2025-26 Season

BRONNY JAMES

Los Angeles Lakers | Guard | 6-2

2025-26 Season

BRONNY JAMES

Los Angeles Lakers | Guard | 6-2 | Yr 1

2.4 PPG

0.5 RPG

1.1 APG

7.9 MPG

-1.5 Impact

James produces at an below average rate for a 8-minute workload.

NET IMPACT BREAKDOWN

Every stat, every credit, every cost — per game average

-1.5

Scoring +1.2

Points 2.4 PPG × +1.00 = +2.4

Missed 2PT 0.8/g × -0.78 = -0.6

Missed 3PT 0.7/g × -0.87 = -0.6

Missed FT 0.0/g × -1.00 = -0.0

Creation +0.7

Assists 1.1/g × +0.50 = +0.6

Off. Rebounds 0.1/g × +1.26 = +0.1

Turnovers -1.0

Turnovers 0.5/g × -1.95 = -1.0

Defense -0.8

Steals 0.4/g × +2.30 = +0.9

Blocks 0.1/g × +0.90 = +0.1

Def. Rebounds 0.3/g × +0.30 = +0.1

Fouls Committed 2.5/g × -0.75 = -1.9

Hustle & Effort +0.9

Contested Shots 0.9/g × +0.20 = +0.2

Deflections 0.8/g × +0.65 = +0.5

Loose Balls 0.1/g × +0.60 = +0.1

Off. Fouls Drawn 0.0/g uncredited × +2.70 = +0.1

Raw Impact +1.0

Baseline (game-average expected) −2.5

Net Impact

-1.5

48th pctl vs Guards

About this model: Net Impact can't measure floor spacing, help defense rotations, or playmaking gravity — so wings and guards are slightly undervalued vs bigs. How Net Impact works

TEAM COMPARISON

Impact

Offense

Hustle

Defense

of 14 teammates (10+ games, 10+ min)

Luka Dončić +9.7 Deandre Ayton +4.9 Jaxson Hayes +3.6 Austin Reaves +3.2 LeBron James +1.4 Jake LaRavia -0.5 Jarred Vanderbilt -0.8 Maxi Kleber -1.4 Marcus Smart -2.3 Luke Kennard -2.9 Nick Smith Jr. -3.3 Rui Hachimura -3.7 Dalton Knecht -3.9 Gabe Vincent -5.0

SKILL DNA

Percentile rank vs 235 Guards with 10+ games

Scoring 4th

3.7 PPG

Efficiency 1th

36.7% TS

Playmaking 30th

1.7 APG

Rebounding 0th

0.9 RPG

Rim Protection 75th

0.15/min

Hustle 64th

0.11/min

Shot Creation 50th

0% pullup

TO Discipline 37th

0.06/min

THE SEASON SO FAR

Bronny James spent the first twenty games of the season trapped in a frustrating cycle of offensive passivity and empty cardio stints. He simply refused to look at the rim. During a twenty-minute run on 10/27 vs POR, he went scoreless while his complete lack of shooting gravity allowed defenders to freely roam and clog the paint, saddling him with a brutal -6.0 impact score. When he finally decided to attack closeouts with aggression on 11/08 vs ATL, the results drastically improved, yielding a season-high nine points and a +2.3 impact mark. Yet, even when the jumper occasionally fell, hidden defensive costs often ruined his overall footprint. On 11/18 vs UTA, James drilled his only shot attempt to tally three points in just four minutes, but he still posted a dismal -4.7 impact score because opponents mercilessly hunted and exploited him on the other end of the floor. If he wants to stick in a crowded rotation, he must find a way to consistently threaten set defenses without bleeding points on the perimeter.

IMPACT TIMELINE

Game-by-game performance vs average. Green = above average, red = below.

Mar 30 | -13.0 impact

PATTERNS

Struggling. James has posted negative impact in 78% of games this season. The production rarely outweighs the cost.

Average defender. James doesn't hurt you defensively, but he's not making opponents uncomfortable either.

Flat trajectory all season — first-half impact -2.0, second-half -1.2. No major shifts, which fits with the overall steadiness.

Tends to go on runs. Longest hot streak: 1 games. Longest cold streak: 6 games.

MATCHUP HISTORY

Based on 65 games with tracking data. Shows who guarded this player on offense and who he guarded on defense, with their shooting stats in those matchups.