In an episode of ‘Gil’s Arena,’ former NBA point guard Gilbert Arenas gave his true thoughts on Bronny James’ young basketball career. Taking a cynical approach, Arenas compared Bronny to an athletic Jrue Holiday and admitted that he still isn’t sure what Bronny really is.
“Bronny…he’s a Jrue Holiday, just more athletic,” Arenas said. “If he turns on his tiger, for sure. He just plays the right way. We don’t know what he really is. He has the Bugatti engine, but he wants to drive the speed limit. He don’t want a ticket. ‘I don’t want a ticket.’ That’s how he uses his body.”
Bronny isn’t too far removed from the cardiac incident that threatened his entire basketball future. Naturally, he’ll want to take it easy coming back from something like that and James has been slowly easing into form over the past few weeks. On the court, Bronny has been almost quiet and even passive at times. But thanks to some promising signs as a shooter and his connection to LeBron, Bronny is already making some draft boards across the NBA.
Bronny Is On The Rise
Practically born in the spotlight, Bronny faced pressure from the start to live up to expectations and fill his father’s shoes as his first-born son. And while the just is still out on Bronny’s potential in the NBA, he’s already done enough to make his family proud. Wednesday against Arizona, with his father looking on, Bronny had his best college game to date with 11 points, 6 assists, and 5 rebounds as the starting guard. In the most recent game, he finished with 7 points and 5 assists against Arizona State.
While Bronny’s stats are not overly impressive, he’s showing flashes as a shooter and player who has many people convinced he’ll succeed in the NBA. Regardless of where he’s at now, though, Bronny will have to keep working on his game throughout the season if he wants to raise his draft stock. Fortunately, with a great work ethic and a supportive family to back him up, Bronny is more than capable of making a leap and there is strong confidence about his basketball future.
Who Will Draft Bronny?
At 6’4″ and 210 pounds, Bronny James is a well-sized guard with an excellent feel for the game. Confident yet unselfish, Bronny is similar to his dad in that he always seeks to make the right play. This season, while he’s been struggling to shoot the ball, he’s got a good form and is taking all the right shots. With some more time and experience, Bronny could become a serious threat on the perimeter, and LeBron himself feels that he could play on the Lakers right now as-is.
For this upcoming June, it’s hard to say where Bronny will get picked. While some scouts have him as low as the second round, there are some rumblings that he could fall within the top 10. Either way, whatever team drafts him will also know that it may come with LeBron and that will add a completely new list of things to consider. For now, there’s nothing left to do but wait and see how it all plays out for Bronny, who is proving every day that he is more than the son of an NBA legend.
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