Lakers legend James Worthy claimed that Bronny James‘ five-point outburst in Monday night’s game against the Portland Trail Blazers was the best in an already stellar career.

And by stellar, we mean terrible.

Yes, the younger James did play a productive 19 minutes, scoring 5 points and dishing out six assists. In doing so, he raised his scoring average from 0.5 points per game to a mind-numbing 1.4 pts/game.

And lest you think going one for four from the field, just 25 percent, would hurt, think again. LeBron’s son actually improved his field goal percentage to – and this isn’t a misprint – 18.2 percent.

Angel Reese thinks he’s bad at shooting a basketball. Worthy, however, saw glimpses of greatness.

Bronny James’ best NBA game ever?

Worthy, an NBA Hall of Famer and three-time world champion, saw Bronny’s output and decided this – this! – was a step in the right direction.

“I thought this might have been Bronny’s best game of his NBA career,” Worthy said following the game.

“For a young kid that’s been working toward trying to get more experience, he came in when they needed him. He had some assists. He had a big rebound. Kept the ball in play. Hit a big three.”

One for 4.

Worthy predicted things will get even better from here.

“We talked about how he gets to play with, you know, other big-time players,” he said. “He’ll learn more and adjust better.”

Great. Until he learns to shoot the rock, though, it ain’t about to get any better. Bronny James is not an NBA-caliber player by any stretch of the imagination.

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His second-best game

Worthy must not recall a game Bronny James produced last season. One that even convinced Stephen A. Smith that LeBron’s kid “belonged” in the NBA.

Bronny scored 17 points in 30 minutes of play, making 7 of his 10 shots. All were career highs in a blowout loss.

“He looked like someone who belonged,” Smith said.

What was the common thread between these two “career” games for James? The Lakers’ major stars were sitting on the bench. Meaning somebody on the roster had to play minutes, and somebody had to score some points here and there.

In the game against the Trail Blazers, there was no Luka Doncic, no Austin Reaves, and no Papa James once again.

Reaves has averaged 31.1 points per game this season, good enough for fourth in the league. Doncic? He’s averaging an astounding 41.3 points per game. LeBron last year averaged 24.4.

Bronny put up 5 in a game where a potential 97 points were sitting on the bench, and Worthy thinks it’s a career-changing performance. P’shaw.