Bronny James drafted by Lakers

[Peter_Spaeth]

I hope this young man is holding himself together psychologically. It must be somewhat strange, knowing your father is the greatest or second greatest player ever to walk on a floor, while you (at best) are a marginal bench player and with at least half the world thinking you're only there at all because they're doing your dad a favor.

[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I hope this young man is holding himself together psychologically. It must be somewhat strange, knowing your father is the greatest or second greatest player ever to walk on a floor, while you (at best) are a marginal bench player and with at least half the world thinking you're only there at all because they're doing your dad a favor.

I don't even think he's a marginal bench player....would he even be getting minutes on a top-25 D1 college team right now?

Honestly even he has to know that's the reason he was drafted. My guess is he's fine. He's being coddled by the team and will have very chance to improve, at least as long as his dad is on the team.

[packs]

Chris Livingston was the final pick of the 2023 draft. He averaged 6 points a game at Kentucky and 1.2 points per game for the Bucks in 2023. he has appeared in 2 games this year and played 2 total minutes.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by packs

Chris Livingston was the final pick of the 2023 draft. He averaged 6 points a game at Kentucky and 1.2 points per game for the Bucks in 2023. he has appeared in 2 games this year and played 2 total minutes.

A rivalry in the making.

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by packs

Chris Livingston was the final pick of the 2023 draft. He averaged 6 points a game at Kentucky and 1.2 points per game for the Bucks in 2023. he has appeared in 2 games this year and played 2 total minutes.

Of the 28 2nd round picks in the 2022 draft. 17 of them have played less then 500 minutes in their entire careers up to this point. Go back another year to the 2021 draft. 13 of 30 picks have played less then 500 minutes in their careers.

It's a throwaway pick for most teams.

[packs]

Totally. That’s why I’m not really buying into this idea that Bronny wasn’t worthy of being picked last. Look at who else gets picked last. This narrative of nepotism rings true because his dad is on the team but I’m not really convinced there was another player deprived of a dream or any of the other ideas related to Bronny being that much more inferior a player than who is typically picked in his place.

[Peter_Spaeth]

2 points total for Bronny to date. Here's the odd thing -- he has only played in TWO G League games. What is going on?

[BobbyStrawberry]

It looks like the team has only played two regular season games and he's averaging 15/4/4 in those two games.