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

submitted 2 years 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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[–] penguin_torpedo@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

What about Blake wasn't he immensely hyped as well?

[–] the_alert@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Blake had hype, but if a GM could’ve and didn’t pick Shaq, Duncan, LeBron, Zion or Wemby they would’ve had the severance package in their inbox before Zo, Van Horn, Darko, Ja and Miller got to the stage.

[–] VigilanceMrWorf@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Just because Darko went 2nd after Lebron does not mean he would’ve been the guy chosen 1st in this alternate universe. Melo was consensus #2, and taking Darko was an all-time screw-up by Dumars.

[–] 1shmeckle@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Can you imagine the Spurs with Keith Van Horn?

[–] Low-iq-haikou@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

He was very hyped, not on the same level as these names though.

[–] GlassesW_BitchOnThem@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

For sure, I remember all I could talk about in 2003 was Steve Blake.