Bronny James Joins Lakers, Selected 55th Overall in NBA Draft

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00:00But let's get started with history about to be made, because it is now official that Brawny

00:08James, the son of LeBron James, is going to be on the Los Angeles Lakers this season.

00:13They drafted him yesterday.

00:15He was minus 135 on the FanDuel Sportsbook to be taken by the Lakers.

00:19That seemed low.

00:21He ends up being drafted by the Lakers 55th overall, and provided that LeBron James opts

00:27into the final year of his contract, which, by the way, is $51.4 million.

00:34LeBron and Brawny, at some point this season, figured to be on the same court.

00:41Really interesting notes here for Brawny James, who naturally passed up another season at

00:45USC.

00:46We'll see if it was the right decision in the future, but for the present, he is on

00:50the Lakers.

00:51Yesterday, it was kind of funny that during some of the draft discussion, Bob Myers appeared

00:55on ESPN saying that the agent for LeBron James, and naturally his son, Brawny James,

01:00Rich Paul, called teams telling them not to draft LeBron James unless you want to see

01:06him playing in Australia, because that's where he's going to go.

01:10I don't know if that was actually a strategy that worked, but needless to say, at least

01:15for the time being, it appeared that it did.

01:18Meanwhile, the general manager of the Los Angeles Lakers, Rob Palenka, talked about

01:22drafting Brawny and how another chapter in Lakers history is about to be made.

01:28You know, I think about the Los Angeles Lakers, I think about, you know, a franchise where

01:37basketball history just sort of unfolds and takes place.

01:40I mean, if you think back to the origins of the game of basketball, and Dr. Naismith,

01:46and, you know, Peach Basket, and all that's emanated from the invention of the game, and

01:53you think that in the history of the NBA, there's never been a father and a son that

02:01have shared an NBA basketball court, and that feels like something that could be magical.

02:11We know and have to respect, of course, that LeBron has a decision about his opt-out, and

02:17I'm sure he and his family and his agent will deliberate what they're going to do there,

02:21and of course he has freedom to decide whatever's best for him and his family.

02:25But if it worked out that he was on our team next season, NBA history could be made, and

02:33NBA history should be made in a Lakers uniform.