2024 NBA draft thread - who goin steal Bron from Lakers?

[Loch Ness Monster 3533]

MJ never forced a team to draft his son that wasnt good enough. GOAT

Lakers going for entertainment over championships is nice though.

 

Quickly getting 175 million? Geez

[d2o 1602]

14 minutes ago, BigOrange1 said:

$80-90 million/year for barnes and quickley.  wow.

120M or so with RJ Barrett.   Crazy.

[Mitch Cumsteen 18666]

Is this news to anybody that agents are directing players to teams in the second round? This is how the second round has worked for the past several years. They do it in the first round, too, but the contracts don't leave room for negotiation so it works a little differently with teams making promises in return for players shutting down workouts. In round 2, agents actively work with teams to get their clients into the best possible situations, and teams have different needs vis a vis the salary cap and roster spots, so they negotiate for appropriate terms - two-way deal, guaranteed deal, number of years, etc. It's not talked about how much power agents wield in the NBA. You think it's an accident that all these agents are moving into front office positions around the league? The only reason this is even a story is because of Lebron. 

And let's face it, if Bronny didn't have a famous father, nobody would know his name and he wouldn't have been drafted. The only reason I can think that the Lakers drafted him is for an ego trip. They could have just as easily signed him as an undrafted free agent after scaring every other team off with that Australia threat. Why burn the pick at all? This whole thing is weird ego-driven publicity stunt.

[gofuckyourself 8699]

Still shocked by the historical Bronny and LeBron pairing.

Because you're telling me that Calvin Murphy, Shawn Kemp or hell - Wilt - didn't somehow play at the same time and on the same team as one of their kids?

I mean, the odds were there. Maybe it happened and they didn't even realize it?

[Pam Cummings 9701]

34 minutes ago, Mitch Cumsteen said:

Is this news to anybody that agents are directing players to teams in the second round? This is how the second round has worked for the past several years. They do it in the first round, too, but the contracts don't leave room for negotiation so it works a little differently with teams making promises in return for players shutting down workouts. In round 2, agents actively work with teams to get their clients into the best possible situations, and teams have different needs vis a vis the salary cap and roster spots, so they negotiate for appropriate terms - two-way deal, guaranteed deal, number of years, etc. It's not talked about how much power agents wield in the NBA. You think it's an accident that all these agents are moving into front office positions around the league? The only reason this is even a story is because of Lebron. 

And let's face it, if Bronny didn't have a famous father, nobody would know his name and he wouldn't have been drafted. The only reason I can think that the Lakers drafted him is for an ego trip. They could have just as easily signed him as an undrafted free agent after scaring every other team off with that Australia threat. Why burn the pick at all? This whole thing is weird ego-driven publicity stunt.

That's what gets me. They could have said nothing about this and just let the draft happen and sign him as a FA. That would make logical sense. But this whole charade of making him a draft pick, just so they can say "he was drafted", it honestly defeats the purpose. That's not how you want to make it in pro sports. You want to make it on your own name and your own efforts. It's kinda shitty to see honestly.

Edited June 28 by Pam Cummings

[Underdog 28880]

Good for IQ. 

[MNLonghornFUKM 8918]

Still shocked by the historical Bronny and LeBron pairing.
Because you're telling me that Calvin Murphy, Shawn Kemp or hell - Wilt - didn't somehow play at the same time and on the same team as one of their kids?
I mean, the odds were there. Maybe it happened and they didn't even realize it?

You forgot Dwayne Schintzius in that prolific group

[closetohumping 17552]

[gofuckyourself 8699]

26 minutes ago, MNLonghornFUKM said:

You forgot Dwayne Schintzius in that prolific group

RIP

And speaking of former Spurs -- Willie Anderson, another prolific playa.

[dcar00 14615]

2 hours ago, MNLonghornFUKM said:

You forgot Dwayne Schintzius in that prolific group

one of the OG true mullets. props.

[Scraps 13600]

7 hours ago, Scraps said:

lebron should change his number and let Bronny wear 6

Apparently he is going to wear 9. 

dad and son with the 69 

[Nice Guy Eddie 13555]

On 6/27/2024 at 4:07 PM, MNLonghornFUKM said:

Well. Beginning to find out why teams stayed away from filipowski

 

 

 

This is wild

 

 

conflicting stories out there that she may be as much as 8 years older than him, and perhaps they're cousins at some level.

[d2o 1602]

7 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

conflicting stories out there that she may be as much as 8 years older than him, and perhaps they're cousins at some level.

Buttcrack isnt a reliable source but there were multiple other outlets reporting it and his family (or at least someone who was supposed to be family) was tweeting about it.

[PittsburghTiger 6245]

Lakers introduced Bronny today. J.J. & Pelinka said that Bronny “earned this” and that he is guaranteed one of the 15 roster spots.

 

[Post Oak 20349]

No doubt. When you average 4/2/2 teams are gonna line up to give you a guarantee.  

These aren't serious people.

[mrhorn 1384]

I got 3 notifications in 30 minutes about Bronny making a layup, a video for the layup and daddy’s reaction to said layup. ESPN can fuck right off with this shit, turned off all their notifications.