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WallMash

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They were on the court for 8 minutes together last nite. I support a father supporting family above all else.

LeBron: "It's always been family over everything. For me, I lost a lot of time because of this league and committing to this league. Being on the road at times, missing a lot of his things, Bryce's things, Zhuri's things, so to be able to have this moment where I'm working still and I can work alongside my son, it's one of the greatest gifts I've ever gotten from the man above and I'm going to take full advantage of it."
 
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LA actually made a great business decision with bringing Bronny in. Seriously.

A player taken at the bottom of the draft basically NEVER works out. At least in this case, they got a player that will sell shoes, apparel, and some tickets. He doesn't deserve to be in the league, of course. But the Lakers made the smart move. As long as they're willing to take the PR hit.
 
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SpamburgerHamburger said:
It's fine, It's cool to see them get to do that. I'm sure it really means a lot to him. Happy for them. Now we can all move on.
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I'm sure it does mean a lot to him, but man it REEKS of nepotism. No way Bronny makes an NBA roster except for his dad.

I'm glad they go to do this, but it's extremely privileged.

Meanwhile, Dilly rode the bench all night.
 
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Basscat1987 said:
I couldn’t care less. Maybe if his son deserved to see the court in a NBA game I would feel a little different about it regardless of what I or some might think about Lebron but he doesent.
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Do you get equally as upset with all the other nepotism that runs rampant in professional sports, or is this just a LeBron thing for you?
 
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Ah another thread where everyone pretends this is the first and worst case of nepotism in professional sports. It's literally all over the place, all over America. In every single Fortune 500 boardroom, professional sports franchises, universities, everywhere. But for some reason it's become an issue now that LeBron benefited from it.

I think this is a cool story for non-basketball reasons. LeBron had the weight of the world on his shoulders since he was 16 and has handled it all with incredibly grace and class. Decades at the forefront of the media's attention with no real scandal. This is kind of the culmination of all of that with Bronny getting drafted.

Came up in poverty, worked hard to be professionally successful, is married, seems to be a very supportive and good dad (he's really leaning into the embarrassing dad schtick around his kids). He is pretty much the epitome of the "family values" American dream a lot of you are always going on about, but for some reason you dislike him.
 
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It would be cool if this was truly an NBA level dad and his NBA level kid. But Bronny really isn't worthy of being in the NBA right now. So to me, it's no different than if the Celtics gave Al Horfords son a contract just so he could be on the floor with his dad.

It's neat and all, but it's 100% fabricated and it seems very likely that Bronny will be cut the second LeBron retires. Even his preseason games against 2nd and 3rd units, we're awful.
 
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BlueBomb said:
LA actually made a great business decision with bringing Bronny in. Seriously.

A player taken at the bottom of the draft basically NEVER works out. At least in this case, they got a player that will sell shoes, apparel, and some tickets. He doesn't deserve to be in the league, of course. But the Lakers made the smart move. As long as they're willing to take the PR hit.
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Do the Lakers really need Bronny to sell tickets?
 
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kyeric said:
Do the Lakers really need Bronny to sell tickets?
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It's not that at all.. LeBron has them by the balls, for whatever reason. They were never going to draft Bronny, but that was the only way they could keep LeBron, and LeBron sells tickets .

It's a good thing they got Knect because this was looking like the makings of a 3-4 year rebuild once LeBron leaves, and it still might be.
 
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ukcatz12 said:
Ah another thread where everyone pretends this is the first and worst case of nepotism in professional sports. It's literally all over the place, all over America. In every single Fortune 500 boardroom, professional sports franchises, universities, everywhere. But for some reason it's become an issue now that LeBron benefited from it.

I think this is a cool story for non-basketball reasons. LeBron had the weight of the world on his shoulders since he was 16 and has handled it all with incredibly grace and class. Decades at the forefront of the media's attention with no real scandal. This is kind of the culmination of all of that with Bronny getting drafted.

Came up in poverty, worked hard to be professionally successful, is married, seems to be a very supportive and good dad (he's really leaning into the embarrassing dad schtick around his kids). He is pretty much the epitome of the "family values" American dream a lot of you are always going on about, but for some reason you dislike him.
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But, for the most part, this is the only instance we have to hear about non-stop. And when you stack it on top of every announcer mentioning the fact Lebron is 37, 38, 39, almost 40 after every play he makes, it's become insufferable.
 
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LineSkiCat14 said:
It's not that at all.. LeBron has them by the balls, for whatever reason. They were never going to draft Bronny, but that was the only way they could keep LeBron, and LeBron sells tickets .

It's a good thing they got Knect because this was looking like the makings of a 3-4 year rebuild once LeBron leaves, and it still might be.
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True. By proxy he sells tickets. 😁

And Knecht, although only through pre-season and one regular season game, is looking like he could be a steal at 17.
 
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WallMashKyBall said:
They were on the court for 8 minutes together last nite. I support a father supporting family above all else.

LeBron: "It's always been family over everything. For me, I lost a lot of time because of this league and committing to this league. Being on the road at times, missing a lot of his things, Bryce's things, Zhuri's things, so to be able to have this moment where I'm working still and I can work alongside my son, it's one of the greatest gifts I've ever gotten from the man above and I'm going to take full advantage of it."
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As a dude who hates LeBron, I thought this was lame and I still hate LeBron thanks
 
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WallMashKyBall said:
They were on the court for 8 minutes together last nite. I support a father supporting family above all else.

LeBron: "It's always been family over everything. For me, I lost a lot of time because of this league and committing to this league. Being on the road at times, missing a lot of his things, Bryce's things, Zhuri's things, so to be able to have this moment where I'm working still and I can work alongside my son, it's one of the greatest gifts I've ever gotten from the man above and I'm going to take full advantage of it."
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But it's not a gift, right?

He kind of forced it.
 
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I'm a lifelong Lakers fan. I've been a LeBron hater most of his career. I'd like to see the Lakers be a threat in the Playoffs.

I have zero warm and fuzzies about this. I'm not really super mad or upset about it.

It does feel like a "Make a Wish" situation. Kid doesn't deserve to be there. He hasn't earned it. If he were on any other team or his dad was anyone else, he wouldn't even see the court.
 
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ukcatz12 said:
Ah another thread where everyone pretends this is the first and worst case of nepotism in professional sports. It's literally all over the place, all over America. In every single Fortune 500 boardroom, professional sports franchises, universities, everywhere. But for some reason it's become an issue now that LeBron benefited from it.

I think this is a cool story for non-basketball reasons. LeBron had the weight of the world on his shoulders since he was 16 and has handled it all with incredibly grace and class. Decades at the forefront of the media's attention with no real scandal. This is kind of the culmination of all of that with Bronny getting drafted.

Came up in poverty, worked hard to be professionally successful, is married, seems to be a very supportive and good dad (he's really leaning into the embarrassing dad schtick around his kids). He is pretty much the epitome of the "family values" American dream a lot of you are always going on about, but for some reason you dislike him.
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Grace and class? Good luck.
 
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WallMashKyBall said:
They were on the court for 8 minutes together last nite. I support a father supporting family above all else.

LeBron: "It's always been family over everything. For me, I lost a lot of time because of this league and committing to this league. Being on the road at times, missing a lot of his things, Bryce's things, Zhuri's things, so to be able to have this moment where I'm working still and I can work alongside my son, it's one of the greatest gifts I've ever gotten from the man above and I'm going to take full advantage of it."
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Wow, Whoopi, Bronny should not be in the NBA, so personally to me this is just one big joke.
 
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SemperFiCat said:
They're sports guys. It's for the moment and posterity. I have no issues with it. They probably appreciated being a part of it.
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It sends a bad message, IMO. You too can make the NBA ahead of everyone else if your daddy plays in the NBA. Bronny doesn't deserve it.
 
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And there's never any nepotism in politics, at least on a certain side, lawyer's son, daughter and her husband in WH, daughter in law Chair's the grand ole party.
 
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