Bronny James is entering the 2024 NBA Draft [Shams]

[Optimus_Steel]

This is like someone visiting the Kennedy Space Center visitor complex and claiming they are ready to be a NASA astronaut.

[azcatz11]

Embarrassing. He will be a good college role player. I’m convinced of that. Hopefully he doesn’t show up at the combine

[xxSnEaKyPxx]

Well if he stays in you know what the Lakers are doing with their second-round pick.

Why waste a pick on him when they can sign him as a UDFA?

[xxSnEaKyPxx]

This is like someone visiting the Kennedy Space Center visitor complex and claiming they are ready to be a NASA astronaut.

It would be like a random person showing up to NASA and saying "I'm not qualified for this job, but if you let me go to space, Neil Armstrong(if he were still alive, I don't know many famous current astronauts) will come on the trip too!"

[meekrab]

I'm pretty sure there arent many people who think he's ready to play in the NBA. Thanks for repeating yourselves over and over.

As a few level minded people have said, this is more of a strategic move. This could just involve his father or it could just be a chance for evaluation.

What evaluation does he need? The feedback he gets is gonna be "Everything. Work on everything."

[PushDaRock]

Correct you can’t do this. There is a deadline prior to the draft where you have to pull your name out of the draft to keep your college eligibility.

You can’t enter the draft, get drafted and not like where you got drafted or end up going undrafted and then decide to return to college. It’s usually around 2 weeks to 10 days prior to the draft that the deadline to pull your name from draft eligibility.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2790105-ncaa-announces-cbb-rule-change-to-allow-players-to-return-to-school-if-undrafted

You’re correct and I am wrong. I thought the 10 day deadline prior to the draft was it. But ya does look like if a player goes undrafted he can return. I don’t recall seeing this yet though. But ya thank you for informing me on this.

Yeah nobody at least really notable I can recall has done it so it's gone under the radar as a rule change.

[Magic_Johnny12]

I don’t get the ridicule, he’ll get the same if not more/better treatment than Austin Rivers received. Rivers had no business going in the lottery after his year at Duke. He was drafted that high merely due to his high school performance, upside and relationship with his father.

Bronny will be no different, Lakers will move up in the second rd. and select him. Let him play in their g league and develop him and occasionally call him up to play with his father. Let’s not pretend politics are not involved.

[xxSnEaKyPxx]

Does LeBron actively talking about how he wants to spend the rest of his career with the Lakers hurt Bronny's draft stock?

If LeBron were openly saying "I want to play with Bronny" some team would draft him in hopes of getting Bron too. Even if Bron planned on staying in LA, he could con some team into drafting Bronny.

Of course, if Bronny goes undrafted, the Lakers will sign him, so maybe that is the angle he's going for.

[PushDaRock]

Correct you can’t do this. There is a deadline prior to the draft where you have to pull your name out of the draft to keep your college eligibility.

You can’t enter the draft, get drafted and not like where you got drafted or end up going undrafted and then decide to return to college. It’s usually around 2 weeks to 10 days prior to the draft that the deadline to pull your name from draft eligibility.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2790105-ncaa-announces-cbb-rule-change-to-allow-players-to-return-to-school-if-undrafted

More players should do this. Sometimes the playing time and exposure is much higher in NCAA. Especially with NIL, players would still be getting paid.

The only drawback i see to it, is I believe anyone can only enter their name into the draft once.

I've thought about putting my name in the draft just for fun lol

Another potential drawback would be going undrafted can kind of hurt your overall stock. Withdrawing means nobody knows if you would have been drafted or not whereas going through this process and going undrafted confirms it.

[Dominator83]

I'm pretty sure there arent many people who think he's ready to play in the NBA. Thanks for repeating yourselves over and over.

As a few level minded people have said, this is more of a strategic move. This could just involve his father or it could just be a chance for evaluation.

Agreed. What's wrong with a free appraisal?

[xxSnEaKyPxx]

I don’t get the ridicule, he’ll get the same if not more/better treatment than Austin Rivers received. Rivers had no business going in the lottery after his year at Duke. He was drafted that high merely due to his high school performance, upside and relationship with his father.

Bronny will be no different, Lakers will move up in the second rd. and select him. Let him play in their g league and develop him and occasionally call him up to play with his father. Let’s not pretend politics are not involved.

Dude, there is absolutely no comparison between the two.

Austin Rivers wasn't anything special in college, but he was a good player on the #8 team in the country.

Bronny was a bad player on a terrible team.

[rapstarter]

I don’t get the ridicule, he’ll get the same if not more/better treatment than Austin Rivers received. Rivers had no business going in the lottery after his year at Duke. He was drafted that high merely due to his high school performance, upside and relationship with his father.

Bronny will be no different, Lakers will move up in the second rd. and select him. Let him play in their g league and develop him and occasionally call him up to play with his father. Let’s not pretend politics are not involved.

Bronny doesn't have the high school OR college performance, or even upside that Rivers had. Rivers went just about where he deserved to. No one was thinking about drafting him so they can develop a relationship with Doc Rivers. Bronny even being drafted would be ALL politics which is the source of the ridicule. Is it fair to Bronny? No, but neither is him being drafted over dozens who are better basketball players/prospects.

[PistolPeteJR]

Y'all don't get it. He purposely tanked his value all year so that no one would sign him this year. Then he leaked the transfer thing a few days ago to say, "I suck, I need more development, I'm gonna go back to college."

Now he's just going, "I mean, let's just see what the interest is like now that teams know my 'value' and that I'm considering going back to college."

4D chess that Pops taught him. Now the Lakers will get a guy who's actually better than most of the talent in the draft while LeBron can stay in LAL to play with him.

[PushDaRock]

I don’t get the ridicule, he’ll get the same if not more/better treatment than Austin Rivers received. Rivers had no business going in the lottery after his year at Duke. He was drafted that high merely due to his high school performance, upside and relationship with his father.

Bronny will be no different, Lakers will move up in the second rd. and select him. Let him play in their g league and develop him and occasionally call him up to play with his father. Let’s not pretend politics are not involved.

I don't know about that. I mean he was the #1 ranked player in his class and he averaged 15 ppg as a Freshman at Duke. His stock fell certainly but not that far. If you look back at that draft and rank careers, he probably is right around #10 as well.

[uncleduck13]

Genuinely one of the worst players to ever enter the draft and potentially the most undeserving player to ever be drafted

[PushDaRock]

Genuinely one of the worst players to ever enter the draft and potentially the most undeserving player to ever be drafted

That's definitely not the case. Peyton Watson was even worse in college and he went in the first round.

[LeBronSpaghetti]

Freshman stats before entering the NBA draft:

Peyton Watson:
3.3pts 2.9reb 0.8ast (.322/.226/.688)

Bonny James:
4.8pts 2.8reb 2.1ast (.366/.267/.676)


I’m not saying Bronny is ready or that it’s the right decision but there isn’t a single GM in the league who wouldn’t take Peyton Watson on their bench. Sometimes these athletic/defensive types are super raw but they can develop and they end up being worth it. I think like Watson, if Bronny is drafted he should be seeing at least as much g league time as NBA time in his rookie season. We also don’t know how Bronny’s heart issues impacted him this season. Perhaps It was hindering him all year for a number of reasons and he’s actually a much better player than he showed.

I don’t have the answers just trying to be optimistic about him.

[PushDaRock]

Freshman stats before entering the NBA draft:

Peyton Watson:
3.3pts 2.9reb 0.8ast (.322/.226/.688)

Bonny James:
4.8pts 2.8reb 2.1ast (.366/.267/.676)


I’m not saying Bronny is ready or that it’s the right decision but there isn’t a single GM in the league who wouldn’t take Peyton Watson on their bench. Sometimes these athletic/defensive types are super raw but they can develop and they end up being worth it. I think like Watson, if Bronny is drafted he should be seeing at least as much g league time as NBA time in his rookie season. We also don’t know how Bronny’s heart issues impacted him this season. Perhaps It was hindering him all year for a number of reasons and he’s actually a much better player than he showed.

I don’t have the answers just trying to be optimistic about him.

If Bronny were 6-8 too, he would be a much more appealing prospect.

[xxSnEaKyPxx]

Freshman stats before entering the NBA draft:

Peyton Watson:
3.3pts 2.9reb 0.8ast (.322/.226/.688)

Bonny James:
4.8pts 2.8reb 2.1ast (.366/.267/.676)


I’m not saying Bronny is ready or that it’s the right decision but there isn’t a single GM in the league who wouldn’t take Peyton Watson on their bench. Sometimes these athletic/defensive types are super raw but they can develop and they end up being worth it. I think like Watson, if Bronny is drafted he should be seeing at least as much g league time as NBA time in his rookie season. We also don’t know how Bronny’s heart issues impacted him this season. Perhaps It was hindering him all year for a number of reasons and he’s actually a much better player than he showed.

I don’t have the answers just trying to be optimistic about him.

Peyton Watson has incredible size that allows him to guard multiple positions.

Bronny is PG size, but can't run the offense or shoot the ball.

Just not a good comparison.

To be clear, I do understand the point you're trying to make, and there is something there, but Watson is a prototype athlete through and through, Bronny is not.

[LeBronSpaghetti]

Freshman stats before entering the NBA draft:

Peyton Watson:
3.3pts 2.9reb 0.8ast (.322/.226/.688)

Bonny James:
4.8pts 2.8reb 2.1ast (.366/.267/.676)


I’m not saying Bronny is ready or that it’s the right decision but there isn’t a single GM in the league who wouldn’t take Peyton Watson on their bench. Sometimes these athletic/defensive types are super raw but they can develop and they end up being worth it. I think like Watson, if Bronny is drafted he should be seeing at least as much g league time as NBA time in his rookie season. We also don’t know how Bronny’s heart issues impacted him this season. Perhaps It was hindering him all year for a number of reasons and he’s actually a much better player than he showed.

I don’t have the answers just trying to be optimistic about him.

If Bronny were 6-8 too, he would be a much more appealing prospect.

For sure