LeBron James hasn’t forgotten that one clip of Jaylen Brown.
The Los Angeles Lakers star was requested about his relationship with Brown on Sunday evening, shortly after the group’s 111-89 loss to the Boston Celtics. Whereas he didn’t have something dangerous to say, he did reference a second from a Summer time League sport a couple of years in the past through which Brown was caught criticizing James’ eldest son, and present Lakers participant, Bronny James.
“Our relationship has been fairly respectful,” James mentioned. “Moreover that s**t he mentioned about Bronny at Summer time League, however apart from that, we’ve been alright.
“I believe he went on social media and mentioned one thing about it. It’s all good.”
Although James was clearly joking a bit, he was referencing an previous clip from an NBA Summer time League sport in 2024 through which Brown may very well be noticed telling Angel Reese and Kysre Gondrezick that he didn’t “assume Bronny is a professional.”
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Brown really went on social media quickly after and tried to scrub up these feedback.
That each one passed off earlier than Bronny’s first actual NBA sport. The Lakers chosen him with the No. 55 total choose within the draft that summer time, and he ended up enjoying in 27 video games with the group final season whereas spending time with their G League affiliate.
He’s been doing the identical factor this season, too. Bronny has averaged 2.2 factors and 1.2 assists in 29 appearances with the Lakers this season whereas enjoying simply 7.3 minutes per sport. In six video games with the South Bay Lakers, he’s averaged 15.5 factors and 5.2 assists.
Bronny didn’t play within the Lakers’ loss on Sunday evening. Luka Dončić led the best way with 25 factors and 5 rebounds, and James added 20 factors and 5 assists whereas capturing 1-of-5 from the 3-point line.
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Brown led the Celtics with 32 factors and eight rebounds within the win, which pushed them to 37-19 on the season. Brown has averaged 29.2 factors and 7 rebounds per sport this season and is capturing practically 49% from the sector.
“This entire MVP factor, I do not perceive why his title will not be getting talked about some as nicely,” James mentioned. “Like, no person gave them a shot to start out the season.”
Although James admitted that Bronny has a methods to go in his improvement within the league, and he wasn’t that severe on Sunday about it on evening, he’s clearly not going to overlook those that have criticized his son previously — even when it was years in the past.
