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both are completely living up to the hype so far which is all that matters
The hype for Wemby was ROY, All-Star and playoffs. He’s been fine, but def not living up to the hype. Especially WOJ telling us he’s the best prospect since Lebron every time he was on the TV.
Almost every piece of NBA content I listened to in the preseason had the Spurs as a bottom 3 team in the west.
source on that first sentence?
If Wemby is just “fine” than 99.9% of rookies are terrible.
99.9% of rookies ARE terrible
Yes, but not terrible rookies. Wemby is an excellent rookie, especially for his age.
99.9% of rookies weren't billed as the best prospect since LeBron.
And this is why Wemby needs to play like an All-Star on Day One? Because the media said so?
Wemby is? I don't think so. The hype was insane and he's not really playing that great, not bad for a high pick rookie but a lot left to be desired wrt the generational commentary about him
Wemby is not “completely” living up to the hype
Because the hype was stupid.
I agree just saying, he has not lived up to being a day one all star
Wemby is still a player in the making. People didn’t realised last year was this first season he could really be offensivly relevant in the french league. Before that he was injured or to physically tender. He was not a first, a second or even a third option. I’m absolutly not surprised to see Chet as a more consistent shooter. But Wemby is a fast learner, he is very professionnal and he is in the right organization. He is not there to be rookie of year, he wants rings.
Great! All I was saying now for the third comment is Wemby is not a day one all star like Lebron or Duncan was
Definitly, he never was.
The hype was. Which was the whole point of the comment
you must be kidding , he's avging 20 and 10 with 2/3 blocks a game and a near all defensive team level defense , his fg % isn't great but it's better than what lebron had at this point in his carreer , if you expect him to drop 25 a game with high efficiency you're smoking crack
Those are good numbers back in 2005
these are good numbers for a rookie
Not for "best prospect since Lebron" though. That was the hype.
His hype was much higher than this. His hype was that he'd make the Spurs not suck ass, and that he'd do it as an all star level player
Holmgren also has SGA as a point guard to run the floor whereas Wemby has Sochan. Wemby is taking much harder shots as a result.
Wemby has been raw his rookie season. He is not the instant All Star level player ppl thought he would be. Chet is though.
Chet is also not a traditional rookie, having one year of NBA experience under his belt from being drafted last year and not playing. The fact that this conversation is consistently being had is a testament to how good Wemby has been this year in just 16 games. Yeah he's raw, but the talent is real.
Chet has the same amount of NBA experience going into this season as Wemby. None.
Thunder fans 🤝 Sixers fans in 2018
NBA game experience. He was employed by an NBA team last year.
wemby has not lived up to the hype lol people were saying he's a Lebron level prospect, the best since Lebron and perhaps even more so. Yet I can remember many other rookie year performances since Lebron that have been better than what we're currently getting from Wemby. His entire hype on offense is predicated on his shooting ability, and currently he's been an absolutely horrendous outside shooter.
I mean, that hype was stupid considering his shooting splits in the European leagues. His hype should be completely based on his skill set and measurables. He has the potential to be an absolute stud if he can grow into his body with time. Anyone thinking he’d be the saving grace for the spurs in year 1 are smoking crack respectively
LeBron himself would not satisfy your own criteria there.
I thought Victor would have a much higher 3P%