The theme of ‘family’ is one that plays an underlying factor in the 2024 NBA Draft, with LeBron James Jr. being a point of conversation and debate throughout the build-up to the NBA Draft. Bronny James isn’t the only son of an NBA player who is coming through the ranks in high school/college basketball, with the likes of Kiyan Anthony (son of Carmelo Anthony) and Cameron Boozer (son of Carlos Boozer) — to name a few — that will follow in in a couple of years or perhaps sooner behind James.
Today’s prospect also carries an NBA family background, and while he may not quite carry the same allure of basketball lineage as the likes of LeBron James or Carmelo Anthony, today we’re looking Melvin Ajinca, cousin of former NBA big man, who you may remember, Alexis Ajinca — who spent seven seasons in the NBA, four of those with the New Orleans Pelicans (was that entire segue a stretch?