In defense of Lebron, I think a lot of people read that as him muscling his son to the Lakers, when really it was like “don’t draft my son to try and recruit me”. Still, I wish someone had pulled...
In defense of Lebron, I think a lot of people read that as him muscling his son to the Lakers, when really it was like “don’t draft my son to try and recruit me”. Still, I wish someone had pulled the trigger and we could’ve seen Lebron try hunting his son on defense. That’d be way more entertaining than them playing garbage time together.
the amount of nepotism is insane. If he really is good enough to be in the NBA that's something else, his dad must've trained and shit with him. why name your kid brony though?
the amount of nepotism is insane. If he really is good enough to be in the NBA that's something else, his dad must've trained and shit with him. why name your kid brony though?
I don't really see the nepotism in this particular case as that big of an issue, because in professional sports it seems like nepotism is the norm. I'd say that the broader picture of rampant...
I don't really see the nepotism in this particular case as that big of an issue, because in professional sports it seems like nepotism is the norm. I'd say that the broader picture of rampant nepotism in professional sports is an issue, but I wouldn't take a stand on this one particular incident. Like the ball boys and the sweat moppers etc. I think are all related to or know someone in the NBA, you can't even get the most basic jobs without knowing someone. It's similar in the other team staff too, probably gets worse as you move up the staffing tree. If you go to other sports like the NFL, it's similar from the low jobs up to the coaching trees and so on.
Nepotism exists in all walks of life and basically the best way to get into anything you want is to have a soft-nepotism connection (for instance, I'm in a career that I'm not qualified for...
Nepotism exists in all walks of life and basically the best way to get into anything you want is to have a soft-nepotism connection (for instance, I'm in a career that I'm not qualified for because a friend stuck their neck out for me).
Bronny is 100% not qualified to play basketball at any level, he's trash. This is not me attacking his character, I'm sure he must be a nice young man. But he's not a basketball player.
So first off to preface: I don't like Bronny, this draft pick made me a little irritated, and it's pretty clear nepotism that got him picked. That being said, it's also good to keep in mind that...
So first off to preface: I don't like Bronny, this draft pick made me a little irritated, and it's pretty clear nepotism that got him picked.
That being said, it's also good to keep in mind that it was the #55 pick, and the players in the past 10 years of drafts that went at number 55 include: Semaj Christon, Cady Lalanne, Marcus Paige, Nigel Williams-Goss, Arnoldas Kulboka, Jay Scrubb, Kyle Guy.
I'd be hard pressed to know any of them, most of them flamed out of the NBA very quickly, a few of them probably never even saw meaningful playing time in the NBA. The #55 pick of the NBA draft is mostly GM's playing slots hoping to get someone who can actually play basketball. Very few #55 picks are even qualified to play basketball in the NBA.
"Basketball at any level" spans from LA Fitness pick up games to the NBA. I'm sure he can play basketball, he's not paraplegic or something. He's not an NBA player, certainly. But saying he cannot...
"Basketball at any level" spans from LA Fitness pick up games to the NBA. I'm sure he can play basketball, he's not paraplegic or something. He's not an NBA player, certainly. But saying he cannot play basketball seems absurd.
Unnecessary pedantry, it's obvious he can play basketball and it's also obvious that they're exaggerating for effect. Though if you disagree with the assessment that he's bad (doesn't seem to be...
Unnecessary pedantry, it's obvious he can play basketball and it's also obvious that they're exaggerating for effect. Though if you disagree with the assessment that he's bad (doesn't seem to be the case), that's a different argument.
The issue is that it's oddly specific, which grounds it. Take this example "That's like the biggest building on earth" vs "Of the class of skyscrapers, this is the largest building in the world"....
The issue is that it's oddly specific, which grounds it. Take this example
"That's like the biggest building on earth"
vs
"Of the class of skyscrapers, this is the largest building in the world".
The former is clearly just exaggeration, the latter is a seemingly a statement of fact. "Cannot play basketball at any level" falls into the latter. Moreover, I think it also vastly overstates how bad Bronny James is.
He'd be fine in G League. He was serviceable in college. "Cannot play basketball at any level" is like what you'd call your 5'5 coworker who can't run for more than 5 minutes.
And that's the comparison they were going for. That he's useless. Maybe that's unnecessarily harsh, I don't know. But I'd be really surprised if anyone after reading that comment was really...
"Cannot play basketball at any level" is like what you'd call your 5'5 coworker who can't run for more than 5 minutes.
And that's the comparison they were going for. That he's useless. Maybe that's unnecessarily harsh, I don't know. But I'd be really surprised if anyone after reading that comment was really convinced that Bronny literally can't play basketball.
But it's wrong. And that's my objection to it. Bronny James isn't a NBA caliber bench player, but he'd get relevant minutes on literally the league directly below the NBA. "Any level" = not being...
But it's wrong. And that's my objection to it. Bronny James isn't a NBA caliber bench player, but he'd get relevant minutes on literally the league directly below the NBA. "Any level" = not being fit on literally the highest level of basketball in the world seems a stretch, even as exaggeration.
For someone to fit "any level of basketball" as a phrase of exaggeration I'd say they'd at least have to be below a starter on a mid-tier college team.
I apologize for bringing sports talk to Tildes. When we say someone cannot play a sport, we don't mean they can't physically pick up a ball. We mean they average 2.5 points a game and can't even...
I apologize for bringing sports talk to Tildes. When we say someone cannot play a sport, we don't mean they can't physically pick up a ball. We mean they average 2.5 points a game and can't even start on a terrible college team.
That's not the issue. I get that he can literally play basketball. We disagree then on how bad Bronny James is. I think he can be a perfectly serviceable bench player in G-league, and he already...
That's not the issue. I get that he can literally play basketball. We disagree then on how bad Bronny James is. I think he can be a perfectly serviceable bench player in G-league, and he already started on a mediocre college team.
Fair enough. I wish the young man well, it's going to be hard playing in his dad's massive shadow. I hope his heart is healthy, too. That was a scary moment.
Fair enough. I wish the young man well, it's going to be hard playing in his dad's massive shadow. I hope his heart is healthy, too. That was a scary moment.
I know people on Tildes don't care too much about sports, but this is legitimately hilarious.
Edit: added some funny quotes. For example: https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/1dq3kzf/charania_the_los_angeles_lakers_are_selecting/
I don't follow the NBA at all, but I was hoping someone else would draft him just to see if he'd follow through on his threat to go play in Australia.
In defense of Lebron, I think a lot of people read that as him muscling his son to the Lakers, when really it was like “don’t draft my son to try and recruit me”. Still, I wish someone had pulled the trigger and we could’ve seen Lebron try hunting his son on defense. That’d be way more entertaining than them playing garbage time together.
It's basically like a rider but instead of m&M's and champagne in a dressing room it's drafting the star's son..
the amount of nepotism is insane. If he really is good enough to be in the NBA that's something else, his dad must've trained and shit with him. why name your kid brony though?
His name is LeBron James Jr.
Bronny is just a nickname.
Bronny "The Bron" James
It would have been so funny to me if he had named is kid Elbron.
I don't really see the nepotism in this particular case as that big of an issue, because in professional sports it seems like nepotism is the norm. I'd say that the broader picture of rampant nepotism in professional sports is an issue, but I wouldn't take a stand on this one particular incident. Like the ball boys and the sweat moppers etc. I think are all related to or know someone in the NBA, you can't even get the most basic jobs without knowing someone. It's similar in the other team staff too, probably gets worse as you move up the staffing tree. If you go to other sports like the NFL, it's similar from the low jobs up to the coaching trees and so on.
Nepotism exists in all walks of life and basically the best way to get into anything you want is to have a soft-nepotism connection (for instance, I'm in a career that I'm not qualified for because a friend stuck their neck out for me).
Bronny is 100% not qualified to play basketball at any level, he's trash. This is not me attacking his character, I'm sure he must be a nice young man. But he's not a basketball player.
So first off to preface: I don't like Bronny, this draft pick made me a little irritated, and it's pretty clear nepotism that got him picked.
That being said, it's also good to keep in mind that it was the #55 pick, and the players in the past 10 years of drafts that went at number 55 include: Semaj Christon, Cady Lalanne, Marcus Paige, Nigel Williams-Goss, Arnoldas Kulboka, Jay Scrubb, Kyle Guy.
I'd be hard pressed to know any of them, most of them flamed out of the NBA very quickly, a few of them probably never even saw meaningful playing time in the NBA. The #55 pick of the NBA draft is mostly GM's playing slots hoping to get someone who can actually play basketball. Very few #55 picks are even qualified to play basketball in the NBA.
"Basketball at any level" spans from LA Fitness pick up games to the NBA. I'm sure he can play basketball, he's not paraplegic or something. He's not an NBA player, certainly. But saying he cannot play basketball seems absurd.
Unnecessary pedantry, it's obvious he can play basketball and it's also obvious that they're exaggerating for effect. Though if you disagree with the assessment that he's bad (doesn't seem to be the case), that's a different argument.
The issue is that it's oddly specific, which grounds it. Take this example
"That's like the biggest building on earth"
vs
"Of the class of skyscrapers, this is the largest building in the world".
The former is clearly just exaggeration, the latter is a seemingly a statement of fact. "Cannot play basketball at any level" falls into the latter. Moreover, I think it also vastly overstates how bad Bronny James is.
He'd be fine in G League. He was serviceable in college. "Cannot play basketball at any level" is like what you'd call your 5'5 coworker who can't run for more than 5 minutes.
And that's the comparison they were going for. That he's useless. Maybe that's unnecessarily harsh, I don't know. But I'd be really surprised if anyone after reading that comment was really convinced that Bronny literally can't play basketball.
But it's wrong. And that's my objection to it. Bronny James isn't a NBA caliber bench player, but he'd get relevant minutes on literally the league directly below the NBA. "Any level" = not being fit on literally the highest level of basketball in the world seems a stretch, even as exaggeration.
For someone to fit "any level of basketball" as a phrase of exaggeration I'd say they'd at least have to be below a starter on a mid-tier college team.
I apologize for bringing sports talk to Tildes. When we say someone cannot play a sport, we don't mean they can't physically pick up a ball. We mean they average 2.5 points a game and can't even start on a terrible college team.
That's not the issue. I get that he can literally play basketball. We disagree then on how bad Bronny James is. I think he can be a perfectly serviceable bench player in G-league, and he already started on a mediocre college team.
Fair enough. I wish the young man well, it's going to be hard playing in his dad's massive shadow. I hope his heart is healthy, too. That was a scary moment.