Raptors Draft Watch: Is Bronny James worth the squeeze?

When the news came out that the Toronto Raptors, specifically President Masai Ujiri, were interested in Bronny James, it didn’t come as a surprise. The interest is genuine, as Masai was spotted at Bronny James’ pro day workout.

bronny shooting around...peep who in the back pic.twitter.com/aqHJw9k1RE

— (@ogchabzo) May 23, 2024 It’s a bit of a shock that Bronny elected to stay in the draft. After all, his numbers as a USC Trojan were underwhelming at best: 4.8 points, 2.8 boards, 2.1 dimes, and 36.6% field-goal shooting, including 26.7% from the perimeter in at least 19 minutes of playing time.

Yikes.

To Bronny’s defense, he played on a Trojan team that had a borderline disaster-class season, and…