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Bronny James wasn't considered a first-round pick by many people entering the 2024 NBA Draft. As it turns out some of those people were also in NBA front offices.
The eldest son of LeBron James, ranked by Yahoo Sports' Krysten Peek as the No. 54 prospect in the draft, went unselected in the first round Wednesday. It's not a huge surprise given where the younger James was ranked by most talent evaluators, but there was enough speculation that a team might select him to leverage his father that anything seemed possible.
Bronny now sits as by far the biggest name of Thursday's second round, with the Los Angeles Lakers standing out as an obvious landing spot at No. 55 overall. LeBron's agent, Rich Paul, has made it very clear the two aren't a package deal, but the Lakers have still been linked to Bronny throughout the process.
Drafting Bronny and retaining LeBron, who could opt out of his contract soon, would give the Lakers the first on-court father-son combo in NBA history. The Lakers used their only other pick of the draft at No. 17 overall to take Tennessee's Dalton Knecht, possibly the biggest steal of the draft.
Bronny James' predraft process has been unusual
Notably, Bronny worked out only for the Lakers and the Phoenix Suns before the draft. The Suns do not have a pick in the second round — they lost one due to a tampering violation — but they could still conceivably trade their way back in.
Otherwise, Peek has mentioned interest from the Toronto Raptors (No. 31), Minnesota Timberwolves (No. 37) and Dallas Mavericks (No. 58) in the 6-foot-2 combo guard.
Further complicating the situation is Paul saying he wants his new client to be selected only by teams willing to offer him a guaranteed deal. James is seen at this stage as a developmental prospect at best, having averaged only 4.8 points per game in a one-season USC career shortened by cardiac arrest, and that could discourage teams from taking a flier on him.
It's hard to see a non-Lakers team selecting the younger James given all those self-imposed limitations, hence why so many people treat the Lakers taking him as a foregone conclusion. Now we wait to see if a team wants to spoil the fun.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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