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People have unreal expectations for wembanyama right now. Some of them will definitely turn on him when he doesn’t put up 30/10 every game.
People peg him as a rookie year DPOY & that he's making all-star, all of that based on some flashes in pre-season games. People always overreact to these pre-season games, like it's mostly for end of bench players to try & earn minutes, rookies to get a feel for the floor, and actual starter players to get some cardio before the season starts, that's it.
I think Wemby will show a lot of flashes of what he can become, but he won't have close to the consistency people expect. He'll put up more stinker games than people expect, where he either gets abused by the top end guards, gets in foul trouble early, and his shot ain't falling. His efficiency will be pretty bad overall I think.
The cynical side of me wants to agree with you, but I think he might really live up to it. I doubt dpoy, but all-star is an actual expectation.
He would be the first ever rookie DPOY so yeah. I think it will be very hard for him to make all-star, you need the PPG to qualify for it pretty much & I don't think his offensive game is developed enough to put up the numbers. He will get the touches, but he will also get a lot of defensive attention from day 1.
We can look at his accomplishments in Europe, and while they look very promising they're way behind what Luka did before coming into the league. And I would say the all-star race is harder than back then.