On November 8, Beijing time, according to a report by Shams, the Lakers sent Bronny James to the South Bay Lakers, an affiliated team of the G League, today, and he is expected to make his G League career debut on Sunday, Beijing time, against the Salt Lake City Stars. Shams also said that Bronny will return to the Los Angeles Lakers roster tomorrow for the Lakers' game against the 76ers, but will rejoin the South Bay Lakers later. In the future, he will only play South Bay Lakers home games, as he travels between the two major leagues, and the team will manage his time on their respective rosters.
Yesterday, the South Bay Lakers announced the 13-man roster for the new season, and Bronny's name was not listed. In that 13-man roster, the Lakers' two-way contract players Koloko, Traore, Olivari and Jordan Goodwin, who was recently cut by them, are among them, and Maran Weir, a small foreign player who used to play in the CBA Sichuan men's basketball team, is also on the list, but only Bronny's name is not on the list.
Now, albeit belatedly, Bronny is still certain to make his G-League debut for the South Bay Lakers.
So far this season, Bronny has played in four games for the Lakers, averaging 3.3 minutes per game, averaging 1.0 points, 0.3 rebounds and 0.5 assists per game, while shooting just 16.7% from the field.
NBA legend Barkley has said that Bronny can't get better by sitting on the bench, he needs to go to the development league for experience, and former NBA player Parsons also said that Bronny needs to go to the development league, unless other players on the team are injured, he may be recalled to the NBA.
Bronny is the Lakers' No. 55 pick and is not in the Lakers' regular rotation due to current ability and experience issues. Now playing in the Development League, he expects to get more playing time, try to play better stats, and continue to improve.