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Former USC guard Bronny James has kept his name in the 2024 NBA Draft class and for obvious reasons has become one of the most intriguing prospects available.
His father, LeBron James, hasn’t been shy about his desire to play with his son, yet Bronny averaged just 4.8. points per game on 36.6 percent shooting in his lone season with the Trojans last year.
There is still plenty of interest in him as a prospect as ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith has said that the Los Angeles Lakers aren’t the only team looking to take him on draft night, with the Dallas Mavericks being the other team he is hearing could position themselves to take Bronny in order to lure LeBron away from LA.
A different team is interested in jumping the Lakers to draft Bronny pic.twitter.com/Gv0eLjyo80
— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) May 14, 2024
Despite Bronny’s abysmal showing at USC last season, he lit it up at the NBA Combine this week and showed off a 40-inch vertical and a polished jumper, though he did measure in at 6’1″, which was shorter than expected.
Second-round picks don’t often pan out in the NBA anyway, so if LeBron James comes attached to one of them, it’s worth the risk every time.
Any team that thinks they have a shot at landing LeBron if they draft Bronny will do it, and the Mavericks would be a particularly interesting one given LeBron’s history with Kyrie Irving and the team being in title contention.
The Lakers’ path to contention is unclear after back-to-back years getting dismantled by the Denver Nuggets in the playoffs.
Stephen A. said LeBron in Dallas might make the Mavs more popular than the Cowboys.
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