Neal Romer
02-03-2025, 02:40 AM
..Dallas will take him?"
LeBron is off this idea of having to play with Bronny," Paul told ESPN. "If he does, he does. But if he doesn't, he doesn't. There's no deal made that it's guaranteed that if the Lakers draft Bronny at 55, he [LeBron] will re-sign. If that was the case, I would force them to take him at 17. We don't need leverage. The Lakers can draft Bronny and LeBron doesn't re-sign. LeBron is also not going to Phoenix for a minimum deal. We can squash that now.
"There are other teams that love Bronny. For example, Minnesota, Dallas, Toronto. If it's not the Lakers, it will be someone else. Minnesota would love to get Bronny in, but I don't know who their owner is going to be. [Mavs GM] Nico Harrison is like an uncle to Bronny. If the Lakers don't take him at 55, Dallas would take him at 58 and give him a guaranteed deal. Masai [Ujiri, Raptors president,] loves him. They could take him without even seeing him at 31. Workouts aren't everything for these teams."
So the Mavs would have given Bronny a guaranteed deal because Nico is like his uncle and Rich Paul tells him to? Thats how theyd make their draft picks?
What would Nico do if LeBusiness planned to be a Laker minority owner and wanted the next face of the NBA playing on his team, and Nico had that player on his team?
What would the league do if Nico's moves with the Mavericks were investigated as racketeering?
LeBron is off this idea of having to play with Bronny," Paul told ESPN. "If he does, he does. But if he doesn't, he doesn't. There's no deal made that it's guaranteed that if the Lakers draft Bronny at 55, he [LeBron] will re-sign. If that was the case, I would force them to take him at 17. We don't need leverage. The Lakers can draft Bronny and LeBron doesn't re-sign. LeBron is also not going to Phoenix for a minimum deal. We can squash that now.
"There are other teams that love Bronny. For example, Minnesota, Dallas, Toronto. If it's not the Lakers, it will be someone else. Minnesota would love to get Bronny in, but I don't know who their owner is going to be. [Mavs GM] Nico Harrison is like an uncle to Bronny. If the Lakers don't take him at 55, Dallas would take him at 58 and give him a guaranteed deal. Masai [Ujiri, Raptors president,] loves him. They could take him without even seeing him at 31. Workouts aren't everything for these teams."
So the Mavs would have given Bronny a guaranteed deal because Nico is like his uncle and Rich Paul tells him to? Thats how theyd make their draft picks?
What would Nico do if LeBusiness planned to be a Laker minority owner and wanted the next face of the NBA playing on his team, and Nico had that player on his team?
What would the league do if Nico's moves with the Mavericks were investigated as racketeering?