Basketball fans, can someone tell me why there is any talk of Bronny James going to NBA? He can't even start for sub-.500 team?

Even in the middle of this year, Gilbert Arenas was raving about him:

“Bronny… he’s a Jrue Holiday, just more athletic,” Arenas said. “If he turns on his tiger, for sure. He just plays the right way. We don’t know what he really is. He has the Bugatti engine, but he wants to drive the speed limit. He don’t want a ticket. ‘I don’t want a ticket.’ That’s how he uses his body.”

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USC Basketball: All-Star Pulls No Punches In Breaking Down Bronny James' Game

Alex Kirschenbaum

The freshman Trojan has had an uneven start to his season.

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If LeBron wanted pro athlete sons, LeBron should have married a bigger, faster, more athletic woman.

I'm a season ticket holder for a PAC-12 school and watched him play once this season (in-person) and a few times on TV. He's not going to the NBA this year. Most of that talk has died down of late.

Pluses: really athletic, good defender, good passer, team-first player, there's some genuine upside

Minuses: he's 6'2" at best; mediocre shooting numbers; offensive limitations in general

I'm no expert but I watch a ton of NBA too, and have listened to some podcasts discussing him for whatever that's worth. I actually think he has some NBA potential (think Gary Payton II on the Warriors as a comp: undersized, athletic, defense-oriented player) but he's a year away at minimum. From what I'm hearing, I'd be surprised if he doesn't go back to USC another year.

He doesn't have anywhere near enough game to be an NBA player. No way. He's well under 6' 2" - listing him at 6' 4" is a joke - and doesn't have the handle to play the point. Too small to play the 2, especially considering he's not a shooter.

Watching ESPN's coverage of him during the first half of the season was comical. Fell way into "the emporer has no clothes" territory. He's just not that good.

They also can’t give him the same stuff that dad’s been taking all these years or his heart will explode.

Lebron has made it well known that he wants to play on the same team in the NBA with Bronny. I think this is hyping him up more because if a team drafts him then maybe they can bring on LeBron as well.

He had a heart issue at the start of the year and he's a freshman. The talent is definitely there to be a second round pick in the future.

Would just be a publicity stunt to fill seats at this point. No team can afford to pay LBJ max or anything near and think they can win the championship.

Patrick Williams was taken 4th by the Bulls a few years ago despite not starting. The NBA draft is more about potential outside of the top few players. The shooting numbers are a concern but perimeter defense is a very valuable skill and he has the size and athleticism. Being Lebron’s son probably inflates his draft stock a bit though

I don’t want to sht on people’s athletic dreams, but that heart issue doesn’t sound helpful to his career

Based on Lebron's comments, the team that drafts Bronny basically gets Lebron too. Lebron, at least for one more season, would probably be the best player in the draft.

This. After Bronny's heart attack, his steroid use, once overseen by his steroid laden father, will quell to zero. LeBron made enough money, basketball is now secondary for them.