There are plenty of polarizing players in the 2024 NBA Draft, but none of them are capable of providing toxic discourse quite like Bronny James. Being LeBron James’ son has put a target on Bronny, and a tough freshman season at USC didn’t do him any favors. Now, when Bronny is mentioned as a prospect in the 2024 NBA Draft, people roll their eyes and say that it’s only because he's the son of one of the greatest basketball players of all time.
It seems to go completely unrecognized these days, but Bronny went into cardiac arrest while working out on the USC campus in late July. It was later determined that a congenital heart defect caused the scary incident, but he ended up being cleared to resume basketball activities a few weeks later. But it was a life-threatening situation for Bronny.
Of course, Bronny should have done a better job of burying his triples last season. But Bronny was a good shooter throughout his high school career, and he shot 19-for-25 from three in the shooting drill at the NBA Draft Combine. That was the second-best shooting performance of anybody at the event. Bronny also happens to sport extremely clean mechanics, making it easy to buy into him as a knockdown shooter at the next level.