Austin Rivers speaks out on why LeBron, Bronny should never play together

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James has not been shy about his desire to play in the NBA alongside his son Bronny. Retired NBA guard Austin Rivers doesn’t want to see it happen.

Rivers recently appeared on ESPN’s “NBA Today” to discuss why he wishes a LeBron-Bronny team-up “doesn’t happen.” The former lottery pick cited parallels with his own NBA journey and claimed that such a team-up would be disadvantageous for Bronny, should he make the NBA.

“I don’t want to see Bronny play with [LeBron James], I really don’t. I went through something similar. … What happens is a lot of people start to discredit everything that you’ve done. … Him getting drafted and playing with his dad, I don’t want that negativity to come his way cause he doesn’t deserve it,” said Rivers.

“He’s not a top 10 pick, he’s not a lottery pick. He’s none of those things. I was all those things — and still when I went and to go play for the Clippers, people were like, ‘Oh, you’re only in the league because of your dad.'”