The most contrived phony baloney moment in history. He was not even remotely a top college player. Not even a top 75 HS prospect. He might, might dominate your local early morning Y game.
Which is worse? Bronny following his dad into the NBA or Dubya following his dad into the White House?
How about Bill Belichik's son getting coaching job with the Patriots?
How about most of you following your daddy and grandaddies to their alama maters or their Wall Street firms?
Bro nobody on letsrun works at or has any relation to wallstreet. Lol. Most of these dudes working at a shoe store or legal team.
The most contrived phony baloney moment in history. He was not even remotely a top college player. Not even a top 75 HS prospect. He might, might dominate your local early morning Y game.
Which is worse? Bronny following his dad into the NBA or Dubya following his dad into the White House?
How about Bill Belichik's son getting coaching job with the Patriots?
How about most of you following your daddy and grandaddies to their alama maters or their Wall Street firms?
Or even "worser".....Dictator Trump wins 2024.
Then, three sons from two different mothers " rule" in secession until 2054. Sound Medieval ?
The problem is Bronny didn't earn his spot. If he had been successful in the NCAA, then we wouldn't see so many people having an issue with this. But he averaged less than five points per game in college. This is after averaging only 14 points per game as a high school senior. Does that sound like the resume of someone who deserves to be in the NBA?
It's nice that he can jump high, but he needs to be able to do a lot more than that to be able to contribute to winning basketball. As for his shot, there's a huge difference between making uncontested threes in a shooting drill and shooting in a competitive game with an opposing team playing defense. Seriously, look at this video of him shooting threes at the combine, casually jogging to his spots:
Does that look anything at all like shooting in a real game?
A better way to gauge his shooting ability is to look at his stats in live games:
College: 36.6 FG%, 26.7 3P%, 67.6 FT%
NBA Pre-Season: 29.7 FG%, 8.3 3P%
Those numbers don't warrant someone making an NBA roster.
I agree he isn't ready for the NBA. I think I said his contract was because of his dad. My point is he looks like someone who could become an NBA journeyman (think Patrick Beverly). His college season was mostly a bust due to his heart condition only allowing him to start working out days before the season began. Most of the scouting reports out of the combine and scrimmages was that Bronny looked like a second round prospect (and he was drafted at the end of the second round). Do you really think Colin Castelton or Quincy Olivari will help the Lakers win more than Bronny would? (The answer is none of them will help them win, but they all have potential to do in another 2 years).
We had a similar situation with Giannis' brother (Thanasis) and nobody made a fuss about that.
Good to know we agree that Bronny is not ready for the NBA. Yes, I see your point, and I would agree that becoming Patrick Beverley 2.0 is probably his best-case long-term scenario (hopefully minus the dirty play and warped arrogance).
Whether Castelton, Olivari, or someone else can help the team win isn't the point. The point is Bronny hasn't earned his spot, and he's taking that spot from someone else who is more deserving. Olivari had a much better preseason than Bronny did, yet Olivari didn't get any playing time in a nationally featured game on opening night.
I disagree that Bronny's heart condition is the reason he had a lousy year in the NCAA. That explanation would be believable if he started off slow and then got significantly better as he got his conditioning and legs back. But that's not what happened:
First 12 NCAA games: 5.6 points/game on 36.4 FG% and 24.2 3P%
Final 13 NCAA games: 4.2 points/game on 37.0 FG% and 29.6 3P%
He was consistently bad in both halves of the year.
I also don't see how this situation is similar to the one with Thanasis and Milwaukee. Thanasis started his career with New York. He earned his way there after playing for a couple of years and proving himself in the developmental league. He didn't get a spot on the main roster right away like Bronny did.
Good to know we agree that Bronny is not ready for the NBA. Yes, I see your point, and I would agree that becoming Patrick Beverley 2.0 is probably his best-case long-term scenario (hopefully minus the dirty play and warped arrogance).
Whether Castelton, Olivari, or someone else can help the team win isn't the point. The point is Bronny hasn't earned his spot, and he's taking that spot from someone else who is more deserving. Olivari had a much better preseason than Bronny did, yet Olivari didn't get any playing time in a nationally featured game on opening night.
Basically everyone on a roster from spot 11-15 is taking up a roster spot from a better player, in the mind of fans. Most of these players see very little game time.
Bronny will shortly be going down to the G league, where he will get more playing time.
Of course they played Bronny on night one, there were a ton of media and guests there to see father/son. He played 3 min, Lakers won, no tragedy.
And yet, every other team passed on drafting him. Hmmmm?
that would be incorrect. the warriors wanted to draft him as I'm sure many others would have as well. everyone knew how important it was for him to play with his dad.
The most contrived phony baloney moment in history. He was not even remotely a top college player. Not even a top 75 HS prospect. He might, might dominate your local early morning Y game.
Which is worse? Bronny following his dad into the NBA or Dubya following his dad into the White House?
How about Bill Belichik's son getting coaching job with the Patriots?
How about most of you following your daddy and grandaddies to their alama maters or their Wall Street firms?
there are more high school gym teachers than wall street titans posting on this forum
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