{"id":1163720,"date":"2026-02-23T04:43:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T09:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/?p=1163720"},"modified":"2026-02-23T04:43:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T09:43:02","slug":"lebron-james-still-hasnt-forgotten-jaylen-browns-criticism-of-bronny-during-the-summer-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/lebron-james-still-hasnt-forgotten-jaylen-browns-criticism-of-bronny-during-the-summer-league\/","title":{"rendered":"LeBron James still hasn&#039;t forgotten Jaylen Brown&#039;s criticism of Bronny during the Summer League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LeBron James hasn\u2019t forgotten that one clip of Jaylen Brown.<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles Lakers star was asked about his relationship with Brown on Sunday night, shortly after the team\u2019s 111-89 loss to the Boston Celtics. While he didn\u2019t have anything bad to say, he did reference a moment from a Summer League game a few years ago in which Brown was caught criticizing James\u2019 eldest son, and current Lakers player, Bronny James.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur relationship has been pretty respectful,\u201d James said. \u201cBesides that s**t he said about Bronny at Summer League, but other than that, we\u2019ve been alright.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think he went on social media and said something about it. It\u2019s all good.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>LeBron James on his relationship with Jaylen Brown: \u201cIt\u2019s been pretty respectful despite the shit he said about Bronny at Summer League.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LhyIBVt89z\">pic.twitter.com\/LhyIBVt89z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArashMarkazi\/status\/2025763167352377521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 23, 2026<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Though James was clearly joking a bit, he was referencing an old clip from an NBA Summer League game in 2024 in which Brown could be spotted telling Angel Reese and Kysre Gondrezick that he didn\u2019t \u201cthink Bronny is a pro.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brown actually went on social media soon after and tried to clean up those comments.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>It\u2019s a flex to have your son alongside you in the nba it reflects greatness and longevity !Bronny has all the tools around him to be successful I look forward to watching his growth <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qO4muFSvrn\">https:\/\/t.co\/qO4muFSvrn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jaylen Brown (@FCHWPO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FCHWPO\/status\/1813148428119207946?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 16, 2024<\/a><\/div>\n<p>That all took place before Bronny\u2019s first real NBA game. The Lakers selected him with the No. 55 overall pick in the draft that summer, and he ended up playing in 27 games with the team last season while spending time with their G League affiliate.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s been doing the same thing this season, too. Bronny has averaged 2.2 points and 1.2 assists in 29 appearances with the Lakers this season while playing just 7.3 minutes per game. In six games with the South Bay Lakers, he\u2019s averaged 15.5 points and 5.2 assists.<\/p>\n<p>Bronny did not play in the Lakers\u2019 loss on Sunday night. Luka Don\u010di\u0107 led the way with 25 points and five rebounds, and James added 20 points and five assists while shooting 1-of-5 from the 3-point line.<\/p>\n<p>Brown led the Celtics with 32 points and eight rebounds in the win, which pushed them to 37-19 on the season. Payton Pritchard added 30 points and eight assists off the bench, too.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Though James admitted that Bronny has a ways to go in his development in the league, and he wasn\u2019t that serious on Sunday about it on night, he\u2019s clearly not going to forget those who have criticized his son in the past \u2014 even if it was years ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nba\/article\/lebron-james-still-hasnt-forgotten-jaylen-browns-criticism-of-bronny-during-the-summer-league-044302790.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nba\/article\/lebron-james-still-hasnt-forgotten-jaylen-browns-criticism-of-bronny-during-the-summer-league-044302790.html<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LeBron James hasn\u2019t forgotten that one clip of Jaylen Brown. The Los Angeles Lakers star was asked about his relationship with Brown on Sunday night,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1163720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1163720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1163720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1163720\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1163720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1163720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1163720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}