The Lakers are in danger! The lone ranger and the jazz want to cut off their beards, and the father and son will be staged on the same stage in another place?

There is no 24th in the rivers and lakes

2024-05-17 18:17Posted in Henan Sports Creators

As early as a few years ago, James revealed in an interview that he wanted to become the first father and son in NBA history to compete with Bronny in the future, and later directly stated that he hoped to wear the same team jersey with Bronny one day. And under James's explicit, everyone also agreed that whoever has a chance to get Bronny is likely to get the all-time president mountain level player by the way.

Throughout Bronny's basketball career, he played reasonably well in high school, but after suffering a torn meniscus, he played even better, averaging 14.1 points, 5.6 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.7 steals per game in his senior season. At the much-anticipated McDonald's All-Star Game, Bronny showed his excellent projection, scoring 15 points on five three-pointers in a single game, and his draft prospects have been rising ever since, and at one point the draft media rated him as a five-star high school student.

However, after entering college, Bronny not only failed to make a name for himself, but also suffered a heart attack during a training session, which nearly ended his basketball career. Later, after Bronny's return, he was also out of shape, and in the end he averaged only 4.8 points per game and shot only 36.6% from the field throughout his freshman season.

As a two-way defender, Bronny's strengths and weaknesses are also obvious, his strengths are his high ball intelligence, excellent shooting ability, excellent dynamic talent on the defensive end, and he plays very hard. The disadvantage is that Bronny's height is too short, his bare foot is only 1.86.7 meters, even if his arm span is 2.01 meters, it is difficult to cover up his shortcomings in this area, in the NBA, this height basically has to be a big killer on the offensive end, but Bronny obviously does not have this ability.

In the two games of the trial, Bronny contributed 4 points and 4 rebounds, 13 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists, respectively, and it can be seen from the second game that he still has some merit. In an interview, Bronny not only did not say that he wanted to play on the same team as James, but he also expressed that he only played hard because of his dream, and he also listed the draft templates in his mind, namely White, Holiday and Davion Mitchell, these are all two-way guards with a very balanced offense and defense.

According to ESPN's draft analysts, Bronny's joint tryout performance exceeded many people's expectations, and everyone saw that he was not just relying on his father to make a show, he proved that he has the ability to make it to the NBA through his own efforts, and Bronny was also ranked 54th in the second round in the latest draft predictions.

Obviously, the Lakers must be trying to fulfill James' wishes, but they have only one first-round pick left with the No. 55 pick left in their hands, just behind Bronny's potential pick. But the most important thing is that the Lakers may be cut off by other teams at any time, considering that James is eligible to jump out of his contract and become a free agent this offseason, maybe some teams are willing to gamble, and the price is not too big, it is nothing more than a waste of a second-round pick in the draft.

Recently, Shams released a big news that in addition to the Lakers, there are at least two or three other teams that want to try out and interview Bronny. Then Yahoo Sports reporter Krysten Peek reported that, according to sources, the Jazz have shown interest in bringing Bronny James to a personal tryout and could draft him with the 32nd overall pick. In addition, there is Stephen A. Smith, who revealed that the Mavericks may cut Bronny before the Lakers, but since the Mavericks only have a No. 58 pick in addition to the first round, they will have to trade up to get a higher draft pick.

However, even if the Jazz draft Bronny, James will most likely not join here, on the one hand, the commercial value of Salt Lake City is too low, and on the other hand, their competitiveness is very poor, and they have not even made the play-offs this season. Markkanen is currently the only star in the Jazz lineup, but his strength is on the verge of All-Star, and it is obviously unrealistic to compete for a championship with him as the core. The only option for the Jazz now is to continue to rebuild, and then select a player who can really serve as the core of the team, and then they will have time to compete for the championship.

The Mavericks are different, their strength is even above the Lakers this year, and the current team boss Doncic is in his playing years, and his competitive level is enough to rank in the top five in the league. And Irving's words, his strength naturally doesn't need to be said, a proper playoff star, the more critical the game, the better he plays, as long as the team trusts him, he can play the league's top scoring level.

The most critical is Doncic and Irving, the former has publicly stated that his idol is James, and although Irving has had some unpleasant encounters with James before, it is obvious that James did not take those things to heart, and when Irving played a highlight moment, he never skimped on his appreciation of Irving, and he also strongly recommended that the Lakers get Irving through a trade. It is worth mentioning that last year, Irving also suggested that Cuban trade James to the Mavericks, so that the relationship between the two sides has been restored as before, and it will be a good story if they can continue to join forces in the future.

And compared to the Jazz, James's style of play is also very compatible with the current Mavericks, considering that in addition to Doncic and Irving, the Mavericks don't even have a qualified ball handler, James can make up for this, and his current off-ball offense is also greatly underestimated, and his off-ball scoring has accounted for more than 50% in the regular season this season, which fully shows that even if he changes teams, there is a high probability that he does not need to worry about the compatibility between him and the new system, and when Kidd was still with the Lakers, He and James have worked together.

However, now everything is undecided, the Lakers are not 100% cut off, and it depends on Bronny's trial effect later, if he is capable, it does not rule out the possibility that the Lakers will trade up for a higher draft pick. But the Lakers should indeed have a sense of crisis, after all, if they miss Bronny, it can be said that they have missed another cash cow, think about the gimmick of James' retirement tour + father and son on the same stage, the Lakers will have to make money even if they don't win the championship.

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