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Without much surprise when you look at the rumors, Bronny James landed at the Lakers following the draft. After much criticism, Adrian Wojnarowski was very clear on the subject.

Bronny James finds himself under immense pressure for his NBA debut.

While his last name necessarily draws attention to him, it will be even more the case with a Lakers jersey on his back, or when he shares minutes with his father.

But many didn’t appreciate the behind-the-scenes shenanigans.

Because this arrival is certainly not a coincidence. If some teams showed interest in Bronny before the 55th choice of the Lakers, they were quickly cooled by Rich Paul , the agent of the James family.

The speech was simple: do not take Bronny, because he will not come to your team. This is what we can more summarily call nepotism.

Bronny James favored, Wojnarowski gets annoyed

It’s no secret that Bronny got special treatment with his arrival at the Angelinos.

This isn’t a first, nor will it be the last for the NBA, as Adrian Wojnarowski was keen to point out. For the league’s best-known insider, nepotism is very common in the NBA…

“The NBA is full of nepotism…I don’t want to hear anything about it because Bronny’s dad plays for the Lakers. Nepotism is everywhere in this league. »

We can think of the Austin Rivers case during his Clippers years, or the Thanasis Antetokounmpo saga on the Bucks side. But does all of this make this practice justifiable? Probably not.

Because it happens everywhere, fans should accept even more? Pathetic if that’s the logic here lol

Adrian Wojnarowski confirms that nepotism is common in the NBA. Perhaps too common. The question is: did LeBron really do his son a favor with this scheme? There is room for doubt.