In 27 regular-season games with the Lakers, the younger James averaged 2.3 points, 0.8 assists and 0.7 rebounds in 6.7 minutes a game while shooting 31.3% from the field and 28.1% from 3-point range.

The Lakers didn’t land any of those three, but James still took roughly $2.7 million less than the two-year, $104 million max extension that he was eligible for. That helped the

Going back to the NBA draft almost a year ago, when the Lakers chose him with the No. 55 overall pick, the feeling around Bronny James was that he was in the league solely because his father happens to be LeBron James,