Bronny James drafted by Lakers

[packs]

He's been considering retirement since at least 2023 per news articles at the time. I don't think it was "Bronny or F-you". I think it was if you draft Bronny I'm more inclined to continue my career at all. I don't think he has a clause in his contract that says if you cut Bronny I'll retire. At least I haven't heard anyone say that. So, I don't know why it bugs anyone that the 12th man is Bronny for what could potentially be a short career, at least to start. Who got mad that Alex Fudge made it into 4 games last year and scored a point?

[D. Bergin]

Jeez, much ado about nothing. They basically gave the kid the money they were going to give Lebron anyways.

Kid is a project. He was a highly ranked prospect coming out of High School and suffered a Health Crisis his 1st year in college.

NBA teams draft "projects" all the time. Especially in the 2nd round, but also very often in the first. Of the 60 or so players taken in the draft, only a handful are going to become true impact players.

There's been Top 10 guys who have barely sniffed the floor.

He'll be at the end of the bench taking up garbage minutes or down in the G League getting seasoning. If he's not ready to even warm the end of the bench or they need roster flexibility for some reason, you can bet your ass he'll be in the G League.

If he does play in the NBA...at 2 Mill a year, he'll likely take the place of a much more expensive 4th or 5th year veteran sitting at the end of the bench eating up garbage minutes.

He's not Lebron, he'll never be Lebron. He doesn't have the size, and he hasn't shown to be any sort of an offensive juggernaut. Most scouts see him as more of a defensive spark-plug in the future. His ceiling is as a Patrick Beverley type. Which if that's the case, it will be money well spent if he's even close to that. If not, they basically got him for free to try him out.

[Peter_Spaeth]

I cannot imagine LeBron James retiring while he is still capable of playing at a competitive level and he still is. My belief is he would have gone elsewhere, to a team with championship aspirations, had the team not acceded to his demands. So in that sense I guess it's admirable that he put his son above himself, because the Lakers aren't going anywhere I can't imagine. And yes in the scheme of things I guess it won't change anything, just seems over the line to me from a player who has redrawn the landscape already.

[G1911]

Sucks to be the guy who would have an NBA roster spot if there was a meritocracy but now won't. But that's how it works, one needs a rich daddy or luck or actual talent to make it in America, pick any 1.


"Nothing is given. Everything is earned"* - Lebron James, 2014.


*Unless your daddy is Lebron James, in which case a roster spot will be given to you regardless of how clearly undeserving you are.