Victor Wembanyama Mega-Thread - For all your Wembanyama needs!

[BadWolf]

Humble?
Phenomenal?
Talk about hyperbole...

[Stan]

Not the perfect fitting lineup, but not bad. Shocked he didn't have Jordan & Kobe in the same lineup like every other player seems to lol

[BobbyPortisEyes]

Not bad. I'd go with:

Curry
Jordan
Lebron
Bird
Olajuwon

[Jcity08]

Curry - Jordan - Lebron - Bird - Kareem

That is the official real answer.

[WillyJakkz]

man I love this kid...pretty damn close to what I'd have lol

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Ok yeah I'm a huge fan of this young fella already.

Hope I can get tickets when he comes to Orlando.

[Mirotic12]

To those fearing injuries, which can happen to any player, because of his height. How many guys his height have you ever seen that move as fluidly as him? I've seen 0.

Maybe just young Kareem, if he really was 7-4 in shoes, like some sources say. Other than that, none.

[Mickey8]

Who wagers existence of the planet on playing the basketball game What the stupid question is that. Playing against who, extra terrestrials

[Bornstellar]

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I'm still blown away at how tall he is. He legit towers over David Robinson lol

[Bullflip]

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I'm still blown away at how tall he is. He legit towers over David Robinson lol

Who is the other guy? I recognize Robinson, Ginobili, and Duncan.

[ConSarnit]

There is so much talk about Wemby's height causing injuries, and how centers 7-3 and over can't stay healthy. But his body type isn't just his height. Plenty of giants played without much injury problems.

NBA:

Shawn Bradley: 7-6
Manute Bol: 7-7
Mark Eaton: 7-4
Kareem: (supposedly 7-4 in shoes)

Europe:

Slavko Vranes: 7-6 (played 21 seasons)
Janis Krumins: 7-3 (played to 39)
Vladimir Tkachenko: 7-3 (played 17 seasons)
Aleksandar Radojevic: 7-3 (played 18 seasons)
Bruno Sundov: 7-3 (played 21 seasons)

Yes, there are the obvious examples of ones that had injury and health issues, like: Yao Ming, Gheorge Muresan, Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Arvydas Sabonis, Rik Smits, Ralph Sampson......but even among that group, guys like Smits, Ilgauskas, and Sabonis had quite long careers, especially Sabonis, who played until he was 39.

Among current players, Kristaps Porzingis at 7-3 has had some injury issues in the NBA, but then there are in EuroLeague 7-3 Walter Tavares, 7-3 Tibor Pleiss, and 7-3 Georgios Papagiannis that have had almost no injuries at all. And then there is Boban Marjanovic at 7-4, that has had almost no injuries at all in EuroLeague / NBA.

So actually, there are plenty of guys in that height range that had no injury issues really, or that did, but still managed to have very long careers like Sabonis.

Long careers maybe, but done so at role playing levels.

Outside of Kareem and Easton not a single one of these guys played what would be considered a successfully healthy career for Wembanyama.

Bol: played 8 full seasons and averaged 19 minutes a game. Was done at 30. Trae Young and Mikal Bridges (2018 draft) have already played more minutes than Bol played in his entire career.

Bradley: Never averaged over 25 minutes a game once he hit age 27

Euro guys: all played like 65 games a year and averaged 20 minutes a game

If Wembenyama has any of those guys careers it will be considered a huge failure (can’t play more than 24 minutes per game or or is done as an impact player before 30). The expectations and physical demands that will be placed on him will be much higher than the usual > 7’3 player.

I really really hope he stays healthy but the history or really tall players who are expected to carry a heavy load is not good. The list is Kareem and that’s it.

[Bornstellar]

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I'm still blown away at how tall he is. He legit towers over David Robinson lol

Who is the other guy? I recognize Robinson, Ginobili, and Duncan.

Sean Elliott

[DoctorX]

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I'm still blown away at how tall he is. He legit towers over David Robinson lol

Who is the other guy? I recognize Robinson, Ginobili, and Duncan.

The other guy is Sean Elliott. He is a former Spurs and was a 6'9 SF. He was a very good player during his time with the Spurs. He made it to the all-star game back in 1996. The highlight of his career was hitting the game winning shot against the Blazers in game 2 of the WCF in 1999. He was a very important key cog during the Spurs first title run.

[Castle Black]

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I'm still blown away at how tall he is. He legit towers over David Robinson lol

Who is the other guy? I recognize Robinson, Ginobili, and Duncan.

The other guy is Sean Elliott. He is a former Spurs and was a 6'9 SF. He was a very good player during his time with the Spurs. He made it to the all-star game back in 1996. The highlight of his career was hitting the game winning shot against the Blazers in game 2 of the WCF in 1999. He was a very important key cog during the Spurs first title run.

He’s also 1 of our 2 color analysts for games. He and Bill Land are the voice of the Spurs.

[SNPA]

Who wagers existence of the planet on playing the basketball game What the stupid question is that. Playing against who, extra terrestrials

Perhaps it wasn’t meant to be that serious a question.


Anyhow….his lineup can’t shoot. Have to swap TD for Bird.

[Up-And-Coming]

Curry
Jordan
Lebron
Duncan
Kareem

Includes at least one of the top 2 players of each decade the last 40 years

[Kiss of Death]

Magic
Jordan
Bird
Duncan
Olajuwon

[celticfan42487]

All these lineups are good but personally now that the GOAT has been drafted I think I'd just clone him 5 times so I can come at everyone with a lineup of:

Dick
Dick
Dick
Dick
Dick

Going all in baby.

[LakersLegacy]

Kobe
Jordan
LeBron
Duncan/Joker
Hakeem

Heavily focused on defense

[zimpy27]

LoL, a better team than 99% I've ever seen

[GSWFan1994]

Magic
Jordan
Bird
Duncan
Wilt