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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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[–] 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)