Three players in Tuesday's McDonald's All-American Games are sons of NBA players: Bronny...
Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James, right, celebrates with his sons Bronny, left, and Bryce after passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to become the NBA's all-time leading scorer during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Oklahoma City Thunder Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023.There are expectations and taunts. Name recognition, and maybe even opportunities, but also pressure.
“There’s plusses and minuses to it,” Pelicans center Larry Nance Jr. said. “If you let the pressure get to you, the minuses far outweigh the plusses.” The Cavaliers’ Darius Garland, who was born after his father retired, did not hear the typical taunts. Though he was considered one of the best high school players in the nation, Austin Rivers heard them throughout his life because his father, 76ers coach Doc Rivers, was current, making Austin an easier target.
“It depends how you take it, really,” Martin said. “I know some guys put pressure on themselves. But from the outside in, just random people, they expect you to be as good or better than your father that played. But for me personally, I never really thought of it like that. I’m just used it. “Obviously, for me, growing up in Akron and Cleveland, Ohio, with my dad’s jersey retired in Cleveland, comes with its pressures, added pressures, which is the disadvantage,” he said. “But the advantage of it is bigger. I wasn’t very good in high school. I wasn’t good. I didn’t necessarily know if I was a Division I player. Because of my name, they could look at me and say, ‘OK, this kid isn’t going to be 6-3 very much longer. Let’s take a gamble on him.
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