Just one more reason for me to never watch the NBA.
Serious question. I’ve never seen any of them play- Bronny or the brothers
No one would be paying attention to him if he had a different last name. He was about the third or fourth best player on his high school team.
He's very fast, he's a good jumper, and he has a compact shot that he gets off fairly quickly.
He is not yet a NBA level player, though, and I think it will be an uphill battle to get there. He has played on stacked teams since he was a little kid, and in my opinion, it has hampered his development as a playmaker. At his size, it'll be difficult to carve out a role if he isn't a playmaker. Teams tend to want more size and versatility if you are going to be a swiss army knife. Gary Payton II has been able to do it, but it's really difficult to get minutes in the NBA if you are short, an inconsistent shooter, and aren't very good at creating shots for others even if you are a disruptive defender.
I'm not a fan of having talented kids play on super teams during club and high school. I think it robs them of the necessary adversity to become elite playmakers and leaders. One former pro who has done a good job with his son is Gilbert Arenas. Alijah played for a neighborhood club program until he started playing 17u for the Compton Magic, and instead of going to Sierra Canyon, he went to Chatsworth. Alijah is one of the best prospects I've ever seen live. He's had to work for it.
player yet. He would probably struggle in the Ivy league.
He’d be a benchwarmer at a mid major except for his his dad.
Plenty of legit high major D1 players struggle as freshman. Averaging 5 points on 36% obviously isn’t lighting it up, but it’s not unusual even for top 100 freshman.
I wish every parent understood this - or even really wanted to understand this.
AAU teams. At some point you have to learn to deal with adversity. That doesn’t happen when you win every game 91-35.
They’re going to apply the same magic touch to youth basketball that they’ve applied to college ball. And we’ve all see how well that’s worked.
The only reason he would get drafted is his name. The only reason ESPN is announcing it, is because of his name.
Nothing about him warrants a draft pick.
to see if LeBron will follow his son, as he has pledged to.
The better question is will that warrant a late first round pick? Would the Knicks do that?
I think he has more recently said "it would be great if it happens, but he's not going to pit pressure on Bronny to do something big on his best interest."
Just to play with the son. He's more than likely going to resign with the Lakers in a sizable deal.
to leave earlier than he wants to try for the NBA. Not that he is ok not playing with him. Of course this could all be Lebrons way to force the Lakers to do something to improve team, as he has done in the past.
is this the quote you remember?
James has since added important context to his remarks, telling reporters last year, “Just because that’s my aspiration or my goal doesn’t mean it’s [Bronny’s]. And I’m absolutely OK with that. My job is to support my son in whatever he wants to do.”
I think it would be interesting if a team with minimal cap space took Bronny. If Lebron is serious would he go to, lets say the Celtics, to play for the veteran minimum?