LeBron James: Scotty Pippen Jr. 'has a bright future!'

Los Angeles Lakers guard Scotty Pippen Jr. has impressed King James. Darren Yamashita-USA TODAY Sports

LeBron James impressed with Scotty Pippen Jr.: 'The kid has a bright future!'

Originally posted on Larry Brown Sports
By Darryn Albert | Last updated 7/22/22

After briefly overlapping with Scottie Pippen as a rookie, LeBron James is now liking what he is seeing from Pippen’s son.

The Los Angeles Lakers star James tweeted praise this week for new Lakers pickup Scotty Pippen Jr.

James shared a video feature on Pippen Jr. from the Lakers’ official Twitter page and added the caption, “The kid has a bright future!!” with purple and gold heart emojis.

The kid has a bright future!! https://t.co/YobiiXICsH

— LeBron James (@KingJames) July 21, 2022

The 21-year-old Pippen Jr. is one of the Lakers’ new two-way players (along with Cole Swider). He went undrafted this year but recently impressed at Summer League with 11.6 points, 3.6 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 2.3 steals per contest in eight appearances. Pippen Jr. was also a two-time All-SEC First-Team selection in college at Vanderbilt.

A 6-foot-3 point guard, Pippen Jr. may get a look this year with the Lakers measuring fairly thin in the backcourt right now. He has already shown Lakers fans plenty of personality as well.

This article first appeared on Larry Brown Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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