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Re: Bronny James 

Post#81 » by Pelly24 » Wed Mar 2, 2022 6:58 pm

NoStatsGuy wrote:bryce actually looks a lot more promising so far. though younger and not playing with his dad but bryce has a way better chance being a lottery pick or 1st round to begin with.


People keep saying this, but Bryce is basically playing JV, whereas bronny was a good contributor to an elite team as a freshman. Bryce looks like he'll get to 6'4" or 6'5" at least, but then you have to see whether he'll be a plus athlete.
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Post#82 » by Madhouse » Wed Mar 2, 2022 7:32 pm

He isn't a first round talent.

Probably not draft worthy if he comes out as a freshman.

If he is truly interested in his own basketball career, he should stay 2-4 years in college and develop.
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Post#83 » by DreamTeam09 » Wed Mar 2, 2022 10:25 pm

Pelly24 wrote:
NoStatsGuy wrote:bryce actually looks a lot more promising so far. though younger and not playing with his dad but bryce has a way better chance being a lottery pick or 1st round to begin with.


People keep saying this, but Bryce is basically playing JV, whereas bronny was a good contributor to an elite team as a freshman. Bryce looks like he'll get to 6'4" or 6'5" at least, but then you have to see whether he'll be a plus athlete.


Isn't Bryce already near 6'4 or 6'5. I heard he was taller than Bronny
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Post#84 » by TheDiesel36 » Wed Mar 2, 2022 10:40 pm

He is a good not great athlete, who doesnt know how to use it at all, his first step off the dribble or from a tripple threat is absolutely pathetic, he just cant blow past guys that should have now bussiness checking him, also he is small and I doubt he will get much taller. He will grow into a mans frame in a couple of years so that will help.. If not LBJs son a mid tier D1 prospect, maybe nice 4 year career and a solid career in Europe.
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Post#85 » by NoStatsGuy » Thu Mar 3, 2022 3:45 pm

Pelly24 wrote:
NoStatsGuy wrote:bryce actually looks a lot more promising so far. though younger and not playing with his dad but bryce has a way better chance being a lottery pick or 1st round to begin with.


People keep saying this, but Bryce is basically playing JV, whereas bronny was a good contributor to an elite team as a freshman. Bryce looks like he'll get to 6'4" or 6'5" at least, but then you have to see whether he'll be a plus athlete.


bryce is a lights out shooter, with great courtvision already. thats what gets him into the NBA. not his athleticism. but yea you are right. hes only 15 or something i think. hehas ways to go and we gotta wait, so much can happen during that time now and him being 19-20.

asa prospect he looks a lot more promising than bronny.
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Post#86 » by Pelly24 » Thu Mar 3, 2022 7:10 pm

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NoStatsGuy wrote:bryce actually looks a lot more promising so far. though younger and not playing with his dad but bryce has a way better chance being a lottery pick or 1st round to begin with.


People keep saying this, but Bryce is basically playing JV, whereas bronny was a good contributor to an elite team as a freshman. Bryce looks like he'll get to 6'4" or 6'5" at least, but then you have to see whether he'll be a plus athlete.


bryce is a lights out shooter, with great courtvision already. thats what gets him into the NBA. not his athleticism. but yea you are right. hes only 15 or something i think. hehas ways to go and we gotta wait, so much can happen during that time now and him being 19-20.

asa prospect he looks a lot more promising than bronny.


I think people take too much from highlights. If you take the average guy who will eventually be an NBA player, they're absolutely dominating. Even a random average kid can just go off and hit threes all the time. The court vision is even more up in the air. At the same age, Bronny was a better player than Bryce is now. Better scorer, better defender, better passer, shooting was up in the air. The difference in competition they played was pretty drastic too.

Now, he might be more promising in a way, but there are plenty of 6'5" guards who can shoot and pass but are still only mid major prospects. I think the problem is people kind of assume these kids are at a certain level and skip steps. First you hzave to dominate high school, then its cool to talk about the NBA. hitting jumpers on JV and doing a eurostep isn't enough.
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Post#87 » by Duke4life831 » Thu Mar 3, 2022 7:27 pm

Pelly24 wrote:
NoStatsGuy wrote:
Pelly24 wrote:
People keep saying this, but Bryce is basically playing JV, whereas bronny was a good contributor to an elite team as a freshman. Bryce looks like he'll get to 6'4" or 6'5" at least, but then you have to see whether he'll be a plus athlete.


bryce is a lights out shooter, with great courtvision already. thats what gets him into the NBA. not his athleticism. but yea you are right. hes only 15 or something i think. hehas ways to go and we gotta wait, so much can happen during that time now and him being 19-20.

asa prospect he looks a lot more promising than bronny.


I think people take too much from highlights. If you take the average guy who will eventually be an NBA player, they're absolutely dominating. Even a random average kid can just go off and hit threes all the time. The court vision is even more up in the air. At the same age, Bronny was a better player than Bryce is now. Better scorer, better defender, better passer, shooting was up in the air. The difference in competition they played was pretty drastic too.

Now, he might be more promising in a way, but there are plenty of 6'5" guards who can shoot and pass but are still only mid major prospects. I think the problem is people kind of assume these kids are at a certain level and skip steps. First you hzave to dominate high school, then its cool to talk about the NBA. hitting jumpers on JV and doing a eurostep isn't enough.

Yup. To use my Duke bias as an example for this, Jaden Schutt is a 6'5 guard who is a lights out shooter. He has a solid handle and isnt a bad athlete. Schutt is the 66th ranked prospect in this upcoming class. No one expects him to get big minutes at Duke next year and he will need to have a damn good 3-4 year college career to have a shot in the NBA.

Hell even dominating high school isnt a guarantee of anything. Semi Ojeleye was a flat out dominant high school scorer. He ended up being Kansas high school all time leading scorer. And Semi was a 6'6 built like a brick house with plenty of hops and athleticism. Couldn't get minutes at Duke even by his 2nd year. Had to transfer to SMU and ask Boston and Milwaukee fans on how they view Semi as a player haha.

There are a lot of really good high school players who are 6'3+. The vast majority of them dont ever come close to the NBA and honestly the vast majority of them dont even have solid college careers.
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Post#88 » by Antinomy » Thu Mar 3, 2022 7:40 pm

He looks to have long arms, great defensive instincts & doesn’t make whole lot of mistakes on the floor.

I think some people are writing him off too soon.

I could see him being a solid starter in the NBA.
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Post#89 » by Pelly24 » Thu Mar 3, 2022 7:55 pm

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Pelly24 wrote:
NoStatsGuy wrote:
bryce is a lights out shooter, with great courtvision already. thats what gets him into the NBA. not his athleticism. but yea you are right. hes only 15 or something i think. hehas ways to go and we gotta wait, so much can happen during that time now and him being 19-20.

asa prospect he looks a lot more promising than bronny.


I think people take too much from highlights. If you take the average guy who will eventually be an NBA player, they're absolutely dominating. Even a random average kid can just go off and hit threes all the time. The court vision is even more up in the air. At the same age, Bronny was a better player than Bryce is now. Better scorer, better defender, better passer, shooting was up in the air. The difference in competition they played was pretty drastic too.

Now, he might be more promising in a way, but there are plenty of 6'5" guards who can shoot and pass but are still only mid major prospects. I think the problem is people kind of assume these kids are at a certain level and skip steps. First you hzave to dominate high school, then its cool to talk about the NBA. hitting jumpers on JV and doing a eurostep isn't enough.

Yup. To use my Duke bias as an example for this, Jaden Schutt is a 6'5 guard who is a lights out shooter. He has a solid handle and isnt a bad athlete. Schutt is the 66th ranked prospect in this upcoming class. No one expects him to get big minutes at Duke next year and he will need to have a damn good 3-4 year college career to have a shot in the NBA.

Hell even dominating high school isnt a guarantee of anything. Semi Ojeleye was a flat out dominant high school scorer. He ended up being Kansas high school all time leading scorer. And Semi was a 6'6 built like a brick house with plenty of hops and athleticism. Couldn't get minutes at Duke even by his 2nd year. Had to transfer to SMU and ask Boston and Milwaukee fans on how they view Semi as a player haha.

There are a lot of really good high school players who are 6'3+. The vast majority of them dont ever come close to the NBA and honestly the vast majority of them dont even have solid college careers.


Yeah exactly lol dominating high school is kind of like the bare minimum. I also don't think people realize how dominant even the mid major bball player can be. It is extremely common to see 6'4"+ shooting guards that can shoot and pass who are *only* four star prospects
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Post#90 » by Duke4life831 » Thu Mar 3, 2022 8:09 pm

Pelly24 wrote:
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I think people take too much from highlights. If you take the average guy who will eventually be an NBA player, they're absolutely dominating. Even a random average kid can just go off and hit threes all the time. The court vision is even more up in the air. At the same age, Bronny was a better player than Bryce is now. Better scorer, better defender, better passer, shooting was up in the air. The difference in competition they played was pretty drastic too.

Now, he might be more promising in a way, but there are plenty of 6'5" guards who can shoot and pass but are still only mid major prospects. I think the problem is people kind of assume these kids are at a certain level and skip steps. First you hzave to dominate high school, then its cool to talk about the NBA. hitting jumpers on JV and doing a eurostep isn't enough.

Yup. To use my Duke bias as an example for this, Jaden Schutt is a 6'5 guard who is a lights out shooter. He has a solid handle and isnt a bad athlete. Schutt is the 66th ranked prospect in this upcoming class. No one expects him to get big minutes at Duke next year and he will need to have a damn good 3-4 year college career to have a shot in the NBA.

Hell even dominating high school isnt a guarantee of anything. Semi Ojeleye was a flat out dominant high school scorer. He ended up being Kansas high school all time leading scorer. And Semi was a 6'6 built like a brick house with plenty of hops and athleticism. Couldn't get minutes at Duke even by his 2nd year. Had to transfer to SMU and ask Boston and Milwaukee fans on how they view Semi as a player haha.

There are a lot of really good high school players who are 6'3+. The vast majority of them dont ever come close to the NBA and honestly the vast majority of them dont even have solid college careers.


Yeah exactly lol dominating high school is kind of like the bare minimum. I also don't think people realize how dominant even the mid major bball player can be. It is extremely common to see 6'4"+ shooting guards that can shoot and pass who are *only* four star prospects


Yup. Another Duke example, Alex O'Connell a 6'6 guard with good bounce and was a damn good shooter in high school. Ranked in that 50-60 range. 3 years at Duke, he averaged 12mpg. He is now a 5th year senior at Creighton averaging 11ppg this year. Matt Jones another 6'5 guard that can shoot, had an okay 4 year career at Duke. There are countless examples I can rattle off from just Duke itself over the last 10 years. Again that's just Duke haha.

If you go back to pretty much any high school basketball class ranking and start from the 40th ranked guy and go down the list. You might recognize 1 out of 10-15 guys, and that's if youre a big time college fan. Again not saying those guys never make it, there are definitely guys that end up being legit studs who weren't ranked in the top 15-20 of their class. Its just the vast vast majority dont come close to having NBA careers.
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Re: Bronny James 

Post#91 » by Dark Faze » Thu Mar 3, 2022 10:12 pm

This won't ever happen. If Bronny becomes good enough for the NBA it'll be after 3 or 4 years of college. He's not going to rush and rely on nepotism to sit at the very end of a bench to fulfill LeBrons dream.
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Post#92 » by KembaWalker » Thu Mar 3, 2022 10:27 pm

Dark Faze wrote:This won't ever happen. If Bronny becomes good enough for the NBA it'll be after 3 or 4 years of college. He's not going to rush and rely on nepotism to sit at the very end of a bench to fulfill LeBrons dream.


3 or 4 years of college won't do him any better than 3 or 4 years of NBA quality training and practices that he would get thanks to dad
NCAA programs are probably a major downgrade to the trainers and equipment he gets access to now on a daily basis, he just isn't very talented
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Post#93 » by Clay Davis » Thu Mar 3, 2022 10:30 pm

Another Lebron James thread (kinda?)

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Post#94 » by mg » Fri Mar 11, 2022 6:03 pm

Bronny's Final Game of his Junior Season:
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Bronny is definitely going to the pros at this pace 

Post#95 » by Klayforspicy » Sat Apr 2, 2022 10:45 pm


He is going to be a very good player, the quickness, size, dictative pace of play is a deadly combo
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Re: Bronny is definitely going to the pros at this pace 

Post#96 » by HumbleRen » Sat Apr 2, 2022 11:02 pm

I don't see it lol. He'll get drafted due to his father and some team taking a chance on him but currently ? I see nothing more than a decent role player at the NBA level. (which isn't bad at all)
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Re: Bronny is definitely going to the pros at this pace 

Post#97 » by Kurt Heimlich » Sat Apr 2, 2022 11:09 pm

Getting troll thread vibes here. But his future status as a pro has been established since he became a package deal with his aging elite tier NBA legend father. Merit being secondary here.
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Post#98 » by GSWFan1994 » Sat Apr 2, 2022 11:16 pm

Must be a pace I've been blind to.
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Re: Bronny is definitely going to the pros at this pace 

Post#99 » by Apz » Sat Apr 2, 2022 11:48 pm

According to my 2k22 save he will be alright...:)
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Post#100 » by JonFromVA » Sun Apr 3, 2022 1:27 am

lol, Bronny should get himself in to Stanford, play 4 years and get himself a degree on how to run a business empire.

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