Over the last handful of months, there has been a growing hope that Bronny James can eventually become a legitimate rotation player in the NBA. He put up strong numbers during this past G League regular season, and he played very solid basketball during the Las Vegas summer league this month.

Bronny James enters Year 2 of his NBA career with hopes that he can crack the Lakers ' rotation. After a rookie campaign that saw him appear in just 27 games and a total of 181 minutes as he spent majority of his time in the G League, it's going to be tall task for James to reach that goal, but Lakers coach JJ Redick knows he can get there.

Los Angeles Lakers coach JJ Redick revealed the “only” harsh message he gave Bronny James during the rookie’s up-and-down NBA first season.