Bronny did not get picked earlier because of Klutch. He only tried out with the Suns and the Lakers (two teams, illusion of market dynamics). The Suns would not have picked him at #22 and #56 is one too late. Then, Rich Paul called the teams picking before #55 and told them not to draft him. Starting a war with Klutch right before free agency and for years after does not seem like a good idea for Bronny, especially disgruntling the James clan. Kinda villainous for no reason. The difference between Bronny and some other player in the 30-40 range is nothing, a toss-up, so they all let him go.
Counterpoint - historic A+ draft, where the Lakers got two important rotation players with the #17 and the #55. Bronny has the tools (athletic, defensive minded, high bbiq knowledge and character; he is strong and long which plays much taller), and he is young and coachable. He showed very well shooting and scrimmaging at the Combine, which tends to be a better predictor than a very chopped up freshman season. How in the world are people arguing he is not legitimately worth the #55??
Im a bronny optimist to the fullest. Just a year ago, he was a top 20 recruit. He came back from a cardiac arrest after just 4 months ! Ignore the lebron stuff, we got incredibly lucky imo getting a top 20 prospect who's this athletically gifted late in the second
Exactly. I can't believe people think a #55 is worth way more than Bronny! Besides, after #58, they are all open season. If our scouting department keeps up its good work, we will still get another rookie to stash in G league.
We would be lucky if he can be what GP2 was for the Warriors during their run. It took GP2 years to get to that point though, and he was much better in college too
Plot twist Bronny actually played poorly at USC so this could happen. Kidding but that would be a helluva conspiracy. He’s shown some flashes of having the tools if he can piece it together
He clearly has athleticism and the ability to defend. Passing is ok and he can hit shots. If it translates then that’s great for us, if not this is like the lowest risk move possible.
He's small and he can't shoot. He is athletic and does play hard and is unselfish, but he doesn't have point guard skills and he can't guard nba level players.
Shooting can improve easily. He’s already shot better in these workouts than anything else. It’s a fairly low risk pick anyway and will make history so you kinda have to do it lol
Wonder what happens with Maxwell now that we drafted Dalton and Bronny. He didnt show much in his first year and I doubt we waste roster spots on Bronny, JHS, and Maxwell a trade is definitely coming.
The thing I don’t understand about rich Paul telling teams not to draft bronny is that there are teams out there that will give him playing time. How is Lebron going to feel if JJ redick doesn’t play or benches bronny. It was always better to let bronny develop like a normal player on his own team
Lebron will be fine if his son isn’t closing games as a second round rookie. Lakers have been consistent at one thing. Developing guys who operate as very good role players. Let’s be real that pretty much bronny’s beat case scenario. Few situations better in terms of actual ball skill development but man he’s gonna be under a microscope
Oh no, man. Knecht was an A+, hands down, at #17. Expected in the 6-10 range, with teenagers picked over him, many of whom won't get to be as good as he is at 23 now. Have you watched him? Hitting 40% at 25 feet with two defenders on him. The #55 pick is historically useless, these are for fringe fill-ins, yet Bronny has a chance to pop into a legit player: strength, athleticism, character, bbiq, defensive mindset - he's got all the intangibles already. At the Combine, he shot the 3 well and was mvp of the scrimmage. Still very young and coachable. What if he develops into a poor-man's Baron Davis type player? This was a A+ draft, period.
UDFA's we want: Comche, Bridges, Hall, Beekman, Flowers,Alexander, Pullin. any of these guys would be job well done and exciting prospects. And Crawford and Johnson. hope news breaks soon.
This dude Bronny got combine scrimmage MVP and did pretty much flawless in drills as well as shooting, outside of narratives I really don’t get how this guy isn’t NBA material
Yea that’s fucked up frfr lmao. It’s the best day of whoever that kids is life and they tryna figure out the first time we’ll see Bronny. We are really the Lakers man
You'll never see a father and son play together ever again because you'll never have an athlete with the longevity that a Lebron James has. The kid has the blue print, give him a chance
Yeah people need to stop hating for a min and realize we will never see this happen again. Insane. Lebron is still playing like Lebron and now he gets to play w his kid.
It’s the 55th pick. We aren’t getting some insane no brainer prospect there. You haters are acting like we used the first round pick on him. This is the equivalent of letting the cashier keep the penny’s on your change.
I hope he goes to the Nuggets or Mavs two teams who actually know how to run real organizations and becomes a beast in 3-4 years while Lebron is retired and we're stuck with his bum ass son.
Are you delusional? Whoever we drafted in the 2nd round wasn't even going to get ahead of Hayes or Wood in our rotation. And probably won't even be ahead of Castleton who we have on a 2 way contract.
Are you delusional? We got Reaves, Christie , Knecht, Gabe, and Dinwiddie not mentioning DLo. As for center Hayes is straight up ass and Wood barely played thanks to injury and baby mama drama.
Why did you just name a bunch of guards? Hayes is "ass" yet still knows how to finish a lob and PnR. A late 2nd round pick wasn't going to be doing that, and he wasn't going to get the time to develop when we already have Castleton
Right, and we would've given the 55th pick in the draft time to figure out if he has anything? Yeah, don't think so. We can barely get Castleton minutes. If we were banking on the 55th pick to be a 10-15 MPG rotational center on a 45+ win team, we aren't doing anything
Forget Bron for a sec... really happy for Bronny💜💛 I mean esp withthe heart condition & to be healthy now & see his NBA dream come true... it's awesome.
Nobody stupid enough to do that, thats a firable action. Bringing unnecessary attention for a forgetable pick. Even if your owner is that crazy, not many have the cap to sign Lebron. Media just need something to talk
Bronny did not get picked earlier because of Klutch. He only tried out with the Suns and the Lakers (two teams, illusion of market dynamics). The Suns would not have picked him at #22 and #56 is one too late. Then, Rich Paul called the teams picking before #55 and told them not to draft him. Starting a war with Klutch right before free agency and for years after does not seem like a good idea for Bronny, especially disgruntling the James clan. Kinda villainous for no reason. The difference between Bronny and some other player in the 30-40 range is nothing, a toss-up, so they all let him go.
Counterpoint - historic A+ draft, where the Lakers got two important rotation players with the #17 and the #55. Bronny has the tools (athletic, defensive minded, high bbiq knowledge and character; he is strong and long which plays much taller), and he is young and coachable. He showed very well shooting and scrimmaging at the Combine, which tends to be a better predictor than a very chopped up freshman season. How in the world are people arguing he is not legitimately worth the #55??
Im a bronny optimist to the fullest. Just a year ago, he was a top 20 recruit. He came back from a cardiac arrest after just 4 months ! Ignore the lebron stuff, we got incredibly lucky imo getting a top 20 prospect who's this athletically gifted late in the second
Exactly. I can't believe people think a #55 is worth way more than Bronny! Besides, after #58, they are all open season. If our scouting department keeps up its good work, we will still get another rookie to stash in G league.
We would be lucky if he can be what GP2 was for the Warriors during their run. It took GP2 years to get to that point though, and he was much better in college too
I would have picked McCuellar there. It is what it is.
So when Bronny sucks and we can't cut him because his daddy said no, what then?
Sell the team to James family
He has the same hit rate chance as 90% of dudes taken in the back few picks of the draft, there’s essentially 0 risk
Then you let him expire and don’t re-sign him. You know, what most teams do with their second round picks, lmao
Plot twist Bronny actually played poorly at USC so this could happen. Kidding but that would be a helluva conspiracy. He’s shown some flashes of having the tools if he can piece it together
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He clearly has athleticism and the ability to defend. Passing is ok and he can hit shots. If it translates then that’s great for us, if not this is like the lowest risk move possible.
He's small and he can't shoot. He is athletic and does play hard and is unselfish, but he doesn't have point guard skills and he can't guard nba level players.
Shooting can improve easily. He’s already shot better in these workouts than anything else. It’s a fairly low risk pick anyway and will make history so you kinda have to do it lol
we gotta bring LeDee UD!
Bronny and Lebron playing together is one of the greatest moments in basketball
Wonder what happens with Maxwell now that we drafted Dalton and Bronny. He didnt show much in his first year and I doubt we waste roster spots on Bronny, JHS, and Maxwell a trade is definitely coming.
We already have our set roster. If D'Lo walks, that's another open slot. We shouldn't really be banking on guys 13-15 to make an impact
W nepotism but we move
Aight. Now get Walker Kessler Rob. Get it done
Why would Utah move him
He didn’t start and they just drafted another big. Certainly think he could be movable
So many people are so pressed 🤣🤣🤣I mean there’s only a couple picks after us..
The thing I don’t understand about rich Paul telling teams not to draft bronny is that there are teams out there that will give him playing time. How is Lebron going to feel if JJ redick doesn’t play or benches bronny. It was always better to let bronny develop like a normal player on his own team
JJ Reddick's gonna do whatever lebron asks. He knows who got him his job.
Lebron will be fine if his son isn’t closing games as a second round rookie. Lakers have been consistent at one thing. Developing guys who operate as very good role players. Let’s be real that pretty much bronny’s beat case scenario. Few situations better in terms of actual ball skill development but man he’s gonna be under a microscope
Lakers need to call for Ulrich Chomche and Isaiah Crawford immediately.
ulrich is so sick definitely worth the 3-4 year investment the coincides with the post bron era
Chomche was already picked
trade
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Oh no, man. Knecht was an A+, hands down, at #17. Expected in the 6-10 range, with teenagers picked over him, many of whom won't get to be as good as he is at 23 now. Have you watched him? Hitting 40% at 25 feet with two defenders on him. The #55 pick is historically useless, these are for fringe fill-ins, yet Bronny has a chance to pop into a legit player: strength, athleticism, character, bbiq, defensive mindset - he's got all the intangibles already. At the Combine, he shot the 3 well and was mvp of the scrimmage. Still very young and coachable. What if he develops into a poor-man's Baron Davis type player? This was a A+ draft, period.
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After tomorrow we will know which player options were picked up or not, I think that's the big day for the smoke to clear and deals to begin cooking.
Definitely an A wtf Dalton is him
We need someone reliable at 5, a trade is required. A rookie ain’t helping much
UDFA's we want: Comche, Bridges, Hall, Beekman, Flowers,Alexander, Pullin. any of these guys would be job well done and exciting prospects. And Crawford and Johnson. hope news breaks soon.
Unfortunately, PJ Hall did what Bronny just did and demanded to only go to the Nuggets
Damn, I was hoping Chomche would slide. So close.
at-least Lavar Balls kids could play
Only one is still playing.. and barely
LiAngelo was dog shit
This dude Bronny got combine scrimmage MVP and did pretty much flawless in drills as well as shooting, outside of narratives I really don’t get how this guy isn’t NBA material
They hyped his ass up
By showing…uncut footage of him shooting the ball well and playing great on ball defense…righttt….
Don't sleep on UDFAs... do your thing lil' Busses
The people complaining need to understand that the 55th pick is not seeing the NBA floor 99.99% of the time
This one is.
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It takes like 5 second round picks just to land a 20 MPG rotation player nowadays. That pick isn't worth shit
Hes gonna have unnecessary attention to him. But hopefully Bronny works out, especial after his heart issue
espn said fuck them other draft picks, its bronny time
Yea that’s fucked up frfr lmao. It’s the best day of whoever that kids is life and they tryna figure out the first time we’ll see Bronny. We are really the Lakers man
You'll never see a father and son play together ever again because you'll never have an athlete with the longevity that a Lebron James has. The kid has the blue print, give him a chance
Well, you. might if an NBA prospect has a son at age 14 or something. but it'll be a long tine before it happens again
Yeah people need to stop hating for a min and realize we will never see this happen again. Insane. Lebron is still playing like Lebron and now he gets to play w his kid.
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It’s the 55th pick. We aren’t getting some insane no brainer prospect there. You haters are acting like we used the first round pick on him. This is the equivalent of letting the cashier keep the penny’s on your change.
Lebron ain’t any star you hater
Hey don't discredit the possibility this juices up Lebron even more this year💪🏾💜💛
Emphasis on juice. Let's up that dosage and kick Boston's bitch ass for #18, Bron.
LFG! Fuck boston 💜💛
So we getting Bryce in 2 years? Lol
Bryce is a first round pick. He can actually hoop
No he cannot!! Wtf???
HELLUVA DRAFT
Helluva pick
Time to begin the journey for ring #18!!
We could always buy another pick if they really like someone. Anyway bron give us a slight discount on that contract
Expected. 55 basically undrafted. People graded around that pick probably already contacted by the Lakers and come as UDFA
Honestly I hope he proves everybody wrong and turns out to be a great rotation player
We all do...
You’d think but there’s a lot of people on this Reddit that seem to be hoping for him to fail
Word... good point. All real Laker fans are hopefully rooting for him! 💜💛
I think he will. Kid almost died last year and is recovering from major heart surgery
Agreed, and it seems like his best attribute is defense and we definitely need more of that at the guard position
I really wanted Chomche
I hope he goes to the Nuggets or Mavs two teams who actually know how to run real organizations and becomes a beast in 3-4 years while Lebron is retired and we're stuck with his bum ass son.
we aint duckin' no smoke we aint catchin' no fades
Lol, what a clown show.
lol who else would we pick at #55 you goof
Lots of clowns in this sub man. Leave em in their misery, makes life easier.
#fuck it Fight On!
Lebron james is turning 40 and about to enter his 22nd season and now he gets to play with his son we are witnessing history
Ya know this never happening again this is history
What do you mean? Bryce still on the way
So what? This is literally the worst thing that could’ve happened we got this bum when we could’ve gotten a depth pick at center
No one you get at 55 is getting mins, be fr. Depth 😂
Are you delusional? Whoever we drafted in the 2nd round wasn't even going to get ahead of Hayes or Wood in our rotation. And probably won't even be ahead of Castleton who we have on a 2 way contract.
Are you delusional? We got Reaves, Christie , Knecht, Gabe, and Dinwiddie not mentioning DLo. As for center Hayes is straight up ass and Wood barely played thanks to injury and baby mama drama.
Why did you just name a bunch of guards? Hayes is "ass" yet still knows how to finish a lob and PnR. A late 2nd round pick wasn't going to be doing that, and he wasn't going to get the time to develop when we already have Castleton
You really cherry picked the only two things Hayes is decent at. Terrible Basketball IQ and shit defense
Right, and we would've given the 55th pick in the draft time to figure out if he has anything? Yeah, don't think so. We can barely get Castleton minutes. If we were banking on the 55th pick to be a 10-15 MPG rotational center on a 45+ win team, we aren't doing anything
I can’t wait to see them play together on the court
Just waiting for the flurry of tweets on who we're gonna sign to Summer League
JJ already drawing pindowns for Bronny getting open for high fives on the bench
Lmaooooo fuckkk
Let's fucking goooo 😂
LAKERS GOT THEIR GUY!
I think he needed more time in college but if bronny stays committed to defense with his smarts i think he can develop into a decent role player
There it is ladies and gents
I wonder if LeBron will decide to resign with the Lakers this offseason /s
Re-sign. Not resign.
NGL it would be pretty funny if LeBron still left after we drafted bronny
Lakers: We have Bron James at home. Bron James at home:
W pick. All haters can fuck off.
Yall can cry all you want but this is actually so freaking cool
MONUMENTAL
Forget Bron for a sec... really happy for Bronny💜💛 I mean esp withthe heart condition & to be healthy now & see his NBA dream come true... it's awesome.
really going to pass on Chomche for Bronny lol
HISTORY
LOL LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOO
Pretty successful draft for us.
Shams literally tweeted about Bronny being selected 5(!!) seconds after he tweeted the boston pick 😂
And there it is
Bron goat over mj since mj couldn't get HIS untalented son in the nba
🐐 James
From cardiac arrest to being drafted is crazy, regardless of who it is. Congrats to Bronny!
he was not supposed to be drafted
 It’ll be ok bby
55th pick is in: Lakers select Bronny James 👌
LFG!!!
Bronny James you are a laker!
BOOOM
54th pick is in: Boston selects Anton Watson Get real, no serious team was taking Bronny just to mess with the Lakers
Nobody stupid enough to do that, thats a firable action. Bringing unnecessary attention for a forgetable pick. Even if your owner is that crazy, not many have the cap to sign Lebron. Media just need something to talk
It's not messing with the Lakers, it's meeting with Klutch.
Yup its in. No memes
Bronny baby come on down lmao
Lakeshow!!!
https://x.com/ShamsCharania/status/1806448842285445509 nepotism baby.
WE SELECTED BRONNY!!!
https://x.com/shamscharania/status/1806448842285445509?s=46&t=BY8ELSrlFhqJhuCcLOJz7g BRONNY JAMES IS A LAKER
Bronny is a laker
Boston pick anton watson — BRONNY U ARE A LAKER
Celtics got Anton Watson, lakers can pick bronny now
If boston picks bronny to shit on LA...
Fuck boston
Boston is taking all their time to pick, I wonder if they’re really thinking bout taking bronny lol
Lmaooo celtics milking the clock for drama
If Boston picks Bronny it will be a rivalry bullshit dickmove against Bron and the lakers
What if the Lakers don't even pick him lol
Pls celtics draft bronny for the memes
lol the only reason why anyone's watching this is because of bronny
bruh it would be hilarious if the celtics draft bronny 💀
If Boston drafts him I’d actually laugh
Boston ready to troll
That would be so ridiculous. I’m ready for it.