Bronny is a waste of a roster spot

[GiggitySmalls]

Water is wet.

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[Showdown]

This is silly that Lebron demands this, imagine if Wilt Chamberlain demanded that all his kids have to play for Lakers or he leaves.

[giannis and 1]

This is silly that Lebron demands this, imagine if Wilt Chamberlain demanded that all his kids have to play for Lakers or he leaves.

Well, Otto Porter did have some interest in the Lakers in 2022.

[doogie_hauser]

Don't like The Lakers or Lebron, but the amount of hate/slander this kid gets (and yes i realize no one likes Nepo Babies) is borderline bullying at this point.

He has shown at times glimpses of being at least an NBA standard player (least defensively)

Yes perhaps he is lucky to have an NBA roster spot, but it's not as if he hadn't put in the hard work and long hours to get there.

He definitely doesn't come across to me as some entitled or spoilt prat (like many other Nepo Babies i could name)

I do have a bit of worries about his heart condition sometimes tbh.

[Dr Aki]

Watch on YouTube

[sashaturiaf]

Don't like The Lakers or Lebron, but the amount of hate/slander this kid gets (and yes i realize no one likes Nepo Babies) is borderline bullying at this point.

He has shown at times glimpses of being at least an NBA standard player (least defensively)

Yes perhaps he is lucky to have an NBA roster spot, but it's not as if he hadn't put in the hard work and long hours to get there.

He definitely doesn't come across to me as some entitled or spoilt prat (like many other Nepo Babies i could name)

I do have a bit of worries about his heart condition sometimes tbh.

It's not Bronny that people hate, it's his dad because 1) using his power to put his son who clearly isn't NBA caliber into the league and suffer this humiliation ritual. This isn't Giannis getting his brothers paid, this is a father doing this to his son mostly to fuel his own narcissism. And 2) it's Lebron, people simply don't like him. There's many reasons why

[ball_takes23]

no need to panic, just hitting the classic sophomore slump.

[EmpireFalls]

He is certainly quite bad, but I’m somewhat intrigued by him not being even worse. He doesn’t immediately stick out as awful in the way you’d expect a complete Nepo fraudster to do, his defense is even somewhat passable. He may yet prove himself to be in normal blow-up failed 2nd round project territory rather than worst player of all time territory.

[JRoy]

He stinks

[Slava]

He is certainly quite bad, but I’m somewhat intrigued by him not being even worse. He doesn’t immediately stick out as awful in the way you’d expect a complete Nepo fraudster to do, his defense is even somewhat passable. He may yet prove himself to be in normal blow-up failed 2nd round project territory rather than worst player of all time territory.

If he can’t even bring the ball up the court against NBA level players, he’s gotta be in the mold of Tony Allen on defense to be worth a roster spot, which he isn’t as he’s quite small. He’s not Thanasis level bad but he’s not worth a roster spot either.

[PlatinumState]

He really didnt have to pursue basketball. If I was him Id take a long look in the mirror and realize its not for me and go do other things. This could haunt him mentally down the road when he realizes it was all so they could be the first father son duo to play in the league and sell jerseys. Hes just not even close to being fringe nba talent and it was obvious in college. People say "dont act like you wouldnt do it too if you could". And I say no, I wouldnt because its embarrassing

[og15]

He is certainly quite bad, but I’m somewhat intrigued by him not being even worse. He doesn’t immediately stick out as awful in the way you’d expect a complete Nepo fraudster to do, his defense is even somewhat passable. He may yet prove himself to be in normal blow-up failed 2nd round project territory rather than worst player of all time territory.

Technically at that range of pick, not failing is surviving like 1-2 years in the league

So he wouldn't even be a failure for that range of pick

[Blame Rasho]

Why do people care about him? He isn’t on your team unless you are a Laker fan. Out of the 450 players in the nba, he got a roster spot. Oh noez… the world isn’t fair.

[cupcakesnake]

He is certainly quite bad, but I’m somewhat intrigued by him not being even worse. He doesn’t immediately stick out as awful in the way you’d expect a complete Nepo fraudster to do, his defense is even somewhat passable. He may yet prove himself to be in normal blow-up failed 2nd round project territory rather than worst player of all time territory.

If he can’t even bring the ball up the court against NBA level players, he’s gotta be in the mold of Tony Allen on defense to be worth a roster spot, which he isn’t as he’s quite small. He’s not Thanasis level bad but he’s not worth a roster spot either.

What makes Bronny better than Thanasis?
To me he's got a little to prove before we can even say that. Thanasis is not good, but he's got NBA wing size, and looking at his per minute production over his career, the guy managed to produce fine in the minutes he was given. Hits half his shots, with prime per 36 numbers of 15-7-4.

Bronny hasn't scored a point yet this year, and is averaging as many turnovers as he is assists or rebounds, and is also averaging 6.3 fouls per 36. He'll do better than in a year of garbage time, probably, but there's nothing so far to suggest he's better than Thanasis.

[DimesandKnicks]

Don't like The Lakers or Lebron, but the amount of hate/slander this kid gets (and yes i realize no one likes Nepo Babies) is borderline bullying at this point.

He has shown at times glimpses of being at least an NBA standard player (least defensively)

Yes perhaps he is lucky to have an NBA roster spot, but it's not as if he hadn't put in the hard work and long hours to get there.

He definitely doesn't come across to me as some entitled or spoilt prat (like many other Nepo Babies i could name)

I do have a bit of worries about his heart condition sometimes tbh.

It's not Bronny that people hate, it's his dad because 1) using his power to put his son who clearly isn't NBA caliber into the league and suffer this humiliation ritual. This isn't Giannis getting his brothers paid, this is a father doing this to his son mostly to fuel his own narcissism. And 2) it's Lebron, people simply don't like him. There's many reasons why

Can u explain the logic between getting your son a million dollar contract and fueling narcissism?

Do yall know what narcissism is?

[uncleoswald]

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/45843516/los-angeles-lakers-bronny-james-year-two-lebron-james

A sad line from this story by McMenamin back in July.

Bronny's bio, one that would fit on the back of a basketball card, says that he was drafted less than a year after suffering a cardiac arrest during a summer workout with the USC Trojans. That he was selected by the Lakers with the No. 55 pick in the 2024 NBA draft. That he made history as part of the first father-son tandem to play in the NBA together when he checked in against the Minnesota Timberwolves for the last three minutes of the first half of the Lakers' season opener last October.

What it won't say is that James has never watched that game tape. He has never reviewed his two missed shots in the spot appearance that had little consequence in the Lakers' 110-103 win.

"I just think that if you know me, I don't really like the spotlight in big moments," he said. "I mean, it was a great experience to be part of because it was the first son-father duo. But I'm a chill guy. I don't like [all that]. It comes with it. But yeah, I don't really like to go back. I mean, I'll watch my good performances where I have some minutes under my belt, but I'm not going to go and watch that."

[jbk1234]

Pretty much every 14th or 15th player on an NBA roster has, at best, a 50/50 shot of staying in the league. The only thing different about Bronny is his contract.

[UcanUwill]

He is certainly quite bad, but I’m somewhat intrigued by him not being even worse. He doesn’t immediately stick out as awful in the way you’d expect a complete Nepo fraudster to do, his defense is even somewhat passable. He may yet prove himself to be in normal blow-up failed 2nd round project territory rather than worst player of all time territory.

If he can’t even bring the ball up the court against NBA level players, he’s gotta be in the mold of Tony Allen on defense to be worth a roster spot, which he isn’t as he’s quite small. He’s not Thanasis level bad but he’s not worth a roster spot either.

What makes Bronny better than Thanasis?
To me he's got a little to prove before we can even say that. Thanasis is not good, but he's got NBA wing size, and looking at his per minute production over his career, the guy managed to produce fine in the minutes he was given. Hits half his shots, with prime per 36 numbers of 15-7-4.

Bronny hasn't scored a point yet this year, and is averaging as many turnovers as he is assists or rebounds, and is also averaging 6.3 fouls per 36. He'll do better than in a year of garbage time, probably, but there's nothing so far to suggest he's better than Thanasis.

Thanasis got some minutes for Panathinaikos and he makes Greek national team.

[Billl]

I mean, of course he is. If it wasn't for his dad, he wouldn't have been drafted like that and he certainly wouldn't have got that guaranteed deal. The chances of him making a positive impact on an NBA team are very, very low.

Of course, there are a lot of gleague guys who will get a look on an nba roster at some point and I'm not sure he's a worse prospect than all of them. That's kinda the level he's at. He's got nba strength and plays hard, but he's had his look and hasn't done much with it.