Bronny James, the eldest son of Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James, today participated in a joint tryout for the 2024 NBA Draft at Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois. The 19-year-old Bronny has not only shown off his excellent vertical jump, but he has also excelled in a variety of shooting drills, both of which have the potential to help him reach the next level as a 3-D type player.
Brownie jumped 40.50 inches (about 1.03 meters) of vertical take-off height in the joint tryout, ranking fourth among all participants. At the same time, Bronny also hit all shots in a row for 1 minute and 15 seconds, which is also a test of physical fitness, in order to test the player's shooting performance when fatigued.
No one would question Bronny's athleticism, but there's a lot of buzz about something out of the youngster's control — his official height. James' official height in college was 6'4" (1.93m), but he was only 6'1.5" (less than 1.86m) without shoes at the joint tryout. In NBA history, not many non-point guards have been able to succeed at Bronny's height, and his official stats show that his height is closer to that of two of the league's top point guards today, Kyrie Irving (6'1.75", no shoes) and Jalen Brunson (6'1", no shoes), but the problem is that Bronny's main point guard is shooting guard, so his path in the NBA may not be easy.
Last month, Bronny immediately announced his participation in the 2024 NBA Draft after spending a year at USC, but the general reaction of NBA teams at the time was that Bronny's move was just to test his own market in the draft, and that he would return to college for at least another year. But now LeBron James' eldest son seems to have made up his mind to go the path of a pro, and his current draft prediction is the end of the first round.