Elle says Bronny James benefitting from nepotism is NOT UNIQUE | The Elle Duncan Show

Elle and Gary dive into the nepotism of it all with Bronny James joining his father LeBron James on the Lakers.
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[@Al-vy2ky]

That’s why ESPN got these no names to speak on this cause I bet no one else wanted to say this bs wether it’s true or not

[@halfbreed7208]

Facts lol 😂 🤣🤣🤣

[@user-vi5vd3ty9d]

😂😂😂😂

[@rickrude777]

this is corny af

[@MultiBreezyb]

Yo ESPN you all are losing viewers. Stop posting crap each day. Actually talk about players that can hoop not a g leaguer

[@iDontUploadiJustSub]

Actually they do talk about athletes but YOU keep clicking on Bronny videos and commenting on them because you are interested. Now your Algorithm is filled with Bronny😂 Same with the 20 people who liked your comment

[@flynngoodwo]

gleaguers can hoop bro..

[@TrolLing-kq9cs]

Elle Duncan is such a birdbrain

[@JS96919]

Birdbrains are better than non birdbrains

[@TrolLing-kq9cs]

@@JS96919 says a birdbrain

[@amoghmohan6696]

This is pathetic

[@WRNIIVIIII]

ESPN 🤝 Milking anything that has to do with LeBron You guys are so pathetic that I KNOW FOR A FACT you are going to cover LeBron like an active superstar athlete when he is knee deep in retirement.

[@JaySwavo]

That’s exactly what Stephen A Smith & Skip Bayless does & still do with Micheal Jordan since his retirement. What’s the problem?

[@nonamewillbegiven6847]

@@JaySwavo nice try Bron stan

[@nonamewillbegiven6847]

@@JaySwavo and don't like your own comment

[@DemiB5030]

No they do not. Bron stans are delusional

[@JaySwavo]

@@nonamewillbegiven6847 why do I need to like my own comment? I’m not like you lames bruh

[@hernandezmarkie7382]

This is embarrassing ESPN turned into CNN

[@stephenmullenax4522]

They got bought by Disney a couple years ago so makes sense

[@nonamewillbegiven6847]

Good thing they're not Fox News dunderhead

[@jjcarver80]

How are you gonna carve your own path AND be a nepo baby? Oxymoron.

[@CaptainAntMusic]

Smh you just following the hype, look at shaq or jordan sons and tell me what's the difference. Look at that NHL family that played together Dad and 2 sons. The difference is bronny came in saying "I'm not gone be my dad" and yall all ignore that

[@halfbreed7208]

@@CaptainAntMusic Facts 💯 this guy is just jealous .. because his dad .. left him never claim .. him and he’s. broke us a joke 🤣🤣🤣 and don’t .. got to life and on KZbin😳 complaining 👀👀 about someone else that’s rich 🤑 LMAO🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@bobhanson1037]

​@@halfbreed7208 you're defending a grown man whose the son of a billionaire on KZbin. That's worse than complaining. Get ready for a long season of defending a billionaire sons for free 😂😂😂 at least go get some money for PR.

[@oldbean7150]

@@halfbreed7208my guy… who asked?

[@AdonisNineteen99]

​@halfbreed7208 stop smoking kiddo!

[@princekarl4279]

Who was the No. 1 pick please? Cuz it seems 55th Pick was the only one that night

[@JaySwavo]

Lmao you don’t even know the name of the #1 draft pick, stop talking 😂

[@nonamewillbegiven6847]

​@@JaySwavobe quiet Bronny stan

[@sci-fiknight8084]

zacchaire risacher bro us a 3 and d prospect

[@Pop-lr6yb]

​@sci-fiknight8084 pick number 1 and average 7 it's per gm.

[@nonamewillbegiven6847]

@@Pop-lr6yb you mean he earned a spot and wasn't drafted cause of his daddy

[@haqctrix]

Nba2k didn't fall for the nepotism and gave bronny a 58overall rating no cap

[@InvestBetter.]

After last season, "his own path" would be as The Waterboy for UCLA, not a 2nd round draft pick Some people need a lot of help to be relevant in this life. I call these people Bronny James

[@nickydof]

This is unbelievable! How can someone be carrying water this much for nepotism? Bringing up rubbish analogies and talking points. This is crazy!

[@odin3158]

What is the issue? Players get traded for second round draft picks all the time -- lebron's price for resigning was the 55th pick + max deal, thats perfectly reasonable.

[@flynngoodwo]

​@@odin3158 maybe the issue is that zombies like you don't care, that a kid out there grew up in poverty worked hard to have a chance at his dream and it was taken away.

[@odin3158]

@@flynngoodwo Except it wasn't. Late second round contracts are non guaranteed which is why it is technically worse than being undrafted. Hence players (i.e. austin reaves, declined to be drafted by pistons at #42) who could've been drafted in the late second round prefer to be undrafted so that they can choose their team freely. That 'kid which grew up in poverty' can sign with the lakers g-league affiliate just as bronny james.

[@nonamewillbegiven6847]

​@@odin3158you are clueless

[@flynngoodwo]

@@odin3158 well.. Bronny got a 4yr/8mil contract, 3yr guaranteed +1 team optn

[@Jfrancis198515]

Vehemently disagree with this. Getting help from my parents would be completely different from them influencing me into a job. No way. And it’s a gross mischaracterization to say that most people would want nepotism. Especially as parents. It’s not about your kids happiness. It’s about the lessons nepotism demonstrate to them going into adulthood. On some level it’s confirmed that “if I really want something, my name can get me in”. And the argument that nepotism is everywhere isn’t the issue that, I’m at least, disagreeing with. It’s true. Doesn’t make it right though. And to say that nepotism isn’t wrong and just shrug it off is a HUGE value problem.

[@user-bi4bb6cd9s]

My issue with these networks is that instead of calling it for what it is, they're using side narratives to absolve themselves from admitting it. The whole _nepotism is everywhere_ is just stating the obvious. If it's that obvious, then why is it so difficult to admit it?! And the idea that "nepotism is good" is 🐂💩. It's only "good" until you become a victim of it.

[@itshiho]

Actually he's a sorry nepo baby...

[@Spook291]

Like it’s wild that this young man really can’t play, his hs numbers weren’t good, he wasn’t good at USC, and he’s not good as a pro. Yet people are too scared of Lebron to criticize him.

[@heyitsmedammit]

Elle Duncan: Nepotism is wrong regardless of who is doing it or the number of people doing it. Stop it, get help

[@vishvenkatesh2296]

dang, all these media jokers are scared for their jobs and losing revenue from being shunned by lbj and klutch.

[@ItsMasterLurk]

Sure let's just ignore how there's thousands of other people that actually worked for and deserved that spot.

[@xavierlogistics4057]

Bronny could be the superstar the WNBA has needed for decades.

[@user-vi5vd3ty9d]

ESPN don’t disappoint. Not even 6:30am and bronny posts from them already up. This is the network that fired max and kept big stutter perk. CNNESPN

[@Grayhound19]

I’d also like to say I personally believe she made that up about someone telling her she’ll never do anything important again

[@JusSick24]

I don't care if I can't name the person that would've had a shot at the Lakers. You know full well Bronny did not DESERVE anything that was just handed to him. You guys are full of it.

[@I.am_Groot]

ESPN... Bronny is living rent free here. I would think even LeBron at this point would be shaking his head wondering how the most recognized name in sports media is spending so much energy on a late 2nd round pick when there are actual ballers and other sports to cover

[@boogs718beats]

Any other kid with the same heart issue would be on the don’t draft list. He should have stayed in school, got better and create a basketball resume so no one can say you were just handed a spot.

[@saw12367]

Yall can justify all you want. He's not an NBA caliber basketball player. So, I'm just gonna sit back and enjoy the carnage. Lebron will get his vanity moment of "playing with his son." Yall will act like its some historical moment.....Its not....its a bad Hollywood script for an unwatchable Disney movie. My enjoyment comes from watching the Lakers implode into mediocrity

[@johnobrien1759]

This really sucks. I grew up in the 80s and the 90s. I watched SportsCenter religiously as a kid, and as a teenager. When I got in my 20s, I was working, but there was a show, I’d make sure to record or try to watch every day and that was PTI. It was two guys talking about and arguing sport topics. But that show was truly the downfall of ESPN, because now that’s all they do. I get that a format like SportsCenter wouldn’t work anymore, but they have a bunch of women activist, talking sports and telling me how I should think, I just can’t do it.

[@I.am_Groot]

I feel this been watching ESPN since the days where you had to grab a newspaper on Monday morning to get your fantasy football stats and they were once a great source of sports information. When their website started putting too much content behind a paywall I drifted away but still checked their TV content and youtube but at this point I keep this feed on my scroll for laughs mostly

[@mostmost1]

Its ok for his daddy. Yet its not ok for laker fans who want championships. Its not ok for the integrity of the brand or league.

[@Teachernyc]

Caitlan Clark would destroy my little ponie 1v1. V😂

[@Indigo3.7]

We literally have NON ATHLETE KZbinRS AS REAL ESPN MEDIA ANALYST... 🤦🏻🤦🏻🤦🏻🤦🏻 ESPN IS NOT SPORTS PROFESIONAL! ITS A SCRIPTED LEBRON SHOW AND THE WORLD KNOWS IT AND THE WORLD IS SICK OF IT

[@TPM1424]

Nepotism I can see it a family business. This is the NBA!

[@kingstonshacklebolt1431]

The difference is, most beneficiaries of nepotism are actually good at their jobs and prove that they belong where they are at. Bronny James is a terrible basketball player, he does NOT belong where he is at.

[@calie03hood]

Standing at Nepo Guard BRONNY JAMES🤪

[@kevinjoyce4149]

Why is Bronny getting more coverage than the top 3 picks?

[@Paulafan5]

Lakers want to waste a late round pick? They want to give him a big contract (for his draft position)? I don't care. But ESPN acting like he's a top prospect is ridiculous. Disrespecting all the top picks that earned media attention and are getting nothing.

[@jharp08]

Let’s be real, dude should of been an udfa not a 2nd rounder taking from someone’s who’s deserving

[@mjprelic]

Why are people comparing competitive sports to life. In sports we want to see the best of the best . We know he's not. And PG at 6'1 isn't a project

[@johnobrien1759]

Murder is rampant around the world, but that doesn’t make it OK. Also, we all know that we are going to hear how great of an accomplishment it is that both of them are on a basketball court, when we all know the truth. This is beyond manufactured and the public can’t stand it. What makes it even worse is, you have some middle-aged ESPN activist telling me how to think.

[@plantbased15]

No one care if he LeBron son but he's is not even good enough at his position. He wasn't good enough in college and he has to actually produce on the court. All the politics don't really matter can he play.. and the answers is NO!! Emphatically

[@campayne08]

Its clear that Non sports players take on competitive sports.... don't call it competitive sports anymore

[@BRBgottadj]

its not unfair we were clearly stating that hes not ready at all. Period!!! nepotism is what we want you guys to admit and quit acting like he can play in the league and promoting him as if he is a 1st round pick.

[@mstar034]

If he was to carve his own path he’d be in the G league or back to college. This is just nepotism and only in the NBA because of his last name.

[@SmithMGLV]

5 star recruit out of high school and almost died before his freshman year and barely took 3 shots a game now he was never gonna make it in the nba 💀hall run with any narrative

[@calitobautista4410]

You know he didn’t deserve that ranking. He didn’t even dominate before the heart thing

[@SmithMGLV]

@@calitobautista4410 before he died he dominated the all American game which is always full of nba talent

[@halfbreed7208]

@@SmithMGLV This sissy 👧🏼don’t know nothing about sports. ‼️💯 He just on here talking he’s. a weirdo. 😵‍💫Don’t even got a life complaining 👀👀🤣 about rich 🤑 people. 👀👀🤣🤣 Don’t even know .. facts ‼️idiot 🤣🤣🤣

[@kevinjohnson9319]

@@SmithMGLVnever dominated nothing an this from ppl who knows him an his game stop glazing

[@user-lt3th5vd6o]

Bronny is pure mediocre. He couldn't start at UF. That's the Gators....he couldn't be our starting 1 or 2 period.

[@JaySwavo]

8:24 this all I gotta say lmao. Everybody keep saying “somebody else deserve that spot” but not naming NO PLAYERS 😂😂💯

[@nonamewillbegiven6847]

@@JaySwavo any player. Not someone who got it cause of daddy you egg brain

[@dal9946]

This isn’t a door being opened, or a little push being given… Y’all strapped him to a rocket and blasted him through those doors, walls, windows, and any other obstacle that may have been I his path

[@chriswheeler263]

That guy implying somehow Jordan’s kids got an opportunity in basketball through him. No they didn’t. One son was an OK mid tier at major/mid-major and never sniffed the NBA. I’m sure their Dad could’ve something but he didn’t.

[@jacbauer2411]

Did she compare Bronny to the joker 🃏??? 😆

[@mjprelic]

This was one-sided. Let's talk about all the players drafted after Bronny is actually better than him. Where was USC best player drafted?

[@nanufisher]

Bro really said hawk tuah. I like that guy.

[@CharlieCrack9980]

Being a nepo for a executive position is different than a position on the basketball court

[@campayne08]

So we shouldn't cry about White Privilege then lol

[@user-xy7vi4fp7l]

All the nepo babies coming out defending bronny lol

[@Fellow287]

The espn personalities are all afraid of Lebron. Even the big names. We don’t know who these people are….but the big name basketball personalities….they’re all afraid to say anything negative about the situation. Trust me.

[@bobchris9423]

NO👏BODY👏CARES👏

[@eastsidejimmi1044]

Nobody wants to keep it real he don deserve the spot some of his usc teammates that put numbers up that didn’t get drafted deserves that 55th spot tf that’s woulda been my answer if I was that Phili fan

[@RoseCurry5]

Espn works for Klutch

[@mrlogick1098]

If we could only get passed the name part 😂 Talk about delusional This felt very disingenuous

[@ambientsounds5832]

How much is klutch paying yall lol

[@DanielGonzalez-hf6ql]

These titles with .... "And that's okay". Are horrible.

[@missingbuck]

Bronny James is a Nepo Baby …And That’s Okay. That was the original title before it was changed. Elle is such a DUMB DUMB for this kind of take.

[@Burninemcity]

Society was built on nepotism. Probably why Society hasn't reached its full potential, but hey... at least we get to witness a funny one. Hes just had a heart attack, hes too short and he has a 4pt avg 😂😂😂😂 keep wishing lebron u egomaniac

[@robertstanford1778]

Facts are facts Bronny was not worthy of a 2nd round pick. Nothing he did in college, heart issue or not, merited a second round pick. He could have just gotten a free agent try out. Instead he was given an 8 million dollar guaranteed contract. No 55th pick gets a guaranteed contract. That's what wasn't earned and that's the kind of thing that gives nepotism a bad name.

[@martianme9482]

Nepo baby . . . 😂

[@amikewheelio]

& it’s ok that I root against him every chance I get. 😂

[@travisokamoto2672]

Racism is “not unique”. But people will eventually speak out against it I hope without fear they will be embarrassed because racism isn’t new, or we didn’t complain is out it yesterday. Poor argument.

[@jonjons269]

This kid gonna be the best 55th pick of all time for sure

[@DmitriBron1973]

why should a 19 year old who averages 4 points in college not deserve a 7 million dollar contract ? He might average a tripple doulbe in the NBA : 2-2-2.

[@drewstinson3901]

If the league turns on the magnets for Bron-Bron then the haters will have no reason to complain.

[@chiefcheems1404]

Top tier content right here

[@JHBROCHACHO]

I would think it would be more fulfilling to work hard and get to were you are in life but guess not me personally i have rich family members that have offered me jobs and money but i declined it respectfully when i was younger why because i don't want no shortcuts i will earn what i get to me it's more fulfilling

[@whodat1884]

Doesn't matter at this point the NBA is a meme league.

[@kaketaylor]

Hmmm - I 100% don’t even understand the “half the man your mom” is joke…that one didn’t hit Elle.

[@destryfrazier4705]

Funny how no one said that about Bill Waltons son when they made him the coach of the Lakers.

[@nonamewillbegiven]

Maybe cause that wasn't nepotism egg brain

[@rackball5858]

Walton played for the franchise. They didn’t hire him because he was bill Walton’s son. He also was an assistant head coach with the warriors.

[@Fayn757]

Because he coached the warriors for 50 games the previous season .

[@ericp166]

Stephen a, the face of espn used to say and believe whole heartedly that the best thing about sports is that they are a true ecosystem for a meritocracy. Now espn is all, merit, who cares?

[@chasenickles260]

Lebron is already super wealthy ..... the fact that his son is taking up a roster spot that could of change the lives of somebody else family is ridiculous........ especially in a predominantly black sport such as the nba u got dudes like, shaq, dwade and even MJ who kids didnt make it into the nba, even though they also had the power to what lebron did..... Im cool for nepotism as long as it makes sense... clearly this dream is more of lebron than it is his son and it seems like the media such as espn is setting the kid up for failure.......

[@travisokamoto2672]

“ Not unique”doesn’t mean it’s cool

[@SGdist00]

oh ,she good good👌🏾🎯

[@ChocoThunDuh]

Hes also a Make-a-wish-kid

[@RaAusarRegal321]

This is sad!!!!

[@DdSs-ne6jt]

Not being a hater , I like his game. But the reason Bronny doesn't play like his daddy is because LeBron came from nothing. LeBron was more hungry for it.

[@mikespell1480]

I just hope he has his own lane they really rushed this kid u can tell his dad put some big paper up to have him there in la

[@user-be5mj7wy8u]

Who are you to tell me what it is?

[@gdtiago1]

It's hardly suprising how much hate Bronny is receiving. His dad decimated whole franchises for over a decade while nit shutting up and dribbling when it came to social justice. People either really love or really hate him and that has made him easily the biggest draw in the NBA. Drafting NBA players is typically based on projected ability and college performance ( potential can outweigh college performance like it did for Bennet oa d slightly less fir Oden when he was drafted ahead of KD despite his awesomenumbers at Texas his fresan year). Bronny killed it at the combine and yet didn't make it in the 1st round (which makes sense base on his college performance and potential). His delusional detectors re acting like he was lucky to get drafted the 55th Pic without looking as his physically attributes recorded at the combine and his dedication to the game...disgusting.

[@angelmelendez2468]

The situation is he doesn’t belong in the NBA let’s be honest. But defend your lack of integrity

[@AlexanderWomack-hq2hn]

She’s wrong Gary is right

[@darryls2141]

Poor Kiyan Anthony. He's gonna be chopped liver.

[@mrlogick1098]

Nah he’ll be fine He’s 6’6 and a a scorer , someone will draft him….his spot will be earned

[@mranniversary6474]

Sad

[@mattk720]

Is this a case of nepotism? Absolutely. But aquiring Bronny James was not about nepotism (ultimately), it was about business. Lebron on the Lakers sells and brings in $$$ for the organization. So keeping Lebron happy is key to the Lakers, and aquiring Bronny is a result of that - just like any other perks or incentives the Lakers throw LeBron's way. So once again, I think people should stop focusing so heavily on the nepotism aspect and just accept that this just business being done.

[@nonamewillbegiven]

This aint about business

[@mattk720]

@@nonamewillbegiven appreciate your reply. Please feel free to elaborate so I can understand your take.

[@paulsilas6037]

Too late to carve his own path. He already on someone else path 😅

[@darryls2141]

still must have Talent- And Bronny does-

[@johnobrien1759]

No, that’s the problem. He averaged four points on a team that didn’t even make it to the NIT. He is a 6 foot 1 shooting guard who can’t shoot, who has a heart problem, that can’t play defense. And that’s the man who gets the guarantee contract.

[@JaySwavo]

All the hatred people got for Bronny are the people that WISH it were LeBron. They had to go through 20+ years of disappointment from Bron beating on their teams now they’re gonna take their anger out on his son

[@nonamewillbegiven6847]

@@JaySwavo yawn Bron and Jr stan

[@nonamewillbegiven6847]

@@JaySwavo 6 finals Ls isnt a disappoinment and the Nuggets owning them the past 2 yrs you stan

[@mado3623]

Elle Duncan she wayy off with this one does she hear herself while she speaks I truly wonder

[@mattsmith4589]

WHY IS THIS ON ESPN?! NOBODY CARES!

[@jeorzea]

Trash podcast for a trash network.

[@JurgenMiHoff]

The people hating on this kid never had real parents that cared about them lmao

[@nonamewillbegiven6847]

Yawn stan

[@JurgenMiHoff]

@@nonamewillbegiven6847 go play catch by yourself buddy

[@nonamewillbegiven6847]

@@JurgenMiHoff I'm a grown man Bron stan

[@JurgenMiHoff]

@@nonamewillbegiven6847 Exactly

[@nonamewillbegiven6847]

@@JurgenMiHoff nothing. Bronny stan

[@donaldlouwe3939]

Most fans know that Bronny is a diamond in the rough and wasn't drafted to be in the starting lineup immediately. The crybaby hater comments are a small whiny minority.

[@user-vi5vd3ty9d]

Diamond in the rough? Lmao. 6 foot 1 is no diamond in the rough.

[@donaldlouwe3939]

@@user-vi5vd3ty9d Lol, spoken like a true casual. Allen Iverson, Jerry West, Chris Paul, Rajon Rondo, John Stockton are/were 6'1 and under.

[@user-vi5vd3ty9d]

@@donaldlouwe3939 4.8 ppg in like 20 min. His summer league game legit was his college career average. Bronny can’t shoot. He isn’t even that good of a defender. You going to trust him one on one vs a Trae young, Ja Morant or a Jalen Brunson? F no 😂

[@nonamewillbegiven]

​@@donaldlouwe3939delusional

[@villecityskates]

Delete this

[@gnem6245]

Everyone dislike the video for the culture

[@tonyrivas6429]

🧢🧢🧢

This lady is messy

[@BangBangUnited]

She a nepo baby, what you expect

[@BangBangUnited]

He ain't even G league standards

[@atumre4705]

Lame.

[@UnrulyRebel-hd2pl]

The Asian Guy talking about Nepotism 😂 how ironic what have this world turn into

[@JS96919]

What do you mean by this comment?

[@km2460]

What does him being Asian have to do with Nepotism? Do you know what it means?🤨

[@JS96919]

@@km2460 what?

[@UnrulyRebel-hd2pl]

@@JS96919 are you slow, it means exactly what he fawk I commented