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Concerning Bronny James

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For all the folks whining about nepotism in the instance of Bronny James, while turning a blind eye to Giannis and his family team in Milwaukee, all the kids of great players who have jobs on their old teams, and so on: grow up.

It’s the 55th pick, it was always going to be a G-League level prospect. Heck, players who averaged fewer points than Bronny went in the 1st round to other teams. He comes into the league with his head on right, decent defensive skills, and the willingness to embrace the process of improvement rather than the shortcut of entitlement. What more is anyone truly expecting from a late second-rounder?

I think that Bronny will be given the same opportunity to shine as JHS, who did go in the 1st round and looks like a two-way player, at best. He’ll be in camp, maybe play some minor minutes with Pop in preseason, and play a lot in the G-League.

If having Bronny around infuses new excitement into The King for the regular season the pick is worth it. If Bronny is better than expected it’s doubly worth it. If Bronny doesn’t work out, oh no….gee whiz…it’s no worse than Maxwell Lewis ended up. Ergo, nothing lost. In short I only see positives from this.

Getting bent outta shape because you see this is as nepotism means you’re just very, very late to the party. It’s been alive and well in America for centuries . Get used to it and find something that matters to get pissed about.