Bronny James, Dalton Knecht ready for the second summer with the Lakers
Bronny James was standing with his shoulders to the wall with both hands buried in his training shorts, his practice with the team of the summer alloy of the complete Lakers, his voice seemed to be safer than herself now that she is entering in her second season in the NBA.
He had to endure the pressure out of measure and the criticisms of playing last season with his father Superstar, Lebron James, a season in which Bronny and his father made history becoming the first father-child duo to play together in a game of the NBA.
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Now, Bronny is safer than her talents and will be able to show what she worked on when the Lakers play the Golden State Warriors in the California Classic Saturday in San Francisco.
The Lakers will play three games there and then head to Las Vegas for the NBA Summer League.
This is where the most awaited summer game could take place because the Lakers open the action against Cooper Flagg, the choice number 1 in the draft of June and the Dallas Mavericks on 10 July.
Like all last season, James knows that many people take care of that game – to him, however, and Flag.
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“Last year it was a crazy environment for me to intervene and produce right outside the tear, as a nervous being too,” said Bronny. “So, I feel like this year, I will be able to go out and play freely and know what I will go out and I will do for me and my teammates. So, yes, I am really excited to be able to play without nervousness.”
Dalton Knecht did some more shots after the rehearsals on Wednesday, his stroke seemed impressive as last season when he shot 37.6% from three points during his beginner season with the Lakers.
Knecht also can’t wait to play Las Vegas.
“Vegas, I mean, I feel like all of us don’t care who we played [last summer]”Said Knecht.” It was just going out there and playing. Our fans always present themselves. We go out all the time and it is practically Laker’s fans who exhaust that arena and show us so much love. We are just trying to go out there and try to put on a show, no matter who we are playing. “
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The debutant of the Lakers Adou Tiero, their choice of the second round (36th in total) by the Arkansas who have acquired in an exchange with the Timberwolves, has to do with an accident in the left knee and will not play this summer. The Lakers said that Tiero is in the final stages of his return to the game and is expected to be completely authorized for the training field.
For James, a year of play in the NBA made a difference while approaching this summer.
He appeared in 27 games last season, starting from once, and scored on average 2.3 points per game with 31.3% shooting, 28.1% from three points.
“Yes, it is certainly a little more of excitement of nervousness, for sure, “said James.” I’m just ready to go out there and play and be better than I was the last time I was playing. Just having that mentality of being ready to play and ready for everything that is launched, no matter the role, what I have to do in defense, offense, everything. Being a good teammate for my new Summer League team, things like that. “
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In addition to the work of skill, James said that his plan for the summer is to be in “elite conditions” and “being disruptive in the defensive end”.
“So this is my main goal, probably because I’m a little thinner,” he said. “But I still have 215 [pounds] On me still. So, I’m just running a lot, I’m getting a lot of conditioning. And then I was only at the top of my diet, eating healthy, being a professional. It is only the second year, so I have to block the things I didn’t know before my beginner year and be better and excel with that. Yes, my main goal is that this year, or this summer, it has been in elite conditions. This is what I spoke about with my coaches. “
Knecht played in 78 games last season, with an average of 9.1 points in 19.2 minutes per game.
As the season progresses, Knecht said that the game slowed down for him and this allowed him to improve.
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When the Lakers were eliminated by the playoffs by the Timberwolves, Knecht said he was going to work immediately. In his eyes, there was no time to waste.
“Immediately after [playoff] Loss, I practically started immediately. I didn’t take long free time, “he said.” So I was going to the gym, starting from 6 in the morning, going with the boys to 10 and then returning later in the evening only to get as many shots I can, only working on my game and on my cuts. “
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This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.