Faced with two options between following the professional path (NBA) and returning to school with college basketball (NCAA), the son of basketball superstar LeBron James – Bronny James – decided to play. professional.
The representative of both James father and son, Rich Paul, shared this information with ESPN, saying Bronny will give up the option of returning to the NCAA and head to the 2024 NBA Draft.
“Bronny is a young talent with a huge growth potential. What he needs is a team that is willing to give Bronny the opportunity to try, practice and contribute,” said representative Rich Paul.
“It doesn’t matter whether Bronny is picked first or picked last, what matters is that he is given the opportunity to develop on the right team.
The things I pay attention to when working with teams on Bronny are the future direction, opportunities for Bronny to grow and finally the financial story. This is also the reason we will not sign a two-way contract (dual contract between NBA and NBA G-League).”
The Athletic website said there are about 10 teams wanting to invite Bronny James to practice before the NBA Draft (Pre-Draft Workout). These are physical tests so scouts and coaching staff can “see” LeBron’s son.
However, Bronny will not participate in 100% of these training sessions, instead the 19-year-old will choose a number of teams that he and his agent Rich Paul evaluate as having enough potential to join.
Two teams are leading the list of destinations where Bronny will participate in “Pre-Draft Workout” including the Los Angeles Lakers and Phoenix Suns.
In the eyes of scouts after the NBA Draft Combine, Bronny James is a professional defender with good flexibility. However, LeBron’s son’s weakness is that his body is not impressive, he is only nearly 1m86 tall (equivalent to 6-feet-1).
At the same time, Bronny also did not perform well in scoring points in two practice matches at the Draft Combine. In contrast to second place in the entire event in the individual finishing test, Bronny James only achieved a 3-point shooting rate of less than 30% when assembling the competition lineup.
Although he does not leave as strong an impression as the top talents in the 2024 NBA Draft, Bronny James still has certain plus points. One of them is that he set very realistic career goals, accepting a role-player role to suit his skill set.
According to many NBA Draft websites, Bronny James will probably be selected in the second half of the second round if based 100% on professional factors.
In case teams want to choose Bronny to lure LeBron James and create the NBA’s first father-son team, the 19-year-old’s name may be called sooner at the Draft event taking place on December 27-28. /6 to.
