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KqWIN said:
More Wemby footage, you see the good and the bad. Defensively he is so special, he moves so well....and not just for a guy his size. He moves well for any big. Offensively, you see the talent and also the barrage of mid rangers. He hit his 3's, which is a good sign. He's never shot over 30% from so it will be a big development for him if he can hit those deep pick and pop shots.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cts7VJBw0Iw
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He looks so damn intriguing! He looks like a future DPOY candidate already IMO. I would be shocked if he's not top 3 in DPOY voting at least once in his career. He has insane tools and movement and he has some defensive feel and smarts.
Offensively he just looks soooooooooo weak and skinny. I disagree with some here that say his offense is bad. It's not bad... furthermore - there are signs of greatness there. But none of it will materialize unless he's able to get stronger and able to absorb contact, fight for position, lower his shoulder into defenders on drives. He needs to be on Rudy Gobert's regimen of physical improvement. If he ever gets anywhere close to Gobert with his physical shape and strength IMO he has a real chance to fulfill his potential. In essence, every problem I see in his offensive game now stems from him just being physically outmatched. He doesn't drive a ton. because he bounces off bodies on the smallest of contacts and because he can't drive he resorts to a lot of questionable jumpers. And because he resorts to a lot of questionable jumpers his efficiency is low... BUT ... his shot is actually not bad. You can see it in the videos, it looks natural and it looks smooth coming out of his hand. It looks like it should be going in a ton more than it already is.

If we get in the position to draft him... I wouldn't want to be the one to pass on him, almost regardless who else is there. I am yet to watch most other players in the draft so I cannot say with confidence if I will like someone else better... but purely based on what I see from Wemby now and how we can reasonably project him going forward, I would have no qualms with the Jazz drafting him no. 1 if they had that pick...
 
The 2024 draft appears to be chock full of big wings....like even more so than 2023. Who knows how good they are, but there are about a dozen of them.
 
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LogGrad98 said:
I still say let someone else take a flier on Wembanyama. Go for someone more solid. His offense and decision-making are just plain bad.
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Let someone else take a flier on Wembanyama… that’s a weird sentence. Even if his shooting never pans out. Which I think he’ll at least be serviceable. He has all of Goberts strength on offense and none of his weaknesses, and looks like a generational talent on defense as a rim protector and he’s ten times more coordinated on offense then Gobert. I think he’s got less bust ability than anyone in this draft even if he ends up not being able to shoot.
 
Thee Idiotic Minivan K said:
Let someone else take a flier on Wembanyama… that’s a weird sentence. Even if his shooting never pans out. Which I think he’ll at least be serviceable. He has all of Goberts strength on offense and none of his weaknesses, and looks like a generational talent on defense as a rim protector and he’s ten times more coordinated on offense then Gobert. I think he’s got less bust ability than anyone in this draft even if he ends up not being able to shoot.
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I think this is all accurate, but you are discounting the very real health concerns.
 
Chargers Jazz Angels said:
I have watched a ton a tape on Wemby but the history of players in the NBA over 7'1"



This video really makes me worry.

I like Lively and Ware later in the first.
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i like Ware at least top 10 maybe as high as 7 or so. lively probably late lottery/mid-first for me. and of course depending on how this bball season goes that could change drastically.
 
Chargers Jazz Angels said:
I have watched a ton a tape on Wemby but the history of players in the NBA over 7'1"



This video really makes me worry.

I like Lively and Ware later in the first.
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he made that video with the idea that wembanyama is 7'3". dude measured 7'4" without shoes. most of those guys he showed on that video were listed at their in shoes height. VW is 7'5" or 7'6" in shoes. the chances of him staying healthy are slim to none.
 
LogGrad98 said:
I still say let someone else take a flier on Wembanyama. Go for someone more solid. His offense and decision-making are just plain bad.
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I wouldn't be surprised if we end up winning the lottery and then moving out of the #1 overall slot on draft night. Seems like something Danny would do.
 
stitches said:
Wemby with a monster game in France(BTW this is second game of his this week with 34 points - his team is at a pre-season tournament, last game was vs a D1 Turkish team - 34/10 ):


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCvKFBfHP5k

Some vid from the previous game:

View: https://twitter.com/BigFaceCoffeee/status/1570546484483092480
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I think it's pretty unlikely that we will be bad enough this season to have a chance at getting the number 1 pick, and that is a damn shame. This guy is a generational talent for sure.
 
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