Chris Broussard – Rich Paul Uses His Power to Make a Dream Come True For LeBron James

THE ODD COUPLE: Chris Broussard and Shaun King react to the LA Lakers’ selection of Bronny James in the NBA Draft.

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all right Sean let’s get to it the news of the day really the most exciting thing certainly in the second round of the draft and Rob G is gonna bring us up to speed bronie James to the Lakers to play with his dad Rob G setor St with the 55th pick in the 2024 NBA draft the Los Angeles Lakers select bronny James from the University of Southern California that’s right the Shocker of all Shockers in the world of NBA bronny James going 55th to the Los Angeles Lakers wow and if you’ve been following the news updates all day long like I have then you know that this pick is not without controversy because early in the second round ESPN reported that rich Paul was calling and texting GMS around the league saying if you Draft bronny before the Lakers do we are sending him to Australia you are not going to be taking Brony James and obviously that caused a big Firestorm both on real media and on social media which is interesting because three years ago the Lakers got Austin Reeves in the exact same fashion he was falling in the draft his agent called people said hey don’t take Austin Reeves we wanted to be an undrafted free agent because we have a team lined up ready to sign him that’s what happened here with bronny James only this time they took him with the 55th pick well there you have it Sean and look I’m going say this I’m not mad at Rich Paul if you’ve got the power if you’ve got the juice use it and I’m G be honest off the court it has been rare that African-Americans have had this kind of juice it’s nepotism for sure I mean I don’t know that bronny James gets drafted if his dad isn’t LeBron James I don’t know that the Lakers I mean I’m I’m leading to know that the Lakers draft him if his dad isn’t LeBron James but ever heard of David adman hot young name now on the coaching Market assistant coach guess who his dad is Rick Adelman ever heard of Michael Malone who led the Denver Nuggets to the championship last year guess who his dad was longtime NBA coach Michael Mal or uh Brenda Malone and that’s just to name a few I Donnie Nelson Jr remember used to coach the Mavericks his dad was Donnie Nelson Senior the NBA Hall of Famer like this is all throughout the NBA even in on the court you see giannis’s brother playing with the Bucks JR Smith who was not a star his brother had a cup of coffee with the Knicks for a little while when Jr was there it happens and as Rob G pointed out Austin Reeves and his agent did it three years ago and Rich Paul look there was talk Sean that some team might draft bronnie and try to hold up the Lakers and say look we we’ll give you Brony for two second round picks or something like that and I was saying on First Things First Look wouldn’t be wise because Rich Paul’s got 35 players in the league a lot of them top players and he’s not the only agent with that type of power but you can wield you don’t want to get on the bad side of some of these agents Jeff Schwarz is a powerful one you know uh Aaron mince Austin Brown Bill Duffy so there are some powerful agents out there and he used his power and his juice to really make a dream come true for LeBron and I think a dream come true for Brony to just get into the NBA and now it is up to bronie to make the most of it you know it’s interesting because it’s a fascinating topic because it’s so many different Dynamics like you brought up the power vacuum that rich Paul has created because not just of the amount of uh players that he has but the caliber and how he controls destinations and where Marquee guys end up going you talked about LeBron having stated his goal ultimately was to play with his son before he left the game with basketball I don’t think it’s any of those things Chris I think it’s just Envy jealousy and hate like people are up in arms who did bronny go in front of that people are so mad about like who who in the second round was such a great player that even if bronnie would have went first pick of the second round the NBA drafts unknown Talent every year I I remember the lottery yesterday I’m listening to it and it seemed almost every player the dialogue and evaluation was the same probably someone that’s not going to distribute immediately come off the bench maybe a g-league develop I mean come on that’s what the NBA has turned into people just want to either love or hate LeBron but they have a strong opinion either way I’m happy that Bry got a chance to realize his dream of being drafted I’m glad it’s with his dad and I think Brian’s gonna be a damn good player I I’m in a group chat what do you mean damn good player what does that mean I would take bronnie right now oneone versus Gabe Vincent who the Lakers side last year in fre agency to a three-year $ 33 million deal it’s not like what it’s about I don’t care who the best one-on-one player you you think right now bronny James is better than Gabe Vincent yeah I’d take bronny right now I think Bonnie’s I think Bonnie’s a good player Chris you gotta think I’m not saying he’s not a good player to say right I don’t know what evidence other than his jeans that you have and I get I will give him Grace on his first year rookie you know freshman year at USC where he averaged less than five points a game shot I believe below 40% from the floor I’ll give him Grace on that because we all know he went through you know the cardiac arrest I definitely think that had an impact but still yeah he shot 36% from the floor 26% from three I there’s no way right now I would say he’s better than a Gabe Vincent now hopefully G I pick I pick Gabe because height wise they’re similar it’s hard to put him up against something mean if he does have one deficiency that he probably can’t over overcome it’s his height but I mean look how you shot the ball at the NBA Combine I think he has handle I think he has Elite athleticism for a guy’s size I think the one thing that bronnie has not developed and it’s interesting because I think it’s what held his dad back I don’t think he’s really turned into a true Alpha Dog yet hey give me the ball I’m going to take shots I’m going to score which really mimics LeBron in a lot of ways so I think bronnie tried so hard to fit in and be liked that he really hadn’t developed it but I think it’s there it’ll come out I’m gonna be on the other side of this I think LeBron is going to develop into a pretty good player like a Allstar caliber player uh maybe Fringe only reason I say Fringe is because there are some Dynamic guards in front of him when you talk All-Star team that he’d have to beat out in the west so I mean I don’t know what that looks like as far as making allar team he going to be a solid I think if not starter first off the bench kind of guy it’s going to play defense give you good minutes stay out of trouble be good for your locker room you know was he 18 19 there was an article by Tom habber who we had on the show last week uh I worked with him at at the old Network great reporter and he talked about how the sons legacies right the Seth Curry I’m we not even talk about Steph and Dell Curry cuz Steph obviously is just Ultra talented right but Seth Curry who had to really fight to get in the league had a great career far other other yeah Sons um J Jaylen Brunson whose dad Rick was a journeyman in the NBA and the the the well the story was that the legacies the kids of NBA players they outperform their draft slot so in this case Bron’s drafted 55th he will be better than than the 55th pick in a draft typically is and it was about 30% of the time that that happens but that was higher than most other situations for players that aren’t Legacy so look I think he will be a solid rotation player at some point I don’t know how soon he’s not I think he’s a very good athlete I don’t think he’s a freak athlete which is kind of what you need to be at that size maybe six two-ish uh cuz he’s not a like I kind of feel like man I want to see him be a true point I I agree you know like he’s got I don’t know I’m not saying he has it to the level of his dad the court vision and the intelligence and the cere I mean I remember first time I saw him playing high school and he was just a freshman coming off the bench but I said man he you can see he sees the game somewhat like his dad he’s certainly seeing it on a that the rest of these guys and some of them were high schol Americans who were older than him aren’t seeing it so I I kind of would like to see him as a point guard that obviously is his size I think to be a two at that size you kind of got to be freakish or maybe just a phenomenal shooter which he’s not at this point but I do think he can be a a hard-nosed Defender who gets after it and can hit the three uh relatively well and that at least in initially Sean is going to be how he gets on the court and then once he solidifies himself as a rotation player then you can start adding other things to your game that might take you beyond that how much Credence do you put into his ability to shoot the basketball at the NBA Combine because he shot it in Elite not a ton I mean I think it was fine but you know I I’m put more Credence in his performance throughout the season and again giv some great cuz I know he was in a tough situation but I’m not going to just I mean it was he shot it tremendously without you know in the drills without the defense and let me ask you a question because there’s a difference there sometimes we say things and and I have to go and double check what I say to make sure that you know the data backs up my opinion people talking about having to be such an elite athlete at Bron’s height I mean pton Pritchard is contributing for the Celtics They just won a World Championship he’s not an elite athlete shoot it yet like T TJ McConnell he’s not an elite athlete he can’t shoot at all but say Cony Mike con only 6 foot but here’s the thing Mike Cony Mike Conley was a point guard that’s what I’m saying you don’t have to be a super Elite athlete at 62 to play point I don’t think Kyrie Irving is like a super Elite athlete like I when I say super Elite I’m talking about playing being 6-1 6-2 and essentially being a two guard mhm Allan IV he was freakish athletically that’s why he could do it the yeah can he be a Payton Pritchard I I think one day sure right Andel great player yeah but if you ask Celtics pton prit worth the 55th pick in the draft they would say hell yeah yeah well well we we think he’ll o overperform the 55th pick but I mean if your bar is Payton Pritchard TJ McConnell yeah okay a backup point guard I mean which is fine be that but you you said it like that’s why I had to see what you talking about cuz you said special or very good like I I think he’s going to be better than those guys I use those guys examples because I think bronnie is a better athlete than all three guys I named I’m I’m not down on him either but I’m just keeping it real and you you floating in the clouds a little bit nuk so we going keep it real over here now good stuff my man Sean King see