Hypothesis fills the air.
Bronny James ended up going to the Los Angeles Lakers, however his father’s staff wasn’t the one one with curiosity.
“There have been 4 groups exterior of the Lakers that had authentic curiosity in taking Bronny,” Chris Broussard mentioned on “First Issues First.”
“The Clippers, the Timberwolves – which was not as unhealthy of a state of affairs for him, I do know they drafted a younger level guard too earlier than him – the Suns, however they wished it due to LeBron and the Raptors.”
The Raptors, Timberwolves and Clippers all had the chance to draft Bronny as they had been forward of the Lakers at 31, 37 and 46, respectively.
Nevertheless, Bronny fell to LeBron and the Lakers at decide No. 55; the Suns had been on deck.
The controversy arose previous to the draft when ESPN analyst Bob Myers revealed that the James camp admonished others to keep away from drafting the previous USC participant.
“Wealthy Paul is asking groups [and saying], ‘Don’t take Bronny James,’” Myers mentioned. “He’s telling them, ‘Don’t take him. Should you take him, he’s going to Australia.’ So he has a plan and he has a spot.”
Broussard later supplied his sixth sense relating to the state of affairs.
“I don’t have an issue with this. That is what brokers do,” he mentioned.
Broussard drew parallels to Ron Holland II, who had no contact with the Pistons all through the pre-draft course of aside from a gathering on the NBA Mix – and he was chosen fifth general by them.
He additionally reminded viewers about Alex Sarr, who went second to Washington.
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“Lots of people thought he would go first,” Broussard mentioned. “For the longest, he was the primary man within the mock drafts – he refused to work out for Atlanta.”
Regardless of the opposite staff’s curiosity in Bronny, Broussard is adamant that Paul did his job nicely.
“To behave like Wealthy Paul was doing one thing loopy, one thing ridiculous… no,” Broussard mentioned. “That is what a whole lot of brokers do. He was attempting to get his consumer in the very best state of affairs he might.”
Paul knew what he needed to do and executed nicely.
“He flexed his muscle,” Broussard mentioned.