"I find the Lakers' nepotism unseemly. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to congratulate Leon Rose, who used to be the agent of Rick Brunson, who is an assistant coach and the father of Jalen Brunson, whose godfather is Leon Rose and whose agent is Sam Rose, on reviving the Knicks."
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Jalen Brunson is good though
“Yeah, but fuck Rich Paul though”
I mean, if Bronny James ends up as good as Jalen Brunson did Iâm sure people will eat crow
Could’ve just mentioned Giannis’ brothers or Dame’s cousin.
Lets get back to talking about bronny. How dare they
Which one of these in particular doesnât do their job well?
You know itâs bad when people are defending it by saying âwell hereâs other cases of nepotism, who cares, other 2nd round picks were not going to contribute to them winningâ
r/nba spends a day talking about LeBron Jamesâs son and regular agent practicesâŠwhat are we going to talk about tomorrow?
Big nepotism fan. Letâs get Isaiah Hartensteinâs dad on the staff too.
This is dumb. Rick has been on thibs staff since his Chicago days, this is not like heâs unqualified
Brunson is a two time NCAA champion, leading his team on the second title. This made sure he was drafted 33rd overall. I think being good at basketball is the reason he made it to the NBA.
Knicks got fined a 2025 2nd round pick for tampering in the signing of Jalen Brunson.
u/yahoosports fire this man
Who gives AF what “Dan Devine” thinks lmao.
All these comments won’t change anything. ya’ll just wasting your energy on this. Bronny James made it to the NBA. The world’s still spinning. It’ll be alright.
Brunson still had to earn his way into the league, and had to earn the attention of the Knicks. If he averaged 4 points coming off the bench in Villanova I doubt Dallas would have given him a second thought.
The difference is Lebron doing an entire media campaign about how he didnât get JJ Redick the coaching job and he isnât trying to get the Lakers to draft his son. Â Itâs more about Lebron being a clown. Â
I knew this was gonna lead to “lol Knicks”, somehow. This sub never lets me down.
Except Jalen Brunson was a legit prospect from Villanova and Bronny is a complete bum who nobody would know if not for his last name
Brunson averaged 19 ppg at an elite school while shooting over 40% from 3 the year he got drafted
Lakers stans are huffing so much copium right now.
lol you usually cry nepotism when the guy is undeserving or a bum. brunson is the opposite of that and he’s underpaid.
What he say fuck me for?
If you want to make a Knicks Nepotism argument, call out Dolan or wait til Ryan Arcidiacono signs with them again
In the year he got drafted, Brunson won NCAA player of the year and won a title. Bronny put up 5/3/2 for a team that went 15-18.
Does this guy not understand what nepotism is?
Thanasis erasure
If you want to make a tampering case that’s one thing but Jalen Brunson wasn’t a 5 ppg player who probably shouldn’t even be on an NBA roster
Why is everyone using horrible examples to compare with Bronny’s situation?
How about Giannis and Thanasis?
Can we get a chance to see the kid play in summer league before people just write him off. People act like college players with bad stats havent been drafted before and did well in the league
Nepotism gets folks jobs. We all use friends and family for connections. If we didnât, it would be stupid.Â
Now if that person was incredibly incompetent and had actual influence on society I would be upset. Stuff like sports? You do you fam. đ
Big
Why do you participate in society if you want society to change vibes here
I find this to be a false equivalency. Sports is inherently about competition and merit. This flies in the face of that and, other than Giannisâ brother (which I also have an issue with), what other players in the NBA have done this? (By this I mean get their relative on the roster).
Damn way too many people in here donât know sarcasm jfc
For the seats in the back. It’s not the nepotism itself or brony being drafted by a team and getting a g league contract It’s hailing the achievement that LeBron and Brony will be the first father / son duo.
That’s just laughable on its face.
I couldnât care less about the nepotism, itâs not like the Lakers get any sort of advantage from this. Iâm just annoyed itâs ALL weâre going to hear about for the next 11 months.
I’m not as upset about the nepotism as I am at the selfishness of LeBron. His kid should be enjoying his time as a D1 basketball player, getting better and figuring out his game, not fulfilling his father’s fantasy.
If the kid was a legit NBA prospect I’d feel differently. But he’s so clearly not.
Two of Giannis brothers literally have rings because teams were trying to make Giannis happy. Nepotism has been around the NBA for years.