Or the handles.
dirks the only 7'0 i can think of
Yep. Durant is the closest thing anyone has seen. Any comparison is inadequate because he's so unique. Shaq was that way too.
Durant is the closest thing anyone can think of when trying to compare Wemby, and I get it because we see a very slender guy with big man height and wing skills.
But that is a misleading comparison. I think it creates false expectations for some Spurs fans.
Wemby is not going to come into the league and score the way Durant did.
Perhaps he'll have similar numbers, but he won't do it the same way.
Durant was already an elite shooter, shot creator, and shot maker at age 19, hitting 40% of his threes in college on good volume and 80% of his free throws
Wemby is not that far along yet as a shot creator or as a pure shooter. He will likely do a lot more damage inside and in midrange than Durant.
Wemby is also a completely different alien on defense compared to Durant. Durant has been a good defender most his career, but Wemby has the potential to alter entire games just on that end of the court alone.
Durant shot 29% at age 19 as an NBA rookie.
One of the strongest elite shooting markers is FT%. It indicates a consistent, repeatable shooting motion. Wemby shot 83% on 6 atts/game. He’s going to be a really good 3 point shooter once he stops that one footed crap.
You can't compare NBA 3 pt shooting with College/Fiba 3 pt shooting. Also, DeRozan is almost a 90% FT shooting and he can't shoot 3's. Being a good FT shooter doesn't necessarily result in being a good 3pt shooter.
I don't know why folks are saying Durant is the closest comparisson when it's clearly Anthony Davis.
You need to learn how to read. I never said that 3pt shooting was certain with high FT shooting, just that it was a signal. Signals some time get crossed.
Not certain if serious ...
Young skinny AD is the closest comp imo. He’s obviously different but to be frank there aren’t really any legit comps
AD was always been a defensive master with his intangible that i think Wemby lacks... He's more like a 7'5" version of Lauri Markkanen meets Marcus Camby
???
Anthony Davis, intangibles?
Evidently Stein says we may see some Victor in Summer League
(I don't subscribe to him so I only see the tweet)
Sikinny 7 footer with good handles and shooting promise, but that still plays primarily as a bigman and is a defensive anchor. Which comparisson would be better?
Just the opposite. The French League allows so much more holding and bumping than the NBA that once he gets the ball he will be able to get his shot off over virtually everyone. And he will have players that actually know how to throw an entry pass. He is also likely to get fewer double and triple teams.
not to mention davis had a penchant for blocking 3 point shots in college
Who the F@CK cares who you compare him to just as long as in 5 years everyone is being compared to him.
EuroLeague is definitely better than the French League Wemby played in this season, but his point remains.
Here's something that's been on my mind, the French league has been looked down upon the whole year as "weak" and Wemby has received some flack for not playing the Euro League. Granted the French League isn't the best national league in Europe but it's still one of the most physical, the rules allow a lot more contact (people who've watched the playoffs can attest) and he's not just playing against undersized plumbers.
What we saw yesterday was him playing a Finals elimination game against the third best team in Europe and being hands down the best player on the court. At 19 years of age. A veteran team that was clearly way better than the Mets. To me, that shows he could have dominated the Euro League had he chose to play it.
But there's a huge difference between Victor & Doncic people don't talk about when their pre-NBA seasons are compared : we all know every player in the NBA is a super athlete compared to the average person, but in the context of NBA players, Doncic's body isn't anything spectacular (some would even say subpar).
On the other hand Victor is a freak amongst freaks, he's one of a kind, and that comes with some downside. So instead he chose to focus on getting his body ready as best he could for the NBA. Keep in mind he's the same amount taller than KD as KD is taller than me, which is absolutely bonkers. He's not just a 7 footer, he will tower over everyone in the NBA.
So yeah, in his last year before the NBA he chose:
- To reduce the amount of games & travel
- To focus on his strength & conditioning
- To go to a team where he'd have lots of playing time
- To go to a team where he could experiment
- To be close to his family
That shouldn't make people think he's not gonna be just as prepared as Doncic was when coming to the NBA. He'll be ready, and people will be surprised.
here's Monaco's defensive strategy of guarding Wemby on full display
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