Victor Wembanyama Bust Watch

[VegetasHairline]

The media is ALWAYS looking for the next big thing.

The hype machine been looking for the next Jordan since Jordan’s second retirement.

For a while, it was Kobe and I still think he’s the closest thing to Jordan the league has seen since Jordan.

LeBron James was the most hyped up prep athlete I’ve ever seen in my lifetime coming out of high school this little hype Victor is getting pales in comparison to what LeBron got. There were beat writers saying LeBron was good enough to play in the NBA as a sophomore in high school. I remember ESPN airing his high school games a good two years before he ever played professionally.

LeBron actually lived up to the hype. Now LeBron is in the sunset of his career it seems and now it’s time for them to start looking for the next big thing again.

Grown azz men hating on a 19 year old kid ain’t where it’s at though.

Wemby wasn't even more hyped than Zion.

 

[Rev Leon Lonnie Love]

The issue with this is he is gonna get injured playing inside like that. Even now he is falling all over the place, it's bound to happen a handful of times in the season where he jumps on someones foot and sprains his ankle or lands awkwardly, etc.

He fell like Woody from Toy Story

 

[THE 101]

I hope Wemby is a monster and becomes a historically great player but I can also understand people wanting to react against the hype he is being given in the media. The commentary during his games has been wild. Mark Jones and Doris Burke losing their mind over him doing just the most basic competent shyt

Having orgasms over regular ass rebounds and passes. No need to oversell his ability. If he's that good we'll see it naturally.

 

[malbaker86]

I watch Wemby play, then I watch Chet play... and honesty to me the difference on the offensive end is pretty apparent. Chet is FAR more refined as an offensive player, and seems to have some "dog" in him against summer league guys. Isn't afraid of contact, and even throws a couple of tough hard box outs

His defensive impact is honestly pretty close to what Wemby's is. If I had to pick a guy right now who I'm more impressed with, it's Chet

Chet's had a whole year in and around the NBA culture so this shouldn't be a surprise and he got great coaching in college too. Chet's going to be a problem in his own right. OKC is going to be hell in about 3 years

 

[HabitualChiller]

I mean, at this point Chet has had more NBA-level training and I’m assuming he got some chances after his injury to maybe practice with some other players

This. I don't even know why he even mentioned Chet like that kat hasn't had a full NBA season and off-season worth of workouts and conditioning.

 

[wire28]

Already shut down for load management

 

[duckbutta]

80 mill to coach the goat prospect. must be nice

Pop like "yall really going to let me coach a 19 year old who can block 3 pointers". Aight Bet.

Pop face need to be the new

 

[Rekkapryde]

nikkaz need to go ahead and edit their posts before it's too late.

 

[The Devil's Advocate]

The media is ALWAYS looking for the next big thing.

The hype machine been looking for the next Jordan since Jordan’s second retirement.

For a while, it was Kobe and I still think he’s the closest thing to Jordan the league has seen since Jordan.

LeBron James was the most hyped up prep athlete I’ve ever seen in my lifetime coming out of high school this little hype Victor is getting pales in comparison to what LeBron got. There were beat writers saying LeBron was good enough to play in the NBA as a sophomore in high school. I remember ESPN airing his high school games a good two years before he ever played professionally.

LeBron actually lived up to the hype. Now LeBron is in the sunset of his career it seems and now it’s time for them to start looking for the next big thing again.

Grown azz men hating on a 19 year old kid ain’t where it’s at though.

A few things to unpack here

Why we keep using the media cop out? I could see if it was Skip Bayless being the lone one saying Tebow is going to shine... But all these other prospects were said to be the next one by current and former scouts, players, coaches, execs and owners.. They ain't just make this shyt up. San Antonio didn't get fooled by the media. They did their work like every other team and came to the same conclusion. So when it doesn't work out, you can't flip back and blame media as if they alone was saying it.

Are we not allowed to talk about any draftee? "Why y'all hating?" Who's hating? People are assessing what they see and making predictions. Nobody was hating on Zion when they said he was too damn heavy and would probably stay injured. And now he's staying injured, people are saying "I knew it.. They should have picked someone else." How's that hate? I don't see anybody wishing anything bad on him. Just saying they don't see the lock best prospect ever.

We talking about sports and y'all really on some "don't think a player isn't as good as everyone says or that means you hate him and wish he fails"

 

[DPresidential]

I haven't seen him do anything Porzingis wasn't doing as a rookie.

Now, if he really goes on some Luka shyt and shyts on the NBA from game 1 of the regular season; I'll be excited.

 

[Morethan1]

 

[Paper Boi]

 

[Windows 91]

These new NBA cats

 

[CarltonJunior]

I can't believe this nikka is already doing wild flamingo shyt

 

[Niggthaniel Essex]

.....oh boy....