BRONNY JAMES just had an outstanding postseason with a lot to build on

Added: 2026-05-13

[00:00:00]IN CASE YOU MISSED IT, BRONNIE JAMES WAS [ __ ] PHENOMENAL AGAIN IN GARBAGE TIME AGAINST THE THUNDER IN THE PLAYOFFS.

[00:00:09]THIS POCKET PASS HERE IS ELITE. THE THIS IS CHRIS PAUL IN HIS PRIME. THE THUNDER ARE IN THEIR DUMB [ __ ] DROP COVERAGE.

[00:00:16]IF BRONNIE CAN CONTINUE TO MAKE THESE PASSES, HE'S GOT A DECADE long career ahead. LOOK AT HIM THREAD THE NEEDLE RIGHT HERE. PERFECT POCKET PASS leading Abu Thiero. PERFECT. NOW, THE LAKERS HAVE A [ __ ] ASS WORM AS A COACH and are poorly coached. So, THIS SHOULD BE A CUT TO A CUTTING CLEA BEAR FOR A DUNK, BUT THAT POCKET PASS CREATES ALL SORTS OF OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FUTURE. AND THE CONFIDENCE AND AGGRESSIVENESS OFFENSIVELY. THE THUNDER ARE GOING TO SWITCH HERE. NOW, AGAIN, THE THIS DEFENDER RIGHT HERE is going to end up SHOVING THE SCREENER AS OPPOSED TO BEING READY TO GUARD. SO, HIS BODY MOMENTUM IS GOING THIS WAY. BRONNIE'S JUST FLYING DOWNHILL. LOOK AT HIM FLY DOWNHILL, TURN THE CORNER, BUCK IT. INCREDIBLE.

[00:01:02]AND NOW HE'S LOOKING LIKE HIS DAD IN TRANSITION. LOOK AT BRONNIE WITH A FULL HEAD OF STEAM AGAINST ISAIAH JOE. THAT'S A GUY THAT PLAYS FOR THE THUNDER. THAT'S NOT SOME BACKUP [ __ ] LOOK AT HIM TURN ON THE JETS. FULL HEAD OF STEAM INTO THE PAINT. LOOK AT HOW MANY BODIES HE DRAWS. ONE, TWO, THREE, AND SETS UP A CONNECT OPEN THREE. JUST BRONNY GETTING DOWNHILL INTO THE PAINT. SHOTS GOT TO GO IN. BUT THAT SETUP BY BRONNIE, FULL HEAD OF STEAM, playing with confidence.

[00:01:32]IT IS THE DEFENSIVE END OF THE FL. HE IS THE LAKERS BEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER. I'M NOT [ __ ] JOKING. HE DOES EVERYTHING.

[00:01:40]HE'S LIKE A SUPERCOMPUTER DEFENSIVELY.

[00:01:43]HELP COMES FROM THE RIM RIGHT HERE. SO BRONNIE PERFECTLY ROTATES DOWN. HELP THE HELPER. CAN'T LET THE DROP OFF PASS HAPPEN. BUT NOW ON THE SKIP PASS OUT, LOOK AT BRONNIE NOT HUGGING THE CORNER.

[00:01:54]This is beautiful. Look at Bronny right here. BACK TO THE BASELINE IN THE GAPS.

[00:01:59]THERE'S NO PLACE TO GO. STUNT, RECOVER, BACK OUT, CLOG UP, EVERYTHING. IF EVERYBODY PLAYED DEFENSE LIKE BRONNIE DID IN THIS SERIES, THE LAKERS WOULD HAVE WON. THIS IS A FIVE ON FOUR RIGHT HERE. LOOK AT BRONNIE SPRINT BACK. I DON'T KNOW. I I JUST GOT TO GET BACK.

[00:02:16]MAYBE I'LL TAKE ISAIAH JOE, MAYBE I WON'T. BUT LOOK AT HIM SPRINT. SPRINT BACK. WHOOPS. IT'S A FIVE ON FOUR. WATCH HIM GET OVER TO WILLIAMS RIGHT NOW. LOOK AT THIS CONTEST OFF. THAT IS AGAIN ELITE DEFENSE. Elite effort.

[00:02:32]AGAIN, BRONNY. THIS IS ELITE POINT GUARD PLAY. OKAY. COME OFF ACROSS SCREEN RIGHT HERE. LOOK AT BRONNIE LOCK THE DEFENDERS WITH HIS EYES LIKE HE'S GOING THIS WAY.

[00:02:42]LOOK AT BRONNIE'S EYES THE ENTIRE TIME ARE STAYING TOWARDS the wing. THAT MEANS THIS DEFENDER STAYS UP AND THAT ALLOWS THIS BOUNCE PASS RIGHT THROUGH TO BE WIDE OPEN. You got to finish. But that's elite point guard play from Bronnie. YOU CAN SEE HIS CONFIDENCE GROWING WITH YOUR OWN VERY EYES. THIS IS VERY EXCITING.

[00:03:01]ANOTHER BALL SCREEN. THE THUNDER ARE GOING TO BOTCH THE SWITCH. BUT BRONNIE'S NOT AGAIN. COME OFF THE BALL SCREEN.

[00:03:08]JUST GET DOWNHILL. NO HESITATION.

[00:03:10]THUNDER [ __ ] UP THE SWITCH RIGHT HERE.

[00:03:12]NOW, LOOK AT BRONNIE COLLAPSING FIVE DIFFERENT THUNDER DEFENDER creates a wideopen catch and shoot three. THIS IS AGAIN, THIS IS CHRIS PAUL POINT GUARD LEVEL PLAY. YOU DO NOT SEE EVERY GUARD IN THE LEAGUE BEING ABLE TO MAKE THIS PASS REGULARLY. AND BRONNIE IS GETTING REALLY GOOD AT IT. THE ROCKETS ARE IN THEIR STUPID [ __ ] DROP COVERAGE.

[00:03:33]AGAIN, THOUGH, LOOK AT BRONNIE THREAD THE NEEDLE. PERFECT POCKET PASS TO LEAD ABU THIERO. THAT'S THE KEY. LOOK AT THE POCKET PASS. LEAD ABU THIERO BEHIND THE DEFENDER DROPPING. SO NOW IT'S JUST RIGHT TO THE RIM AND A TWO-SHOT FOUL.

[00:03:47]ELITE POINT guard play.

[00:03:50]HE REALLY DOES DEFENSIVELY. HE IS A SUPERCO COMPUTER DEFENSIVELY. HE IS THE LAKERS BEST DEFENDER. LOOK AT THIS SHOT GO UP. HE DOES NOT STAND IN THE [ __ ] CORNER. LOOK AT HIM ALREADY STARTING TO GET BACK. ALREADY STARTING TO GET BACK.

[00:04:04]THEN THE MISS HAPPENS. NOW I'M SPRINTING. RIGHT. SO BECAUSE HE WAS ALREADY STARTING TO GET BACK NOW IN A FULL SPRINT. BANG. THAT'S A STEAL. NOW TURN IT INTO OFFENSE. COME UP THE FLOOR.

[00:04:14]DRAW THIS DEFENDER. EASY LITTLE pass over to Nick Smith Jr. THAT IS PHENOMENAL. HIS BASKETBALL IQ DEFENSIVELY IS ONE OF THE BEST IN THE LEAGUE. AGAIN, YOU DO NOT SEE PLAYERS DO THIS. HE IS IN THE RIGHT SPOT ALWAYS.

[00:04:31]LOOK AT BRONNY IN THE PAINT. BUT ONCE HE NOTICES JAKE LARAVIA COMING OVER AND HELP, WATCH HIM ZONE UP HERE. LOOK AT HIM ZONE UP. HE'S GOING WHEREVER THE FIRST IF IT GOES HERE, THAT'S WHERE BRONNY'S GOING. IF IT GOES HERE, THAT'S WHERE BRONNY'S GOING. SO, WHERE'S THE PASS GOING? LOOK AT THAT. CLOSE OUT. NOW YOU LET LAVA X OUT ONTO THE CORNER.

[00:04:48]TURNOVER. THAT'S ALL BRONN. HE IS ELITE DEFENSIVELY. IT IS LIKE PLAYING A VIDEO GAME DEFENSIVELY WITH BRONNY.

[00:04:59]EVERYTHING. LOOK AT HOW PERFECT THIS IS AGAIN. IMMEDIATELY READY TO SWITCH OFF THE DOWN SCREEN. THEN ON THE HANDOFF, WE'RE NOT GOING OVER. LOOK AT HIM GO UNDER. MEET JABARI SMITH ON THE OTHER SIDE. NOW LOOK, LOOK AT HOW HE'S GOING TO SHUT. HE KNOWS HE'S GOT HELP. SO, WE DON'T NEED TO GAMBLE. JUST SHOW YOUR HANDS, SLIDE YOUR FEET, MAKE HIM GO INTO THE HELP RIGHT THERE WITH JARED VANDERBILT. TURNOVER. Unfucking believable. AGAIN, ELITE AWARENESS AS A POINT GUARD. THE SECOND HE NOTICES HIS DAD GETTING FRONTED BY AARON HOLIDAY, HE KNOWS HE ONLY HAS SO MUCH TIME. STOP.

[00:05:34]LOOK AT HOLIDAY FRONTING HIS DAD. I GOT TO THIS BALL'S GOT TO GET OVER THE TOP BEFORE SANG GOON GETS THERE, RIGHT? WE GOT TO BEAT THAT BACKSIDE HELP. SO LOOK AT THIS PASS RIGHT NOW UP OVER THE TOP.

[00:05:45]BEAT THE BACKSIDE DEFENDER. SO NOW LEBRON'S GOT TWO ON THE BALL. VANDERBILT AND EIGHT AND ONE PASS AWAY. PERFECT B.

[00:05:52]THAT SET UP BY BRONNIE GETTING THAT BALL THERE IMMEDIATELY.