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Stephen A. Smith seemed to change his tune about Bronny James after the Lakers’ rookie had a career-high 17 points in garbage time of a 118-89 loss to the Bucks on Thursday.

“… My position was all along, Bronny James needed to be in the G League, that put him in the G League, let him be in the G League his first year,” Smith continued.

“… But what I saw last night made me say to myself, ‘Wait a minute,’ he keeps showing up and playing like that … if that kind of stuff continues, then indeed he’ll be in the league as a bonafide player sooner than later. One game does not make that determination, you need to do more than that.

“… What I may have been wrong about that is that evidently being around [Lakers coach] JJ Redick and that staff, and being around pops and the rest of the Los Angeles Lakers, combined with the G League — going back and forth — may be doing wonders for him sooner than we anticipated. Because I liked what I saw last night.”