Panthers punter Johnny Hekker shares critique of NBA prospect Bronny James

Bronny James, the eldest son of NBA nice LeBron James, traveled to Chicago to take part within the league’s mix. Groups usually ship scouts and key determination makers to the mix to get an up-close have a look at draft prospects.

James completed his freshman season at USC averaging 4.8 factors, 2.8 rebounds and a pair of.1 assists per recreation. Whereas the 6’1″ James just isn’t thought of a “cannot miss” prospect, he’s held in comparatively excessive regard as a consequence of his athleticism and basketball IQ — to not point out, his pedigree speaks for itself. 

Since declaring for the NBA Draft in April, conversations have swirled about whether or not James is prepared for the league. Whereas sure areas of the 19-year-old’s recreation will probably develop over time, a Tremendous Bowl champion punter determined to weigh in on the present state of James’ skillset.

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Johnny Hekker took discover of a video of James collaborating in drills on the mix and determined to supply a critique of James.

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“Bro’s catch and launch is 2-3 enterprise days,” Hekker commented on a put up on X, previously Twitter, displaying a few of James’ mix highlights.

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Hekker spent the primary decade of his NFL profession with the Rams group earlier than becoming a member of the Carolina Panthers in 2022. 

Regardless of the criticism, James’ future Corridor of Fame father probably continues to hope to someday play alongside his son on the NBA degree. James has publicly expressed his need to be one a part of a father-son duo on a number of events.

“My final 12 months can be performed with my son,” James advised The Athletic through the 2022 NBA All-Star Weekend. “Wherever Bronny is at, that’s the place I’ll be. I might do no matter it takes to play with my son for one 12 months. It’s not concerning the cash at that time.”

The Los Angeles Lakers seem to stay open to the concept of drafting Bronny if the chance presents itself, however including him to the roster doesn’t seem like on the high of the staff’s precedence record, ESPN reported earlier this week.

NBA groups have been advised Monday that Bronny James, the son of the Los Angeles Lakers’ LeBron James, has been medically cleared to play within the league, an individual with information of the matter advised The Related Press.

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The clearance willpower was probably anticipated, on condition that Bronny James was capable of play the ultimate 25 video games for USC this previous season as a freshman. 

He suffered cardiac arrest throughout a observe session in July 2023 and wanted a process to repair what was recognized as a congenital coronary heart defect, then missed a number of months whereas recovering.

The NBA convened what is called a fitness-to-play panel — three docs who evaluation medical information — to find out if James needs to be cleared. They decided that he’s “medically in a position and match to play basketball within the NBA,” which cleared his path to collaborating within the mix.

The Related Press contributed to this report.

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