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Bronny James didn’t have a great game in his Summer League debut, but you wouldn’t have known that if you had followed ESPN today.
On Saturday afternoon, Bronny played in his first Summer League game and only scored 4 points, with 2 rebounds and 2 assists in 22 minutes of playing time.
Despite having a subpar game, Bronny was featured heavily on ESPN.com’s homepage.
The ESPN dot com front page after Bronny James made his NBA Summer League debut for the Lakers.
He scored 4 points — 2/9 from the field, 0/3 on 3s, 0/2 at the charity stripe — over 22 minutes played in a 108-94 loss. pic.twitter.com/Yl8a2l1gc5
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) July 6, 2024
Several fans also complained about getting ESPN alerts throughout the day, only to find out later that he scored only 4 points in the game.
“I got three ESPN alerts today about Bronny. I didn’t watch at all. I expected to see a box score of 20+ points. He had 4 points on 2/9 from the field,” said one fan on social media.
Even the NBA has been excessively marketing Bronny James during the Summer League.
Lakers guard Bronny James is front and center on NBA Summer League ads in Las Vegas pic.twitter.com/gQYa9grDJW
— Ben Golliver (@BenGolliver) July 5, 2024
It’s clear that Bronny James is a star and that most fans wouldn’t care about Summer League unless he played this year, but ESPN might be overdoing it with their coverage.