Cue the 80’s montage music.
Lakers coach JJ Redick said that for Lakers rookie Bronny James to succeed, the son of future Hall of Famer LeBron James must learn how to fail.
“He’s very coachable,” Redick told reporters Tuesday ahead of Los Angeles’ road game Thursday vs. the Kings. “I’ve told him this — he’s got to get to the point where it’s OK to fail and I think he has a real reservation to fail. I think a lot of that is he’s had a camera on him since he was eight-years-old.
“I can’t image (sons Knox and Kai) having cameras at their rec-league games. He’s had attention on him, I’m cognizant of that. Once he develops that, he’s going to take off. Literally take off. He will do anything we ask him to do, he’s done everything we ask him to do. It’s just part of player development, not just the physical skills and the physical development it is the mental development as well.”
As Redick noted, Bronny is not your usual rookie since his father is one of the greatest players in NBA history. He’s always going to be trying to live up to his father’s legacy.
There’s also the debatable narrative about whether he should have been drafted after an underwhelming freshman season with USC or if the Lakers did his father a favor by selecting him with the 55th pick.
