(05-14-2023, 07:17 AM)ThisIStheYear Wrote: The fluidity and suppleness of Wemby’s movement is unlike any of the people you’re comparing him with. There’s never been anyone like him. He’s probably the greatest prospect in history and you have to give him a chance if you get the top pick. There’s just too much upside, on a level we’ve never seen, to give him up.
Good point. I would say that young Wilt Chamberlain might actually be the best comparision to Victor Wembanyama.
Most people wouldn't probably make the connection because basketball itself and the center position changed so much and most video of Wilt is of his later heavier years and after his knee injury too.
Also Wilt was a track star and world class decathlete but when he came into the NBA with no 3 point shot and slower paced 1/2 court game, centers were made to stay in the paint and do their work only in close.
If you look at young Wilt who also was fluid and skilled enough to play with the Harlem Globetrotters, you can see how Wemby might be Wilt for the modern generation, a very rare thing.