Is the hype surrounding LeBron James' son Bronny justified?<\/strong><\/p>\r\nBefore this game against Stanford, LeBron said, “He can play for us at the Lakers today. Easy!” He has never hidden the fact that playing with his eldest son represents one of his last dreams (Bryce, his second son and a promising player, is only 16).<\/p>\r\n
“I have to be on the court with my boy,” said The King. I asked him what he wanted to do, and he told me he'd like him to join him in the NBA. “It's up to him to work. I'm here waiting for him. It will take a combination of circumstances and, above all, Bronny being strong enough.”<\/p>\r\n
“He's still improving. He took some tough shots today, which is OK,” says his coach Andy Enfield. “He's an important player for the team. He's a very intelligent basketball player, he plays hard in all positions. He can force fast guys and big men to play defense.” Bronny highlights his top asset in a rare exchange with the press, saying, “I'd like forwards to be afraid to play against the defender I am.”<\/p>\r\n
This has experts saying that his future in the league (if it exists at all) will be more as a roleplayer than a superstar. In the meantime, the process takes its course; Bronny has to decide whether he'll stay on for another year or whether he'll enter the draft this summer.<\/p>\r\n
Among NBA insiders, we understand that several teams could be tempted to select him. “Some are hoping to attract his father,” adds an American colleague. LeBron, who could be free of any contract soon, could thus consider joining the team that drafts his son, unless the Lakers take it upon themselves to bring them together.<\/p>\r\n
This connection seems both fortunate and unfortunate for Bronny: not being a college star but imagining a future at the highest level by attracting the attention of scouts and having to endure the pressure that goes with it.<\/p>\r\n
“He's growing up and getting more comfortable,” says teammate Kobe Johnson. “He handles frustration well when things don't go his way. He's not selfish for a media guy like him and doesn't take it all personally when things don't go his way on the court.”<\/p>\r\n
Kobe and another player, Boogie Ellis, took the spotlight this afternoon against Stanford. In the stands, it's stressed that they are the team's #1 scoring options. But on the way out, the kids have nothing but praise for LeBron's son.<\/p>\r\n
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