As the eldest son of NBA superstar LeBron James, Bronny James has been destined to escape the spotlight since he was a child. James has talked about wanting to compete with Bronny on the same team more than once before, and he has given up " I will go wherever my son goes.” Although he can indeed play for a few more years, it is indeed unknown whether Bronny can enter the NBA.

Bronny's draft stock dropped sharply, and his ranking dropped 31 spots in just one month

Bronny, who is currently studying at Sierra Canyon High School, suffered a meniscus tear in February last year. Although he made a comeback after the split, he still failed to perform satisfactorily. Last month, according to the latest rankings of the 2023 U.S. high school students by the draft website Rivals, Bronny, who was rated as a four-star high school student, has fallen to 60th place. You must know that in May, he once ranked as high as 29th in this ranking. In just one month, his market price dropped by 31 places. Brownie's prospects of entering the NBA are indeed not optimistic.

The sharp drop in ranking stimulated Brownie, and he scored 2 points in the EYBL league to prove himself

But perhaps it was this ranking that stimulated Brownie, allowing him to win in the recent EYBL (Nike Youth Elite Basketball League) began to usher in an explosion. 3 days ago, he hit 5 three-pointers in the game and scored 28 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists. The US media also specially forwarded Bronny’s performance in this game. Highlights video, and wrote "Brownie played the best game of his career", and Lao Zhan also forwarded this update later, with the same text saying "We are just working hard, keeping a low profile and focused." I thought this was just a flash in the pan for Bronny, but in another game that ended earlier, Bronny continued his highlight performance. After the whole game, he made 8 of 12 shots and 4 of 5 three-pointers. He scored a double-double of 25 points and 10 rebounds. Seeing his son being so successful, James also retweeted Bronny's highlight video as usual.

If Bronny is eligible to run in 2024, can Bronny compete with Lao James?

The 17-year-old Bronny, currently 1.91 meters tall, will He is eligible to participate in the NBA in 2024, and in 2024, LeBron James will be 40 years old. Based on the outstanding form he showed last season, it should not be a problem to play until the age of 40, but whether he can be on the same court with his son or even Competing on the same team depends on what kind of potential Brownie can show in the past two years.

The gold content of this EYBL should be high. This year’s No. 7 pick in the first round, Sharp, performed well in this game. Even though he didn’t play a single game in college, he was still able to enter the EYBL in the end. Transparent area. And if Bronny, who is only 17 years old, can seize these one or two years and continue to improve his personal abilities, he should have no problem entering the NBA as a second-round pick, not to mention the first round.