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The Los Angeles Lakers settled on Bronny James with the 55th pick in last week’s NBA Draft. 58 picks were given to NBA teams in the draft, so the Lakers were chosen at the end of the draft. It’s not like they selected Bronny 30, 40 or 50 spots before where they drafted him. The Lakers took Bronny four spots above what many others thought was appropriate. All this at four draft spots (No. 55 compared to an undrafted pick)?USA TODAY Sports columnist Mike Freeman doesn’t make that point. He makes another argument, albeit a totally moderate one: The Lakers are not exclusive or serious in their nepotism.
Freeman writes about nepotism:
It is simply endemic in the NBA. Es endemic everywhere.
Nepotism is a mechanism basically reserved for the tough and has been for centuries. It’s almost a canon. It’s not just about the super-rich. A middle-class father finds a job for his son at the company where he works. The 2010 U. S. census showed just how widespread nepotism is in the country. It shows that 22% of men whose father worked when they were teenagers will work for the same employer at the same time as their father.
Freeman later continues:
The NFL is full of nepotism. There are enough Belichicks to fill an NFL coaching staff. Sports broadcasts are full of them. There is nepotism in refereeing.
It’s all about sport. Shedeur Sanders plays for his father, Deion, in Colorado. Austin Rivers played for his father, Doc, while they were both with the Los Angeles Clippers.
The Lakers didn’t invent nepotism. They are not industry leaders when it comes to nepotism. Bronny James is not the worst example of nepotism in sports. We can all calm down.
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