Bronny James made his much anticipated debut, but is there too much pressure on the younger James given the attention he is set to receive?
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00:01 >> Ronnie finally made his college debut and honestly, I'm not sure enough people
00:06 talked about it just from the sense of what this meant as far as a young man who
00:10 had a cardiac arrest over the summer and was able to get back on the basketball
00:14 court, it would have been hyped before.
00:17 Part of that is everybody realizes the gravity of it.
00:21 But as we go forward Dakota, given LeBron James is his dad,
00:24 given the attention USC is likely to get,
00:27 is there gonna be undue pressure on Bronte?
00:30 >> I don't think so.
00:32 I mean, he's been LeBron's son his entire life and
00:35 ever since he's played basketball, he's been LeBron's son.
00:38 So I don't think it's undue pressure or pressure he's not accustomed to.
00:42 I love the fact that he doesn't seem to be bothered by it.
00:45 And at this point, we as fans are just happy to see him back on the court.
00:51 Like you said, that was a terrifying thing.
00:53 And anybody, no matter how you feel about LeBron,
00:56 can sympathize and some might empathize with what he must feel as a parent.
01:00 Just to be able to see his son doing the thing he loves the most after such
01:04 a scary incident.
01:06 So no, I don't think it's too much pressure on him.
01:08 I think he just needs to go out there and be Bronte.
01:10 And I love the fact that LeBron has always relayed that message.
01:14 I just want him to go be Bronte.
01:16 As long as that's the case, I feel like there's no pressure.
01:18 Just play ball.
01:18 >> And- >> You're a college freshman at USC,
01:21 my God, you're just a kid.
01:24 >> No one expects him to be LeBron James, right?
01:26 Now, what happened with him from a health standpoint changes things a little bit
01:31 cuz it's just great that he's out there, period.
01:34 But if he is indeed 100% healthy and moves beyond that,
01:37 I think there's a chance he's a little bit underrated.
01:41 Because everybody knows he's not LeBron, and
01:44 he's not projected as a top prospect.
01:47 But if he can make his mark as, let's say, a 3 and D kind of player,
01:52 you know how valuable those pieces are in the NBA.
01:56 So there is a chance for Bronte to carve out his own lane here.
01:59 >> And that'll probably do him favors to the point of pressure.
02:04 If he was seen as a not-miss prospect right now, then yeah,
02:10 there's way more pressure.
02:10 But he gets time to just kind of develop.
02:12 If he could be a really good 3 and D guy, if not even better than that, but
02:16 there isn't any pressure that he's expected to be a first round pick next year.
02:20 So yeah, he could just play ball.
02:22 And he's on the USC, he might have the time.