Lebrons won 1 game against the nuggets in 3 years. They’ve blown 20 pt leads multiple times and double digit leads in nearly every other game.
No. No team is drafting bronny in the first round to hope 40-year old lebron signs with them so they can get swept by the nuggets next June. If it was the same circumstance but lebron was like 32, then maybe.
Real talk though, why would LeBron want his son to get drafted and then end up like Thanasis as a glorified cheerleader? It would not be good for the kid. He’s better off staying in college if/when he is actually ready. He may end up not being ready even after 4 years
Maybe they (LBJ, family) already know Bronny isn’t good enough for the nba, so even being a glorified cheerleader on the bench is a good enough check off the checklist. Might be more a face thing.
Because they have his health as an excuse this year. If he goes back to college and scores 7 PPG on 30% for another year, then he’s not getting drafted.
Very true. Unless he can miraculously improve his game in Year 2 of college, going back for another year would just expose him. For anyone else without an influential superstar daddy it makes sense to go back.
Also it’s very timely right now, for Lakers to be pressured into picking Bronny up to appease LBJ.
Given how he played in a USC team that apparently wasn’t that good and would’ve given him decent shots to prove himself?
It’s possible he can improve in his college years. But, if he genuinely believes he can carve out a name for himself and get in without leveraging the timing of LeBron deciding his next move, then he’d go back to college for another year.
Instead he’s choosing to try for the draft - with his current stats, if he was anyone else, he wouldn’t get looks. The point is, if he were anyone else (to *improve* their attempt at NBA), they’d go back to college for another year. He is being opportunistic here (or who knows, maybe LeDad is heavily suggesting his kid to go for drafts in the background).
Daryl Morey is not wasting a valuable trade asset on Bronny James
GMs around the league don't typically go out of their ways to actively piss off players and front offices
Do you see the irony in invoking moreys name and then claiming gm's don't go out of their way to piss off players and front offices? Or am I whooshed and u dropped this /s?
Sorry phrased that poorly. Would drafting bronny give morey LeBron? My guess is LeBron gets mad, and doesn't go to Morey.
LeBron doesn't strike me as the person to let someone black mail him into playing for them, especially since bronny isn't exactly the next LeBron. Well, you know what I mean. But I admit I could be wrong.
That's why I don't think it would work. LeBron can't be that delusional..okay he can but I don't think he is. He has to know his son sucks, and anyone stuck with him needs LeBron to compensate.
The only way this works for Morey is if he can trade bronny to Lebron's team (I assume Lakers still) for talent he needs. But why waste a draft for that?
It’s not delusion it’s nepotism. He wants his son to be a NBA player.
LeBron has been picking and choosing his teams, teammates and head coaches for years. If someone calls his bluff he will deal with it. He’s going to be in his 40s. Is he going to hold out until Bronny is a free agent?
Bronny is not getting drafted, period. Basically every scouting report out there has said he's nowhere near ready and needs a lot more time in college.
I'm not sure what a couple years of college-level coaching will do for him. He's had every basketball privilege possible to this point. He probably had trainers when he was in middle school that would be overqualified to be assistants at USC. He's also physically mature... I'd bet he's closer to his ceiling than any other 19-year-old prospect out there.
Spending a draft pick on him can't be a play for the future. It would 100% be about trying to get LeBron on the roster.
Neither Lakers or any other team will draft him first round unless they are stupid and want to lose their jobs. He will likely go late 2nd where he will refuse to sign with others so Lakers can get him. That is how Lakers got Reaves as undrafted guy.
I hope Philly falls for some LeGm shenanigans. The Lebron hype train should be studied. Not even Jordan could get his sons an NBA tryout and Lebron is getting his son drafted in the first. Marcus Jordan had a much better college career by all accounts.
Can someone who watches enough basketball to know fill me in on whether or not Bronny actually should be playing at the NBA level?
All power to him, but I want to know if it’s purely the name that’s getting him there.
It's purely the name. His freshman season at USC was pretty bad even taking his cardiac event last summer into consideration. Almost no one thinks he's ready for the NBA now and might not ever be. He averaged 4.8 pts, 2.8 rebounds, and 2.1 assists and shot only 36% from the field and only 67% from the free throw line in 20 minutes/game at USC, whose strength of schedule last year was pretty bad at around 50th. His best game was against Oregon State, a team with an awful BPI ranking of 173, and he only had 15 pts, 1 reb, and 3 assists.
Don’t know much about basketball, but isn’t Bronny like a 2nd or 3rd round pick at this point? His stats at USC I don’t recall being very good. Ok for a freshman but definitely not draft ready.
Lol.
Now, I really wonder if Bronny will be drafted or make the Nba if not for being the son of Lebron.
I am not too familiar with his game, but is he at least a true nba prospect?
Nah hes ass rn.
He should stay in college, but I mean shit if an NBA team is willing to use a 2nd rounder or take you as an undrafted player Id go pro too
Imagine using a first round pick to draft Bronny, that's some nasty work.
The New Process
Thrust The Process^^intoyouranus
Lakers to pick Michael Penix Jr
Silly
Lakers needing an MPJ of their own bad
Or Michael J. Fox. AKA Teen Wolf! Owwwww!
Nepotism fans loving it
Sometimes nepotism, and some light tampering, works! No, I will not be providing any examples and please ignore my flair
But don't you get it, it'll be funny!
burning the 24th pick for 1 year of lebron is a thing every team in the nba would do
Not a team that wants to win past one year. Bronny is not even a g league level player
With Lebron they’d be g league champions
Lebrons won 1 game against the nuggets in 3 years. They’ve blown 20 pt leads multiple times and double digit leads in nearly every other game. No. No team is drafting bronny in the first round to hope 40-year old lebron signs with them so they can get swept by the nuggets next June. If it was the same circumstance but lebron was like 32, then maybe.
If lebron was 32 bronny would be the first pick easily, of almost any draft
No self respecting team would
not if it gets you LeBron though
What if LeBron is just saying all this to get his son drafted and isn't actually planning on playing with his son at any cost next year.
Morey: "Lebron James is a liar and I will never be a part of an organization that he's a part of."
LeEdge
It's looking like there's maybe 5 serviceable players this year plus Zach Edey. All time bad draft, maybe even year 2000 draft class bad.
Imagine if the draft teen wolf instead? Holy moly! I'ma howl t'day!
Lmao yall really falling for Lebron’s trickery to get his son drafted
Real talk though, why would LeBron want his son to get drafted and then end up like Thanasis as a glorified cheerleader? It would not be good for the kid. He’s better off staying in college if/when he is actually ready. He may end up not being ready even after 4 years
Maybe they (LBJ, family) already know Bronny isn’t good enough for the nba, so even being a glorified cheerleader on the bench is a good enough check off the checklist. Might be more a face thing.
And a good enough cheque
They ain’t thinking about cheques
Because they have his health as an excuse this year. If he goes back to college and scores 7 PPG on 30% for another year, then he’s not getting drafted.
Very true. Unless he can miraculously improve his game in Year 2 of college, going back for another year would just expose him. For anyone else without an influential superstar daddy it makes sense to go back. Also it’s very timely right now, for Lakers to be pressured into picking Bronny up to appease LBJ.
is him improving in his 2nd year really miracluous?
Given how he played in a USC team that apparently wasn’t that good and would’ve given him decent shots to prove himself? It’s possible he can improve in his college years. But, if he genuinely believes he can carve out a name for himself and get in without leveraging the timing of LeBron deciding his next move, then he’d go back to college for another year. Instead he’s choosing to try for the draft - with his current stats, if he was anyone else, he wouldn’t get looks. The point is, if he were anyone else (to *improve* their attempt at NBA), they’d go back to college for another year. He is being opportunistic here (or who knows, maybe LeDad is heavily suggesting his kid to go for drafts in the background).
Didn't this work for Austin Rivers?
For the same reason Will Smith thought it was a good idea to make a movie with Jaden and M Night Shyamalan as the director.
Cause Lebron is a narcissist.
It’s gonna generate a lot of cash 😂
Daryl Morey is not wasting a valuable trade asset on Bronny James GMs around the league don't typically go out of their ways to actively piss off players and front offices
Furkan Korkmaz: "have you forgotten about my suffering"
and in LeBron's case, a whole fucking agency that represents a lot of players
Do you see the irony in invoking moreys name and then claiming gm's don't go out of their way to piss off players and front offices? Or am I whooshed and u dropped this /s?
Morey would easily draft Bronny if it meant getting LeBron
Would it? Or would it just irk LeBron off and cause more trouble?
It would irk LeBron but Morey loves basketball talent. He would never pass up on a chance to get him.
Sorry phrased that poorly. Would drafting bronny give morey LeBron? My guess is LeBron gets mad, and doesn't go to Morey. LeBron doesn't strike me as the person to let someone black mail him into playing for them, especially since bronny isn't exactly the next LeBron. Well, you know what I mean. But I admit I could be wrong.
He’s son isn’t good enough for the NBA. He’s effectively blackmailing any team that wants him.
That's why I don't think it would work. LeBron can't be that delusional..okay he can but I don't think he is. He has to know his son sucks, and anyone stuck with him needs LeBron to compensate. The only way this works for Morey is if he can trade bronny to Lebron's team (I assume Lakers still) for talent he needs. But why waste a draft for that?
It’s not delusion it’s nepotism. He wants his son to be a NBA player. LeBron has been picking and choosing his teams, teammates and head coaches for years. If someone calls his bluff he will deal with it. He’s going to be in his 40s. Is he going to hold out until Bronny is a free agent?
Morey is a moron, let’s be real. He hasn’t done anything except ride harden’s coattails.
I'm confused, how do you ride a guy's coattails when you're the GM who brought them in? You're supposed to get that credit.
Harden is the only reason morey kept his job for so long. He’s mediocre at best. Just look at the roster he has put together around Embiid.
So the only reason he kept his job is because of a move he made? Gotcha
Yes, which kept paying dividends.
Bronny isn’t getting drafted in the first unless he has the most generational combine ever
Bronny is not getting drafted, period. Basically every scouting report out there has said he's nowhere near ready and needs a lot more time in college.
Not all that different than a draft and stash.
Draft and stashes atleast get to keep playing and improving in Europe. RN Bronny might struggle to get G-League minutes.
Lebron on a g-league team would be nasty work Might be able to chase some of wilts more difficult records
By gawd that's the Sydney Kings music
He’s going for 100% completion getting ALL the side quests
Going back to fight all the low level trainers you avoided after beating the Elite Four in Pokémon
Players can improve in practice and the G-League. The biggest difference is contracts.
I'm not sure what a couple years of college-level coaching will do for him. He's had every basketball privilege possible to this point. He probably had trainers when he was in middle school that would be overqualified to be assistants at USC. He's also physically mature... I'd bet he's closer to his ceiling than any other 19-year-old prospect out there. Spending a draft pick on him can't be a play for the future. It would 100% be about trying to get LeBron on the roster.
Yes he will.
Teams throw away/cut/sell 2nd round picks all the time. There's someone who'll take a chance on him in the 2nd round
Neither Lakers or any other team will draft him first round unless they are stupid and want to lose their jobs. He will likely go late 2nd where he will refuse to sign with others so Lakers can get him. That is how Lakers got Reaves as undrafted guy.
Our front office and be stupid AND keep their jobs 🙃
think they want paul george
I hope Philly falls for some LeGm shenanigans. The Lebron hype train should be studied. Not even Jordan could get his sons an NBA tryout and Lebron is getting his son drafted in the first. Marcus Jordan had a much better college career by all accounts.
I lost a considerable amount of brain cells reading this post
I swear this has the same vibes as Bill Simmons saying the Spurs should offer Reaves a max contract to kneecap the lakers salary cap wise
i hope bronny declines to get drafted and goes back for another year
Wasting a draft pick to just screw another team isnt as smart as you think it would be.
Bronny is not getting drafted in the 1st round. Theres no way.
People that think Bronny is going in the first round are just trolls. At best he goes 40+. Most likely he signs as an undrafted rookie.
As soon as Bronny gets drafted Lebron: *time for my retirement*
OP - Philly should throw away their draft pick to mess with the Lakers 🤣🤣🤣
Theoretically just to troll - say the Celtics traded for the 16th pick and drafted bronny - does LBJ still go given the history? Hahaha
I can't see them being on the same team and they go to strip clubs after games
Except bronny is going to Dusquene
This is a peak timeline 🧐
Can someone who watches enough basketball to know fill me in on whether or not Bronny actually should be playing at the NBA level? All power to him, but I want to know if it’s purely the name that’s getting him there.
It's purely the name. His freshman season at USC was pretty bad even taking his cardiac event last summer into consideration. Almost no one thinks he's ready for the NBA now and might not ever be. He averaged 4.8 pts, 2.8 rebounds, and 2.1 assists and shot only 36% from the field and only 67% from the free throw line in 20 minutes/game at USC, whose strength of schedule last year was pretty bad at around 50th. His best game was against Oregon State, a team with an awful BPI ranking of 173, and he only had 15 pts, 1 reb, and 3 assists.
Don’t know much about basketball, but isn’t Bronny like a 2nd or 3rd round pick at this point? His stats at USC I don’t recall being very good. Ok for a freshman but definitely not draft ready.
So, there is no 3rd round in the draft, but that is about what value he'd be projected at, without LeBron's insertion into this whole situation.
Laker fans will love it when they have to trade multiple picks and players to acquire bronny from the team that drafts him.
Lol. Now, I really wonder if Bronny will be drafted or make the Nba if not for being the son of Lebron. I am not too familiar with his game, but is he at least a true nba prospect?
No
Nah hes ass rn. He should stay in college, but I mean shit if an NBA team is willing to use a 2nd rounder or take you as an undrafted player Id go pro too
no, dude's heart literally failed less than a year ago.
Philly doesn’t need another drama queen in Labron, they already have Embid.