The expected outcome doesn’t always emerge in sports. This time, it did. Bronny James will get to play NBA basketball with his father, LeBron James. The Los Angeles Lakers selected Bronny James with the 55th pick in the 2024 NBA draft. There were no last-minute complications. Bronny entered the draft knowing that while he could have played a second year of college basketball, he could fast-track his career path and be able to share plane flights with his famous father as a Laker teammate. To be sure, Bronny is not expected to be an extended-minute player for the Lakers, but being in the fold with the franchise and his dad will give him continued proximity to LeBron in ways which would not have existed had he stayed in college or been drafted by another NBA team. The plan all along, it seemed, was for Bronny to go at 55 to the Lakers. Bronny, by being drafted, was picked ahead of dozens of other players who could reasonably claim they are better basketball players right now.
The decision by Bronny James to enter the draft might have seemed like a bad one, purely in terms of where Bronny was selected on the draft board. Bronny could have played another year of college hoops and become a first-round pick in 2025. However, in terms of being able to play with his dad and be on the same NBA team as his dad as a draft pick (and not an undrafted free agent), there is plenty for Bronny himself to like about his situation with the Lakers.
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