Just because Bronny James is bouncing between the NBA and G League doesn't mean his hoops career is cooked ... so says Metta World Peace, who tells TMZ Sports the Lakers rookie is getting a great opportunity to develop.
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00:00So he's on the G-League, he's swapping between G-League and the main Lakers team.
00:07Is this a good idea?
00:08Is this a good plan?
00:10Because obviously he left college early and a lot of people think that he didn't get the
00:13training and the experience that he needs to make it into the NBA.
00:17No, he's good.
00:18Ryan is a good player.
00:20I mean, people can say what they want, but at the end of the day, he has an NBA body.
00:25He's only 19, maybe he's 20.
00:26Yeah.
00:27You know, I don't know.
00:29He's not the first 19-year-old, you know, to not be like he will be when he's 25.
00:36Yeah.
00:37I came into the NBA averaging, like, 11 points.
00:38Okay.
00:39And my game went to the next level when I was 24.
00:42Yeah.
00:43You know, John Stockton didn't play, I guess, for the first two years.
00:46You know, I think Bryant deserves it.
00:51Maybe, you know, actually, Bron deserves it.
00:55LeBron deserves it.
00:56He worked hard.
00:57LeBron worked hard enough.
00:58To have his son play with him in the league.
01:01I understand what people are saying, but when you look at somebody like LeBron, who is still
01:06married to the same girl that he's been with since high school, like, that has to have
01:13some type of significance at some point in time.
01:15We talk about family values.
01:18Yeah.
01:19Well, it's right in front of your face, and people are not taking advantage of the message.
01:26You know, you got a guy like LeBron that's been with his significant other since high
01:30school.
01:31Yeah.
01:32Like, that's the message.
01:33He's the epitome of family values.
01:35Yeah, that's what we want, right?
01:38Yeah.
01:39Right?
01:40We want the role model, so now you have it, and now you don't want it, right?
01:43So, it's like, I think people should just enjoy it.
01:45And, you know what, it's only one person that could be that good where they could demand
01:52that they play with their son.
01:54We don't know what that feels like, because we don't run as fast as LeBron.
01:58Do you think that Bronny has more pressure on him, and we're paying more attention?
02:01No, he don't have no pressure.
02:02Bronny's doing, he's getting everything out.
02:05I think he's doing very well.
02:06I think he's not underachieving.
02:09Yeah.
02:10You think we expect more from Bronny because a lot of people are saying it's nepotism,
02:15whereas what you said earlier, a lot of people enter the league early and aren't doing as
02:19well, and then five years later, where we're not paying attention to the people.
02:24I don't know if people want more from Bronny, but I think some people are just not happy.
02:32Not everybody.
02:33Some people are really excited about going to the games and buying the jerseys, but some
02:36people are not.
02:38I'm not judging anyone's opinion.
02:40Everybody has their own opinion.
02:41This is America, and we're not censoring people's speech, so people have the freedom to be uncensored.
02:50Do you think that the G League will do Bronny good?
02:55Of course, the G League is a great platform.
02:57So many great players, and maybe even some future Hall of Famers came out of the G League.
03:02Oh, really?
03:03The G League is a great platform, so yeah, for sure.
03:05Is this going to give him the skills to have a long career in the NBA?
03:10I mean, we're trying to predict the future.
03:13We still didn't quite even land on the moon again.
03:19We can't predict the future, but you can prepare for the future.
03:24So I don't know.
03:25It's hard to say.
03:26I guess my question is, is the plan they have in place from bouncing back and forth between
03:30G League and the main Lakers, is this the best idea rather than just keeping him on
03:35the main Lakers team?
03:36I think you've got to go with the flow.
03:38Go with the current.
03:40Go with the flow of the energy and the opportunity and the scenarios.
03:48The G League is great.
03:50He's a rookie, and rookies play in the G League.
03:54I think it's a good thing.