The REAL Reason NBA Teams didn’t Draft Bronny James:

NBA Teams wanted to Draft Bronny, but they were threatened not to pick him.
According to reports, Rich Pall, who is LeBron’s Agent has been calling any team that expressed interest in drafting him, that Bronny would take his talents overseas to play in Australia until he is allowed to choose to come to the Lakers on his own.
With this tactic Rich Paul and LeBron were able to scare off any team that thought they could pull a move to entice LeBron to leave the Lakers and join their team. Eventaully the Lakers got what they wanted and drafted browny 55th overall.
Now before you think this type of tactic is something new, it’s actually quite old, for example: The Clippers back in 1989 had the #2 overall pick in the 1st round, they Selected Danny Ferry, Danny did not want to play for the Clippers so he played 1 year in Italy then came back to America to sign with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
So in the end, even if a team really wanted Bronny, they wouldn’t have gotten him to sign any contract, unless that team was the Lakers.

[@sebastiantheanalyst248]

If I was the Boston Celtics with the 54th pick I would’ve chose bronny just to make the Lakers mad

[@lucasseakins8920]

They didn’t want to ruin their franchise probably

[@adamgriz]

@@lucasseakins8920 how would it ruin franchise

[@lucasseakins8920]

@@adamgriz the Celtics have built a championship roster over the last 10 years, and if LeBron somehow got involved, I get the feeling that it would fuck with everything

[@LandenKilronan]

​@@lucasseakins8920 Bron would never sign with them anyway, too much money

[@MovieMasterMike]

I had the same thought. Let him play overseas just to make LeBron mad and maybe by the time he came back LeBron would retire.

[@icharneco29]

My conversation with Paul woulda ended with "You know what, Rich? Now i wanna draft him even more." then hang up

[@2tired653]

They didn’t say that because he has 35 clients in the league currently and most of them are good role players to stars

[@Peter-hz3vs]

@@2tired653the Rich Paul big influence thing is a bit overrated. At the end, player chooses where they want to go. If they are that influential, Lakers would have had much better roster by now.

[@Dworry-lt1dk]

That’s why you don’t have the job 😂

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[@aaronneypes8187]

This tactic burns bridges once the Lakers don't want bronny no more

[@txmade2102]

Lakers chasing a reality TV show instead of a championships 😂😂

[@solascripturaPR1517]

💯

[@feelthabreez3571]

EXACTLY!!!!! 😃 They are no longer serious about winning! Hire a camera crew for "Keepin' up wit leBronny"! .....Produced, directed, and edited by leBronny Sr. of course.🤢

[@lewissmith5770]

Facts

[@SonJosuke-oz5ru]

me as a laker feel offended really badly because this is accurate 💀

[@lich0622]

So a 55th pick in 2nd round got more media coverage and more demand than top 3 picks combined

[@MERO-VGIAN]

You never know 🤷

[@romeroperez3682]

theres no really great players in the draft so obviously theyre gonna focus on the son of one of the goats

[@iStrygwyr]

Ofc LeBum's story gather more views than that top 3 picks. Media is all about money bruh, they won't cover on a less popular player.

[@healsonang4241]

​@iStrygwyr it's just that there's no super good person in this draft

[@bucket_hat_gt21]

It’s crazy that Rich Paul threatened them instead of Bron just going to Bronny’s drafted team 😂

[@akeemMagic01]

Because that was never going to happen. That's just sports media. They don't care where he went in the draft. They know he can play and he's already a self made millionaire..

[@Bandanna-keyring-hardcore]

@@akeemMagic01lmao so you don’t watch ball huh?

[@Mdksupreme1]

​@akeemMagic01 "self made millionaire" is horrible lies, and he definitely can't play at all compared to the other guys that should've been drafted

[@bucket_hat_gt21]

@@Mdksupreme1 fr, the guy drafted before bronny average 14 ppg and the guy after averaged 18, meanwhile Bronny averaging 4

[@goofywill90]

He's a b**** that's why. But he's definitely not winning another title even with cheating

[@aureliomendoza5496]

No one wanted to draft bronny they just said that in order to make it look like teams wanted him

[@jblassio]

Wow, isn’t this tampering? Mr Paul should be banned from representing anyone in the NBA.

[@openworld6337]

Ban lebron...

[@joshsteck7261]

Tampering is trying to poach other teams players. This is an agent of a player trying to fulfill the players wishes

[@InSaiyan-Shinobi]

I mean this has been done before did you watch the video? So it’s an issue when he does it?

[@jblassio]

@@InSaiyan-Shinobi My issue is that I want LeBron out of the Lakers. He’s held them hostage for 6 years.

[@InSaiyan-Shinobi]

@@jblassio eh it ain’t like they gone rebuild any time soon so don’t stress it Knicks will be taking a ring soon eventually. Also hostage is wild he’s one of the oldest players with stats of a Allstar be happy you even got him lmfao wtf you should be worried about AD who constantly gets fucking hurt.

[@executive-x5532]

What talents 😭

[@circumcisionersjar]

His dad's lol

[@connor560]

Can you imagine Bronny shooting a free throw Crowd: Lebron’s gonna trade you, Lebron’s gonna trade you, Lebron’s gonna trade you

[@colinmagaming]

lol

[@Marlin95bMP]

I love that he was going to take his talent to Australia, the one problem with that, he has no talent

[@ImTheCrew]

Eli manning did this too, if my memory serves me

[@tonyp1376]

As did John Elway

[@whytheydothis]

How is this allowed?

[@tonyp1376]

@@whytheydothis I don't like it but ultimately you can't force a guy to play for a particular team if he doesn't want to play for that team. That team could still draft him but since he's already made it clear that he doesn't want to be a part of your organization you'd be spending a valuable draft pick to bring in a malcontent. A team could take that risk but to my knowledge none have and imo they're wise not to at that point as the risks outweigh the benefits. Usually a team in that situation ends up with a comparable player anyway. When Eli refused to play for the Chargers they drafted Philip Rivers, Lonzo Ball (probably Lavars dictate honestly) said he wouldn't play for anyone but the Lakers who picked at 2. So the Celtics, who picked at 1 traded down to 3 and took Jayson Tatum, who was most likely their preferred choice anyway. And it remains to be seen what Bronny becomes but he doesn't project to be anything more than a longterm backup PG at best. So barring a generational talent (i.e. Lebron, Wemby, etc.) you're better off just going with your next best option.

[@knoxsalter2030]

thats actually just being a spoiled brat

[@SadaEKE]

No team actually wanted to draft Bronny. No team even drafted the player who played before Bronny. Bronny is in the league only because LeGM and LeAgent forced LAL to pick him.

[@SGA_Edits]

What if all the teams teamed up and just all teamed together to keep bronny in Australia his whole career or wait until the lakers give in and give up a first for him. And if the lakers never gave in, LeBron may have lost trust and wanted to go play with him anyway

[@RigelZM]

I doubt any teams even consider drafting him the upside is low and drama are high

[@spoodyR3]

Kobe did something similar well Jerry west did on his behalf he told the hornets Kobe would not play for them if he was drafted there no one called his bluff and Kobe being out of highschool was definitely an experiment not a sure bet so the hornets basically were forced to trade him

[@halbent7738]

Wild that nepotism is gonna carry this kid to wasting a bench slot till Lebron retires or leaves.

[@trickedpack4598]

Well to be fair the lakers roster isn’t very good so there’s not much being sacrificed for a prospect like bronny

[@aznpanda510x]

Should’ve just drafted him and laugh. James don’t have that much time anyways

[@cxcookie2293]

Players been more and more tryna choose their team before they even enter the nba. Alex Sarr refused workouts with the hawks cause he didn’t wanna play for them so he got picked number 2 instead of 1

[@theEWDSDS]

I don't blame him... at least Washington has SOMETHING good.

[@mamadoubarrie6607]

@@theEWDSDS He’ll no they worst team in the league

[@theEWDSDS]

@@mamadoubarrie6607 maybe this year, but thats because they're rebuilding the team after moving on from the previous era. They at least have the capability to be good, compared to a team like Charlotte, which is in a constant rebuild.

[@brianice9846]

And they wonder why Klay said, Hell Naw!

[@RBoy12Gamer]

As an Aussie, we don’t want him😭

[@tayo8610]

Americans are way more talented than Aussies at basketball anyways 😂

[@RBoy12Gamer]

@@tayo8610 not all of them

[@asilentrndm3016]

@tayo8610 Not the point. Bronny is doodoo cheeks and there ain't no team that want him for his talents 😭

[@lordhoweproductions3733]

This is so pathetic. LeGM needs to stop ruining the team I’ve loved and supported since the early 90s

[@rickyraya2952]

Bronny will be playing at the Y in a couple of years

[@TA.Smith56]

This seems like tampering…

[@davidadenusi]

Because it is

[@mamadoubarrie6607]

@@davidadenusi It’s not tampering speaking with a player before free agency

[@iamdub1]

Nah it’s more of holding out which has happened multiple times

[@robrig55]

If the NBA really wanted to stop this, they could have put it in the CBA. They didnt.

[@aus3492]

Ah.. here's me thinking other teams didn't draft him because he isn't any good.

[@gwenmarie7311]

I was looking because I know my Heat was not trying to get Bronny.

[@Nodrip79]

How is the 55th pick more talked about than the number one draft pick this is a mess

[@isaiahgentle427]

Eli Manning was drafted first overall by the Chargers, but him and his dad Archie had come to the decision that he would refuse to play with the Chargers if picked by them(for valid reasons). When the Chargers picked him, he still refused, so they traded with the Giants, who picked Phillip Rivers as part of the deal. Players refusing to play for a team that drafted them is not new at all, and not exclusive to the NBA.

[@stephaniechaffin1154]

As it turned out Eli Manning wasn't even that good of a QB. He's the answer to the question What's the worst QB you can win a Superbowl with. He just got lucky enough to get 2.

[@enomfonsammy5646]

Everyone admits the NBA is a business but apparently the still don’t see the athletes as business men lol

[@fly2cold_792]

Isn’t that tampering 😂😂😂

[@rayneozier]

Hell. The number one pick, Alex Sarr just did it. Not saying that Sarr and Bronny are the some level of prospect, but still definitely not nothing new.

[@FlashDust]

Bron really set him up! Lakers is one of the worst team to develop as a rookie

[@Pataflala]

I woulda drafted him in the 2nd round anyway and said "see you in a year"

[@IanRinehart1]

I would have drafted him just to watch Bronny go overseas, and waste 4 LeBron years if i was another team

[@alter6243]

Dude had player empowerment before he was even in the league. Fucking wild.

[@Mdoyle1972]

And he’s not very good, he only got in the league cause of his daddy. I heard Bryce is better…

[@mkbalita2385]

In returned the nba players not wanting to join the lakers and their toxic environment 😁💯

[@Fred_Die]

Toronto should've picked him somewhere along the line as revenge for all those years of "LeBronto". I mean most second round picks don't even make it more then a year, it'd be worth it to get revenge

[@squidy5285]

Lebron is such a jerk

[@fica1137]

Trust me no one wanted Bronny. Well maybe Wizards cuz their front office is a joke

[@joshlee6445]

Yall worked up over a deep 2nd rd pick

[@purplepill_corey2094]

When the privileged gets more privileges. Dude done took some French players spot in the draft 😂

[@7e1ku]

Everybody crying about 55th pick Bronny but cant name the previous 10 55th pick without checking the internet

[@Badhans2007]

Who GAF about some "hand-me-down" agent?

[@grapefruitsodags8387]

As a Celtics fan, you think we want to draft someone who is only in the league because his father and you think we want to sign his father who should be retried by now

[@LaCream973]

Bo body wanted to draft him 😂😂

[@Zamppa86]

I wonder if any team actually wanted to draft Bronny because they would actually have wanted him and not just to lure LeBron :D

[@goldfox177]

Yeah but if a team drafts you you have to go to that team he could have went to Australia and never came to the NBA. Unless they are special the team that drafts you has your rights

[@noelsantiago2664]

Rich Paul should get fined that’s tampering what they call it now

[@darealpapajon]

Kid is gonna be a bust

[@dangerexplosian]

The real reason Nba teams didnt draft bronny He scored 4 points in college ball last season

[@MyLordAndSaviorPancakeMan]

Well technically not poaching, since it’s his agent trying to accomplish what the son wants.

[@marcsrel4mpn]

Then lakers took broonny with guaranteed status amd then destroyed it legacy horrendously

[@pierharry]

nobody wants bronny..so daddy finds a way .

[@jasperbrooks4938]

Dude Rich Paul might have ruined Bronny's career...

[@scrappy93]

I doubt a ton of teams were even going to pick Bronny. Remember this kid and Wade's kid left a top school, because they weren't good enough to get pt.

[@josiahrosario1255]

Tbh as a Boston Celtics fan and if I was a basketball player and my Celtics rival the Los Angeles Lakers and they drafted me I'll just play overseas and don't play with them just play for another team who pick me up from free agency idnc which team that pick me up from overseas I just don't who is it

[@veronicamorton9096]

WTFC 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Fixundfertig1]

How many PPG would have Bronny average in Australia? 🤔

[@daniellabella19]

God loves you stick with him repent and pray 🙏 Amen 🙏

[@YoungTCash]

Adam silver sent the email

[@Xanxevil]

You could’ve just drafted him anyway in the second then either you can develop him and bronny won’t go overseas, or he goes overseas and the lakers get someone who wasn’t developed by a team and just have bronny has cap space

[@MOYO_NAFSI]

lmao now thts another level of nepotism. im glad bronny made the league and he gets a chance to do something thts never been done like playing with his dad.. i remember the ken griffy days with his pops lol so i kinda want to see how tht works out but to make every team back off just so you can have your son play specifically with you lmao thats mad flagrant lmao

[@thenbajunkie]

I think Danny got traded for Ron Harper

[@Evan_Mobley_is_the_GOAT]

He did

[@CrestlineIceberg]

That was one of the worst trades the Cavs did. They traded Harper because of a rumor that he did coke in a nightclub. Gund got wind of that and was adamant to have him gone from the team.

[@Negotiability]

Rich Paul is a literal rat. The fact he's trying to swing DG to the Lakers just by way of his own choosing and not DG... Fire him Garland. He doesn't have your best interests. He only aims to help Bron in every way. That or get more money for himself.

[@relser187]

Isn’t that illegal?? That’s totally tampering that’s not how this league’s draft system works. If this is true, the Lakers and Bronny need to be fined

[@Marlin95bMP]

The problem is the fact that he’s not good enough to play in the NBA, he’s not even a G league player, the lakers are a joke

[@user-sx8lb6kx6t]

Agreed

[@bigspoon.]

Big Spoon 🥄

[@billhope914]

he's already getting everything he wants. definitely gona b a diva.

[@AUG_Glow]

Someone should just have drafted bronny in the second round, if they want to throw a tantrum they can, but LeBron wouldn’t have been able to play with his son anyways

[@JohnWilliams-xe4zi]

How is this not tampering??

[@HewittShaq]

Because he wasn't in the league yet

[@branislavlukic3919]

Nobody wanted him, this is all bs. This would be more than a tampering.

[@rhenspaulpaguia57]

So its really just because of lebron then?😅😢

[@darnellharris159]

I think they putting too much on this story Yes Rich Paul said what he said but maybe to make Lebron happy He knew damn well wasn't nobody about to draft Bronny but Lakers ha smh Who he think he is J.Prince haha

[@ranzclifordtiezo1027]

If I was between the Golden State Warriors or The Los Angeles Clippers I will draft Bronny because of Klay Thompson and Paul George is gone on the Team and Especially Cleveland Cavaliers or Miami Heat to bring back Lebron James on their team and Jimmy Butler on the Miami to trade Lebron James

[@thishandleisalreadytaken3]

is this confirmed btw? with proof or is it just speculation at the moment

[@louiedajet]

Nothing new, they did this same thing but way under the table with Kobe. They shouldn’t allow him to play in the NBA for 3 years.

[@Mdoyle1972]

Don’t worry, he’s not gonna play much. He failed in college, you think just cause daddy is on his team he is gonna be good? Leflop Jr. just a different kinda flop…😢

[@teb5479]

scare off = fake news. BJ not special, only team that wanted him was Fakers.

[@NIVIYE15]

its a script obviously

[@quadoduece]

Duh, this is not a new tactic in any sport.

[@anthonysales5924]

Wrong, just think of the kid left out. Lj is a bum has been a bum over and over, only when he has a super team has he won.

[@davidendo7391]

Then what is the purpose of the draft?

[@Darvin-xy4qn]

I call cap

[@jarvisstradford7211]

This is why NBA is rigged

[@lordfaust023]

They did'nt draft him cause he suck...lol

[@cjames21]

Cause he ain’t and never will be nba level is the reason! Case closed!

[@veronicamorton9096]

💩💩😂😂

[@second2nonebut1]

😂 thats why professional sports is trash... Too much tampering...

[@brianrhodes1987]

Lol only the Lakers wanted him just too keep LeBron If it wasn't for LeBron they wouldn't want him either and went undrafted

[@spoodyR3]

Not true

[@Bruwtf]

@@spoodyR3I mean bronny is shitty and doesn’t even play well

[@Backup_Punter]

@@spoodyR3 he averaged 4 ppg in college, who besides the lakers is drafting him? he's not an nba talent

[@cooreyfeldman2688]

🧢🧢🧢

[@bprofit4]

Cap

[@karlosjeter]

Stop it Tell me something!! Where do you find this fakeness

[@YoungTCash]

Hopefully this means no more lakers banners for decades… California sucks and LA is a garbage city

[@Bcole30xs]

bc he’s not good.

[@mjisthegoat88]

because he sucks?

[@yr2564]

We’ll bye it’s not like he’s great this is y I hate lebron all this to please him I would have drafted him anyway

[@jacobmudd8024]

That’s tampering.

[@akeemMagic01]

Not just for LeBron, Bronny is really good player and Prospect..

[@user-cf4pf4kb4v]

Rick Paul must be playing your KZbinrs too but y'all just come up with the b******* is stories first of all Ronnie LeBron James Junior was on the average and four points a game who the f*** cares about LeBron James when he only got two to three years left stop the cat but no one wanted LeBron James