It's Official, Bronny James is a Bonafide Scrub

[eliteballer]

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/4683774/bronny-james

[Full Court]

It's just his first year. A little early to call him a scrub. If he doesn't drastically improve in his sophomore year, then we can say he's a scrub.

[Xiao Yao You]

It's just his first year. A little early to call him a scrub. If he doesn't drastically improve in his sophomore year, then we can say he's a scrub.

never too early to call someone a scrub on ISH

[eliteballer]

Nepotism at it's finest.

[Real Men Wear Green]

He's definitely not as good at basketball as an NBA player is supposed to be. But he is talented as an athlete. Should have been a receiver or something of he wanted to pursue a career in sports. Unfortunately I strongly disagree with the constant praise for his basketball IQ. The only real basis for saying that is his father being a smart player. I'm not calling him stupid but if he was a smart player he would have developed a point guard skill set with the handle to take advantage of his explosiveness. Because thar athleticism is the only thing about him that is remotely NBA level.

A legit NBA career isn't impossible because of that athleticism but he needs to put in a lot of work. He is basically a football athlete that got thrown into an NBA game. Like a 6'1 power forward.

[999Guy]

It's just his first year. A little early to call him a scrub. If he doesn't drastically improve in his sophomore year, then we can say he's a scrub.

He literally needs to improve at everything, dramatically, to even be average. I'm not even sold on his finishing ability. I think he's average there at best. Middle of lane, finishing with space, he just might be average. But I don't even believe he has the dexterity to get finishes on late contests.

It's dunks or nothing when the NBA season starts. Absolutely no layup game. He is a disaster out there. And psychologically this will be torture for him. LeBron is an insane narcissist to allow to happen.

[red1]

kid shoots shoots like young lebron with none of the athleticism and size


lakers front office is going to look retarded after another terrible summer

[jayfan]

I feel bad for the kid. He should have never declared for the draft.


.

[Patrick Chewing]

https://i.ibb.co/26T4q2M/bronny.jpg

[gengiskhan]

Nepotism at it's finest.

Being NEPOkid was bad enough......

Bronny James went a step further thanks to his establishment dad...

now Bronny James is a first-of-his-kind, NEPOheartattackid.

[Wally450]

Post in the sneaker forum lately, OP?

[AlternativeAcc.]

He's insanely good and a steal for the Lakers.

Lonzo ball with more athleticism. Will take time for him to develop an NBA 3 and get hit footing.

But he's a 3 and D stud who will take off in year 3.

He's really really ****ing good.

[Real Men Wear Green]

Lonzo Ball is 6'6. And a guy should be required to hit at least one 3 before he gets the "3 and D" label..

[PistonsFan#21]

kid shoots shoots like young lebron with none of the athleticism and size


lakers front office is going to look retarded after another terrible summer

to be fair what player did the Lakers miss out on with the 55th pick of the draft?

[SATAN]

Post in the sneaker forum lately, OP?

:lol

[Real Men Wear Green]

to be fair what player did the Lakers miss out on with the 55th pick of the draft?

You will need at least a year to answer that question and someone could emerge even further in the future than that. Most likely the 55th pick doesn't get a team a good player but more importantly he is taking a roster spot. Without a buy out he is taking up a space that could be used on a more talented and/or better player.

It also makes it glaringly and undeniably obvious who is really in charge. I don't know what value is to be assigned to a franchise potentially being humiliated but with all the attention they seem to be welcoming to focus on a player that isn't ready for NBA competition people in authority are likely to look weak and/or foolish. Don't let LA have another year where they're struggling to make the playoffs and all the attention is being focused on this guy that doesn't have a fully-formed game.

[red1]

to be fair what player did the Lakers miss out on with the 55th pick of the draft?

true, their draft pick was fine. 55 is a low pick indeed. the real issue is that they haven't made any roster moves for two years in a row


they will always have a shot with lebron and AD but their roleplayers have been putrid since 2020 when they were excellent



they gave up all their depth for westbrook a few years ago and have been a shitshow since - they desperately needed to plug that hole THIS SUMMER with demar, who was available but now they are cooked


not only did they miss out on the exact player they need, they lost him to an up-and-coming rival in the kings - its gonna hurt when he's ripping out their heart in the 4th quarter 4 times a year

[Fallguy20]

I feel for the kid. There comes a point where you realize that you just don't belong here. He doesn't belong right now. Yes, I have watched more than just highlights, 2 full games, and this is just summer league and he doesn't belong. Still, I like what Iman Shumpert once said about the very best WNBA prospect. He said, "give her 4 years on a roster with consistency and she will be able to hang". Keep Bronny on a guaranteed contract for 4 years and by the end of it I am confident that he will hang with these guys... if he doesn't get traded or have a mental collapse under the pressure.

[SATAN]

Any other draftees not living up to your expectations, fellas? Oh, nevermind you haven't been watching them and probably don't even know who most of them are anyway.

Carry on, casuals/sheep.

[coin24]

He sucks, but so do most of the second rounders every year. Obviously only got the contract cause of letiny

Shit even the majority of the first rounders are total ass this year..

[ImKobe]

Any other draftees not living up to your expectations, fellas? Oh, nevermind you haven't been watching them and probably don't even know who most of them are anyway.

Carry on, casuals/sheep.

Thing is he's not just in a shooting slump, he looks like he shouldn't be out there at all. That's a problem when you give the bum a guaranteed contract and are doing the whole father/son make-a-wish bullshit on a team that's not a contender. Lakers are stuck in the middle.

[gengiskhan]

Thing is he's not just in a shooting slump, he looks like he shouldn't be out there at all. That's a problem when you give the bum a guaranteed contract and are doing the whole father/son make-a-wish bullshit on a team that's not a contender. Lakers are stuck in the middle.

That 4 years, $7.9 Million is guaranteed. :facepalm

compare this to 1992-1998 Pippen making 7 years $19 million for his contribution.

No wonder NBA is dying a fast death in terms of ratings and skills and talent and competitiveness.

There are more young'uns turning to Soccer than NBA now. Finding that more competitive and nicer alternative.

17 YO Yamal will become more of a role model than even Ant Man in future, thanks to Nepo Heart Attack Kid as Ant Man's competition.

[Real Men Wear Green]

2 mil per year is nothing for an NBA team. The important thing is if he takes a roster spot, which he will.

[999Guy]

to be fair what player did the Lakers miss out on with the 55th pick of the draft?

Some notable second round picks:

Nikola Jokic (41)

Trevor Ariza (44)

Paul Millsap(47)

Marc Gasol(48)

Goran Dragic(45)

Pat Beverley(42)

Patty Mills(55)

Draymond Green(35)

Khris Middleton(39)

Jae Crowder(34)



If Nikola ****ing Jokic can go as low as 41, you really should be gunning with your 55th pick and trying to get the absolute best talent possible.

You gotta think about the talent pool of the world as far as basketball at this point. There's more competition than ever. Some literal GOATs will slip through the cracks because there's so many players and only so much attention they can get.

[coin24]

Some notable second round picks:

Nikola Jokic (41)

Trevor Ariza (44)

Paul Millsap(47)

Marc Gasol(48)

Goran Dragic(45)

Pat Beverley(42)

Patty Mills(55)

Draymond Green(35)

Khris Middleton(39)

Jae Crowder(34)



If Nikola ****ing Jokic can go as low as 41, you really should be gunning with your 55th pick and trying to get the absolute best talent possible.

You gotta think about the talent pool of the world as far as basketball at this point. There's more competition than ever. Some literal GOATs will slip through the cracks because there's so many players and only so much attention they can get.


That’s a bad example.. a handful of players in the last 20 years:lol
Most second rounders don’t even make the team or stay in the league long at all.

But as far as bronnie is concerned, he doesn’t belong in the nba. Come on, he’s undersized, can’t shoot, doesn’t even understand the game by the looks of it.
If you can’t see the nba is just the WWE by now then nothing will wake people up.
All the “analysts” saying the same garbage, it’s scripted dribble.

Can’t wait till letiny retires, enough of this rubbish

[Real Men Wear Green]

That’s a bad example.. a handful of players in the last 20 years:lol
Most second rounders don’t even make the team or stay in the league long at all.

But as far as bronnie is concerned, he doesn’t belong in the nba. Come on, he’s undersized, can’t shoot, doesn’t even understand the game by the looks of it.
If you can’t see the nba is just the WWE by now then nothing will wake people up.
All the “analysts” saying the same garbage, it’s scripted dribble.

Can’t wait till letiny retires, enough of this rubbish

If the NBA is scripted why isn't Bronny a good player?

[999Guy]

That’s a bad example.. a handful of players in the last 20 years:lol
Most second rounders don’t even make the team or stay in the league long at all.

But as far as bronnie is concerned, he doesn’t belong in the nba. Come on, he’s undersized, can’t shoot, doesn’t even understand the game by the looks of it.
If you can’t see the nba is just the WWE by now then nothing will wake people up.
All the “analysts” saying the same garbage, it’s scripted dribble.

Can’t wait till letiny retires, enough of this rubbish



There's more names. Those are just the best. Isaiah Hartenstein, Spencer Dinwiddie, Norman Powell, Montrezl Harrell, Will Barton, Chandler Parsons, Lance Stephenson, Hassan Whiteside. If you go through the every draft the past 15 years, there's at least two career quality role players plus a couple guys who are quality that go undrafted. Every single year.

The worst second round I can find is 2016's, where Malcom Brogdon went really early at 36 but that same year Fred Van Vleet, a future all-star went undrafted.

Shake Milton has had at least a dozen of good playoff games in his career so far, he went #54. The pick is inexcusable.

Alex Caruso AND Alex Reaves both went undrafted. They're the two best guards the Lakers have had the past 9 or 10 years.

Aaron Wiggins on OKC is a good player already in 3 years. Could easily help win OKC a title this year. He was #55 in 2021. Again, inexcusable.

[SATAN]

Leading scorer at half time...

[Axe]

Does he really have some passion in playing the sport? Doesn't seem so imo.

Not sure if he'd even be relevant if not for his future hof father...

[coin24]

If the NBA is scripted why isn't Bronny a good player?

Even they can’t make the midget make a jump shot

[SATAN]

Most players in these games haven't looked very good. Are we gonna discuss them also? No??

[red1]

Most players in these games haven't looked very good. Are we gonna discuss them also? No??

bron has been trying to tell us that his kid is already NBA ready


now we know he will never be NBA ready


undersized non-shooting guards aren't that useful

[red1]

raptors championship team vanvleet was undrafted, norman powell was the 46th pick, siakam was the 27th pick, aka a throwaway low first-rounder


it doesnt matter if it is a weak draft - there are players out there that have talent that just need the opportunity and development


bron is taking care of his family but it's stupid if you're trying to win. kids just not that good and has low upside.

[Full Court]

Yeah, yeah, I know it's early in his career. But he's definitely looking scrub-like.

Played 16 minutes and 2 points on 1-6 shooting.

The kid just ain't NBA level.

[bluechox2]

For a scrub that scored 2 points… bspns whole game recap is all about bronny … their number one pick looked impressive… sucks to be him

[ILLsmak]

raptors championship team vanvleet was undrafted, norman powell was the 46th pick, siakam was the 27th pick, aka a throwaway low first-rounder


it doesnt matter if it is a weak draft - there are players out there that have talent that just need the opportunity and development


bron is taking care of his family but it's stupid if you're trying to win. kids just not that good and has low upside.

If there was no limit to how hard he worked, he'd have some pretty good potential. He's a great athlete, but he's short. I'd take his body nohomo if I was tryin' to make the NBA.

Edit: lol https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10138034-nba-rumors-warriors-passed-on-bronny-james-out-of-respect-for-lebrons-lakers-wishes

-Smak

[Full Court]

If there was no limit to how hard he worked, he'd have some pretty good potential. He's a great athlete, but he's short. I'd take his body nohomo if I was tryin' to make the NBA.

Edit: lol https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10138034-nba-rumors-warriors-passed-on-bronny-james-out-of-respect-for-lebrons-lakers-wishes

-Smak

He's not showing the natural skill that sets NBA players apart though. You can only get so far on just athleticism - especially when you're 6'2.

[ILLsmak]

He's not showing the natural skill that sets NBA players apart though. You can only get so far on just athleticism - especially when you're 6'2.

If he can guard pgs, help, and hit 3s consistently, he’s a starter on some teams. Maybe even a championship level starter. If he can handle a little, even better. A lot of these skills are learned, too.

I stand by what i said, he might be a bad pick, but it’s only his trainer and him who are to blame if he’s g leeg 4 life. He has a role he can learn to play, it is useful in the nba, and everyone knows. He just needs to make 3s and d up. It’s gonna take a lot of work, but he should be able to catch and shoot. And on d he’s a menace.

He’s out there playing w nba guys and he’s not good at much of anything lol. If he didn’t have elite athleticism, he’d never sniff nba. He has more chance learning skills.

-Smak

[Real Men Wear Green]

His dad could have played football. I think he would have more potential as a receiver or safety and also wouldn't be dogged by the completely justified talk of nepotism.

[Full Court]

If he can guard pgs, help, and hit 3s consistently, he’s a starter on some teams. Maybe even a championship level starter. If he can handle a little, even better. A lot of these skills are learned, too.

I stand by what i said, he might be a bad pick, but it’s only his trainer and him who are to blame if he’s g leeg 4 life. He has a role he can learn to play, it is useful in the nba, and everyone knows. He just needs to make 3s and d up. It’s gonna take a lot of work, but he should be able to catch and shoot. And on d he’s a menace.

He’s out there playing w nba guys and he’s not good at much of anything lol. If he didn’t have elite athleticism, he’d never sniff nba. He has more chance learning skills.

-Smak

That's a fair take. It's just that most players learn to shoot BEFORE they enter the NBA.....:confusedshrug:

[Spurs m8]

His dad could have played football. I think he would have more potential as a receiver or safety and also wouldn't be dogged by the completely justified talk of nepotism.

Hahahahaha yes, LeFlop would have been a fantastic footballer hahahahahaha

Anyone can play football in HS

[RRR3]

Hahahahaha yes, LeFlop would have been a fantastic footballer hahahahahaha

Anyone can play football in HS
You're so stupid you don't even realize he's talking about Bronny.
































:(

[Real Men Wear Green]

Hahahahaha yes, LeFlop would have been a fantastic footballer hahahahahaha

Anyone can play football in HS
Antonio Gates and Tony Gonzalez were great tight ends in the NFL. Before they became football stars they were basketball power forwards in college that were deemed undersized for the NBA. LeBron Sr. had the body of an NFL tight end and still more athletic than most of them. In his 20s he would have been a nightmare red zone target and deep threat. This isnt quarterback where his throwing ability and ability to read defenses are important unknowns. He's big, he's strong, he's fast and he can jump.

Bronny doesn't have his dad's overwhelming size so I'm not sure he could have been a great football player but he had athleticism and in football the skills he would be working on aren't as difficult as the shooting and dribbling an NBA guard needs, just catching the ball, route running and backpedaling if he played D. The plays are more complicated and there are more plays to remember but there's no reason to think he's not smart enough to handle that whereas he may or may not ever learn to shoot.

[ILLsmak]

1000 js a day and keep the d. People hate dude enough that i wanna see him succeed. No reason to get cte in nfl.

Three blocks!

-Smak

[Real Men Wear Green]

1000 js a day and keep the d. People hate dude enough that i wanna see him succeed. No reason to get cte in nfl.

Three blocks!

-Smak

It's possible that he becomes a good player butI am just analyzing what his talents make him look like to me. If he wasn't James son as a basketball player he would have been a walk on or community college player. Until/unless he develops a real NBA- level skill set he's going to be a magnet for hate. I don't care for all the hate he gets either but that's what can happen when someone that already has so many advantages gets an NBA contract that they clearly aren't worth. Pippen and Payton Jr don't get hate like him because they earned their spots.

And he also catches hate because there are some crazy folks that hate his dad.

[iamgine]

How many 55th pick in history was better than Bronny? I'm not sure there's many.

[Real Men Wear Green]

How many 55th pick in history was better than Bronny? I'm not sure there's many.

No one pays attention to the careers of 55th picks but I can tell you for a fact that if a guy averages 5 points on 36% shooting in college he's not even going to be drafted under normal circumstances. A guy with those numbers is more likely to lose his scholarship than be drafted by the NBA.

[RRR3]

No one pays attention to the careers of 55th picks but I can tell you for a fact that if a guy averages 5 points on 36% shooting in college he's not even going to be drafted under normal circumstances. A guy with those numbers is more likely to lose his scholarship than be drafted by the NBA.
Peyton Watson averaged 3.3 points on 32.2% shooting in college and was drafted first round.

[iamgine]

He was indeed so bad in college.

[Real Men Wear Green]

Peyton Watson averaged 3.3 points on 32.2% shooting in college and was drafted first round.

He's literally one in a million and I had never heard of him until you mentioned him in this post. A bad college player almost nerve gets a shot at the NBA. Maybe he had amazing measurements or times at the combine but you almost never stink in college and then go to the NBA.

[Lebron23]

He will be alright.

[Mask the Embiid]

How many 55th pick in history was better than Bronny? I'm not sure there's many.


None. but "they" dont wanna admit that. It doesnt fit the narrative they are trying to paint. Bronny James is going to be special. He has goat blood in them veins

[ILLsmak]

It's possible that he becomes a good player butI am just analyzing what his talents make him look like to me. If he wasn't James son as a basketball player he would have been a walk on or community college player. Until/unless he develops a real NBA- level skill set he's going to be a magnet for hate. I don't care for all the hate he gets either but that's what can happen when someone that already has so many advantages gets an NBA contract that they clearly aren't worth. Pippen and Payton Jr don't get hate like him because they earned their spots.

And he also catches hate because there are some crazy folks that hate his dad.

He’s short, but he’s more of a ball player than most famous sons. He shits on mjs kids. He just needs to learn to play. Time to sink or swim. It’s tough, but he has a shot. If he doesn’t get injured, that is.

And yea most people learn to shoot but he’s a baby. He has time. It’s about want now. Imo his time at usc showed he wasn’t that engaged. Now he has no obstacles, goodluck to him.

-Smak

[Real Men Wear Green]

He’s short, but he’s more of a ball player than most famous sons. He shits on mjs kids. He just needs to learn to play. Time to sink or swim. It’s tough, but he has a shot. If he doesn’t get injured, that is.

And yea most people learn to shoot but he’s a baby. He has time. It’s about want now. Imo his time at usc showed he wasn’t that engaged. Now he has no obstacles, goodluck to him.

-Smak

Marcus Jordan was never on an NBA roster but his college stats are far better. I didn't watch either of them play but with James averaging 5 points on 36% in college I don't see how he can be assumed to be better than anyone that made s college team.

[ILLsmak]

Marcus Jordan was never on an NBA roster but his college stats are far better. I didn't watch either of them play but with James averaging 5 points on 36% in college I don't see how he can be assumed to be better than anyone that made s college team.

He had that heart issue.

He is a better prospect due to athleticism imo.

I remember Jordan’s kids in college. Bronny is an explosive athlete. He can potentially play in the leeg. Mjs kids couldn’t have imo, or their path would be way harder.

Edit: i don’t think it is easy to understand how much having a heart attack and surgery would **** up your shape, rhythm, and mental. I am willing to give him a pass on that. I dislike bron as we know and bronny is benefitting in unique way. Still i wanna see him reach his potential which could be decent nba starter.

-Smak

[Lebron23]

He had that heart issue.

He is a better prospect due to athleticism imo.

I remember Jordan’s kids in college. Bronny is an explosive athlete. He can potentially play in the leeg. Mjs kids couldn’t have imo, or their path would be way harder.

Edit: i don’t think it is easy to understand how much having a heart attack and surgery would **** up your shape, rhythm, and mental. I am willing to give him a pass on that. I dislike bron as we know and bronny is benefitting in unique way. Still i wanna see him reach his potential which could be decent nba starter.

-Smak

Bests posts so far in this thread

[Real Men Wear Green]

He had that heart issue.

He is a better prospect due to athleticism imo.

I remember Jordan’s kids in college. Bronny is an explosive athlete. He can potentially play in the leeg. Mjs kids couldn’t have imo, or their path would be way harder.

Edit: i don’t think it is easy to understand how much having a heart attack and surgery would **** up your shape, rhythm, and mental. I am willing to give him a pass on that. I dislike bron as we know and bronny is benefitting in unique way. Still i wanna see him reach his potential which could be decent nba starter.

-Smak

Bronny James has done nothing to show he's a better player than the 5ppg season tells us he is. Yeah he's athletic. So are all the youtubers making dunk videos. What makes him even as good as Mac McClung? If being athletic was enough the NBA would get flooded with guys that are not quite good enough to make the Olympics in track. That's not all there is to it. He has to develop a whole NBA skillset. It's possible but guys that need that much work and aren't big don't normally get guaranteed deals.

And he's this way with his dad giving him every possible advantage growing up in terms of the best coaches to develop his skills.

[Xiao Yao You]

He’s short, but he’s more of a ball player than most famous sons. He shits on mjs kids. He just needs to learn to play. Time to sink or swim. It’s tough, but he has a shot. If he doesn’t get injured, that is.

And yea most people learn to shoot but he’s a baby. He has time. It’s about want now. Imo his time at usc showed he wasn’t that engaged. Now he has no obstacles, goodluck to him.

-Smak

Hes a ball player but needs to learn to play ? :facepalm

[Full Court]

Peyton Watson averaged 3.3 points on 32.2% shooting in college and was drafted first round.

There you have it. RRR3 has convinced me. Bronny James Jr. just might be the next Peyton Watson.



:roll:

[coin24]

He sucks. It’s pretty obvious.

Lakers are a train wreck, can’t wait till lebaldo retires and they clean house

[ILLsmak]

Bronny James has done nothing to show he's a better player than the 5ppg season tells us he is. Yeah he's athletic. So are all the youtubers making dunk videos. What makes him even as good as Mac McClung? If being athletic was enough the NBA would get flooded with guys that are not quite good enough to make the Olympics in track. That's not all there is to it. He has to develop a whole NBA skillset. It's possible but guys that need that much work and aren't big don't normally get guaranteed deals.

And he's this way with his dad giving him every possible advantage growing up in terms of the best coaches to develop his skills.

It’s not easy to block the person you are guarding. It’s his functional athleticism.

And yes he needs to refine his skillset. I don’t think he worked hard enough @gobert.

-Smak

[GOBB]

How many 55th pick in history was better than Bronny? I'm not sure there's many.

How is that even measured tho? lol

[Real Men Wear Green]

It’s not easy to block the person you are guarding. It’s his functional athleticism.

And yes he needs to refine his skillset. I don’t think he worked hard enough @gobert.

-Smak
If he didn't work hard enough that's a horrible sign and no excuse at all. I wouldn't accuse him of that but I don't know what his work ethic is really like. Regardless you never see a pg size player in the NBA without a skillset. That's a ridiculous thing for a guard to lack.

[ILLsmak]

If he didn't work hard enough that's a horrible sign and no excuse at all. I wouldn't accuse him of that but I don't know what his work ethic is really like. Regardless you never see a pg size player in the NBA without a skillset. That's a ridiculous thing for a guard to lack.

His d is good, check some vids. He is very smart at how he approaches it. He needs to become a knock down shooter and if he can drive, too, he will be set.

He likely was in the gym and has a brain for it, but like i said he needs to be on some thousands of js a day routine. It’s tough, but it’s necessary. With his current skills, a jumper would be enough to be a rotation player or starter depending on his j. He is lacking a skill set to match his body. He is not super trash like he can’t dribble or anything.

I’m not saying he is gonna work hard enough to do it, but i am saying he is physically able to make it. He has to strap his nuts on and get to real work. Again, i’d take bronny’s body to ball with even tho he’s short.

-Smak

[Full Court]

Oh man. Son just put up a goose egg. At home. https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fguesstheemoji-answers.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F06%2Fguess-the-emoji-up-047.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=83bdd98b5b653c74a43e8fc5378796ce884050d7bba0eb 4edeab3b11a8239685&ipo=images


And a four year contract.

[Real Men Wear Green]

His d is good, check some vids. He is very smart at how he approaches it. He needs to become a knock down shooter and if he can drive, too, he will be set.

He likely was in the gym and has a brain for it, but like i said he needs to be on some thousands of js a day routine. It’s tough, but it’s necessary. With his current skills, a jumper would be enough to be a rotation player or starter depending on his j. He is lacking a skill set to match his body. He is not super trash like he can’t dribble or anything.

I’m not saying he is gonna work hard enough to do it, but i am saying he is physically able to make it. He has to strap his nuts on and get to real work. Again, i’d take bronny’s body to ball with even tho he’s short.

-Smak

I know he can defend his position. The problem is that a defensive specialist point guard with no offense is not valued. "Poor man's Patrick Beverly" doesn't belong in the NBA. The kind of development he needs is supposed to happen before a guy gets to the NBA. Whatever though if the Lakers want to use a roster spot like that it's their business.

[ILLsmak]

Oh man. Son just put up a goose egg. At home. https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fguesstheemoji-answers.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F06%2Fguess-the-emoji-up-047.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=83bdd98b5b653c74a43e8fc5378796ce884050d7bba0eb 4edeab3b11a8239685&ipo=images


And a four year contract.

Son knows better than to shoot if daddy’s playing. Haha

-Smak

[Full Court]

Son knows better than to shoot if daddy’s playing. Haha

-Smak

Well, that's another criticism I have of him. He's not showing much of anything off ball. He spent most of his offensive playing time just standing in the corner. Don't know if it's poor coaching or what....but not a good look.

[coin24]

No wonder no one wanted to join the lakers, what a shitshow..

Why on earth did they sign this scrub for 4 years?? Letiny is washed and Davis has a mangina..

[ILLsmak]

Well, that's another criticism I have of him. He's not showing much of anything off ball. He spent most of his offensive playing time just standing in the corner. Don't know if it's poor coaching or what....but not a good look.

Two funniest YT takes were that he's like NBA 2k AI and that he's exactly how you'd expect LeBron to teach someone to play haha.

I dunno what he's doing, but I do think Bron is probably ****ing him up. In reality, he would have done better off on another team, I think. There were other teams that were slightly interested, and maybe they were intrigued about maybe getting Bron later, but this is def gonna be a shitshow. He'll get G leeg reps.

He's big bodied, he's got a good wingspan, and he can hop, so I mean... it's all there. He definitely plays like he's scared a lot, and I imagine playing with his dad makes him even worse.

I wouldn't be surprised if he did find his rhythm in the G league after awhile tho. Then lose it again when he's playing with Bron. Just doesn't seem like a winning situation.

-Smak

[999Guy]

He could be the dumbest player I’ve ever seen.
He has no built up moves and courses of action for scenarios and on court setups.

He can’t shoot at all but doesn’t move to the level of the ball. He doesn’t cut, ever. He doesn’t communicate, ever.

In his first preseason game, he actually did something I’ve never seen. He made a swing pass that not only did his man not see, his man’s defender saw the entire way. And of course Nikeil Alexander Walker stole it and ran it back.

He actually threw a pass that only the defense could see. And it was a swing pass. One man away.

Anybody saying he can develop into a playmaker is kidding themselves. He struggles with everything. His brain hasn’t latched onto a single winning tendency or skill. He does nothing consistently.

Him having 4 TOV in 13 minutes and only taking one shot, a 3, is amazingly bad. He’s unaggressively turning it over once every 3 minutes. Playing a timid style and gives the ball up 4 times a quarter. It’s insanity he has a guaranteed deal.

I could go on long rant about the Lakers franchise and LeBron’s ego and lack of self-awareness but I’ll leave it here for now.

[2swift4u]

I'm not a Bronny expert but I don't see anything that qualifies him to be on the roster other than his last name. He's undersized, he's not a freak athlete, he's not a good shooter you name it. The father-son thing is a great story, so maybe the Lakers are thinking that the story will sell a lot tickets or Lebron's influence on the GM is just simply huge. I don't really understand what's going on but the Lakers will be absolutely irrelevant this season.

In my opinion Lebron should have taken less money and joined a contender team for his last couple of seasons. Maybe he could have won an extra ring or two and get closer to MJ's record. Instead he still wants to be the star on the team which will neither help him nor the Lakers.

[Phoenix]

Right now I see his ceiling as a diet coke Pat Bev, but he hasn't shown the latters knack for being an irritant which was part of his makeup.6'2 and can't really shoot at the NBA level with no real PG skills is a hard sell in 2024, athletic or not.

[bullettooth]

Is this gonna be the worst case of nepotism, ever?

[Real Men Wear Green]

Is this gonna be the worst case of nepotism, ever?
No, just the most public. Coaches and GMs hand their sons and and brothers jobs in their organization all the time, this is just the first time and Giannis has had his brother eating space in Milwaukee for years.

[StrongLurk]

I still can't believe Bronny is actually on an NBA court. He looks closer to a guy cosplaying as an NBA player than being an actual NBA player.

I was saying that he was 100% not an NBA talent by his senior year in high school. The best BASKETBALL course for him would've been a 4 year college player and then play overseas, but all of that is simply beneath his stature as Lebron's son to be honest. At some point it never became about Bronny as a basketball player and it was more about the "experience/branding" of him and Lebron on the same NBA team. A lot of casual fans are buying into it, but to me it isn't a "real" accomplishment because Bronny isn't an actual NBA talent. To be fair, this is the best financial course for Bronny, but does that even matter?

Ironically, MJ's son Marcus was a better player than Bronny.

[Full Court]

Ironically, MJ's son Marcus was a better player than Bronny.

Don't tell that to Lebron23. It'll make him cry.

[hiphopanonymous]

There's what, 400 or 450 roster spots in the NBA at any given time?

I've heard that the top 200 NBA players are always near as makes little difference the "best" 200 players on the planet. The next 200 guys are interchangeable with about 2,000-3,000 other players worldwide as far as talent goes and thus it is really down to team fit and a bit of luck if you can make it into the league competing with so many other ultra elite players just as good as you. These are the journeymen that are fighting to make it in the league let alone last 5 seasons or get any playing time whatsoever and may be in and out of the league going overseas, g-league, etc. The talent after the top 200 tends to follow a sharply declining bell curve and that sharp downward curve keeps plummeting sharply even beyond those initial 3,000 "NBA tier" players.

Bronny based on how he did already in college and doing some simple math out there on college players and pro players around the world is maybe a top 35,000 player on earth right now. Meaning there are 35,000 people who could arguably do the same or better at helping a variety of teams out there at any level. Which is still super elite compared to the average joe sure, but nowhere near the percentile of talent and ability that NBA players have to be to even be considered for the bottom half of the league. There are basically 35,000 other people on earth right now that could look at him and rightfully wonder why they didn't get the job.

[BlackMamba8]

Bronny is a scrub lmao

[Full Court]

Well, there's really no question now. BJJ is a bust. Can't even score in garbage time.