Bronny James Draft Update: Potential First-Round NBA Pick
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00:00 Got a big update yesterday from our guy Shams Sharania at FanDuelTV.
00:04 Bronny James was scheduled to have multiple double digit workouts around
00:09 the association and canceled all but two, the Los Angeles Lakers and the Phoenix
00:15 Suns. And according to Shams, this given out by our guy Evan Sidery, Phoenix is
00:20 legitimately going to consider taking Bronny James in the opening round at
00:25 number 22 overall. J.Y. makes sense of it for us here. Is Bronny James actually
00:31 going to be a first round pick?
00:34 Yes. And unfortunately or fortunately, sometimes the last name is all you need.
00:45 And all you need is the old man that can opt out of a deal and every team looks
00:51 around and says, "Hmm, draft Bronny? Maybe LeBron tags along for a couple of years?"
00:57 Listen, there's not a shadow of a doubt that Bronny James could defend at the NBA level.
01:01 I really do believe that. He could defend at the NBA level. It's his offense.
01:06 And people are saying to me, "Well, J.Y., why doesn't he go back to school? Why doesn't
01:11 he go play for LeBron's buddy at Duquesne? Why doesn't he go back and play?"
01:14 Because you know what? If he goes back, see here's the thing. There is a
01:21 narrative that because of the heart injury ailment, right, he didn't have a full year.
01:26 He's rusty. I think if he goes back to school then, like, I don't think it benefits him.
01:32 Because if he doesn't have a great year, it's going to be worse for him. So to me,
01:37 I do think when Phoenix and the Lakers, and the fact that he cancelled the 10 workouts,
01:43 he's doing one of two things. He's either trying to drum up interest for someone to
01:47 take him without a workout, or he knows something. I think someone's going to take a chance.
01:53 I really do believe Bronny James is going to go late in the first round.