IT'S LIKELY: Bronny James is 18 and short (about 6'1/2" barefoot) so his size+skills won't make him a real nba player

[johanliebert]

This threads reminds me of all the lamelo scouting reportd by real gm. I’ll put my money on bronny making it you guys always get it wrong.

[KuruptedCav]

The #1 recruit in the 2023 class at the moment is a 6'3 guard that is the son of an early 2000s Cleveland Cavalier top 10 draft pick, who has the same name as his father. Yet that player isn't LeBron James son.

Just a random thing I thought was somewhat funny haha.

Yeah it's pretty ironic. Dajuan Wagner was a legend coming out of Camden, played one year in college and then basically lost his career to injury (kidney probems or Colitis I believe). He was picked by the Cavs in the lottery one year before Lebron.

Wagner went for 100pts for Camden. But boy was he a brutal shooter.


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[CobraCommander]

Bronny BILLIONAIRES SON. He ain’t gonna make it because he already made it. Dude get all the nba perks without any of the nba work...y’all under estimate how hard every nba player works to be in the league - bronny vaping on twitch at 3am while cats working on their game and sleeping and praying just to play d1....man bronny don’t want that smoke


Honestly bronny avoiding all the top AAU kids allllll the time....cause he would rather 2k than ball

[Pelly24]

This threads reminds me of all the lamelo scouting reportd by real gm. I’ll put my money on bronny making it you guys always get it wrong.

As someone who predicted LaMelo would be an all-star two years ago and got clowned for it on this board, I'll say this isn't a similar situation unless kid grows 4 inches and develops his skills more. LaMelo at only 6'2" was already legitimately a top 15 player in his class and he was dominating left and right.

To other people saying his privilege hurts him, all that. It's not that way. Sometimes people don't have elite talent and its that simple. Elite talent will enable you to dominate without even trying that much.

[jaemulla]

I see Bronny already has the Lamelo Ball stigma...He'll be fine...Has played only 9th grade highschool ball so far so I don't blame people for going off of opinion and false narratives about the kid. Give it 12-18 months and he'll be top 5-10 in his class.

Based on what? So you actually think his name has hurt him in his recruiting ranking, not helped him?

Neither. Its about playing behind upperclassmen vs having the ball in your hands. I wouldn't jump to conclusions this early. The only thing that could stop him is if he wants to be an influencer instead of an athlete.

[Duke4life831]

I see Bronny already has the Lamelo Ball stigma...He'll be fine...Has played only 9th grade highschool ball so far so I don't blame people for going off of opinion and false narratives about the kid. Give it 12-18 months and he'll be top 5-10 in his class.

Based on what? So you actually think his name has hurt him in his recruiting ranking, not helped him?

Neither. Its about playing behind upperclassmen vs having the ball in your hands. I wouldn't jump to conclusions this early. The only thing that could stop him is if he wants to be an influencer instead of an athlete.

But how is that any different than anyone else in his class? Shouldn’t everyone else in the class get the same bump?

I’m a die hard college basketball fan, with that I follow recruiting. I especially follow the recruits that are tied to Duke. Duke is considered the heavy favorites to land Bronny if he chooses to go to college. So I’ve seen a good amount of him, he’s not a top 10 player in this class. He’s not a 5 star recruit. There is nothing about his game as of yet that is elite for someone his age.

[Clay Davis]

People assuming he's going to grow are just stanning. It can happen, but its damn rare. 99% of the population is done by 18.

On the other hand the entire premise of this thread is just bizarre. He's 6'4" in shoes and so will never play in the NBA? Have you ever heard of "guards"? He'll never be LeBron, never play center, etc., but hell, we've had 5'4' guys in the NBA, let alone a completely average size combo/SG.

99% of the population are also below 6'4

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[mg]

This threads reminds me of all the lamelo scouting reportd by real gm. I’ll put my money on bronny making it you guys always get it wrong.

Not the same at all. I watched Lonzo and Lamelo play at Chino Hills HS and it was obvious both had the size and NBA skills despite the crazy Dad in the stands. (It was also obvious Liangelo probably should've been playing football if wanted to play pro ball but I digress). Lamelo was annoying as hell doing crazy **** like shooting from halfcourt but there was no denying he had crazy ball skills and size for the league. Noone ever said Lamelo didn't have the size, ball skills, or work ethic. The knocks on Lamelo were mainly his defense and whether or not he could play a team game in the NBA.

I know kids that have played against Bronny's HS team in the past few months and word is he is definitely not 6'-4" in shoes. That height might be exaggerated by an inch or two. The truth will eventually come out on that.

[Jedi32]

No one knows what's going to happen, it does seem like some posters are just eager for him not to make it. Just weird.

[mg]

No one knows what's going to happen, it does seem like some posters are just eager for him not to make it. Just weird.

If he makes it then makes it...does the board want realism or fantasy. Last I saw one of the big rating services had him still in the top 100 for his class but realistically he probably wouldn't rate at all if it weren't for Lebron. When his HS played Centennial in the CIF playoffs there were about 3 players on his own team that were better and at least 3 on the other team that were obviously better prospects. I don't see the skill level or size for his position. He basically plays like a wing and doesn't have any guard skills which most 6'-2" guys need to succeed in the league these days.

[Gibson22]

Still short

[GreatWhiteStiff]

Dell Curry was not an all time legend. He was a high level role player.

Steph Curry.

Steph had the drive and he grew up privileged. I THINK I’ve heard a few people mentions Kobe’s drive as well. And both of them surpassed their fathers.

I believe I recall their being a fair a mount of evidence that growing up fairly priviledged (or being middle classed or better) helps you make the nba. I mean It's pretty hard to make the nba and become a superstar though, so there's that.

[GreatWhiteStiff]

No one knows what's going to happen, it does seem like some posters are just eager for him not to make it. Just weird.

Is it weird that lebron wants to play in the nba with his son who may or may not have nba talent? It's way more ok to cheer or hope for a guy then say he doesn't have enough talent.

[giannis and 1]

Disclaimer for dumbasses ready to come here saying: WHY ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT A KID!!!: We start recruiting talent long before high school, so a ranked incoming junior (let alone the player being son of lebron james) will not only be talked about, but at this point we'll all have a very clear picture about him.

It's unfortunate. The kid has barely grown in the last couple years, couple years and a half. He's no more than 6'3 barefoot. He may be a little taller than guys like curry, kyrie, but he's without a doubt smaller than dwade. I would be very surprised if he ever reaches dwade's size, I think he has reached his final height. Unfortunately for Lebron, whose biggest goal right now is to play with/against his son and for him to have a good nba career, and for Lebron's fans like me, that's probably a death sentence on the kid's nba chances. On the other end, bryce is looking big as hell, if he keeps growing it's definitely time to follow him. He has shown good shooting, and now good size as well, but no athleticism and therefore everything that comes with it basketball wise, but let's see from this season on.

I followed him since he was 9 or so, especially his freshman season (sophomore season and aau freshman summer were wasted by covid and this year he got a torn meniscus, so since 2020 aau summer he has played very little, let's hope he bounces back this last 2 hs years), so let me give you a summary of his game. He's always been good, but never special. He's 6'3, decent strength, fast and has hops. Has a good shooting stroke and he knows how to play all around. Unfortunately, he doesn't have elite talent. First of all he has a pg body, maybe a bigger than average pg but not even a smaller sg body. Maybe if he gets bigger he can have a small sg body, but that's a stretch. At that size, you need incredible talent to be a real nba player. Bronny, while very fast and bouncy in a vacuum, doesn't have great basketball athleticism. He's very slow on his feet and doesn't have great explosion. Most importantly, he isn't very good at creating off the dribble or at overall creation/self creation. While he has a very solid shooting form, he's a decent, not great, shooter. It all comes down to size. If he was 6'6", he could easily be a very good 3&D wing, who can also drive to the cup sometimes and pass, high iq. At 6'3", he doesn't have good enough skils, athleticism. If you followed his career, in most of his teams (don't even consider his freshman sierra canyon team, who had two nba players like zaire williams and bj boston, and a lot of high major d1 talent while he was only a freshman) he was always like the 4-5th guy. Which isn't bad, because he could contribute in elite teams and sometimes be one of the best on the floor, but he wasn't ever the guy or one of the main guys. Even leaving out the super highly ranked kids like mikey williams, dior johnson, elijah fisher etc. his teams always had someone who dominated with his shooting (gabe cupps), someone with size, someone with athleticism, while he was always nice all-around but not THAT GUY.
Again, I'm not saying he's bad. 6'3, good shooting, good iq, athletic, all of that. But at that size you need elite creation, dribbling, or playmaking ability which he doesn't have (at an elite high school level, he struggles to bring the ball up the floor), or elite athleticism which he doesn't have (he never blows by defender), or you need to be an absolute dead-eye shooter, or amazing defense. I'not saying you gott have all of those. If I had to say, he isn't that far from the standard as far as defense and shooting and iq. As far as athleticism, he isn't functionally athletic but he can maybe get there as he has some tools. What it's really lacking is the overall skill/driblling, creation, tigh handle under pressure etc.
At the end of the day, he will definitely go to an important d1 school, and he has a lot of time to grow. He's also got all of the resources in the world and teams will probably draft him if he shows the slightest signs of being an nba player. If he can get college playing time, and improve year by year, maybe he has a chance. As far as rankings go, he's 49th in his class on espn, 32th on 247, and overall in the 30-40 range in various recruiting sites.

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Unfortunate that there are no 6’3 nba players.

[Gibson22]

Gotten better but hasn't grown a quarter of an inch

[Klayforspicy]

That is a pretty stupid disqualification

Id say Bronny projects to at the very least be a GP2 level prospect.

[MoneyTalks41890]

I’m not reading all that but 6’3” without shoes is not a barrier to playing in the nba, and he’s almost certainly not done growing.

[BeatDaCavs420]

Top 5 worst thread

[Michael Jackson]

I’m not reading all that but 6’3” without shoes is not a barrier to playing in the nba, and he’s almost certainly not done growing.

He doesn't need to grow taller. His game needs to grow but he absolutely can play in the NBA at his height. While Spider has a crazy wingspan that Bronny may not he is still a couple inches shorter. Not to mention an Earl Boykins. It is silly to worry about Bronny's height IMHO.

I still don't like the pressure on him to have to make the NBA. I am sure he can make the NBA potentially though.

[Lalouie]

no nba team in it's right mind drafts bronny just to get lebron. it's an utterly silly move.

bron + bronny in gleague