Bronny James has already been one of the crucial extremely critiqued rookies to ever enter the league and sports activities presenter Rachel Nichols thinks the criticisms are unfounded.
“I believe individuals are him as if he’s a top-10 choose. He isn’t a top-10 choose, he’s a No. 55 choose,” Nichols stated on Undisputed. “The expectations for a No. 55 choose needs to be that you’re largely headed to the G-League and should get some video games up within the NBA.”
Nichols went on to talk about final 12 months’s quantity 55 choose, Isaiah Wong, who was drafted by the Pacers.
“He didn’t common 4 minutes a recreation within the NBA, [he played] 4 whole minutes and that got here in a single recreation,” Nichols stated of Wong.
“To guage Bronny subsequent to top-ten picks versus what different guys at No. 55 have executed is completely unfair. And clearly it’s going to occur, we’re all watching him extra due to who he’s and the truth that he’s taking part in on the Lakers, don’t neglect that, too, along with being LeBron’s son. However he’s not taking part in at a stage that’s a lot beneath the place different gamers who’ve been in his place and have performed previously.”
Nichols then talked about Alex Sarr, the quantity two total choose by the Wizards.
He’s shot 1-21 from the sector over two Summer season League video games and went a complete 30 minites with out scoring. However the NBA media doesn’t wish to discuss that.
Bronny needs to be utilizing Summer season League video games as a studying device and never way more, Nichols says.
“Bronny James is a No. 55 choose. JJ Redick has come out and stated he’s a developmental participant, all of us knew this getting into, so to sit down there and criticize him for Summer season League numbers that, as I’ve stated a number of occasions, stats don’t matter in summer season league. We have now seen guys have dangerous Summer season Leagues and go on to have good NBA careers,” Nichols stated.
“What Bronny must get used to within the Summer season League is the velocity of the sport, he must get used to new coaches and teammates and new schemes and he has to get used to the eye he’s getting, as a result of that is among the different issues I noticed sitting courtside at that recreation on Monday night time between the Celtics and the Lakers, each time he touched the ball, the group perked up. And when he lastly scored within the fourth quarter, there was simply this wave and we’ve seen a few of his different video games, that followers really criticizing the coach from the stands saying,’ Give Bronny the ball, give Bronny the ball.’ Nobody desires that as a participant.”
READ MORE: Bronny James Reacts to His Greatest Lakers Efficiency But
