Gotta say I feel sorry for Bronny James…

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brockytop

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all this hype due to his dad and the kid isn’t even that good. I don’t think he’ll ever live up to what’s expected of him.
 
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brockytop said:
all this hype due to his dad and the kid isn’t even that good. I don’t think he’ll ever live up to what’s expected of him.
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What exactly are people expecting of him?

I'm not an avid college basketball recruiting follower so maybe I'm wrong, but everything I've read says that he's a good, not great prospect. He supposedly likely would have multiple D1 offers even if he wasn't LeBron's son. I don't think anybody thinks he's a generational, transcendent prospect, but people are probably overrating him. The recruiting services have him as a high 4, almost 5-star prospect. I think it's possible that's happening with Arch Manning too. He didn't play high-level competition in high school, but 247 rated made him the highest-rated prospect in the history of that website. That isn't to say that you can't be a great college player if you didn't play high-level high school football (quite the contrary), but in terms of ranking high school prospects he definitely benefitted from his last name.
 
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05_never_again said:
What exactly are people expecting of him?

I'm not an avid college basketball recruiting follower so maybe I'm wrong, but everything I've read says that he's a good, not great prospect. He supposedly likely would have multiple D1 offers even if he wasn't LeBron's son. I don't think anybody thinks he's a generational, transcendent prospect, but people are probably overrating him. The recruiting services have him as a high 4, almost 5-star prospect. I think it's possible that's happening with Arch Manning too. He didn't play high-level competition in high school, but 247 rated made him the highest-rated prospect in the history of that website. That isn't to say that you can't be a great college player if you didn't play high-level high school football (quite the contrary), but in terms of ranking high school prospects he definitely benefitted from his last name.
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So you completely missed when ESPN and the vast majority of sports publications did stories when the kid narrowed his list of schools to the final group as if he was the make or break recruit of the class?
 
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brockytop said:
So you completely missed when ESPN and the vast majority of sports publications did stories when the kid narrowed his list of schools to the final group as if he was the make or break recruit of the class?
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That isn't surprising that there is a lot of interest in where LeBron's son is going to play college basketball.

What are they actually saying about his playing ability though? I haven't heard anybody suggest that he's anywhere close to being as good as his dad, or a make or break recruit. Everything I've heard people say is that he actually is a good player (although perhaps being hyped into a great player) who would get offers from D1 schools even if he wasn't a member of the lucky sperm club.
 
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Bronny will be fine. He’s already the leader of anyone in NIL $ at $7Million. If I were a coach I think I might be a little hesitant at recruiting him. I feel like his dad at times likes to show up at AAU events, SC games and kind of takes the spotlight by getting into the layup lines, getting on the floor, etc... Not saying LBJ could do that at a D1 level, but I wouldn’t want to be the guy getting phone calls when Bronny isn’t getting minutes .
 
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RDU VOL#14 said:
Bronny will be fine. He’s already the leader of anyone in NIL $ at $7Million. If I were a coach I think I might be a little hesitant at recruiting him. I feel like his dad at times likes to show up at AAU events, SC games and kind of takes the spotlight by getting into the layup lines, getting on the floor, etc... Not saying LBJ could do that at a D1 level, but I wouldn’t want to be the guy getting phone calls when Bronny isn’t getting minutes .
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That, and LBJ repeatedly saying that he wants to play on the same NBA team with him before he retires doesn't do him any favors either.
 
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vols 30 said:
Nah. It's that ridiculous 1st name. Bronny sounds like a girl's name.
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His real name is LeBron Ramone James. Bronny is a nickname. Even so, wishing failure on someone because you don't like their name is ridiculous.

He also scored 15 points and went 5-8 from 3 in 19 minutes in the McDonald's All-American game last night, so I probably wouldn't be *****ing on him just yet.
 
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I think he is an alright player with some upside. I think it's a shame he is highly considering Ohio State for basketball. He should try paving his own path and go to a state where he can get a break from his dad and focus on himself. A year of Rick Barnes would have been good for him.
 
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vavolfan6 said:
I think he is an alright player with some upside. I think it's a shame he is highly considering Ohio State for basketball. He should try paving his own path and go to a state where he can get a break from his dad and focus on himself. A year of Rick Barnes would have been good for him.
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I doubt Rick Barnes would touch him, because he will take a fella out of the game and tell him why, and he knows that Lebron wouldn’t be having none of that.
 
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vavolfan6 said:
I think he is an alright player with some upside. I think it's a shame he is highly considering Ohio State for basketball. He should try paving his own path and go to a state where he can get a break from his dad and focus on himself. A year of Rick Barnes would have been good for him.
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It might be good for Bronny, but Rick Barnes wants no part of that circus, and neither does LeBron. LBJ and Rick Barnes would be a bad marriage.
 
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Fightmaker said:
I doubt Rick Barnes would touch him, because he will take a fella out of the game and tell him why, and he knows that Lebron wouldn’t be having none of that.
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But I think Bronny needs that and wants that. He needs a coach who isn't going to sucker up to him because of who is dad is. He has received a ton of the limelight due to his Dad, but I get the sense he also wants to prove he belongs. Going to Ohio State is only going to put more pressure on him to be like his Dad. I also.think Barnes would have been up for the challenge
 
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K-town Vol Fan said:
His real name is LeBron Ramone James. Bronny is a nickname. Even so, wishing failure on someone because you don't like their name is ridiculous.

He also scored 15 points and went 5-8 from 3 in 19 minutes in the McDonald's All-American game last night, so I probably wouldn't be *****ing on him just yet.
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He should go with Ramone. 100x better than Bronny
 
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vavolfan6 said:
But I think Bronny needs that and wants that. He needs a coach who isn't going to sucker up to him because of who is dad is. He has received a ton of the limelight due to his Dad, but I get the sense he also wants to prove he belongs. Going to Ohio State is only going to put more pressure on him to be like his Dad. I also.think Barnes would have been up for the challenge
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Honestly, I think his dad wants him to go to a place where a coach might suck up to him. LBJ gets a lot of vitriol, much of it undeserved, but I do detect a little bit of "overly-involved sports dad" from him. The going out on the court during warmups before his games, saying repeatedly that he wants to play with him on the same NBA team, etc., definitely puts more pressure on him than there otherwise would be.
 
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brockytop said:
all this hype due to his dad and the kid isn’t even that good. I don’t think he’ll ever live up to what’s expected of him.
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I don't think people expect all that much, but he is hyped a lot. I've had pretty tempered expectations of him until recently. He's probably going to be a lottery pick next year (it's a down draft) and there is a really good chance he's going to be a 3 and D guy in the NBA for a long time. He seems like one of those guys who's more cut out for the pros than any other level. A 3 and D perimeter player spacing the floor has more value the higher the level the basketball is.

Bronny knows exactly who he is. If you watch him play, he's an incredible athlete who goes all out on D and he has a sweet stroke. He's not even trying to be a star. If you watch his highlights, you'll see nothing but fast breaks, back cuts, and 3's. He's not running offense and that is an indication that he knows he's not going to be his Dad and he's just trying to be the best player he can be.
 
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05_never_again said:
Honestly, I think his dad wants him to go to a place where a coach might suck up to him. LBJ gets a lot of vitriol, much of it undeserved, but I do detect a little bit of "overly-involved sports dad" from him. The going out on the court during warmups before his games, saying repeatedly that he wants to play with him on the same NBA team, etc., definitely puts more pressure on him than there otherwise would be.
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I don't think he's overly involved. He just seems like a good, supportive Dad. Why would Bronny be a role player at his HS if he were pulling strings?

I would bet Lebron wants him to go to USC so he can see as many games as possible. That's his priority in involving himself.
 
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