LeBron James, who loves hyping his son Bronny as NBA-ready every chance he gets, posted a plea for everybody to just leave the kid alone after a new mock draft showed his stock had plummeted dramatically.
Bronny has averaged 5.5 points per game, with a field goal percentage of 37.1% and a 3-point percentage of 27.5%, since joining the USC Trojans this season. He has also contributed 2.8 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game.
While he has clearly suffered trauma by coming back from cardiac arrest during a workout seven months ago, these paltry numbers have been a disappointment by any measure.
As a result, ESPN removed him altogether from the 2024 mock draft and instead projected him to be selected in the 2025 draft instead. Even in that draft, he has slipped to the second round.
LeBron Not Happy With Everybody Scrutinizing Bronny James
LeBron James responded to the news that Bronny is not viewed as being close to NBA-ready with a rage post on the X social media platform.
“Can y’all please just let the kid be a kid and enjoy college basketball?” LeBron wrote on X.
“The work and results will ultimately do the talking no matter what he decides to do. If y’all don’t know he doesn’t care what a mock draft says, he just WORKS! Earned Not Given!”
James deleted the post shortly thereafter.
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Perhaps LeBron deleted his X post when he re-read it and realized that he should take his own advice. Nobody has hyped up Bronny more than him.
He did, after all, proclaim to the world that his son could play for the Los Angeles Lakers “right now” and that he is “definitely better” than some players currently in the league.
Narrator: ‘He’s not.’
“He could play for us right now,” James said following a Lakers loss to the Memphis Grizzlies back in January. “Easy. EASY.”
Back in March of 2023, LeBron took a jab at some NBA players he was watching on League Pass.
“Man Bronny definitely better than some of these cats I’ve been watching on league pass today,” he wrote. “Shit lightweight hilarious.”
Not as lightweight hilarious as saying, ‘Look at Bronny, look at Bronny,’ and then when critics take a really close look saying, ‘Nah, Bro. Let the kid be.’
