Is Bronny James to Los Angeles Lakers already a foregone conclusion? | Dan Patrick Show | NBC Sports

Is Bronny James to Los Angeles Lakers already a foregone conclusion? | Dan Patrick Show | NBC Sports

I don’t know if it’s breaking news but it’s being treated as such LeBron james’ son bronny James will be in the NBA Draft today was the deadline for him if he wanted to go back to college and I never heard any Rumblings of maybe going to Arkansas with John caliper also Duke Kane with a connection with LeBron James there maybe going back to USC maybe going to SMU where Andy Enfield who was the USC coach is now the head coach he is going into the draft right now rated as the 54th best Prospect and I want to talk to Chris Haynes from Bleacher Report also TNT he’s working the U Western Conference finals and I want to ask him about you know what’s going on with Rich Paul is LeBron’s agent and it feels like they’re trying to place bronny James they’re letting teams know as if they have the power here they’re in control this isn’t a high school recruit picking is college but you get the feeling that LeBron James’s camp and his agent Rich Paul are saying to teams he’s going to pick where he wants to play uh or who’s going to draft him well it’s the Lakers that’s where you would want him to go and LeBron would want him to go there everybody stays in Los Angeles LeBron then will be able to get his new contract and then he’ll still be a Laker and You Know Rich Paul slipped maybe it was on purpose that LeBron is is a free agent now and that I think uh brought a little attention there to uh a situation we thought no it’s a mere formality he’s going to opt back in or get his new contract and stay with the Lakers so just something to keep an eye on that LeBron James’s son is going to stay in the draft and basically telling teams hey he’s not going to be a guy you’re going to put down in the g-league he’s going to play We want to make sure he is developed we want to make sure there’s a financial commitment all these things for a guy who didn’t even average Five Points a game in college this is really unheard of but then there’s one bronnie James here until Bron’s brother comes into the NBA and then they probably try to do the same thing as LeBron you know be 45 years of age trying to dictate this yes Paul it it almost has apples and oranges and Eli Manning feel to it while being a second round pick not the number one overall the father who has a lot of juice and the agent who had a lot of juice manipulating the system to try to get their uh son in a certain place yeah but Eli was the number one overall pick yeah bronnie I don’t know if he can play in the NBA and everybody chooses their words carefully and they’re like oh you know he got a great upside he understands the game he’s physical he’s a good Defender uh got a good shot I mean okay there’s a lot of guys who have that a lot of guys who have a whole lot more than that so I look at this two different ways he’s bronny James and he could be successful in the NBA and still be a failure to people if he averages let’s say 10 points a game that’d be a failure let’s say he played for 10 years that would be a failure to people but also he’s getting attention because his name if his name was you know bronny Smith no one would care but it’s bronny James he’s got to have an inordinate amount of pressure on him when he gets to the NBA because we’re going to go okay what do you got let me see what you got let me see when you’re playing against the pros if you couldn’t play well at a high level you know in the Pack 12 now you’re going to go to the NBA you know this is there there’s going to be a bright Spotlight on him now by all accounts he’s handled himself quite well and even everything he went through at USC I was hoping he’d play one more year in college just to see if he does develop and there’s late bloomers we see this all the time with players maybe he is a late bloomer maybe he’s going to be one of those you know eighth ninth player Off the Bench you know uh be able to play some minutes quality minutes maybe be a guy who plays defense runs the point backup point guard I don’t know if he’s a starter but I watch USC games not highlights I watched games this year and usually Marvin and I would you know communicate back and forth cuz I would say you know are you watching and then there were times when I’d watch USC play and I didn’t even know he was on the floor but then he would have these moments and maybe he gets a a fair shot here maybe more than a fair shot because of his last name I just I I would hope to Tamp down some of the expectations that are going to be there because he’s not going to be able to achieve like Michael Jordan’s kids I mean they played in college but they didn’t play at a high level didn’t get to the NBA wasn’t even talk of you know if Mike said hey I want to play with you know one of my sons in the NBA somebody probably would have made that happen but LeBron has made it his mission that you know before he exits stage left he’s going to play with his son in the NBA yes Mark the one thing me and you got from watching USC games is that Isaiah klier is a baller we’re like oh Brony James okay anyway about Isaiah ker that’s all we talked about when we used to text yes because that that guy was bringing it every time and you’re like if if that was bronny doing that then people would go oh first pick yeah I’m going to he’s going to cuz this isn’t a great NBA draft so factor that in they’re trying to get coverage here the mothership is like uh can we get clicks um yeah how about we just focus on bronny James that’s it I mean Reed Shepherd from Kentucky that ain’t going to happen uh a couple of Yukon players that ain’t going to happen there’s no buzz here and here’s bronny is the name whether he goes in the first round or second round he I mean he’s going to get drafted the question is who takes him and uh you know how much power does he have yeah C there are a few things in this business more difficult than pumping the brakes is that really like what we do just look at Anthony Edwards last two weeks he was the next Michael Jordan by far the closest thing we ever seen to Michael Jordan This is it and we’re watching it from the very beginning well he can’t win in the play look it he’s going to get swept in the hey look it he had the game he put the team on his back last it is a roller coaster ride and he doesn’t get the benefit of the doubt of like hey guys don’t compare him to his dad okay his dad’s a totally separate player he’s his own person whatever it’s kind of what this business is now is I know but I’m old and Brony James is caught up in that for sure I know I’m old old school and that’s why when as soon as those comparisons with Michael Jordan I said he doesn’t want it he never asked for it hell no and he can’t live up to that right now nobody can the the road of the NBA is littered with the bodies of former Michael Jordan’s and this dude doesn’t want it either no and he’s a really good player he’s not Michael Jordan but with that rush to judgment like oh we got to who’s he remind you of it’s like when when Keith Van Horn came into the the NBA and they go man he’s just like Larry Bird I go no he’s not no no he’s white and that’s where the comparisons end he’s huh and even you know when you have a white guy who can shoot three he reminds me of Dirk nitz no no no Brad lohas is not Dirk nitzki whoa whoa whoa watch it why he catching Strays right I don’t know I don’t know I just came came to mind serviceable Big B yes yeah oh but get ready for it because that’s what the draft is going to be about and uh you I I hope he gets an opportunity to just play it’s not going to happen but this is the father in me and this is somebody with 40 years of experience of witnessing all of this in all of these Sports where this guy is the next and I always say no no nobody’s the next we we want to make them the next they’re not you forge your own path there that’s the beauty Sports there’s nobody like certain players and there never will be there’ll never be another Tiger Woods somebody can swing like him hit like him even look like him they won’t be Tiger Woods there’s not another Jack Nicholas I mean down through history there’s not another of all these great players the only one who’s close with Michael Jordan was Kobe because Kobe was same size and modeled his game studied he wanted to be Mike that that’s as close as we ever got but he still wasn’t Mike

Dan Patrick details why it feels like LeBron James and his camp are trying to place Bronny James and why it’s similar to a high school recruit trying to choose where he wants to play in college. #NBCSports #NBA #DanPatrickShow
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