Victor Wembanyama is breaking the knees of GMs and players, there are no two ways to do it.
When 7-footers lament being “only” 7-foot tall, you know you’re something special. Victor Wembanyama, the top prospect since 2003, is making Adam Silver sweat.
Not because he’s a horrible person or player, but because the league is about to witness a tank job of epic proportions to catch him.
Kevin Durant said it would be a disservice to be compared to him, high praise for just a teenager. The kid doesn’t seem to have a problem taking two strides to cover half the court, but he’s shooting arcing 3-pointers like Midoriya Shintaro from kuroko no basuke.
How do you stop a guy who’s half a foot above Rudy Gobert and Kevin Durant? The only way to defend against him is to hope you select him first!
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“The league is really in trouble when he comes in” 😤 @brhoops
KD with high praise for Victor Wembanyama
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— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) October 7, 2022
Kevin Durant was the original Slim Reaper: We may have a new Sheriff in town
Kevin Durant may have unleashed a new era of basketball players on us. In the 2000s, top performance looked like Shaquille O’Neal. Burlesque performers who couldn’t move even if hit by a train, Durant would snap like a twig, but now he’s the model for all gamers like him.
People will see that KD had the biggest impact on the game at the end of this decade. KD and Giannis are his favorite players.
KD created this new era of 7’0 demigods, showed them that it was possible to have that kind of offensive freedom. Ask them who their favorite player is, it’s KD.
— Eagles (4-0) 🦅 (@WeAreJustLikeU) October 7, 2022
Before the 2000s, Manute Bol was the only player to survive with that frame, although he wasn’t an offensive monster like KD. Surprisingly strong, Durant can hold his own against tougher opponents, even in the paint.
Giannis Antetokounmpo entered the league looking like a European KD, but he improved and tweaked his game to suit the needs of the Bucks. Victor, however, doesn’t need to because he looks like a taller Kevin Durant.
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Victor Wembanyama is the most hyped prospect since LeBron James – move on Zion Williamson and LaMelo Ball
Zion Williamson and LaMelo Ball were the shiny new toys fans received when they entered the league. Victor is the last and the greatest. If Zion and LaMelo were Rock ’em Sock ’em Robots, Wembanyama would be the Nintendo 64. Everyone wants him and every GM has wild dreams of recruiting him.
Move over Bronny and Bryce too, because it makes more sense to rack up finances to pay LeBron James’ salary for that time. Even at age 40, Bron won’t be looking to take the veteran minimum. He, too, will not play as Udonis Haslem so that the money is well spent.
But rarely does a European player create such a stir even before entering the league. The last top prospect to move up to No. 1 was Paulo Banchero, and he doesn’t compare to Victor. Before that, it was Andrea Bargnani.
Barring something unforeseen, Victor Wembenyama will go to No. 1. The race to go 0-82 is on, and no team, even in 2002, is doing it as blatantly as half the league is now. Whoever chooses him will sleep like Scrooge McDuck on Draft Night.
2023 can’t come soon enough, and we may see a literal fight for the No. 1 spot in the upcoming draft.
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