An anonymous executive thinks Bronny James may play a legitimate rotation role for the Los Angeles Lakers next season.

Many people across the basketball world were kvetching after the Los Angeles Lakers took Bronny James with the No. 55 pick in last year's NBA draft. The thinking has been that his father, LeBron, and Klutch Sports funneled him into the league and onto the Lakers to fulfill the elder James' bucket list wish of playing alongside him in a game,

Going back to the NBA draft almost a year ago, when the Lakers chose him with the No. 55 overall pick, the feeling around Bronny James was that he was in the league solely because his father happens to be LeBron James, undoubtedly among a handful of the greatest players in the game's history.