People everywhere, and definitely in this thread, were acting like he was a make a wish kid and he may end up being a rotational nba player after all. Incredible.
That poor kid, growing up like he did, getting drafted so late. He has overcome so much in his life. Can't wait for the movie.
You don’t have to hate him you know. You likely have no reason to. You can just let it go.
We can all like and dislike whatever players we want for whatever reason.
So you don't have to carry the torch for him because he is so disrespected and underprivileged.
Weirdo behavior. You keep mockingly mention how he’s underprivileged and disrespected like it’s his fault who his dad is. Hating somebody for that while he could be on the coast of some tropical country but instead he worked his way to possibly an NBA rotation is bizarre.
Same weird behavior when you come in here claiming he has arrived because he had one acceptable NBA game. He is only in because of who is dad is, not because what he has done.
There are quite a few sons of former NBA players that have played in the league and most (maybe all) got drafted on merit in college, signed as an undrafted free agent and worked their way into the league. If Bronny had anyone else for a father he would still be riding the pine in college. Sorry if that rubs me the wrong way, but it would if he was a mailman, dentist, or police officer too.
I heard a stat (Duncd On, I think) that the only rookies drafted at Bronny's spot or later to have 17/5 their rookie year were (if I can remember the names) Ramon Sessions, Isaiah Thomas, Manu Ginobili, Luis Scola, and Aaron Wiggins. That's one HOFer, one All-Star, two starter level players, and Aaron Wiggins who is turning out to be a valuable rotation player. Him having a good game certainly doesn't mean that he is going to be a rotation player for a decade like the other guys, but it does develop a baseline level of competence that 2nd rounders don't often show this early.
He's averaging 20/5/5/2 on .572 TS% (36.1% from three on 8 attempts per game) in the G-League. I think it is far to say at this point that he was an acceptable pick at 55 as he has the talent to at least be career AAA type player - there were a couple undrafted players that may have been better late picks (Justin Edwards and Trey Alexander were mostly expected to be drafted and weren't - Edwards is a legit NBA player today for Philly and Alexander has been bad for the Nuggets but fantastic in the G-League) but Bronny has shown at least as much as another ~10 players drafted in the second round.
Only a few players drafted at that level actually get minutes, so of course that list is pretty small.
Both sides of this are frustrating. The only reason Bronny is getting minutes at all is because of who he is. Having said that - he’s done a solid job given that context and he seems to belong just fine. It probably says more about how close together all the fringe players are than anything else. I think a lot of people we’ve never heard of who will never get a chance could do something similar to what Bronny is doing given the opportunity. Bronny is getting the opportunity because of his dad, and that’s fine. That’s how life works.
Ehh. At the end of the day, if your parent is an exceptional athlete, you're far more likely to turn out to be an NBA player than if not. If your parent was an NBA player, the odds are even better. Both?
This weird "only because he's LeBron's kid" take ignores the fact that a smart bettor, betting on all players drafted after like pick 40 over the last, say, five years, would have him very high on the list because of exactly those genes. When I was coaching, literally one for the boxes we looked for in HS players was "did either parent play professional basketball?" even if the parent was never around the kid (via death or baby daddy or whatever the case may be).
They aren't giving him extra G League or NBA opportunity because of LeBron per se. It's a HUGE business with jobs on the line for this kind of thing. If the guy wasn't showing promise, he'd get less time. And if some other guy at pick 50 was showing as much promise, he'd be getting more time too.
Both things can be true. He's doing well, especially for a late second, AND his genes suggest he's a good bet.
