Lakers Assign Bronny James to G League Affiliate

The Los Angeles Lakers assigned Bronny James and rookie Cameron Carr to the Coachella Valley Lakers, the team’s G League affiliate, on Thursday, November 5. The affiliate’s 2026-27 season was scheduled to begin Friday, November 6. The assignment moves James to the development league, but the team has not announced how long he will remain there or when he might return to the NBA roster. James had appeared in five of the Lakers’ first nine games this season, playing 12 minutes in total, according to reports on his season-to-date record. Another account put his average at 2.4 minutes per game across those appearances. The reports also said he had scored four points in those five games. The assignment comes in James’s third NBA season and his first professional campaign without his father, LeBron James, as a Lakers teammate. LeBron James joined the Philadelphia 76ers as a free agent. Bronny James was selected by Los Angeles in the second round of the 2024 NBA Draft, 55th overall, out of Southern California. Lakers coach JJ Redick discussed James’s preseason performance last month. Redick said James had a good summer with the team but had not played well in four preseason games....