Exploring Bronny James's NBA Draft Process and Lakers Ambitions

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00:00Start off with Bronny of what you think is happening with this kid because there's a

00:08lot more to it than just seeing him move up on the best available or when he's going to

00:14get to the Lakers eventually.

00:16The whole thing has been so bizarre guys because I know some people feel that he never would

00:21have had a chance to get drafted if it wasn't for him being LeBron's son but he had a process

00:26to go through.

00:27He was invited to the Combine, performed relatively well at that Combine and he had the chance

00:33to work out and interview with a bunch of teams and I would imagine he could have done

00:37very well in those workouts and interviews and ultimately his representation clutch,

00:42Rich Paul decided that that wasn't going to be an option.

00:44He was going to work out with the Lakers and he was going to work out with the Suns and

00:47that was it.

00:48And always the idea that Rich Paul likes to say is we're doing what is best for the player.

00:54If Bronny's only desire is to play for the Lakers then that is exactly what they did.

01:00If Bronny though is true when he says I just want to be a pro, I'm not worried about playing

01:05with my dad, then that's not what's been best for him because they didn't give him the opportunity

01:10to impress a Jazz, a Raptors, exactly.

01:14So that's what's made this all so bizarre.

01:17All of the odds have basically said he's just going 55 to the Lakers.

01:21Including today now coming out, the little extra, Anthony Davis was really impressed

01:25by Bronny's work, AD's making the picks now.

01:29So this has just been a very bizarre process where one thing I think is very clear, when

01:35LeBron said oh he's okay with whatever happens with Bronny, that wasn't true.

01:39LeBron wants Bronny on this Lakers team and it looks like Clutch has been able to orchestrate

01:45that happening.