The Los Angeles Lakers did not draft Bronny James for his basketball talent. Yet as the reasons they did take him diminish, the success of the players they passed on is heaping regret onto the team's shoulders.
The Lakers owned the 55th pick in the 2024 NBA Draft. That is usually a draft slot with a very low hit rate. Expecting a team to find a hidden gem that late is unrealistic. It's a 1-in-10 chance at finding a rotation player.
Thus the downside of using that pick simply for nepotism reasons is relatively low. The Lakers drafted Bronny so that he could be on the same team as his father, LeBron James.