On Thursday evening, the Los Angeles Lakers headed into the second spherical of the 2024 NBA Draft with one objective in thoughts, and that was to make celebrity LeBron James a cheerful man by drafting his eldest son, Bronny James, with the No. 55 total decide.
Though it wasn’t thought of to be a performed deal earlier than the second spherical acquired underway, the percentages undoubtedly had been in favor of the Lakers taking an opportunity on Bronny James at No. 55, and that’s exactly what ended up occurring, although followers of the storied franchise have been extra divided than ever on the place this crew is headed.
Regardless of the fixed hypothesis about Bronny James’ future and what number of consider he’s not an NBA participant, or at the very least not but, the Lakers selected to make the transfer after making one other controversial transfer to rent LeBron James’ podcast co-host JJ Redick to be the brand new head coach of the crew even with none teaching expertise.
With Bronny James now formally a member of the Lakers group, odds have dropped about his probabilities of successful NBA Rookie of the 12 months for the 2024-25 NBA season, in line with ESPN BET.
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— ESPN BET (@ESPNBet) June 28, 2024
Bronny James successful the Rookie of the 12 months award with the Lakers is a longshot, because it isn’t even recognized but if he’ll see the ground on the skilled stage throughout his first season in Los Angeles.
There’s an opportunity that Bronny James spends extra time with the crew’s G League affiliate, South Bay Lakers, fairly than suiting up for the storied franchise subsequent season, which might clearly make it unimaginable for him to win this regular-season award.
