Is Bronny James playing in Summer League? Full Lakers schedule for 2025 California Classic, Las Vegas games

Colin Capece

Is Bronny James playing in Summer League? Full Lakers schedule for 2025 California Classic, Las Vegas games image

Bronny James is back in action this week as the NBA Summer League gets underway.

The 55th overall pick in the 2024 NBA Draft and the son of LeBron James appeared in appeared in 27 games for the Lakers last season. He is always in the spotlight given his famous father, and Los Angeles is hoping he can make big strides this summer to become more than a rotational piece.

Bronny will round out a Summer League roster that includes Dalton Knecht and Julian Reese. Los Angeles will play three games in San Francisco before heading to Las Vegas.

Here's a look at Bronny James and the Lakers' 2025 Summer League schedule.

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Is Bronny James playing in Summer League?

Yes, the Lakers announced their Summer League roster on July 2, and it includes Bronny James.

LA will begin its Summer League season at the California Classic before going to the NBA 2K26 Summer League in Las Vegas.

James could play at least eight games in Summer League, though it's unclear if the Lakers plan to play him in each contest.

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Lakers NBA Summer League schedule 2025

California Classic (San Francisco)

DateOpponentTime (ET)TV channel
Saturday, July 5Warriors6:30 p.m.ESPN2/Sling TV
Sunday, July 6Heat4:30 p.m.NBA TV/Sling TV
Tuesday, July 8Spurs7 p.m.ESPN/Sling TV

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NBA 2K25 Summer League (Las Vegas)

DateOpponentTime (ET)TV channel
Thursday, July 10Mavericks8:00 p.m.ESPN/Sling TV
Saturday, July 12Pelicans8:30 p.m.ESPN2/Sling TV
Monday, July 14Clippers10:30 p.m.NBA TV/Sling TV
Thursday, July 17Cavaliers9 p.m.ESPN/Sling TV
July 18-20Four team tournamentTBDTBD

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Colin Capece

Colin Capece is an editorial intern for The Sporting News. He previously wrote The Dallas Morning News, USA Today and The Arizona Republic. Colin earned his master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University and loves to talk baseball and basketball.