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As long as I’ve followed the league, truly immense rookie hype has mostly come true. (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by TheFrebbin@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space

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The rookies I remember having immense hype, the kind where the draft is considered a sweepstakes for who will get them:

Shaquille O’Neal (1992) Tim Duncan (1997) LeBron James (2003) Zion Williamson (2019) Victor Wembanyama (2023)

Three out of four have had top 10-15 all time careers. I hope Zion gets it together to have at least a Hall of Fame career.

Who am I forgetting / who was there before 1992?

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[–] eanregguht@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Almost every #1 pick has immense rookie hype.

Most of them are hyped, yes...but you'd be remiss to act like John Wall, Kyrie Irving, KAT, and Victor Wembanyama got the same levels of hype just because all of them were #1 picks.

[–] Thebeavs3@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah true but Zion AD Andrea barngiani even d rose were seen as potential all time guys, plus all the other guys like Greg oden kwame and Michael olawakndi who were pretty hyped as well

[–] Klaytheist@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Lol no one said that about Bargnani. It was a incredibly weak draft with no clear cut #1 (looks even worse now)