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Predicting Bronny James' NBA Career: Starter or Bench?
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7/11/2025
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He was trying to tell me the other day down here at the office,
00:03
he thinks Bronny James is going to have a successful NBA career.
00:08
I asked what that meant, just like staying in the NBA for three to five seasons
00:12
as a second-round pick.
00:14
He said, no, all-star consideration for Bronny James.
00:18
I bit my tongue.
00:20
I want him to think fondly of his summer at SportsGrid.
00:24
DRS at SportsGrid on Twitter, what kind of playing career
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will Bronny James have?
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The options are good.
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Starter, bench player, Hall of Famer, or other.
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No in between.
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Now, most of the public, more than 70%, saying that Bronny James,
00:43
if he sticks around the association, will be a reserve role player, bench player.
00:48
Which way did you vote DRS in this Fade the Public poll?
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Here's the fun part about this poll, though.
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It's like, okay, well, what can you be?
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I'm a starter in the NBA.
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Cool, that's good.
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All right, if I don't start, I am a bench player.
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And if I'm really good, I'm a Hall of Famer.
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And then there's other, like, what other type of player can you be,
01:04
to be honest?
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Like, what's the right answer?
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Because I use the other.
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Like, G League player, I think would be other.
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Yeah, all right.
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So, I hit other because, like, I want to sell Bronny James
01:15
on Enterprise Rent-A-Car.
01:16
I mean, let me tell you something.
01:18
We'll get to a nice job over there.
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You know, you can rent Pops cars all day long.
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Maverick Carter, like Rich Paul.
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Like, you can actually get a fleet together.
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You can make some pretty good commissions, probably,
01:30
on selling those cars.
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I think that's probably the best thing.
01:32
Dad owns, like, what was it, like Blaze Pizza?
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Like, you could be a general manager of Blaze Pizza.
01:37
There's a lot this kid can do here and be set up for life.
01:40
He doesn't have to play in the NBA and just sit back and relax and enjoy it.
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So, I did go other, figuring that there's other opportunities outside the NBA
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that will be certainly beneficial to him as well.
01:51
I love that for you, DRS, that your other was not, like,
01:54
out of the NBA in two years or just a G League player, a two-way type of guy.
01:58
You are trying to sell the son of LeBron James on working for Enterprise Rent-A-Car.
02:04
If he doesn't have an NBA career, I'm not sure he will need to go to Enterprise.
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I think, at his best, the next few years, DRS,
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he will be battling for bench spots and some reserve minutes
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with J.J. Redick and the Lakers.
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Like, that's it.
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I do not believe that he is going to be an impact player at the NBA.
02:24
We saw last night, he can defend.
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He was really good against Cooper Flagg, making shot selection very difficult.
02:31
He doesn't have enough offensively, one of six from beyond the arc yesterday.
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I think, at best, he's a reserve player.
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But, again, that's it, best, for the next few seasons.
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I don't think he has a seven- to ten-year NBA career.
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Most kids are like, hey, Dad, play another year in the NBA.
02:48
Understanding that, like, hey, we get Dad home and it's fun to watch him on TV.
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But this kid is actually like, Dad, please play so I can play in the NBA.
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How about that?
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Okay.
02:57
See you in the NBA.
02:58
See you in the NBA.
03:18
See you in the NBA.
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