EvanZ wrote:One_and_Done wrote:atlantabbq99 wrote:Magic, Ralph Sampson, Ewing, David Robinson, Shaq, Webber, Duncan, Lebron, Bogut, Oden, Rose, Wall, Wiggins, Wemby...
In the last 50 years their has only been 13 times the media and experts have called a prospected so talented that they can change a franchise before even playing an NBA game.
Are Boozer, Peterson, and/or Dybantsa a legit gen talent like Shaq and Lebron, or just very good prospect like Blake Griffin, Flagg, or Larry Johnson?
Flagg wasn't a generational prospect. He was just hyped alot because of his marketability to US audiences. There's a distinction between who the media hypes the most, and who the respected analysts think is a rock solid franchise level prospect.
For instance, KD was seen as a generational/franchise talent. He went second, and was less hyped, because Oden was even more hyped. Luka was seen as a generational talent by pundits who knew what they were talking about, much more than Flagg, but because the first 2 teams were run by morons he was drafted #3. It wss surreal to see it unfold in real time, one of the few instances where the average pundit was smarter than 2 front offices. The analysts I respect were much more excited by Luka than Flagg.
Conversely, some of those guys you named were not that hyped by either the media or analysts, e.g. Bogut.
I would say the most hyped prospects since 97 were Duncan, Lebron, AD, Zion, Luka, KD, Oden, Embiid (before his injury issues were revealed), and Wemby. Flagg had media hype of a similar level to some of these guys, but not from analysts who had doubts about him being an MVP type of player (even though they loved him). Other guys analysts loved included Towns, Rose, and Dwight.
Wiggins was hyped leading into his college season, but he showed so many flaws that people had cooled on him by the draft. He and Jabari were seen as distant 2 & 3 behind Embiid, until Embiid's injury news. Wall was pretty hyped though.
Before 97, the most hyped guys were Shaq, Kareem, Magic, Hakeem, Sampson, Ewing, D.Rob, Webber, etc. Zo actually had alot of hype too. In non-Shaq years he'd have had a good chance of going #1.
This is misremembering history or not knowing. Embiid was virtually unknown before he got to Kansas. He just outshone Wiggins who had the actual hype that you're talking about.
Flagg had hype going back to like age 14 or 15. The dude was known by the draft community for literally years before he got to Duke. So, I don't know man, brush up.
I didn't say 'this is who had the most hype a year out'. I was very clear on the timing RE: Embiid. I wss clear in what I said on Flagg too. So, I don't know man, maybe brush up.
