Bronny James receives sarcastic 'MVP' chants in road blowout during garbage time

LeBron James is utilized to proceeding MVP chants nary substance wherever helium plays, but astir of the time, they're for him.

However, connected Thursday night, they were for a antithetic James: his lad Bronny.

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The 20-year-old got immoderate playing clip precocious successful Los Angeles' 134-96 triumph implicit the Wizards successful Washington. The crippled was practically implicit from the jump, arsenic the Lakers led 78-45 astatine halftime.

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This prompted Bronny, the 55th prime of past year's NBA Draft, to get immoderate minutes successful garbage time. Perhaps it was amended than the "tough spot" JJ Redick had enactment Bronny successful the nighttime before, erstwhile helium went 0-for-5 from the level portion getting clip astatine a important portion of the game.

In his 12 minutes played, Bronny impressed with 5 points, including a pugnacious and-one bucket that adjacent got his begetter retired of his seat.

But erstwhile James went to the line, immoderate fans had immoderate amusive with the rookie by hitting him with "MVP" chants.

Of course, they were sarcastic, but they were loud, and it's much MVP chants than astir radical retired determination person gotten.

Bronny had not seen the level for much than six minutes entering Wednesday, but he's present seen 27 minutes of clip successful the Lakers' past 2 games.

It's been a conflict for Bronny, who entered Thursday's contention conscionable 1-for-16 from the floor. He averaged less than 5 points per crippled during his lone play astatine USC.

James has spent a decent information of the play processing successful the G League, which has been overmuch kinder to him. In those games, he's putting up 16.3 points per game.

The tongue-in-cheeck chants came aft ESPN mogul Stephen A. Smith ripped LeBron for stunting his son's maturation successful the pros.

"I americium pleading with LeBron James, arsenic a father. Stop this. Stop this. We each cognize that Bronny James is successful the NBA due to the fact that of his dad," Smith said connected Wednesday's variation of "First Take."

The triumph improved the Lakers to 27-19 with the win, bully for 5th successful the Western Conference. They'll look a pugnacious trial connected Saturday nighttime erstwhile they sojourn Madison Square Garden to look the third-place Knicks.

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