[Highlight] Bronny James blocks Kelly Olynyk at the rim and then shoots a 3 over him
Bronny is closer to Lebron than we’ll ever be to him both figuratively and literally
I‘m Savannah James blud
I wanna call him daddy how she call him daddy
That shit kills me every time.
u dont know who i am
found another KD burner
Embarrassed Ring is a 🔥 KD burner name tbf
A fatty fat fat.
Bronny is LeBron, both figuratively and literally
Lesperm James
people used to say this dude was the worst player in nba history btw
he’s genuinely better than knecht
Been saying all year he should be playing over Gabe Vincent. Which isn’t saying much, but I do think he’s an nba player
The only argument that he should play over Gabe is purely developmental. I think JJ wanted to play him more until he passed up an open look pass from Luka and was benched immediately earlier in the year. He definitely needs more playing time now but unfortunately it’s crunch time so he will get none.
Knecht just can’t defend at all
He can’t do anything at all
He’s better than a good amount of people drafted ahead of him.
Highest expectations for the 55th pick ever
Yeah. People are putting expectations on him like the average 55th pick is a starter. The average 55th pick is lucky to still be on the team at the start of the next season.
I kept trying to tell people that 55th picks rarely ever last in the NBA. And that using that pick on Bronny was more than reasonable given what we already knew about him then. But people in reddit would downvote me regularly.
If a team can convert their 55th pick into a player that can even get minutes in the NBA, they’re already ahead of the curve. But people kept acting like the Lakers ‘wasted’ their pick on him. Nevermind that all 2nd round picks aren’t even guaranteed a job, but still have to try out and see if they can make it.
Also they get team friendly contracts so you can carry a roster spot at an incredibly low salary
Hes way too good of a defender to be the worst anything outside of maybe “worst on your roster” if you have a stacked team.
He’s not even that or second worst for us
Gabe - yes he’s gone but counts , atleast debate
Nick smith
Dalton
I’d rather bronny play unless he’s too scared to shoot that’s my only concern with him but hopefully he’ll get over it with time
Chris Chiozza exists
Dude’s still in the league??
No He recently signed in Italy and is not playing well.
i can’t believe the league let knecht fall to the lakers!!
When it came out that the Lakers didn’t have a scouting department it really made sense on some of their draft picks. They just drafted like how fans at home do, based on college record and the consensus player to be pick at the spot.
They had a scouting department for draft picks, they didn’t have scouting department for the league who would scout other teams before they play them… Some of the stuff that has come to light about the Lakers organization and owners is just crazy to me.
Haha ok fair. That’s equally as crazy, but good to know.
I agree that is insane of them 😂
Dalton Knecht 39 points versus Auburn
It’s astounding how bad Dalton has looked. At the beginning of last season he at least had confidence, which has since completely vanished. I thought he could at least be a 9th man who could swing the occasional game once he gets hot, but is just downright bad. Link above to some insane college highlights.
Idk how even laker fans can say that with their frp from the same draft lookin like total butt
And non Miami Gabe
Lakers really blew it not trading Knecht when he had value
This is the player r/nba thinks they can beat
Who the hell is delusional enough to think that they can take any NBA player 1v1?
when bronny was first struggling when he first came to the league, the threads were absolutely brutal and legit had guys thinking they were on par with him lmfao. fucking reddit man.
He’s been averaging 20 PPG in the G-League from the get go…
On good solid . 22-5-5 on good splits age 20 is legit draft note worthy impressive considering his heart issue set back you can argue he’s behind /younger even on development scale
I’ve been telling people to watch his g league highlights of him dropping 30 a game lol. Most people wont even be competitive in highschool basketball were trying to say they could do the same in the g league. People really dont get there are levels to this.
Average joe (reddit users are here) <<<<<<<<<<<<< 5 star recruit < D2/D3 players < D1 players < overseas < G league < NBA bench < NBA starter < NBA all star < Hall of fame
Wouldn’t a 5 star recruit be above d2/d3 players since they’re likely going to be great d1 players
I played in a pick up game against a d1 guard. He was a bench player who didn’t even really get minutes on his college team. Still it was extremely humbling to say the least lol. Dude was unstoppable. He might as well have been LeBron compared to us.
Maybe like 5 downvoted comments said this
People thought they could beat Scalabrine years ago, where he actually played and destroyed a couple of them. There’s definitely basketball fans online that genuinely think they can beat bronny
And some of the guys who got obliterated by Scalabrine weren’t even your average YMCA guys. They were D1 athletes.
i could take on haliburton & tatum a day after they tore their achilles
I would smoke those guys the day after surgery and will not hold back 😤
Better not be around turn when this guys get back to shape lol. NBA guys can hold onto grudges~
I’ll be load managing indefinitely and they’ll understand.
Damn bro save some of that load for me
The same people who think Cam Thomas averaging 20+ ppg in college and the nba isn’t impressive
I could 100% beat bronny 1v1.
Just not at basketball. Maybe at Mario kart or something
Bro i have gout. Count me out
Hey! I stand by that.
I just don’t want to right now. I have a lot going on…
Where are you getting this from?
His 3 point shooting has impressed me this season
Yeah, currently shooting 42%. Obviously on super low volume but he also shot it well last year in the G-leage
His form is really good.
Yeah its definitely improved, he looked SUPER flat-footed last year he had barely any lift in his shot.
One thing he’s always had imo
Yeah and he’s been consistent with it. Honestly impressed
His shot has always looked smooth but it’s even smoother and going in.
All he needs is confidence, I’m not sure if he gets there but there’s time he’s young . If he dies he can be a bench nba player and that’s a real success story desoite what haters will change story
I mean he’s already briefly died once, how many more times does he need to?
/s I know you got auto corrected but I had to lol
He’s already an bench nba player without a 3pt shot
LeFuckYou Three
Has his release gotten any quicker? It still seems a little slow for a guard
People who don’t think he’s at the very least an NBA level end of bench guy are crazy lmao
Yeah he’s definitely fine in his spot of end of bench/switch back to the D League occasionally
yea at age 21
he’ll be a solid bench guy in his prime
I see him as a GPII type trajectory
That’s definitely the role archetype for him. Hopefully he gets to that level once he develops fully.
I actually think this years Marcus smart wit slightly less defensive chops but more offensive pop
I said this in here last year and got downvoted into oblivion. I will never forget fighting for my life dying on the “Bronny is not gonna be as trash as y’all think” hill.
Dude same! I was like “the expectations for a late second round pick are basically nothing. If he makes the league at some point in his career or finds himself being a contributing role guy, they’ve already hit big.” People would act like I was stupid or something.
I know we have examples of mid to late 2nd rounders doing well, but those examples are the exception to the rule. The pick was a good one. You made one of your best players happy by drafting his son, you have a ton of new marketing potential due to that alone(let’s ignore Bronny’s social media following itself), and you get an athletic player with all of the intangibles to develop into a decent role player. It was all upside. If he flakes out, he’s just a normal 55th pick in any other draft.
I think he has potential to be 8th-10th man maybe even more who knows!
They don’t actually watch the games and development when he gets min. He had some good burn with the main team and played well when he did
Played well enough to earn a start, passed up a couple 3’s and never saw the floor again.
Frankly a mismanagement of Bronnys development
He’s better than Javonte cook who’s riding our pine.
LeBronny can’t carry these bums
LeGenerational curse
Bronny needs to go back to Cleveland
Bronny’s coming home!
Next season the Cavs will have 3 James— LeBron, Bronny and Harden
Such a different player when he has a bit of confidence
Not weird, right? Especially for a player new to the league.
I see more of why LeBron wanted him drafted now
He probably knew his kid had a quick learning curve when he feels he has his legs under him
Bron obviously expedited the process beyond what a college kid of that level would have normally been able to do though
But he basically LeScouted a future prospect since birth for the Lakers
When he hits his first shot or two he plays so much better everytime
Get LeSpermed on
At least one person certainly was
Some people on this sub legit think they are better than Bronny at basketball. It’s hilarious.
There’s three guys on here that can beat him and they’re all KD
Is that you Kevin?
yes ‘tis i
Bronny has the athleticism to windmill. That should shut out like 99.8 percent off the jump.
He also does that a 6’2 225 which is huge
The hate for Olynyk runs deep in the James’ family
Olynyk has the athletic ability of a plant at this point, watching him play defence is a crime against humanity and my eyeballs.
Bronny hates Kelly Olynyk like a true Clevelander :’) Forget about the LeBron to Cleveland rumors, let’s get Bronny home 😤 lol
Now I’m trying to picture the effects of Harden mentoring Bronny. Honestly I have no idea what that would be like but I’m curious nonetheless
Why don’t the lakers play Bronny more? I know he’s pretty bad on offense but he’s a good defender and the lakers need that
He has no confidence to shoot. He only balls in low stakes situations like when the starters sit out. Genuinely I think he should’ve went to a tanking team as a project.
He should be playing more but he is in a very fortunate situation being able to develop for a couple years first.
If he got tossed into a tanking team last year and played like ass, he’d already be out of the league by now. But his G League play and training with the Lakers seems to be paying off.
That might be true but at this time that theory is based off of playing in 3 games in November. Since then he has only played garbage time or non-serious games like last night against the Spurs when everyone is injured.
JJ has treated all of the young guys the same and it’s really hurting their chances at developing young talent. Pretty much unless you are immediately successful, JJ puts you back on the bench after 3 games and you never see the floor again.
Jj reddick is the coach and he gave Gabe Vincent 24 minutes a night
Gabe needs to hit his cardio goals so he got Bronny’s minutes
We need the Bronny to Thiero dunk
Way better than Bumkin and NSJ…
Given up on Pelinka. He really signed Bumkin when we already have Bronny and NSJ. Wtf is he thinking.
LeBron James is Kelly Olynyk grandfather
Steal at 55
Argue with the wall
Real and true
“And he cuts the lead to 27!!”
blood transfusions
literally the only way
Wait are you saying him and LeBron swap blood? LeBron gets young blood while bronny gets genetic memory of his blood cells?
Bronny with a massive 3 to cut the lead down to 27!
I think he needs some more confidence/aggression in shooting. He seems a lil timid the few times I’ve watched him
That block was for Kevin Love, sit down Olynyk
My Favorite player on the Lakers
LeFutureStar
To cut the lead to 27
Watch redditors tear down a kid that had/have heart issues but still play like this.
Grown ass man playing in the NBA
Bronny with the huge 3 to reduce the defecit to 27 points, Lakers down 126 - 99 🤣😂🤣😂😂
Getting blocked by Bronny has gotta be a 3 game suspension or something lol
That’s for Kevin Love
LeFuckYou Three Jr.
Came in looking for this comment.
We’re done here.
For 1 day im a bronny fan. Fuck Kelly olynyk
Olynyk should be forced to retire after this lol
Hell yeah. That was for 2015. Cleveland thanks you Bronny
Bronny: thats for 2015
Blocked by James !
Kelly Olynyk is still in the league? That dude is such a bumb he made me think I could ball, and that was years ago. For the record, I have absolutely no delusions that I could ever ball at any level past high school.
I don’t get comments like this at all. Olynyk is not Dirk Nowitzki, but he’s a 7-footer who is a career 37% three-point shooter and an above average passer. How is he a bum? He’s always been a serviceable backup player who had a stretch with Houston averaging 19-8-4 after the all star break a couple years ago. He averaged double-digit scoring off the bench for several years in Boston and Miami and has career averages of 10-5-2.5 in only 22 minutes a game across 830 games. He’s a bad defender but he’s also top 50 in league history in eFG% and TS%. When I think of the word “bum,” I think of guys like Ousmane Dieng or Hunter Tyson who have no reason to be on an NBA roster, not average to above average rotation players who just never became all stars.
just casual fans, man. It’s not even worth the engagement.
Olynyk is no star and he’s washed now, but he put together a nice little 13 year career.
Ahh the nightly Bronny highlight while the lakers are down 30.
Dude cost his dad a ring. May he never know peace.
35% of bron for all
Who cares???
Who does he think he is Harden?
And Bronny cuts the lead to 27
It’s amazing that he can do this at his age.
Huge 3 to bring the lead down to 27 with 4 to go.
The dagger 3 to cut the lead to 27!
JAMES WITH THE HUGE 3 TO CUT IT TO 27
Omg give him the mvp
This guy’s a coward. LeBron kissed his mom during a game and he just let it slide
I would love for Bronny to competitively play in nba for a while after his dad is out
That’s for 2014 Kelly!
Kevin Love is a happy man today
For Uncle Kevin
Cut the lead to 27!
That looked smooth as hell. Nice stroke
Bronny hits a HUGE 3 to cut down the lead to 27. Is this the dagger ?
Going to be a problem once he hits his prime
As the saying goes: “OoOooOoh! Block by James!”
The only highlight of the night for the Lakers
LeNod of Approval
probably another max christie scenario yikes
Should’ve finished it off after the three by ripping Olynyk’s arm out the socket like he did to Kevin Love all those years ago
LePotential?
TIL that Kelly Olynyk is still in the league.
Lakers should genuinely play him and have him develop.
Best Lakers center
Bronny with the huge 3 to cut the lead down to 27.
Might be a nepo baby but he’s definitely got NBA level of skill there 🔥 time will tell if he will be more than just a role player and can actually start
HELL YEA
The prince that was promised ⚔️
Make a wish doing wonders 🙏
oh shit that was actually nice as HELL!
GO LEBRONNY!!!!
my baby goat
Uncle Kevin love sends his regards
You can show one clip this to someone who doesnt watch the NBA and they’d think this guy was a top 10 player in the league
He’s a baller, dude can really play defense at a high level
No bullshit he’s actually not bad aye
That’s for Kevin Love bitch!
Bronny James with the huge 3 to cut the lead to 27
If bronny can get those moxy levels up he’s fun af to watch when he’s playing aggressive
Spurs: Try to offer sochan and olynyk in a deal at the trade deadline
Spurs fans: why won’t any team accept that?!?
That’s for uncle Kevin’s shoulder in 2015
Consider that payback for Kevin Love in 2015 Olynyk. Bastard.
BLOCKED BY JAMES
He can hustle on defense and his shot is looking better mechanics-wise. I don’t think it already justifies giving him more minutes, but he’s getting better.
Looking like a NBA player!!!!
I wonder if J Brown thinks that Bronny is a Professional player now
That was nice!
He should on all Bron petty “rivals” 🤣🤣
Olynyk is a dirty player. Serves him right
Bronny cooking Kelly Olynyk makes me so happy, get that meme outta the league
Huge 3 from Bronny to cut the lead to 27
Cutting the lead to 27
Bronny and the Lakers somehow making it to the finals in the future would be wild to see
He definitely caused close to 10 turnovers this game
FKO. Wizards legend!
He can be a great 6th man in his career
He’s got the tools to be a serviceable second unit player for a lot of teams. Hopefully he can just keep developing and become his own person/player once his dad retires