Bronny: Not focused on speculation about LeBron

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- While the hoops satellite continued to wonderment what LeBron James volition bash adjacent arsenic NBA escaped bureau reached its 3rd time with comparatively small enactment from the Los Angeles Lakers, it was concern arsenic accustomed for Bronny James wrong the team's signifier installation Wednesday.

The younger James, who completed his rookie play a mates months agone aft being drafted 55th wide past June, worked retired with the Lakers' summertime league squad that volition implicit successful the California Classic successful San Francisco starting Saturday.

LeBron, meanwhile, opted into the last twelvemonth of a declaration worthy $56.2 million implicit the weekend, but that quality came with a caveat. James' cause and CEO of Klutch Sports, Rich Paul, told ESPN's Shams Charania that the four-time champion volition beryllium intimately monitoring the Lakers' offseason moves to amended the team.

"We recognize the trouble successful winning present portion preparing for the future," Paul told ESPN. "We bash privation to measure what's champion for LeBron astatine this signifier successful his beingness and career. He wants to marque each play helium has near count, and the Lakers recognize that, are supportive and privation what's champion for him."

That connection has caused galore astir the league to question if James would inquire for a commercialized if Lakers president of hoops operations and wide manager Rob Pelinka doesn't upgrade the roster successful a satisfactory manner. Paul clarified to ESPN connected Monday that helium has not discussed wanting a commercialized with the Lakers -- though helium did archer ESPN that 4 teams contacted him astir being funny successful trading for James.

Paul said helium did not prosecute successful "substantive" talks with immoderate of those teams, but his archetypal connection -- combined with the Lakers' quiescent commencement to escaped bureau -- has caused speculation to tally rampant astir LeBron's future.

Bronny, who has told reporters successful the past helium does not walk excessively overmuch clip connected societal media, could not negociate to debar the conjecture astir his father.

"Actually, 1 of my friends called me, talking astir wherever [I was going to play adjacent season], what I was going to bash due to the fact that they saw my dada [in the news]," Bronny said Wednesday. "I didn't spot it. He called me. I was like, 'yeah, I person nary thought what you're talking about.' ... I don't truly wage attraction to that stuff. There's a batch of worldly going astir that I don't wage attraction to."

Bronny said helium has not had overmuch treatment with his begetter astir the absorption of the franchise and LeBron's tendency to enactment oregon permission L.A.

"We don't truly speech astir it much," Bronny said. "I deliberation erstwhile worldly similar that does travel up, helium conscionable tells maine to not interest astir it, to not adjacent wage attraction to it [and] conscionable fastener into what you person going connected close now. And that's what's going to get maine amended and to support maine focused. I deliberation it's bully that helium tells maine to not wage attraction to that stuff."

About an hr aft Wednesday's practice, escaped cause halfway Deandre Ayton, the No. 1 wide prime successful the 2018 draft, agreed to motion with the Lakers, sources told ESPN's Shams Charania. On Monday, the Lakers agreed to motion guardant Jake LaRavia.

"Obviously being connected the team, I deliberation we're going travel backmost adjacent amended than we were past year," Bronny said. "We conscionable got to travel successful present and travel successful the gym with a intent and beryllium acceptable to enactment each time and beryllium acceptable to get amended each day."

The Lakers' summertime league squad volition beryllium coached by adjunct manager Beau Levesque successful the California Classic and past by adjunct manager Lindsey Harding astatine the Las Vegas Summer League. Among the signifier participants Wednesday were 2019 first-round prime Darius Bazley and Cole Swider, who played for the South Bay Lakers successful the G League past season.

Second-round prime Adou Thiero, taken astatine No. 36 aft the Lakers traded up doubly to get him, was held retired of signifier due to the fact that of his near genu and volition not enactment successful summertime league games, according to the team.