Wemby injury watch

[ItsGoTime]

What about players that started just as skinny but managed to add weight and had successful NBA careers. All of a sudden the list is a lot longer. Including some of the best bigs in the league. Giannis entered the league with a 6´10/190 frame. Evan Mobley is listed at 7´0/215.
It´s not possible to predict their development once they enter the league but most bigs tend to be lanky when they enter the league.

Not really, I just went down the draft list looking for the tall and skinny guys back to Isaac’s draft. There were guys like Mo Bamba who didn’t make the cut because he was a good amount bigger, but it was hard to figure if his games played vs injury history was hard to decipher as far as how many dnp-cd he’s had in those seasons. There were only a couple of those guys, other than that, I listed the longest and lankiest (Mobley would be the only exception). So, 1 guy out of the last 6 years of drafts. The rest of the guys are Goga Bitadze types with sturdier frames coming out.

I say this cause the new NBA is very rough on the body (ask AD), and Wemby’s touted style of play being a high end two way player with guardlike ability on offense is not conducive to staying healthy. KP is the youngest and closest comparison to what Wemby is supposed to be. The play style is just as important to the prediction as height/height and weight. You guys keep honing in on 1 or 2 of the aspects of the hypothesis.

I also added a % to the prediction. I realize there is a possibility that the prediction is wrong, but the odds in my mind are greater that I’m right. If you feel differently, throw out your %! I mean, I really hope our talent evaluators are taking injury possibility into account when they are drafting. 

The success of a talent eval is all dependent upon predictions and projections of the like. Think the talent evaluators are getting high 5’s who pushed the team to draft Isaac? I don’t. They may not be getting fired cause his talent is undeniable but I don’t think that is a cheered pick in the FO anymore.

I mean, if 10 firsts from OKC or the SH Utah trade or something different but comparable were on the table, you’re that sure putting all your future eggs in that 1 basket as opposed to spreading them out on a talent depleted roster with 2 top 10 players already  (and honestly, I wouldn’t hesitate to get a decent package for Kyrie if he wanted to go elsewhere after a package like that). I think a team would be fools to take Wemby.

What’s your %?