How to watch, odds of Bronny James likely debut

On Tuesday night, the Los Angeles Lakers' 2024-25 NBA regular season ends with a clash against one of the bottom two teams in last year's Western Conference, the Minnesota Timberwolves.

The Timberwolves traded two future draft picks for the rights to former Kentucky guard Rob Dillingham, who was selected with the eighth pick in the 2024 NBA Draft. As part of a larger deal, Minnesota also dealt expensive All-Star starting power forward Karl-Anthony Towns to the New York Knicks in exchange for a future draft pick, three-time All-Star power forward Julius Randle (a Demotion from Towns, but still). a solid talent) and reserve wing Donte DiVincenzo. Dillingham and DiVincenzo help bolster the Timberwolves' depth, while the Randle move allows the Timberwolves to retain a lower-cost forward but have more flexibility moving forward.

Meanwhile, the Lakers let free agents Spencer Dinwiddie and Taurean Prince leave in free agency, saw all the other minimum-signing veterans pick up their player options, and recruited guards Dalton Knecht and Bronny James, son of the 20-time All-Star -Lakers combo forward LeBron James. Los Angeles' biggest offseason moves were probably trading two-year head coach Darvin Ham for rookie head coach JJ Redick and signing LeBron James for four years and $101.4 million.

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So how can fans prepare for the action in the first decisive game? And are the Lakers the favorites to win? Read on.

The game is scheduled to begin on Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. PT on TNT. It will also be seen locally on Spectrum SportsNet and Spectrum SportsNet+. Fans on the go can tune in to ESPN LA 710 and 1330 KWKW.

According to sports betting aggregator The Action Network, the Timberwolves were -1.5 going into the win against the Lakers as an away team, but had a -1 lead as of this writing.

In the two teams' first meeting this year, a preseason meeting on October 4, Bronny James sat on the LA bench for 16 minutes. He scored just two points on 1 of 6 shooting from the floor (0 of 1 from deep), blocked three shots, grabbed one rebound and dished out a dime. He also posted a disappointing plus-minus of -12. Without Bronny's father or fellow All-Star Anthony Davis playing, the Lakers lost 124-107 to the Timberwolves. On Tuesday, Bronny and LeBron James appear ready to take the court together for the first time in an important game (they played three preseason friendly games together).

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