Hypothesis fills the air.
Bronny James ended up going to the Los Angeles Lakers, however his father’s crew wasn’t the one one with curiosity.
“There have been 4 groups exterior of the Lakers that had legit curiosity in taking Bronny,” Chris Broussard mentioned on “First Issues First.”
“The Clippers, the Timberwolves – which was not as unhealthy of a scenario 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 have been forward of the Lakers at 31, 37 and 46, respectively.
Nonetheless, Bronny fell to LeBron and the Lakers at choose No. 55; the Suns have 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. For those who take him, he’s going to Australia.’ So he has a plan and he has a spot.”
Broussard later offered his sixth sense relating to the scenario.
“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 apart from a gathering on the NBA Mix – and he was chosen fifth total by them.
He additionally reminded viewers about Alex Sarr, who went second to Washington.
“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 crew’s curiosity in Bronny, Broussard is adamant that Paul did his job properly.
“To behave like Wealthy Paul was doing one thing loopy, one thing ridiculous… no,” Broussard mentioned. “That is what lots of brokers do. He was attempting to get his consumer in the most effective scenario he may.”
Paul knew what he needed to do and executed properly.
“He flexed his muscle,” Broussard mentioned.
