05-06-2023, 05:21 AM
I don´t have an percentage. Already stated my opinion. Could be anything from 1-99%. Just not possible to make a call without any deeper knowledge. Frame/size/weight alone aren´t enough. Just don´t see a reason why I should have a super strong opinion on something that is impossible to predict with the little knowledge that I have.
With the same logic that you are using I could make the case that teams shouldn´t pick Henderson. Would bring out the Derrick Rose comparisation and argue that super athletic guards are just as injury-prone as lanky bigs.
But that wouldn´t be fair because just like in Wenbanyama´s case we have seen plenty of players like Henderson or Rose that had long and successful careers.
I also don´t think the Wenbanyama comparisations you are using are fair because the risk/reward ratio isn´t even close. That´s the kind of logic that people used to downplay Luka prior to the draft. We aren´t talking about a guy that put up 5pts/3ast (Hezonja) or 10pts/4reb (Porzingis). We are talking about a player that leads the french league in points, rebounds and blocks (21pts/10reb/3blk). A player that dominated the top picks from last years draft class when he was nearly two years younger.
With the same logic that you are using I could make the case that teams shouldn´t pick Henderson. Would bring out the Derrick Rose comparisation and argue that super athletic guards are just as injury-prone as lanky bigs.
But that wouldn´t be fair because just like in Wenbanyama´s case we have seen plenty of players like Henderson or Rose that had long and successful careers.
I also don´t think the Wenbanyama comparisations you are using are fair because the risk/reward ratio isn´t even close. That´s the kind of logic that people used to downplay Luka prior to the draft. We aren´t talking about a guy that put up 5pts/3ast (Hezonja) or 10pts/4reb (Porzingis). We are talking about a player that leads the french league in points, rebounds and blocks (21pts/10reb/3blk). A player that dominated the top picks from last years draft class when he was nearly two years younger.