take away the injury concerns as a guy his size, and i might say he's a better prospect than lebron was at that age. i was absolutely blown away - but this isn't just a one game thing. he's being playing great basketball in the early season so far across the pond.
For perspective I saw Evan Mobley play live several times in high school when he was playing for Rancho Christian and Compton Magic in SoCal as my son's teams played against them. Mobley was/is a great athlete, could block shots, knock down the mid range, facilitate a bit from the post and an excellent perimeter defender for a big man. With that said I have never seen anything like what Wemby was doing last night on both ends of the court. Honestly looked like he was built in a lab. When Lebron was playing in high school at SVSM in Akron you got the same vibe that he was breaking the mold. It will definitely come down to health. Ralph Sampson back in the day also looked like the next coming, albeit wasn't nearly at Wemby's level, but of course couldn't stay healthy similar to what may be happening with Chet in OKC.
Cuz Utah is the team that has made the most recent moves to get worse compared to anyone else.
at different times last night, i thought i was watching a clone of each guy. that little 15 foot turnaround jumper from the elbow over Mika was so reminiscent of KD it's scary. the rudy comps are just so obvious - he will be impactful protecting the rim from day one. the one area where he doesn't touch Rudy (keeping in mind he's just 18) is rebounding. Rudy's a great rebounder (and always has been) and that's one area of VW's game that lags behind other aspects of his game such as shooting and shot blocking.
I miss Rudy... I hope Minny fans appreciate him like we did. A final tour of duty here would be wonderful with or without Wemby.
They will probably appreciate him more tbh.
You forget there was a portion of the fanbase who thought Gobert was overrated, people like Elizah Huge exist.
Well... my love for him will never die.
How about drafting Wemby and then using the draft capital to acquire Nickeil's cousin? Maybe Boston does Danny a favor and sends Jaylen Brown this way for a haul of players/picks? Could Phoenix decide to blow it up down the road?
