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Rumors going around that the Golden State Warriors are blocking Andrew Wiggins from competing in the Olympics on Team Canada because they don’t want to take the risk of him getting injured while they try to trade him this offseason. Pretty messed up if true, but the Warriors have been pretty good to Wiggins so I guess this is him returning the favor by being silent on the issue.
LeBron's influence is unquestionable as he can influence the management to hire or fire a coach, or sign players that he wants to play with. That's how powerful LeBron is; he is like a Kobe of the Lakers now. Even if some people don't like it, it has already happened and LeBron succeeded.
No question about his influence. He's probably of the firing power to push Darvin Ham out of the team. There's no doubt that being picked by the Lakers for Bronny has got a huge impact coming from Lebron. They have to consider a lot of things for granting that influence of Lebron because on their franchise, he's got the real influence.
And look, Celtics was the recent champ right? Who's got more exposure and talk now? Lakers picking Bronny at 55th pick for the 2nd round.
This happened as predicted, Lebron could really influence the team, and now they will be playing together in a team, first time in the history, right?
I hope Bronny would make his papa proud, because if not, people will criticize and will never stop.
I hope Bronny would make his papa proud, because if not, people will criticize and will never stop.
Maybe LeBron's influence or the Lakers management just wants to keep LeBron for next season. In any case, it is obvious that without LeBron as a father, Bronny would hardly have been drafted this year.
Let's see if Bronny will be able to make any success in the NBA or will be in his father's shadow all the time.
Since we are talking about draft picks, I think the topic below is worth a read so we have an idea of how much they'll earn and how long they'll stay.
NBA Draft: Here’s How Much First—And Second—Round Picks Will Earn As Rookies
Let's see if Bronny will be able to make any success in the NBA or will be in his father's shadow all the time.
Getting drafted is already a success for him, I don't expect him to be a main star of a team or getting a huge contract with the way he's playing in college. But let's see, NBA is a different venue, some players in college who are not popular excel in the NBA. Yes that's a success already and a milestone gotten by a player. Even though to many people criticize the way how Bronny get drafter still he has a chance to prove his self that he deserve to get a spot on NBA.
The only problem is the heavy pressure he got especially for playing a long side with his father. Maybe Bronny will get affected with that especially the media is all over him.
For sure the achievement of his father could pressure him so I hope we would see Bronny contribute on Lakers. We don't expect him to became a star but at least he will have a minutes on the rotation then could able to contribute to help his team to win.
I'm sure he's aware of it already, and they have prepared for it. Even LeBron, a Hall of Famer, has faced a lot of critics, but he has managed to handle it well and continues to play despite his age. Bronny is still very young and has a lot to learn in the NBA.
The question remains whether he can excel or might disappoint his father. For us, if he doesn't meet high expectations, it's not a disappointment because we never expected him to match his father's basketball skills.
What is important right now is he manage to reach the league, all those critics will need to wait for how Bronny will play the game, with the technology nowadays, and with the hardwork that he will put into his game we never know if what he had to offer, it's too early and he don't need to be bothered that he's on the league because of his dad, that's a previledge that he needs to enjoy though there's a lots of works where he should prepared for the upcoming season.
Let's see if Bronny will be able to make any success in the NBA or will be in his father's shadow all the time.
Getting drafted is already a success for him, I don't expect him to be a main star of a team or getting a huge contract with the way he's playing in college. But let's see, NBA is a different venue, some players in college who are not popular excel in the NBA. Yes that's a success already and a milestone gotten by a player. Even though to many people criticize the way how Bronny get drafter still he has a chance to prove his self that he deserve to get a spot on NBA.
The only problem is the heavy pressure he got especially for playing a long side with his father. Maybe Bronny will get affected with that especially the media is all over him.
For sure the achievement of his father could pressure him so I hope we would see Bronny contribute on Lakers. We don't expect him to became a star but at least he will have a minutes on the rotation then could able to contribute to help his team to win.
I'm sure he's aware of it already, and they have prepared for it. Even LeBron, a Hall of Famer, has faced a lot of critics, but he has managed to handle it well and continues to play despite his age. Bronny is still very young and has a lot to learn in the NBA.
The question remains whether he can excel or might disappoint his father. For us, if he doesn't meet high expectations, it's not a disappointment because we never expected him to match his father's basketball skills.
I see that most talks today on this thread are about the trades and not about what happened to the first round draft pick. Well, I've read a lot of comments on many of these draft picks video that this is the weakest draft that they've ever seen. It's totally different from last year where we've seen real contenders that were drafted. Anyway, Bronny hasn't been drafted yet on the 1st round and the schedule was different for this year because tomorrow will be the time that the 2nd round draft pick will happen. Let's see on which team he will be drafted or will he be drafted.
We will not known if this is the weakest, although from what I read, the 1st round is another Frenchman if I'm not mistaken? And obviously the talk is about Bronny James acquired by Lakers as their 55th pick in the draft and so history is made again by Lebron James, (so not sure if you haven't read that he was already drafted).
I hope Bronny would make his papa proud, because if not, people will criticize and will never stop.
Still a lot of talks in the trade, PG going to the Warriors for instance, but we will see until it's official. Might be interesting on him + Curry together with Draymond Green and what's left of the Warriors team and they could be running for at least one chance for Curry and Draymond to get a ring as they are no longer getting young and the dynasty about to crumble or have crumbled already if Klay is going to leaved.
I think this one is a really good trade, Curry does need a partner that is a good shooter and PG is an all around player, so it should be a go. Draymon, PG and Curry, that's going to be a championship team for sure, so hopefully his rumo will materialize as the Warriors franchise is slowly shrinking.
Might be a chance for PG too to win a championship.
Yeah, I think if PG will going to weigh-in teams that is interested to him, maybe he will lean more on the Warriors as their organization has already experience being a champion and even when everyone doubts them in 2022, they still won the championship. So that could be in the mind of PG to join this great organization.
The Clippers might be a good organization as well, but something is lacking, it doesn't have the perfect fit of players although if you look at papers, they have a lot of future Hall of Famers. But still, they can't get over the hump in the playoffs and it's always that they fell short.
Let's see if Bronny will be able to make any success in the NBA or will be in his father's shadow all the time.
Getting drafted is already a success for him, I don't expect him to be a main star of a team or getting a huge contract with the way he's playing in college. But let's see, NBA is a different venue, some players in college who are not popular excel in the NBA. Yes that's a success already and a milestone gotten by a player. Even though to many people criticize the way how Bronny get drafter still he has a chance to prove his self that he deserve to get a spot on NBA.
The only problem is the heavy pressure he got especially for playing a long side with his father. Maybe Bronny will get affected with that especially the media is all over him.
For sure the achievement of his father could pressure him so I hope we would see Bronny contribute on Lakers. We don't expect him to became a star but at least he will have a minutes on the rotation then could able to contribute to help his team to win.
This happened as predicted, Lebron could really influence the team, and now they will be playing together in a team, first time in the history, right?
I hope Bronny would make his papa proud, because if not, people will criticize and will never stop.
I hope Bronny would make his papa proud, because if not, people will criticize and will never stop.
Maybe LeBron's influence or the Lakers management just wants to keep LeBron for next season. In any case, it is obvious that without LeBron as a father, Bronny would hardly have been drafted this year.
Let's see if Bronny will be able to make any success in the NBA or will be in his father's shadow all the time.
Getting drafted is already a success for him, I don't expect him to be a main star of a team or getting a huge contract with the way he's playing in college. But let's see, NBA is a different venue, some players in college who are not popular excel in the NBA. 
This happened as predicted, Lebron could really influence the team, and now they will be playing together in a team, first time in the history, right?
I hope Bronny would make his papa proud, because if not, people will criticize and will never stop.
I hope Bronny would make his papa proud, because if not, people will criticize and will never stop.
Maybe LeBron's influence or the Lakers management just wants to keep LeBron for next season. In any case, it is obvious that without LeBron as a father, Bronny would hardly have been drafted this year.
Let's see if Bronny will be able to make any success in the NBA or will be in his father's shadow all the time.
Its so obvious that they want him to stay and he decide to do what Lebron's like and to get Bronny into their roster. Even if the situation is unsure but I guess its still a win for Lakers. They provably get more viewership with this and that can generate a lot of money from them. The father and son duo inside the court is so rare so maybe they will just find ways to insert Bronny in the rotation then make their team became more better. Lakers still a strong team so even if they didn't get much good talent on the draft still their team is so fine.
The problem with Bronny is people will expect a lot for him and provably that could able to give stress to him especially if his father will perform good while him he can provide less for the team. Many people says that he provably became a Thanasis 2.0 and will be a bench warmer for Lakers.
This happened as predicted, Lebron could really influence the team, and now they will be playing together in a team, first time in the history, right?
I hope Bronny would make his papa proud, because if not, people will criticize and will never stop.
I hope Bronny would make his papa proud, because if not, people will criticize and will never stop.
Maybe LeBron's influence or the Lakers management just wants to keep LeBron for next season. In any case, it is obvious that without LeBron as a father, Bronny would hardly have been drafted this year.
Let's see if Bronny will be able to make any success in the NBA or will be in his father's shadow all the time.
I see that most talks today on this thread are about the trades and not about what happened to the first round draft pick. Well, I've read a lot of comments on many of these draft picks video that this is the weakest draft that they've ever seen. It's totally different from last year where we've seen real contenders that were drafted. Anyway, Bronny hasn't been drafted yet on the 1st round and the schedule was different for this year because tomorrow will be the time that the 2nd round draft pick will happen. Let's see on which team he will be drafted or will he be drafted.
We will not known if this is the weakest, although from what I read, the 1st round is another Frenchman if I'm not mistaken? And obviously the talk is about Bronny James acquired by Lakers as their 55th pick in the draft and so history is made again by Lebron James, (so not sure if you haven't read that he was already drafted).
I hope Bronny would make his papa proud, because if not, people will criticize and will never stop.
Still a lot of talks in the trade, PG going to the Warriors for instance, but we will see until it's official. Might be interesting on him + Curry together with Draymond Green and what's left of the Warriors team and they could be running for at least one chance for Curry and Draymond to get a ring as they are no longer getting young and the dynasty about to crumble or have crumbled already if Klay is going to leaved.
I think this one is a really good trade, Curry does need a partner that is a good shooter and PG is an all around player, so it should be a go. Draymon, PG and Curry, that's going to be a championship team for sure, so hopefully his rumo will materialize as the Warriors franchise is slowly shrinking.
Might be a chance for PG too to win a championship.
I see that most talks today on this thread are about the trades and not about what happened to the first round draft pick. Well, I've read a lot of comments on many of these draft picks video that this is the weakest draft that they've ever seen. It's totally different from last year where we've seen real contenders that were drafted. Anyway, Bronny hasn't been drafted yet on the 1st round and the schedule was different for this year because tomorrow will be the time that the 2nd round draft pick will happen. Let's see on which team he will be drafted or will he be drafted.
We will not known if this is the weakest, although from what I read, the 1st round is another Frenchman if I'm not mistaken? And obviously the talk is about Bronny James acquired by Lakers as their 55th pick in the draft and so history is made again by Lebron James, (so not sure if you haven't read that he was already drafted).
Still a lot of talks in the trade, PG going to the Warriors for instance, but we will see until it's official. Might be interesting on him + Curry together with Draymond Green and what's left of the Warriors team and they could be running for at least one chance for Curry and Draymond to get a ring as they are no longer getting young and the dynasty about to crumble or have crumbled already if Klay is going to leaved.
If Paul George declines his player option for next season and signs with the Warriors, it would really weaken the Clippers. However, I think Leonard is unlikely to find a new team because of this situation, as he still has a huge contract and the Clippers obviously won't just let him go.
They will be playing at their new arena "The Wall", Intuit Dome and I think Steve Ballmer would want to be a blast so he might not let go of his star players but instead strengthen them more with newly acquired players even though he will pay the luxury tax. If he wants his tickets to be sold in their new arena then it better be filled with players that are entertaining to watch.
They don't really lack talent, they just lack chemistry and because of injuries they cannot complete their best production.
I am more curious about the recent rumor of the Wiggins trade as the Golden State Warriors are aggressive in exchanging him for a decent player. Wiggins is good as a defensive player, the Nuggets should try to look at this one. Wiggins with AG and KCP will be problematic for their opponents. Who they can trade? That I don't know.
Both teams are going to be weak in my opinion, if the Warriors acquire PG, they might have to lost, Kuminga, Wiggins and GPII along the way. Klay wanted out to that will also be a big factor for them. Same with the Clippers, losing PG and then they will have Kahwi as their franchise player although it seems that after they got him, it's not rewarding for the Clippers as well.
I do agree, Wiggins might performed poorly, but going to another contender team, it might be like a second wind for his career and could re-ignite him if he will be traded for former champion Nuggets and he might be a great fit for them.
It seems that Knicks is ready to waste their money for giving such huge contract to Anunoby. Maybe they see something that we don't see and they believe that the guy has potential then they could develop to release its all star level potential.
But OG is young so I guess they believe so much on his talent, that's why they secure and give him long contract to stay on Knicks and lets just see if he can prove that he deserves the contract given.
He's stats is not really that impressive but maybe he do something special on the court and make him a valuable player on Knicks.
I mean he wasn't "that" good, he played with 14 points and 4 rebounds, I do not know how much his defense can be valued at that. We are talking about 40 million dollars per year or so, and I feel like that is way too much. They now got Bridges too, but I still think they aren't as good enough to spend this much as they are doing.But OG is young so I guess they believe so much on his talent, that's why they secure and give him long contract to stay on Knicks and lets just see if he can prove that he deserves the contract given.
He's stats is not really that impressive but maybe he do something special on the court and make him a valuable player on Knicks.
Between Brunson, OG, Bridges, Randle, they have some good players there is no doubt about that and if the team chemistry works and if they all stay healthy without getting injured, then they will have a chance to go far. However, even if all of them are 100% healthy, do you really think that this squad could be champions? I don't, and I think spending this much money on something that doesn't end up being a champion contender is a silly move.
If Paul George declines his player option for next season and signs with the Warriors, it would really weaken the Clippers. However, I think Leonard is unlikely to find a new team because of this situation, as he still has a huge contract and the Clippers obviously won't just let him go.
They will be playing at their new arena "The Wall", Intuit Dome and I think Steve Ballmer would want to be a blast so he might not let go of his star players but instead strengthen them more with newly acquired players even though he will pay the luxury tax. If he wants his tickets to be sold in their new arena then it better be filled with players that are entertaining to watch.
They don't really lack talent, they just lack chemistry and because of injuries they cannot complete their best production.
I am more curious about the recent rumor of the Wiggins trade as the Golden State Warriors are aggressive in exchanging him for a decent player. Wiggins is good as a defensive player, the Nuggets should try to look at this one. Wiggins with AG and KCP will be problematic for their opponents. Who they can trade? That I don't know.
Seems like Denver’s window is closing already. Caldwell-Pope reportedly will be testing free agency and Jamal Murray is seeking a 200+ million dollar extension. I don’t think their roster will get any better from here unless they replace Pope with someone better somehow. A shame because they have the best wings in the game, but I’m not sure how long they’ll be able to keep this team together now that people will want to be paid.
Legion Hopps is reporting that Rich Paul is calling teams and telling them not to draft Bronny James. Reportedly he is telling them that if they draft Bronny, he will leave to Australia and it will be a waste of their pick. He’s supposedly doing this in order to open the door for the Lakers to get him, which they just did. LeBron and Bronny together next year…
And it worked because the Lakers drafted him on the 55th spot. TBH, it's a bit expected already because that might increase the chances of Le-GM getting that 3-year contract that they offered to him. With the Lakers' help, his dream came true hence, they made history as the first father-son duo in NBA history.
Even though they drafted him, I don't expect him to be in the NBA next season, but at least he can hone his skills in the G-league first, I guess. As for Le-GM, I expect him to not opt in to his final year of his contract to become an unrestricted free agent then he will sign a 3-year max contract with LA as well since they are willing to give it to him.
Yeah it sure was expected and it's also sad to see, very sad. Any other player with the same talent wouldn't even be like a top 100 draft pick, if there was such a thing.
But name and influence is a real thing. Let's see how long Lebron can talk him strong until the media and fans will get sick of it.
Of course it's nice for the young man to be able to call himself a NBA player but the pressure must be immense now. Also normally people want to accomplish things on their own terms, I can't imagine he is actually happy with this situation. He didn't even play well at USC, a team that sucked last season, how will he be able to compete in the NBA??
Time will tell but I don't have high hopes for him to actually make this a success story.
@OG no clue who your Suns got, wish ya the best w/him tho,
That makes two of us. With them seemingly trying to get rid of Durant while being stuck with Beal's contract, it doesn't look good for my Suns next year. I knew they'd regret giving up DeAndre Ayton and this whole mess has played out about as expected. I figured Kyrie would do the same thing to the Mavericks so at least that was a surprise.
I don't want to comment on my predictions for Bronny. After being wrong about LaMelo and Wemby, I probably should steer clear of making predictions about incoming players.
I see that most talks today on this thread are about the trades and not about what happened to the first round draft pick. Well, I've read a lot of comments on many of these draft picks video that this is the weakest draft that they've ever seen. It's totally different from last year where we've seen real contenders that were drafted. Anyway, Bronny hasn't been drafted yet on the 1st round and the schedule was different for this year because tomorrow will be the time that the 2nd round draft pick will happen. Let's see on which team he will be drafted or will he be drafted.
I think it is partially due to the loss in interest in college sports during the pandemic. These kids just weren’t followed the same way that some draft classes before them were. I’d only heard of one guy that was drafted all night. I’m hoping it is the lack of coverage and this draft has some good prospects. I just don’t know of any.
Anyway, just in that the Lakers drafted Bronny.
Honestly think it's a waste of a pick but they couldn't have Bron leave the Lakers in JJ's first year that would be disastrous. Bronny landed in a good spot. He will be a made man with no one messing with him and he gets everyday coaching from what I consider one of the best shooters in this era (not alltime). JJ redick can turn bronny into a serviceable player. This is going to be so annoying every sports center and sports radio station gonna gush over Bron and bronny all year. Can't wait
I see that most talks today on this thread are about the trades and not about what happened to the first round draft pick. Well, I've read a lot of comments on many of these draft picks video that this is the weakest draft that they've ever seen. It's totally different from last year where we've seen real contenders that were drafted. Anyway, Bronny hasn't been drafted yet on the 1st round and the schedule was different for this year because tomorrow will be the time that the 2nd round draft pick will happen. Let's see on which team he will be drafted or will he be drafted.
I think it is partially due to the loss in interest in college sports during the pandemic. These kids just weren’t followed the same way that some draft classes before them were. I’d only heard of one guy that was drafted all night. I’m hoping it is the lack of coverage and this draft has some good prospects. I just don’t know of any.
Anyway, just in that the Lakers drafted Bronny.
Honestly think it's a waste of a pick but they couldn't have Bron leave the Lakers in JJ's first year that would be disastrous. Bronny landed in a good spot. He will be a made man with no one messing with him and he gets everyday coaching from what I consider one of the best shooters in this era (not alltime). JJ redick can turn bronny into a serviceable player. This is going to be so annoying every sports center and sports radio station gonna gush over Bron and bronny all year. Can't wait
Not sure what's more annoying to me right now..WNBA's Cameron Brinck tearing ACL (thats one tall tree I'd love to climb...gahhh damn she's a looker. And helped trained by her god brother, the shooting goat Steph)!, this presidential debate or soon to come BronnyCenter ..the once amazing SportsCenter ( I miss the old SC so badly...Stuart Scott needs to come back and save us all..I still miss that legend!).
Anyways...Wheelz get ready for Bronny James cards going to the breakers..all the best ones, just by chance lol.
@OG no clue who your Suns got, wish ya the best w/him tho, @wheelz, no clue who those two your Knickerbockers ya'll got, but wishing ya'll and my boy Tommy the best w/them, and not a single clue who by Bulls got...I already know he'll sucks.
NFL start yet?
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