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

[KyRo23]

LeBron grew 4.5 inches from the age of 17 until now.. So it's probably too early to right off a growth spurt.

I have to say, he really didn't. He was like 6'3" beginning of his freshman year and he grew to 6'7.25" by the time he was drafted. Now he apparently measured at 6'8.5" without shoes.

He was drafted at 18 and he was 6'4 at 17. We are talking without shoes.

Are you sure about this? I wanna say LeBron was not 6’4” at 17

[zimpy27]

I have to say, he really didn't. He was like 6'3" beginning of his freshman year and he grew to 6'7.25" by the time he was drafted. Now he apparently measured at 6'8.5" without shoes.

He was drafted at 18 and he was 6'4 at 17. We are talking without shoes.

Are you sure about this? I wanna say LeBron was not 6’4” at 17

I'm talking without shoes because that's what people measure to these days but they didn't always.
He was listed as 6'6 as a senior and he was 3 months from being 18 when he started his senior year.

I think he was a late grower and it's why he'd develop PG skills. He was expected to be 6'3 based on height projections when much younger.

Bronny is 6'3 with shoes and at same age I think LeBron was 6'6 with shoes.. so people are making a big deal of this when he's 3 inches shorter than his dad who ended up being 6'9.5 with shoes.

Bronny will be 6'5 to 6'6 with shoes, his arms are long and his well built. An SG/SF easily.

People freaking out about size for nothing

[CobraCommander]

No one worrying about Broony size they worried about his game. Bronny is a pretty good highschool player but far from a 5 star and far from an NBA lock...but he is going to be fine. Bronny plays 2k online and could be a millionaire just from his celebrity status- bronny to Lebron in basketball is to Kim to Robert in law....they will be fine no matter if they don’t follow in dads exact steps...

[mg]

I have to say, he really didn't. He was like 6'3" beginning of his freshman year and he grew to 6'7.25" by the time he was drafted. Now he apparently measured at 6'8.5" without shoes.

He was drafted at 18 and he was 6'4 at 17. We are talking without shoes.

Are you sure about this? I wanna say LeBron was not 6’4” at 17

Lebron was easily at least 6'-6" or 6'-7" by the time he was 17 and had already been annointed on the cover of national magazines by that time too.

[NO-KG-AI]

He was drafted at 18 and he was 6'4 at 17. We are talking without shoes.

Are you sure about this? I wanna say LeBron was not 6’4” at 17

Lebron was easily at least 6'-6" or 6'-7" by the time he was 17 and had already been annointed on the cover of national magazines by that time too.

Yea, I don't kno what Zimpy is talking about. LeBron was listed at 6'7 and 6'8 before he even started his senior season, and was clearly very big. I don't even recall watching LeBron play at the 6'4 range, and I remember him popping up around his sophomore year on my radar.

From his coach "In the summer before his freshman year, LeBron grew close to 6-4 and was an elite athlete. By his sophomore year, according to St. Vincent-St. Mary coach Dru Joyce II, LeBron was 6-6 "

Could probably give or take an inch, but he definitely didn't grow 4.5 inches from 17 to 18 lmao.

[zimpy27]

Are you sure about this? I wanna say LeBron was not 6’4” at 17

Lebron was easily at least 6'-6" or 6'-7" by the time he was 17 and had already been annointed on the cover of national magazines by that time too.

Yea, I don't kno what Zimpy is talking about. LeBron was listed at 6'7 and 6'8 before he even started his senior season, and was clearly very big. I don't even recall watching LeBron play at the 6'4 range, and I remember him popping up around his sophomore year on my radar.

From his coach "In the summer before his freshman year, LeBron grew close to 6-4 and was an elite athlete. By his sophomore year, according to St. Vincent-St. Mary coach Dru Joyce II, LeBron was 6-6 "

Could probably give or take an inch, but he definitely didn't grow 4.5 inches from 17 to 18 lmao.

I said he was 6'4 without shoes when he was 17, he turned 17 at start of his junior year.

I didn't realise Bronny was nearly 18 now. At this age LeBron was listed at 6'6. He grew 2 inches in his senior year to become 6'8" with shoes at the draft.

LeBron grew a further 1.5 inches in the NBA

[DreamTeam09]

So are you guys saying there aren't any 6'2-6'4 players in the NBA??? Why can't he be a backup PG or SG somewhere ??

[tsirigoj]

I wouldn't be so quick to judge. Players generally add a good few inches to their actual heights to create their listed height (Allen Iverson was listed as 6'0", but apparently was 5'10", at best. Lots of examples of this, but I always thought that was best one).

If he's truly 6'2" without shoes, assuming sneakers add another inch, then the extra height that is added, he could be listed as 6'5", 6'6".

I wouldn't read into anything until we see how he actually performs professionally (after a couple of years on top of that). We can pretty much guarantee he won't be as impactful as his dad though (well, no one really will).

[mg]

So are you guys saying there aren't any 6'2-6'4 players in the NBA??? Why can't he be a backup PG or SG somewhere ??

He doesn't have the guard skills at this point though. Sure he could develop his ballhandling/playmaking. I doubt he will ever look fluid with the ball in his hands though. He's a wing at this point.

[og15]

He was drafted at 18 and he was 6'4 at 17. We are talking without shoes.

Are you sure about this? I wanna say LeBron was not 6’4” at 17

I'm talking without shoes because that's what people measure to these days but they didn't always.
He was listed as 6'6 as a senior and he was 3 months from being 18 when he started his senior year.

I think he was a late grower and it's why he'd develop PG skills. He was expected to be 6'3 based on height projections when much younger.

Bronny is 6'3 with shoes and at same age I think LeBron was 6'6 with shoes.. so people are making a big deal of this when he's 3 inches shorter than his dad who ended up being 6'9.5 with shoes.

Bronny will be 6'5 to 6'6 with shoes, his arms are long and his well built. An SG/SF easily.

People freaking out about size for nothing

I wouldn't say "will be", could be, but additional growth is never a given, just possible.

[DreamTeam09]

So are you guys saying there aren't any 6'2-6'4 players in the NBA??? Why can't he be a backup PG or SG somewhere ??

He doesn't have the guard skills at this point though. Sure he could develop his ballhandling/playmaking. I doubt he will ever look fluid with the ball in his hands though. He's a wing at this point.

So a Norman Powell??

[Lockdown504090]

Wait till his senior year. There were a lot of ppl calling emoni Bates the next kd when he was this age

[DaddyCool19]

Lebron was easily at least 6'-6" or 6'-7" by the time he was 17 and had already been annointed on the cover of national magazines by that time too.

Yea, I don't kno what Zimpy is talking about. LeBron was listed at 6'7 and 6'8 before he even started his senior season, and was clearly very big. I don't even recall watching LeBron play at the 6'4 range, and I remember him popping up around his sophomore year on my radar.

From his coach "In the summer before his freshman year, LeBron grew close to 6-4 and was an elite athlete. By his sophomore year, according to St. Vincent-St. Mary coach Dru Joyce II, LeBron was 6-6 "

Could probably give or take an inch, but he definitely didn't grow 4.5 inches from 17 to 18 lmao.

I said he was 6'4 without shoes when he was 17, he turned 17 at start of his junior year.

I didn't realise Bronny was nearly 18 now. At this age LeBron was listed at 6'6. He grew 2 inches in his senior year to become 6'8" with shoes at the draft.

LeBron grew a further 1.5 inches in the NBA

https://247sports.com/college/basketball/recruiting/Article/Bronny-James-highlights-how-tall-LeBron-was-at-same-age--138464162/

"At age 13, LeBron was 6-feet tall. He entered high school at 6-foot-4, 170-pounds and grew to 6-foot-6, 200 pounds as a sophomore. Dambrot said he “looked like a little kid,” and was thin, but possessed an unbelievable brain and feel for the game."

https://247sports.com/Player/LeBron-James-62951/high-school-109963/

He was also listed at 6'8 225 as a high school senior.

[SeattleJazzFan]

So are you guys saying there aren't any 6'2-6'4 players in the NBA??? Why can't he be a backup PG or SG somewhere ??

yes, that is exactly what everybody is saying. the people on realgm - some of the most avid nba fans on the planet think nba players start at 6'5".

the point is, people are questioning whether or not he has the skills necessary to make it as a player at that height. any 6'3" human in the world "could" be a backup PG or SG in the league, but only a select few elite of the elite actually have the skills, athleticism, mental make up, etc, to actually make it that far. is bronny one of those? nobody knows at this point. but right now, at least in my eyes, it doesn't look promising.

[CobraCommander]

So are you guys saying there aren't any 6'2-6'4 players in the NBA??? Why can't he be a backup PG or SG somewhere ??

Cause he not good enough

[KrAzY3]

I have to say, he really didn't. He was like 6'3" beginning of his freshman year and he grew to 6'7.25" by the time he was drafted. Now he apparently measured at 6'8.5" without shoes.

He was drafted at 18 and he was 6'4 at 17. We are talking without shoes.

Are you sure about this? I wanna say LeBron was not 6’4” at 17

From what I've seen there was a calculated choice to sandbag a bit on his height fairly early on. There was a period of time even around here well into his career where people were like he's 6'7. Bro... dude is a quarter inch shy of 6'9 without shoes. If he was a big man he'd be listed as 6'11. Everyone knew he was huge all along, that's why he was such a prospect, they just played along with the size thing for reasons that still perplex me.

[mg]

Wait till his senior year. There were a lot of ppl calling emoni Bates the next kd when he was this age

Emoni Bates was already playing at Memphis at Bronny's current age (and had already been called a bust before he reached his 18th birthday).

[Ice Trae]

what a luxury it is to be called short at 6'1

[NO-KG-AI]

He was drafted at 18 and he was 6'4 at 17. We are talking without shoes.

Are you sure about this? I wanna say LeBron was not 6’4” at 17

From what I've seen there was a calculated choice to sandbag a bit on his height fairly early on. There was a period of time even around here well into his career where people were like he's 6'7. Bro... dude is a quarter inch shy of 6'9 without shoes. If he was a big man he'd be listed as 6'11. Everyone knew he was huge all along, that's why he was such a prospect, they just played along with the size thing for reasons that still perplex me.

Nah, I think y'all are exaggerating it now. The problem is that people think EVERY nba player has grown like 2 inches, so even when you show LeBron as clearly more than an inch shorter than guys that were measured right at 6'9, people will just say "oh, well that guy grew two inches !"

On no planet is LeBron anywhere close to 6'11 in shoes, that's absurd.

Carmelo was 6'6.25 in socks. Is he 6'10 in shoes now? I've never ever heard of Carmelo growing 2-3 inches, but he had to then, right?

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Anthony Davis must be like 7'1 to 7'2 in shoes now?

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Tyson Chandler was 6'11.5 without shoes. He has to be at least 7'5 here?

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He might be taller than the very first day he entered the NBA. But LeBRon is 6'9 with his shoes at the very max, you'd have to do some real generous rounding to come close to 6'10-6'11.

[sp6r=underrated]

He was drafted at 18 and he was 6'4 at 17. We are talking without shoes.

Are you sure about this? I wanna say LeBron was not 6’4” at 17

From what I've seen there was a calculated choice to sandbag a bit on his height fairly early on. There was a period of time even around here well into his career where people were like he's 6'7. Bro... dude is a quarter inch shy of 6'9 without shoes. If he was a big man he'd be listed as 6'11. Everyone knew he was huge all along, that's why he was such a prospect, they just played along with the size thing for reasons that still perplex me.

Makes sense to me. Bigs are way less marketable than smalls. Presenting as a wing probably helped increase his popularity a lot.