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Congrats!

Enjoy playing with pops!

Really cool moment for the fam and got him at the end of the 2nd.

JSM, Jun 27, 2024 at 3:10 PM

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Hopefully he surprises us all and turns out to be a good solid player

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f***ing joke. f*** Lebron and f*** Klutch. Right there with them that stupid a** owner. f*** the Lakers. Done with this team.

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let the nepo-baby era begin

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He’s a short Josh Hart IMO and I kind of like that skill set. Hustle and defense. I like it

Barnstable, Jun 27, 2024 at 3:17 PM

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We going all the way now!!!!!

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JSM, Jun 27, 2024 at 3:19 PM

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Rob- *we're trading bron".....after he gets a yes rob- "i meant bronny james"

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f***ing joke. f*** Lebron and f*** Klutch. Right there with them that stupid a** owner. f*** the Lakers. Done with this team.
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55th pick bro no need to get so angry

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https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/40447437/lakers-pick-bronny-james-second-round-nba-draft

Before Thursday, there had never been an active father-son duo playing in the NBA at the same time. And now, the first father-son pair are set to be teammates after the Los Angeles Lakers selected Bronny James -- the eldest son of LeBron James -- with the No. 55 pick in the second round.

Bronny, 19, averaged 4.8 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.1 assists in 19.4 minutes per game in his lone season at USC. He joined the Trojans in game action midseason after being sidelined for nearly five months while recovering from a cardiac arrest episode that required surgery to treat a congenital heart defect.
He was medically cleared to be drafted by the NBA's Fitness to Play Panel on the eve of the draft combine.

The former McDonald's All-American's stock improved in Chicago during the NBA draft combine, testing well in agility drills and finishing as one of the top performers in the 3-point shooting drills.

His father has until June 29 to opt into the final year of his Lakers contract -- worth $51.4 million for next season -- or become an unrestricted free agent. The Lakers are focused on retaining LeBron James for his 22nd season and beyond and are willing to offer the 39-year-old the maximum three-year, $162 million deal he is eligible for to keep him with the franchise, sources told ESPN.

Lakers All-Star big man Anthony Davis told ESPN before the second round began Thursday that he supported the team targeting Bronny.

"He's very good defensively," Davis told ESPN. "He can read the floor very well. I think he's a really good playmaker. I saw him work out a couple times besides the [Klutch Sports] pro day and working with a big -- his reads, reading the defense, making the right passes -- that was really impressive to me. I think he's going to be fine, man. Obviously it's a lot of pressure on him with his dad being who he is.

"But one thing about Bronny, from what I've seen and what I heard, he wants to create his own path and he doesn't want to be -- even though he's LeBron James' son, he don't want be seen as that. And I think having that mindset and trying to create his own path is going to work out for him. ... Who knows, he might come in and be ready to play for us."
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To the shock of nobody…

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I wish him well, he’ll learn from his Dad and I hope is gets real good. We’ll see.

if they win a Title together, that’d actually be rad.

But also:

Dear Jeanie,

IF YOU EVER FIRE ROB, don’t hire Rich Paul in his place. PLEASE!!!!!!

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the stupidest and most predictable timeline

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JSM, Jun 27, 2024 at 3:41 PM

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55th pick bro no need to get so angry
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f*** them all again. Jerk off of a franchise.

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Everyone and his uncle knew we were drafting him. Hopefully he plays good defense. At least he won’t forget how to shoot, since he never learned.

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Making LeBron happy is worth a 55th pick in a crap draft. Whatever.

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Well, okay, imma go on the record as thinking this is dumb AF if you're a real Laker fan.

But also: if Bronny pans out and proves to be a solid player in the Assn: I'm an idiot and will be glad to admit it if you remind me I was against it. I hope I'm wrong about the Kid, but I don't think so.

I'm a Laker fan foremost so if this causes a buncha rifts within the team: very very bad. I'm glad Lebron gets - theoretically, at this moment - to play with his kid, which will make 9 million "feel good" pop culture stories. But the kid/Dad better not bring us down. I mean: the Busses are looking incapable of holding up the Laker name. This seems a big gamble.

See how it plays out.

Again: hope I'm wrong on this. But I don't think so.

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I don’t really see the harm. It’s the 55th pick and we are selecting a 3&D PG who may or may never play. I’m good with it, regardless of the nepotism I think Bronny can defend at this level.

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