{"id":14043,"date":"2024-08-21T06:14:48","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T06:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/?p=14043"},"modified":"2024-08-21T06:14:48","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T06:14:48","slug":"lebron-james-son-bronny-not-getting-love-from-scouts-he-is-not-an-nba-prospect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/21\/lebron-james-son-bronny-not-getting-love-from-scouts-he-is-not-an-nba-prospect\/","title":{"rendered":"LeBron James’ son, Bronny, not getting love from scouts: ‘He is not an NBA prospect’"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n
\n
<\/a> close<\/a><\/div>\n
\n
\"Fox<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture> Video<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n

Fox News Flash top sports headlines for May 18<\/a><\/h4>\n

Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

It was a rough go for Bronny James in his freshman season at USC, and he’s not getting much love as he gears up for the NBA Draft<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n
<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\n
<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

The son of the NBA’s all-time leading scorer<\/a> declared for the NBA Draft last month despite averaging fewer than five points per game with the Trojans. He can still decide to go back to college.<\/p>\n

Perhaps the cardiac arrest he suffered last summer played a factor, as he had been a McDonald’s All-American last year in his senior year of high school.<\/p>\n

\n
<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\n
\"Bronny<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n
\n
\n

Bronny James shoots a free throw during the 2024 NBA Combine on May 14, 2024, at Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois.<\/span> (Jeff Haynes\/NBAE via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Despite dropping 13 points in a scrimmage at the NBA Scouting Combine earlier this week, though, one exhibition is not convincing many.<\/p>\n

\n
<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

ESPN’s Marc Spears<\/a> read off a list of notes a pair of scouts took of James they had sent him, and not many were great.<\/p>\n

One scout said to Spears, “If the Lakers don’t draft him<\/a>, I don’t see anyone drafting him. Teams will want him on a two-way [contract], and I don’t think [James’ agency] Klutch will want that.”<\/p>\n

\n
<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Another was harsher.<\/p>\n

\n
\"Bronny<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n
\n
\n

USC Trojans guard Bronny James (6) during a college basketball game against the UCLA Bruins on February 24, 2024, at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, California.\u00a0<\/span> (Tapia\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

PAUL PIERCE HOSPITALIZED AFTER GRUESOME, BLOODY FINGER INJURY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\n
<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

“Positional athlete. Doesn’t function as an elite athlete. Tweener stuck between two positions. Should be a point guard based on his size, but he can’t run an offense. He’s handicapped as an undersized shooting guard because he can’t shoot\u2026<\/p>\n

\n
<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\n
<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

“His comp \u2014 a poor man’s Davion Mitchell. He is not an NBA prospect in my opinion.”<\/p>\n

Mitchell, a backup point guard for the Sacramento Kings, averaged 15.3 minutes and 5.3 points per game this season.<\/p>\n

James played 25 games his freshman season and averaged 4.8 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game.<\/p>\n

\n
<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\n
<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Bronny measured at a height of 6 feet, 1.5 inches at the NBA Scouting Combine. He was listed at 6 feet, 4 inches at USC.<\/p>\n

\n
\"LeBron<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n
\n
\n

Bronny James, #6 of the USC Trojans, greets LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers before the game against the Stanford Cardinal at Galen Center on January 6, 2024, in Los Angeles, California.<\/span> (Meg Oliphant\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

It’s been reported, though, that the Lakers, whom his father plays for, could draft Bronny<\/a> if it would mean keeping LeBron on the team. The draft is two days before James’ deadline to opt out of his deal.<\/p>\n

\n
<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Fox News’ Chantz Martin contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n

\n
<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\n
<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Follow Fox News Digital\u2019s\u00a0<\/strong><\/i>sports coverage on X<\/strong><\/i><\/a>,\u00a0and subscribe to<\/strong><\/i>\u00a0the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter<\/strong><\/i><\/a>.<\/strong><\/i><\/p>\n

<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

close Video Fox News Flash top sports headlines for May 18 Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. It was a rough go for Bronny James in his freshman season at USC, and he’s not getting much love as he gears up for the NBA Draft. The son […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14044,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14043"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17045,"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14043\/revisions\/17045"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}