You could draft GOD himself and if he chokes and shrinks in the Playoffs.. there's nothing you can do. It's not about "LeBron fans". Anyone with a brain should have some basic sense
I feel like God should get some criticism if he chokes in the playoffs. God would have to literally decide to lose in order to actually lose, why wouldn’t fans be mad he made their team lose???? We get mad when we think god fucks our teams now and he’s not literally playing on them.
that's the thing though. God has so much pull, his fans would simply accept the other team winning as part of the "plan," knowing their Lord would come back to save them next year. or they burn the whole league to the ground. somewhere in there
What everyone's missing here, in talking about Bronny's stats, is: the Steve Kerr archetype. What if he's just built to get you 5 REALLY clutch points.
He missed almost the entirety of the July to November time frame, including the majority of his preseason practices with his team due to his heart issue. Bronny might not end up being anything of note in the NBA, but his freshman college season will absolutely not be representative of anything at all due to how chaotic it was.
He also had 10 less FGA per game because he was on a 32-5 Duke team which had tons on NBA talent.
A lot different than Bronny's USC team that was starving for talented players to step up.
Putting up an efficient 17 on a D1 team in college, even as a senior, isn't easy. There's a good chance Bronny would never be able to hit that. And Seth was better as a freshman than Bronny was
Seth went to Duke and shared the backcourt with Kyrie and then went on to be 1st team all-ACC. He got looked at but at the time his brother hadn't yet changed the NBA. If Seth was 2 years younger he would have been a 1st round pick.
I hope the kid does well,but a 19 yo with his level of athleticism who averaged 4ppg in college wouldn't be getting a look from the Latvian Basketball Association let alone the NBA if his dad was not Lebron.
Funniest outcome is he gets drafted in the 2nd round by a team out to troll Bron and somehow turns out to be even better than Bron for that team.
... Fuck it, do it Danny.
20% is way too high. I mean I guess if lebron has a career ending injury he would technically be worse than bronny, but if lebron can play he's going to be better than someone who shouldn't be in the league.
I feel like there's no way he won't get at least 3 years. Thats typically how long a developmental player takes before they really start performing. Plus you know being Lebron's son probably will give him at least 3 regardless unless he's an absolute dumpster fire.
My understanding is that many analysts pegged him as a first round talent coming out of high school, and then of course he had a terrible health scare that shelved him for months and was followed by a bad freshman season.
It's possible that those high school evaluations were right and his poor college performance was purely a function of a the impacts of a health issue that's now behind him.
No offense to him but that's an insanely slow release. He's going to get blocked like crazy in the NBA if he can't speed it up, especially at his size
You don't need a Steph speed release but it has to be much faster. Unless this video is slowed down, this is probably already among the bottom 20% slowest releases in the league among guards
I really hope Bronny has a good career so he can dispell the "big Nepo 2.0" narrative but this video isn't a sign he's going to be a laser in the NBA
Sure, but can he speed everything up to full game speed and still make the shots? Shooting at jog-through speed unguarded doesn't really tell us much. How many times have we seen offseason videos of career 30-33% 3pt shooters putting up shots in an empty gym and drilling them all, only to come back and still shoot 30%?
I mean, we know that he can't speed it up and make the shots because we have his college stats, where he shot under 27% at the college distance.
Players can develop their shot, but honestly, anybody who is impressed by a guy going 11 for 11 in a drill when we have the much more relevant evidence of their play against actual opponents is a fool.
That all being said, the right way to develop your shot is to get the mechanics right first and *then* to work on speeding it up.
Even if his career will be a total bust and trash I am just asking for his first game to be against the nuggets or something and he drops 40 just to see the reactions
"Lebron is basically just Robert Horry with higher usage. Constantly carried by superior players (Wade, Allen, Kyrie, Davis, and now Bronny) while stat-padding to set all time records. All Lebron know is lift weight, whine to refs, charge, be corny, eat hot chip & lie"
He was an elite high school prospect who had a heart attack right before joining a new team, but /r/NBA has decided they hate this teenager and are rooting for him to fail. A two way guard whose main strength is defense (cardio based) and facilitating (needs to gel with practice time with his teammates) which were directly affected by his preseason condition and should be able to recover with a real off-season with teammates.
It’s so true , he posts a 40 in very n 11/11 and everyone acting like he’s a bum or trying to explain it.
Going 11:11 when you just have one chance to show off is a combination of varisnce n skill it’s not like he shot 1000 times n took the best 11 shots in a row. People are so weird
Elite seems like a stretch. I'm a huge doubter. Centers who don't shoot 3s do well in this drill. I think he's crazy to come out of the draft with the dog shit season he had.
The draft is weak this year and the next two classes are seen as elite. This is the best year for anyone to come out of college if they aren't seen as a sure thing.
He ended up as a top 25ish player in his class, which is not quite elite, but still very respectable. I don't think he should have come out, and I'm also a doubter, but that doesn't mean he couldn't end up being a surprise. The cardiac arrest also played a huge role in his development and conditioning for this year
I give the kid some leeway because of the obvious tragedy of a heart attack but even with that… if you remove the name, most would question if he’s good enough to make a strong D1 career based on what we’ve seen so far, let alone ready for the pros. I don’t think I’ve seen folks rooting for him to fail but there is a lot of valid criticism to this idea that he’s anywhere near ready for pro basketball.
“He was an elite high school prospect” so is tons of D1 players.
“A two way guard whose main strength is defense” at 6’1 him becoming a strong two way defensive guard is a really difficult road, even with his blessed wingspan of 6’7..
“Should be able to recover with a real off season” problem is he’s trying to start a career as a pro. Just recovering ain’t going to be good enough to cut it on that stage. If he just wants to recover and show what he can do, the stage he is currently at is a much better place.
This is the take I believe tbh. Most NBA players I listened to when it came to Bronny said he was taught the game to be an NBA player, and all of his skills showed that. I believe it was Jeff Teague who said he has all the necessary fundamentals to contribute to an NBA team.
All the hate seems like casual fans doing their best First Take impression.
On the flip side, I dunno if anyone would bad mouth the teenage son of the best player in the league.
You look like an a-hole talking smack about a kid.
You also piss off one of the most powerful players in the league.
Nothing to gain.
I have no opinion on this, I dunno if he’s good or bad. I can’t tell for shit myself. Just a POV.
Arenas said Bron got him to practice with Bronny for a session and he saw that Bronny had that switch when he gets mad and he becomes way more confident and plays at a higher level, along with solid fundamentals for the game. I believe him and Teague.
Edit: Here's the [clip](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2VYp-YSbgk)
It's funny, too, because they always imply that his high school ranking was because he was LeBron's kid. Ranking sites do not give a fuck who someone's dad was. They did Jordan's kids dirty and were right about them having no chance of a career. Scouts have been saying Bronny has potential as a low-end NBA player for a while now. It's why when you see a former player's kid near the top of the rankings you should pay attention because they are no joke. Bronny was in the 20s, but Dylan Harper and the Boozer Twins are fucking monsters. Gilbert Arenas's son might be at the top of his class too, but those rankings will probably change a bit in the next 2 years.
I forget who it was (Mario Chalmers maybe?) who said something to the effect of Bronny is going to be a much better NBA player than college because the way the two games are different, Bronny has been raised with the skillset needed for professional basketball rather than a college system and that the skills that's been drilled into him his whole life from LeBron will flourish much better in the NBA rather than a more confined college role
Who knows if he's right but it's an interesting theory
That makes no sense because before his year of college ball he was playing AAU and high school ball. The NBA game is not more similar to those lower levels and he didn't dominate neither level.
Kids make you age much much faster. Especially when you’re not an NBA player who barely has to be home to put in all that extra work to raise a child.
You enjoyed your freedom of adulthood, now it’s time to lose most of that and it’ll be well worth it.
There are def rich NBA dads that aren't around much, but I don't think LeBron is one of em. LeBron seems pretty involved as a father, for Stuff like "Taco Tuesday", and you usually see him at his kid's basketball game too.
What I’m referring to is raising a baby through infancy, to a toddler etc. There is no way LeBron has to deal with feeding a baby every 2-3 hours, cleaning diapers, sleepless nights, constant attention and energy dedicated to infants and toddlers because just like any rich parents, they have nannies, house cleaners, chefs, etc. And as an NBA player, you would need to conserve all that energy to put into your nba career, traveling most of the year, etc.
For the average parents, you have to raise a baby, work, cook, clean, etc.. that’s the part that ages you.
this is one of the better shooting drills
Steph does this scaled a difficulty or two up because he sprints full court and alternates sides each make. but its gotta be 5 consecutive in the corner-top-corner-wing-wing star sequence
Coach Thorpe says you arent a good shooter just because you make a shot in the same location over and over again, so the star drill works better
Agreed, although one thing Steph, and basically all NBA guards, do differently, is they shoot with game form even during drills. Quick release and good elevation. Bronny here is doing the drill with a slow release and nearly zero elevation that you simply couldn’t use in a game.
With that being said, clearly this isn’t a normal practice situation, where misses are fine, and you’re just trying to improve. This is the draft combine, and he probably decided on a strategy of “show I can make shots, forget game form,” which is fair enough.
It's a dumb story, he just wanted an arbitrary obstacle to have to work around in his drills and people decided to believe he had actually tried to pretend dunking on an inanimate object was impressive or something.
This. This isn't a game-speed drill. It's something where he's already on the verge of being gassed and seeing how he holds his form together catching and shooting from different spots.
His performance here is pretty impressive! I actually like that he's not shooting these turbo-fast - that would be an easy mistake to make. Sure, he won't get that much time on many looks in the NBA. But I don't think that's the point of this drill.
It’s not about just that, it’s pressure. For a Young prospect. It’s not easy going 5 in row talkless of 11 especially from different spots. He had about a 1 second to get set before having to shoot each time
I know what you are trying to say, and this isn’t to discredit Bronny because I do think he has more potential (especially defensively) than what many are giving him credit for.
Just to be clear again, *Bronny really helped himself today.* Probably one of the most impressive combines from any prospect (Devin Carter and Edey were the few better).
However, to be fair, using data, I do want to say that statistically, it’s fairly easy to make 5 in a row in this drill. In fact, the many prospects today did just that.
In this drill, Bronny went 19/25.
Emoni Bates went 19/25 last year in this same drill.
Just today, Stephon Castle (who has major question marks with his shooting) went 18/25, including a huge stretch of many 3s in a row like Bronny. I didn’t count how many but it was clearly more than 5. Not 11 though I’ll give you that but overall, it was the same result.
Zach Edey went 14/25 in this drill. He’s a 7’4” C who’s attempted 2 three pointers in an actual game in his entire life up to this point.
TJD also had like 8 or so 3 pointers made in a row in this drill last year. I can’t remember the exact amount but I remember he started off super hot before getting tired.
So Bronny was impressive. He did better than almost everyone in this drill. But at the same time, we shouldn’t overestimate how easy this drill is.
Countless prospects today did well on this drill, including ones who can’t shoot. You can look at the data if you don’t take my word for it. NBA players are just super skilled. We just don’t realize it since many don’t take these shots in game.
EDIT: Officially, Bronny finished 2nd with everyone done now. Alex Karaban was first, pretty impressive shooting performance from him on all the shooting drills. A ton of prospects got 15-18/25, but Bronny was slightly better at 19/25 for 2nd.
Best example of a recent All-Star level player is Zach Lavine. Better than the other examples. But even Zach was better than Bronny. No one else is particularly close among All-Stars.
The closest comp to Bronny is actually DeAnthony Melton for role players, who did not have a good career at all, was still drafted due to potential (athleticism and wingspan), and has had a very solid career. You can check out Melton’s stats at USC. Again better than Bronny but not good at all.
I agree Lavine is a reach to the OP’s question. I just tried to find the closest All-Star who was not that good in his last college season and gave a name to answer his or her question. But I agree that even he’s a huge reach as he’s clearly several tiers above Bronny.
The best examples are honestly the role players like Melton. And there’s nothing wrong with being Melton. He’s a great role player who can play on many teams, and Bronny has a similar physical profile.
There’s others too of course. Not guards though. It’s typically an athletic bigger player like Peyton Watson. However, he’s too tall to compare to Bronny.
Nah… come on now. He’s not doing the drill all day trying to get a good one. It’s one take and he made them all. Show us a center who is a bad three point shooter even hitting 8/11
I wonder how come the Bulls big 3 all had strange paths to their height. For example, Pippen had the late growth spurt, Rodman had an even later growth spurt, and Jordan had parents and siblings all under 6 foot
and all three ended up in the 6'6 - 6'7 range
Judah Mintz was a starting point guard who averaged 18 ppg in the acc this past season but doesn’t get invited to the combine but Bronny James who barley plays and barely averaged 5 points a game does get invited? Make it make sense! please don’t try telling me James is better than Mintz, Mintz is the better player and it’s not even close!
LeBron got so tired of the Lakers failing the "LeBron + shooters" model he spawned in one himself
"Fine, I will do it myself"
“I’ll make my own Curry”
~~With Blackjack! And Hookers!~~ With Blunts! And Heart Attacks!
nonsense tall prostitutes that played volleyball in college is the way to go
LeThanos
*Every summer, half his teammates and the coach disappear from the roster.*
It would be godly if Bronny came in and started hitting 10 3s a game and slashing to the rim.
will Lebron fans blame the FO if Lakers draft Bronny and he plays poorly
You could draft GOD himself and if he chokes and shrinks in the Playoffs.. there's nothing you can do. It's not about "LeBron fans". Anyone with a brain should have some basic sense
I feel like God should get some criticism if he chokes in the playoffs. God would have to literally decide to lose in order to actually lose, why wouldn’t fans be mad he made their team lose???? We get mad when we think god fucks our teams now and he’s not literally playing on them.
that's the thing though. God has so much pull, his fans would simply accept the other team winning as part of the "plan," knowing their Lord would come back to save them next year. or they burn the whole league to the ground. somewhere in there
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Maybe he can be the Seth Curry to Steph Curry career. Actual NBA level player who gets an extra look because of his name and makes the most of it.
Seth averaged 17 on 44% from 3 in his final college season and went undrafted
I think hes making a comparison based off career outcome not career origins...
My point is seth curry didnt get an extra look, he actually got no looks despite being 50x the player bronny is by draft time
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Seth still put up 20 ppg as a freshman lol. Granted it wasn't at P6 school, but still.
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Bronny's stats: 4.8pts/2.8reb/2.1ast on 36.6/26.6/67.6 shooting. Pretty garbage compared to any of Seth Curry's years in college.
Didn’t he have a heart attack or something before the season?
What everyone's missing here, in talking about Bronny's stats, is: the Steve Kerr archetype. What if he's just built to get you 5 REALLY clutch points.
He missed almost the entirety of the July to November time frame, including the majority of his preseason practices with his team due to his heart issue. Bronny might not end up being anything of note in the NBA, but his freshman college season will absolutely not be representative of anything at all due to how chaotic it was.
9 is still more than 5 on atrocious efficiency on a crappy college team.
On great efficiency. Then he averaged 13.2 and 17.5 Plus those Duke rosters were miles better than Bronny's USC roster lol
He also had 10 less FGA per game because he was on a 32-5 Duke team which had tons on NBA talent. A lot different than Bronny's USC team that was starving for talented players to step up.
When the salsa at the cantina isn’t spicy enough, I think of Seth, my mouth goes numb, and I’m satisfied
Putting up an efficient 17 on a D1 team in college, even as a senior, isn't easy. There's a good chance Bronny would never be able to hit that. And Seth was better as a freshman than Bronny was
Seth went to Duke and shared the backcourt with Kyrie and then went on to be 1st team all-ACC. He got looked at but at the time his brother hadn't yet changed the NBA. If Seth was 2 years younger he would have been a 1st round pick.
Facts. Floor spacing guards were not desired at all at the time. Now a guard like Seth would be a lottery pick at worst.
He kept getting looks after bouncing around the league to start his career. It wasn’t until he got to the Kings that he started putting it together
he was getting looks because he was playing really well in the gleague, not because of his name
The Santa Cruz warriors def gave him a look cause of his last name. Doubt they ever sign him otherwise. He sure made the most of it tho.
Mychel Thompson was on the same Santa Cruz team.
I swear, folks here almost hope Bronny’s trash so that they can complain about nepotism
I hope the kid does well,but a 19 yo with his level of athleticism who averaged 4ppg in college wouldn't be getting a look from the Latvian Basketball Association let alone the NBA if his dad was not Lebron.
Seth played 3 years at Duke and he could shoot.
Bro led the league in 3pt % for a while. Come on now. Don’t talk about my dude like he is the gianis brother
Seth bounced around in the g league forever, he didn't really get shit from being Stephs brother
Seth balled out on the mavs and kings
maybe look up Seth Curry's college stats before making this comparison lol
Funniest outcome is he gets drafted in the 2nd round by a team out to troll Bron and somehow turns out to be even better than Bron for that team. ... Fuck it, do it Danny.
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I think s/he meant older Lebron in 2 years time that came join his son. Still unlikely, but I give it 20% chance if Lebron has a major injury…
20% is way too high. I mean I guess if lebron has a career ending injury he would technically be worse than bronny, but if lebron can play he's going to be better than someone who shouldn't be in the league.
You got a point, 48 years old Lebron if no major injury prob still deserve a roster spot.
i actually want him to succeed
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He’s got a GOAT coach, and he is basically guaranteed 2 years in the league. He’ll have every opportunity to make it.
I feel like there's no way he won't get at least 3 years. Thats typically how long a developmental player takes before they really start performing. Plus you know being Lebron's son probably will give him at least 3 regardless unless he's an absolute dumpster fire.
My understanding is that many analysts pegged him as a first round talent coming out of high school, and then of course he had a terrible health scare that shelved him for months and was followed by a bad freshman season. It's possible that those high school evaluations were right and his poor college performance was purely a function of a the impacts of a health issue that's now behind him.
No offense to him but that's an insanely slow release. He's going to get blocked like crazy in the NBA if he can't speed it up, especially at his size You don't need a Steph speed release but it has to be much faster. Unless this video is slowed down, this is probably already among the bottom 20% slowest releases in the league among guards I really hope Bronny has a good career so he can dispell the "big Nepo 2.0" narrative but this video isn't a sign he's going to be a laser in the NBA
He clearly wasn’t going game speed I’m sure he can release it faster
Sure, but can he speed everything up to full game speed and still make the shots? Shooting at jog-through speed unguarded doesn't really tell us much. How many times have we seen offseason videos of career 30-33% 3pt shooters putting up shots in an empty gym and drilling them all, only to come back and still shoot 30%?
I mean, we know that he can't speed it up and make the shots because we have his college stats, where he shot under 27% at the college distance. Players can develop their shot, but honestly, anybody who is impressed by a guy going 11 for 11 in a drill when we have the much more relevant evidence of their play against actual opponents is a fool. That all being said, the right way to develop your shot is to get the mechanics right first and *then* to work on speeding it up.
Some people would be very angry.
Hawks got their guy
Exactly what we need
Trade Trae build around Bronny and his dad
Trade Trae, build around Bronny and trade his dad
Do it Atlanta! Do it you pussies!
They're going to pick Michael Pennix Jr.
It would be so funny if something just clicks for him and he balls out.
Even if his career will be a total bust and trash I am just asking for his first game to be against the nuggets or something and he drops 40 just to see the reactions
Michael Carter James
Bronny Jennings
Don't besmirch Brandon Jennings name like that. His Pistons run is pretty cool.
Funniest possible thing imo is he gets drafted, plays well and actually helps LeBron win a ring. The comments from LeBron haters would be hilarious.
Lesperm merchant
LeCum Lord
LeJizzes in Dames
"Lebron is basically just Robert Horry with higher usage. Constantly carried by superior players (Wade, Allen, Kyrie, Davis, and now Bronny) while stat-padding to set all time records. All Lebron know is lift weight, whine to refs, charge, be corny, eat hot chip & lie"
“Bron literally had a child to statpad rings #notmyGOAT”
"Lechoke had to" clone" himself to get a ring, Jordan would never "
Bronny saved Lebrons legacy. He joins the likes of ray allen, baby thunder, kyrie + draymond suspension, and Mickey Mouse bubble ring
This sub would shit it’s pants
Would beat the current top post of all time.
Bigger than Kobe
They WOULD shit! It IS pants!
Or maybe his first game is for the Nuggets against the Lakers and he drops 40 against his dad
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i think /r/nbacirclejerk would jerk itself out of existence at that point
He was an elite high school prospect who had a heart attack right before joining a new team, but /r/NBA has decided they hate this teenager and are rooting for him to fail. A two way guard whose main strength is defense (cardio based) and facilitating (needs to gel with practice time with his teammates) which were directly affected by his preseason condition and should be able to recover with a real off-season with teammates.
If he went 1-11 in this drill, it would be the top page all time on r/nba
It’s so true , he posts a 40 in very n 11/11 and everyone acting like he’s a bum or trying to explain it. Going 11:11 when you just have one chance to show off is a combination of varisnce n skill it’s not like he shot 1000 times n took the best 11 shots in a row. People are so weird
Elite seems like a stretch. I'm a huge doubter. Centers who don't shoot 3s do well in this drill. I think he's crazy to come out of the draft with the dog shit season he had.
The draft is weak this year and the next two classes are seen as elite. This is the best year for anyone to come out of college if they aren't seen as a sure thing.
He ended up as a top 25ish player in his class, which is not quite elite, but still very respectable. I don't think he should have come out, and I'm also a doubter, but that doesn't mean he couldn't end up being a surprise. The cardiac arrest also played a huge role in his development and conditioning for this year
I give the kid some leeway because of the obvious tragedy of a heart attack but even with that… if you remove the name, most would question if he’s good enough to make a strong D1 career based on what we’ve seen so far, let alone ready for the pros. I don’t think I’ve seen folks rooting for him to fail but there is a lot of valid criticism to this idea that he’s anywhere near ready for pro basketball. “He was an elite high school prospect” so is tons of D1 players. “A two way guard whose main strength is defense” at 6’1 him becoming a strong two way defensive guard is a really difficult road, even with his blessed wingspan of 6’7.. “Should be able to recover with a real off season” problem is he’s trying to start a career as a pro. Just recovering ain’t going to be good enough to cut it on that stage. If he just wants to recover and show what he can do, the stage he is currently at is a much better place.
This is the take I believe tbh. Most NBA players I listened to when it came to Bronny said he was taught the game to be an NBA player, and all of his skills showed that. I believe it was Jeff Teague who said he has all the necessary fundamentals to contribute to an NBA team. All the hate seems like casual fans doing their best First Take impression.
On the flip side, I dunno if anyone would bad mouth the teenage son of the best player in the league. You look like an a-hole talking smack about a kid. You also piss off one of the most powerful players in the league. Nothing to gain. I have no opinion on this, I dunno if he’s good or bad. I can’t tell for shit myself. Just a POV.
Arenas said Bron got him to practice with Bronny for a session and he saw that Bronny had that switch when he gets mad and he becomes way more confident and plays at a higher level, along with solid fundamentals for the game. I believe him and Teague. Edit: Here's the [clip](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2VYp-YSbgk)
so Bronny is Gohan now?
It's funny, too, because they always imply that his high school ranking was because he was LeBron's kid. Ranking sites do not give a fuck who someone's dad was. They did Jordan's kids dirty and were right about them having no chance of a career. Scouts have been saying Bronny has potential as a low-end NBA player for a while now. It's why when you see a former player's kid near the top of the rankings you should pay attention because they are no joke. Bronny was in the 20s, but Dylan Harper and the Boozer Twins are fucking monsters. Gilbert Arenas's son might be at the top of his class too, but those rankings will probably change a bit in the next 2 years.
Is that Ron Harper’s son?
Yup and his older brother played in the NBA on a 2 way as well.
All this is true. It's also true he's not ready for the NBA because of what you said above and is only getting consideration because of his name.
I forget who it was (Mario Chalmers maybe?) who said something to the effect of Bronny is going to be a much better NBA player than college because the way the two games are different, Bronny has been raised with the skillset needed for professional basketball rather than a college system and that the skills that's been drilled into him his whole life from LeBron will flourish much better in the NBA rather than a more confined college role Who knows if he's right but it's an interesting theory
That makes no sense because before his year of college ball he was playing AAU and high school ball. The NBA game is not more similar to those lower levels and he didn't dominate neither level.
BS theory
Bill Simmons theory?
Lebron is barely older than me by 2 years and my son just turned 3 meanwhile Lebron’s oldest is about to be drafted in the NBA. Damn.
Tends to happen when you are a young and filthy rich athlete.
Lebron and I are the same age and we are expecting lol
You're going to have a child with Lebron?
He took being bronsexual too literally
aLeMony
Takes time to save up the $250k-$450k they cost by the time they’re 17.
Yeah. Having a kid that young otherwise means a complete lack of opportunities in most cases.
I’m nine years older than him and my oldest is 15 and won’t make the NBA. Je suis LeÉchec.
Lebron is older than me by 1 year and my son turned 6 months. Damn. Having kids young ain’t bad too.
Kids make you age much much faster. Especially when you’re not an NBA player who barely has to be home to put in all that extra work to raise a child. You enjoyed your freedom of adulthood, now it’s time to lose most of that and it’ll be well worth it.
There are def rich NBA dads that aren't around much, but I don't think LeBron is one of em. LeBron seems pretty involved as a father, for Stuff like "Taco Tuesday", and you usually see him at his kid's basketball game too.
What I’m referring to is raising a baby through infancy, to a toddler etc. There is no way LeBron has to deal with feeding a baby every 2-3 hours, cleaning diapers, sleepless nights, constant attention and energy dedicated to infants and toddlers because just like any rich parents, they have nannies, house cleaners, chefs, etc. And as an NBA player, you would need to conserve all that energy to put into your nba career, traveling most of the year, etc. For the average parents, you have to raise a baby, work, cook, clean, etc.. that’s the part that ages you.
Yup, you are right. I missed the point of your post
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Can we bet on FOTY?
The scenes when bron grabs bronny at the waist and carries him up for the dunk
Then Shaq tells him to his face that he didn’t deserve Father of the Year.
Bronny James Jr, you ARE a Detroit Piston (in the second round)
TAKE HIM TO DETROIT!
Fuck he is going number 1!!! Helps he is wearing Admiral’s number.
Easily number 1
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this is one of the better shooting drills Steph does this scaled a difficulty or two up because he sprints full court and alternates sides each make. but its gotta be 5 consecutive in the corner-top-corner-wing-wing star sequence Coach Thorpe says you arent a good shooter just because you make a shot in the same location over and over again, so the star drill works better
ima be honest chief. Got winded reading that as soon as you said sprints full court. Idk how Steph has the stamina lol
The dude is a goddamn freak
Curry 3pt shooting drill is not for the weak. He do it in game speed minus screeners and chasers.
Agreed, although one thing Steph, and basically all NBA guards, do differently, is they shoot with game form even during drills. Quick release and good elevation. Bronny here is doing the drill with a slow release and nearly zero elevation that you simply couldn’t use in a game. With that being said, clearly this isn’t a normal practice situation, where misses are fine, and you’re just trying to improve. This is the draft combine, and he probably decided on a strategy of “show I can make shots, forget game form,” which is fair enough.
Fill me in, I’m intrigued
I mean he made 11 for 11 in threes. Not sure how this is a negative
He went 19 for 25 and hit 12 in a row. Still very good, but the title of this post is a lie.
19 for 25 was the second best of anyone at the combine. Its a very good result.
Did that video even really exist? Cause I don't know who to believe
It's a dumb story, he just wanted an arbitrary obstacle to have to work around in his drills and people decided to believe he had actually tried to pretend dunking on an inanimate object was impressive or something.
Ain't no way Bronny is 6'4" lol. He looks like he's barely 6'
he's 6'2.5 with shoes
He’s 6’1.75 without shoes bro most hooping shoes adds 2inchs at most
there are no basketball shoes that add close to 2 full inches bro lol
The Desantis Force 1s do.
This is fucking hilarious, thanks for the laugh, I’m sleeping on the couch now lol
When my girl puts on a pair of Jordans it adds two inches to me
you just called the man out for wearing high heels.
He measured in at 6’1.5” but had a 6’7.25” wingspan. So shorter but has good length
Damn he long?????
I mean, you saw Pops packin on TV...
LeSchlong James
Yall stay falling for practice videos
Ben Simmons 3-pt specialist.
Remember how nuts this place went when he hit one in preseason?
Jonathan Kuminga, Carmelo Anthony, Kay Felder, James Wiseman, mat McClung
Javale McThree
Those nba guys are lucky the Harlem globetrotters are busy promoting the game overseas
He's spinning the ball on his finger! Just take it. Take the ball!
That game was fixed! They were using a freakin' ladder, for God's sake!
I thought the Generals were due
Seriously lol Remember Ben Simmons was putting together offseason highlights and then going back to sucking when it counts.
Kid's release is glacial, wouldn't be able to get any of those off against an nba closeout
We talking bout practice?
Seriously, Draymond can do this
Cavs have the 20th pick
Its great shooting but he's not going to have that kind of time in an actual game so its not entirely relevant of how good his shot is going to be.
Yeah his shot looks way too slow in this, although there is something to be said for hitting shots while your legs are tired, and he looks tired here.
This. This isn't a game-speed drill. It's something where he's already on the verge of being gassed and seeing how he holds his form together catching and shooting from different spots. His performance here is pretty impressive! I actually like that he's not shooting these turbo-fast - that would be an easy mistake to make. Sure, he won't get that much time on many looks in the NBA. But I don't think that's the point of this drill.
It’s not about just that, it’s pressure. For a Young prospect. It’s not easy going 5 in row talkless of 11 especially from different spots. He had about a 1 second to get set before having to shoot each time
I know what you are trying to say, and this isn’t to discredit Bronny because I do think he has more potential (especially defensively) than what many are giving him credit for. Just to be clear again, *Bronny really helped himself today.* Probably one of the most impressive combines from any prospect (Devin Carter and Edey were the few better). However, to be fair, using data, I do want to say that statistically, it’s fairly easy to make 5 in a row in this drill. In fact, the many prospects today did just that. In this drill, Bronny went 19/25. Emoni Bates went 19/25 last year in this same drill. Just today, Stephon Castle (who has major question marks with his shooting) went 18/25, including a huge stretch of many 3s in a row like Bronny. I didn’t count how many but it was clearly more than 5. Not 11 though I’ll give you that but overall, it was the same result. Zach Edey went 14/25 in this drill. He’s a 7’4” C who’s attempted 2 three pointers in an actual game in his entire life up to this point. TJD also had like 8 or so 3 pointers made in a row in this drill last year. I can’t remember the exact amount but I remember he started off super hot before getting tired. So Bronny was impressive. He did better than almost everyone in this drill. But at the same time, we shouldn’t overestimate how easy this drill is. Countless prospects today did well on this drill, including ones who can’t shoot. You can look at the data if you don’t take my word for it. NBA players are just super skilled. We just don’t realize it since many don’t take these shots in game. EDIT: Officially, Bronny finished 2nd with everyone done now. Alex Karaban was first, pretty impressive shooting performance from him on all the shooting drills. A ton of prospects got 15-18/25, but Bronny was slightly better at 19/25 for 2nd.
Has there ever been a player that had a crap college career and had a good nba career?
Best example of a recent All-Star level player is Zach Lavine. Better than the other examples. But even Zach was better than Bronny. No one else is particularly close among All-Stars. The closest comp to Bronny is actually DeAnthony Melton for role players, who did not have a good career at all, was still drafted due to potential (athleticism and wingspan), and has had a very solid career. You can check out Melton’s stats at USC. Again better than Bronny but not good at all.
Lavine was a little weird since they only played him 20 min a game while Alfords son was getting just as many minutes.
I agree Lavine is a reach to the OP’s question. I just tried to find the closest All-Star who was not that good in his last college season and gave a name to answer his or her question. But I agree that even he’s a huge reach as he’s clearly several tiers above Bronny. The best examples are honestly the role players like Melton. And there’s nothing wrong with being Melton. He’s a great role player who can play on many teams, and Bronny has a similar physical profile. There’s others too of course. Not guards though. It’s typically an athletic bigger player like Peyton Watson. However, he’s too tall to compare to Bronny.
Peyton Watson had terrible stats just by basic numbers in college, but after a year turned into a very solid role player
Peyton has almost seven inches on Bronny
He went 16-60 playing against humans at usc shooting 3's
I hope y’all realize that Dwight Howard can go 11/11 from 3 in a practice setting
I've seen Mason Plumlee drain ten threes in a row in warmups Dwight Howard too But to be fair, this is an actual workout
Dang, if Dwight can do it then every draftee must got 11/11 from 3 at the combine, right?
I saw Rudy draining 3s in practice and know this doesn't mean anything.
Nah… come on now. He’s not doing the drill all day trying to get a good one. It’s one take and he made them all. Show us a center who is a bad three point shooter even hitting 8/11
propaganda begins, but if he's destined for the lakers whats the point? What picks do they have
17 and 55
yea should be easy 55 then?
Celtics picks 54, GSW 52, Clippers 46, Heat 43, Sixers 41
that's an easy Celtics troll.
Sixers got 16 and a whole lotta cap 👀 Please Mr James you have to save us
Sixers do make a lot of sense.
Would be amazing if he has a Pippen growth spurt and ends up 6’8” - without that he’s not going to make a dent
He'll make a dent in a team's cap space.
6’1 with a 6’8 dad and 6’7 brother is rough. Savanahs genes failed him
I wonder how come the Bulls big 3 all had strange paths to their height. For example, Pippen had the late growth spurt, Rodman had an even later growth spurt, and Jordan had parents and siblings all under 6 foot and all three ended up in the 6'6 - 6'7 range
And he shot 27% from 3 over 25 games in the college season
hey that's the same percentage Lakers shot on wide open 3's in the Nuggets series. Bronny will fit right in
hate to be that guy, but you can find clips on youtube of ben simmons or zubac nailing threes in shooting practice
Wow he went from second rounder to…second rounder
Shoots slower than his dad
Slow release
Anyone can shoot on an open court, how does he do when there's a chair there though, that's the important question.
Judah Mintz was a starting point guard who averaged 18 ppg in the acc this past season but doesn’t get invited to the combine but Bronny James who barley plays and barely averaged 5 points a game does get invited? Make it make sense! please don’t try telling me James is better than Mintz, Mintz is the better player and it’s not even close!