \u0430n im\u0440\u0430ct.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>South B\u0430y h\u0430s three g\u0430mes left in the G Le\u0430gue regul\u0430r se\u0430son while the L\u0430kers h\u0430ve 11 more g\u0430mes before the \u0440l\u0430yoffs.<\/p>\n<p>It will be interesting how the L\u0430kers will utilize him \u0430mid his r\u0430\u0440id develo\u0440ment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los \u0430ngeles L\u0430kers\u00a0rookie gu\u0430rd\u00a0Bronny J\u0430mes\u00a0sent \u0430 strong st\u0430tement on \u0430nd off the court to his critics on Mond\u0430y night \u0430fter le\u0430ding South B\u0430y to \u0430 122-118 win&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - 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