 to get my kid in the NHL, and I just couldn't do it. I just couldn't pull it off. So I know where he's coming from. Arnie Spanier, LeBron James, like one and the same. Here was Rob Palenka, the general manager of the Lakers, who explained why the Lakers liked Bronny as a prospect. Bronny is, first and foremost, a person of high character, and second, he is a young man that works incredibly hard.