The percentage of posters who focus on the injury potential for Wembanyama has declined dramatically since the Spurs landed the #1 pick.
I don't remember many paying it much attention, and personally thought it was a dumb trope even before the lottery.
This article is older (from 2011) but still very interesting: https://weaksideawareness.wordpress....ayers-details/
Here's one excerpt from it:
BTW, dimension also matters… average careers for players with…
Height of 7 feet or more = 5.78 seasons.
Height from 6-7 to 6-11 = 5.43 seasons.
Height from 6-3 to 6-6 = 4.51 seasons.
Height 6-2 or below = 4.12 seasons.
what injury potential?
You just never know. Most NBA players in general don't play 500 games. Short guys get injured too. At least the modern NBA has more rules in place to prevent it.
Tbh, I do hate the fact that there will be a constant anxiety about this guy's health. Every time he bumps into another player, every time he falls down, every time he lands after a dunk - we're gonna be worried for a moment.
One thing that may help is that Wemby is resisting any though of “bulking up,” which I think would be bad for him. He needs to keep his weight reasonably low so that his long bones, ligaments, and tendons aren’t facing unusual stress as compared to shorter players.
Aside from Bol and Bradley, all those dudes were pretty freaking stout and carried a lot of weight. Not to.mention that Wembanyama has been receiving state of the art physical therapy and management/training on his body since he was 14.
His tendons and ligaments are as well suited for this basketball endeavor as anyone his size could possibly be.
I'm less worried about a foot / ankle injury with him than I am a knee getting rolled into on a meaningless rebound that rips his knee to shreds.
Some people don't seem to have seen Victor play. He's immensely strong. He blocks guys and they go to the ground. They didn't lose in the last round because he got overpowered, they lost because they don't have as many good players.
I agree with that. I’ve been watching his tape a lot since the Spurs won the lottery, and tried to catch as many of his playoff games as possible. I think he could stand to add some leg and core strength, but his biggest issues on the offensive end were more rawness than power.
hahah preach my brother! Injuries are apart of the game but I trust PATFO to manage Wemby best they can.
I hear that dude is one in generation
So tbh all nba team this season is a must, but I hear that he will have minutes restrictions and ppl gonna pray he will not broke.
Looks like he is made of glass and ppl still do not want him to hit the gym
NBA is bit different then French league. I have not seen him being such a force so ... this hype train is n ot for me. I need to see some proof.
The french league is miles more physical than the NBA.I hear that dude is one in generation
So tbh all nba team this season is a must, but I hear that he will have minutes restrictions and ppl gonna pray he will not broke.
Looks like he is made of glass and ppl still do not want him to hit the gym
NBA is bit different then French league. I have not seen him being such a force so ... this hype train is n ot for me. I need to see some proof.
Quietly hoped for the 2nd pick because of this reason. Would have taken the pressure off since the Spurs couldnt draft Wemby anyways. Scoot seems like a sure fire all-star with a superstar ceiling.
Not to say Wemby can't beat the odds and have a long and healthy career but you would have to ignore history. It's quite the gamble to draft Wemby but you got to do it. This could easily look like Oden vs Durant in retrospect.
And you might win 2-5 les
Luckily, the science athletes use to care and repair and improve their bodies has progressed tremendously over the past few decades. Your examples, therefore, aren’t predicative of anything regarding wemby’s future
This was certainly a concern of mine as well, but hearing more about how he trains, and the bevy of trainers he surrounds himself with, I think he's got the potential to break that mold. And, being a lighter center, and likely not to take the same degree of pounding as big men from the past, I would put his injury risk the same as any other NBA prospect.
And the Spurs are in the process of building a world-class human performance research center. It will be up and running by Victor's first game as a Spur.
Knees are routinely permanently repaired these days. Below the knee ailments common to the giga tall players such as stress fractures are not so much and tend to be chronic. Wemby already has had a fibular stress fracture. I think lower body stress fractures are the primary concern with him but unlike OP and some others, I'm not gonna piss my pants worrying about it. He and his people have been handling him correctly by diligently focusing on flexibility.
Sure, Yao may have been an all star but if you ask people the part of his game they liked or what made him great, that's where things get tricky... He was no Olajuwon or Duncan, just a tall guy with good hands, pretty slow and living under the basket...He would be basically useless today.
2nd play of the Tube, Yao stroking a trey. Looks 100 natural.
Not his fault the coaching of that time discourage Center Treys.
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