Knowing the Rockets, he might genuinely get a 15 point game sometime.

You’re laughing but that’s better than what Gabe Vincent was providing us.

You are way underestimating. I’m calling quadruple-single incoming, easily. Maybe even a quintuple-single!

Bradley and Batmo will score 82 out of respect.

I believe it’s referencing the clip of the reporter asking Kyrie about LeBron being a father figure

Yeah I also like the Davion Mitchell comp. I mean damn, Davion airballed felt like three 3s in clutch time last night and he still is regarded as a valuable NBA player due to his defense and ability to attack the rim.

Multiple layers made me lol on this one. Well done.

Knecht might as well bring a Lazyboy recliner to games because he ain’t playing.

Who?

I’m a lakers fan and I thought he was a wasted roster spot. I was actually disappointed when I found out his contract is guaranteed for next season. I genuinely don’t feel like that anymore. He was always played so scared, he looks much more comfortable now.

Jose Alvarado is 6’0. Davion Mitchell is too. Smart was 6’3 and dogging dudes in the modern NBA. People zero in so much on height and forget that Bronny is 210 (just a shade under average for NBA players for ALL positions) and has a 6’7” wingspan. He has good positional size and length and possesses solid athleticism and instincts.

The “undersized” thing with him gets way overplayed imo. Yeah he’s not the biggest dude but he’s miles away from a dude like Chris Paul

To put things into perspective, Payton Prichard would absolutely feast on him.

He got the ball stolen from him multiple times with Cason Wallace

I mixed up the years. He’s shooting 45% in the regular season on 5 attempts, in the same time span he was shooting 38% on 8 attempts the year prior.

His athleticism is nuts lol it’s like the only thing he’s good at. He’s not one of the Thompson twins but it’s good.

He’s 6’2”, 210+ with a 6’7” wing span. He has great lateral speed as well.

Dude that is a great point that I completely forgot about - thank you for bringing it up.

So many times this dude could’ve just said ‘fuck it’ and done something else; I really admire the gumption and grit

It’s not that big of a deal, but I think there might have been different conversations around Bronny had he played a season at USC without the whole part of him almost dying. I’m not saying he would have become an instant first rounder, just that it would have been a little more positive.

It was kind of crazy to me that people kept pointing out his admittedly bad stats without acknowledging that he came back really fast from that incident, which would 100% mentally mess with anyone.

I wish I died

Thanasis and kostas aren’t bad players (compare to bronny). It’s only the youngest one that’s terrible

Jovic, Trent, and Williams are all averaging about 20mins this season - Bronny is averaging 9mins.

BPM isn’t a good metric for young, developing end-of-bench players because they pretty much only get minutes in garbage time.

The other three are regular rotation pieces. Not a good comparison.

Annnnddd how many seasons those guys you listed have under their belts?

That’s why Bronny is still in development and the guys you listed are not.

Now mention his average minutes per game.

God what I’d give to spend the day as stupid as you. Gotta be a wild way to see the world. It would be so exciting and fun!

If you look at his overall stats, all the things you said are absolutely true. The thing that you’re missing. Which this entire post and comment are about is that he’s improved.

How good do you think most 11th or 12th men are?

It’s actually 52%TS.

But more importantly he’s shooting 39% from 3 this year on 1.5apg in less than 9mpg, so cold off the bench, which is a skill could give you an NBA career on its own.

Besides that, I’d argue he is a decent perimeter defender, especially for his size, and he’s also a hustle guy. And as far as his playmaking goes, he’s averaging 5 assists per 36mins; which isn’t bad at all. Also the Lakers bench in general isn’t great, so of course he isn’t going to have fantastic advanced metrics - but he’s improving pretty consistently while being in the limelight.

Detractors like yourself also don’t seem to realize that every team has guys like this in similar situations, with similar numbers. They are end of the bench guys fighting for a chance to get REAL time to try to prove themselves with minutes that aren’t cold surprises; where they can get genuine momentum, settle in and develop a rhythm.

Those guys just aren’t being broadcast on ESPN for all the world to see, or talked about in reddit comment sections by people who don’t seem to want to think critically about it

Bonny is the definition of a G leaguer. Good talent but too small to make it in the NBA unless you’re a pure Hooper like CP3 or Brunson.

I’m an r/nba subscriber, it took literally all of my brainpower to come up with such a take

I need some chicky tendies to recharge

Yeah… is that surprising to you? they don’t have any options compared to any other playoff team, so of course they’re more desperate for options.

They’re the most injured playoff team in terms of starters, and the only playoff team who’s best point guard is a 41 year old, second best are a career 3&D player with 3 games of warming up to being a PG (Luke) and a defense oriented aging role player (Smart), a g-league player with 1 game of NBA experience (bufkin) who’s iffy on defense, and a g-league player with minimal NBA experience (~5 games outside of trash minutes, Bronny, who’s excelled at PG in g-league).

It’s not surprising that they’re going to do what JJ said — have all hands on deck. Not sure the point of your comment, or mine. We’re just reiterating what was said in the clip

No but confidence wise. I know the talent is lesser that goes without saying

He specifically has a lot of people who think he doesn’t belong so there’s a comfort level in the g league that’s probabaly a bigger relief for him than other players. I get he will score more but looks loose and isn’t afraid to make plays. It’s a psychological thing

Wow the way some people here speak about him you’d expect him to be average

Idk how epm is calculated exactly, but it’s worth mentioning that bronny is usually playing surrounded by a bunch of other g leaguers. In his (albeit limited) minutes with any of the “big 3” their net score is actually higher compared to ar luka or LeBron’s overall net rating.

At the position he got drafted at, he has exceeded expectations. Most players getting drafted around the 55th pick don’t even crack a rotation.

The last 2 seasons there has been like a circlejerk arms race between the pro-Bronny and anti-Bronny crowds in terms of who can say the most out of pocket shit 😭

He’s stealing from the Lakers.

Idk what happened to Kleber, he looked playable for a second at the start of the season and then he turned 80 mid-season