Post#26 » by tmorgan » Mon Apr 15, 2024 12:06 am
It’s been so long since LeBron’s rookie year, I think people have forgotten how truly mediocre he was. Sure, you could see he would be awesome sooner rather than later, and he had some insane highlight dunks, but he was extremely inefficient, raw, whatever you want to call it.
41.7% from the field, 29% from three, 20.9 ppg, 5.5 reb, 5.9 ast, 3.5 to, 0.7 blk, 1.6 stl in 39.5 (!) minutes.
Even when you adjust for era/pace, Wemby’s season was a TON better on a per minute basis, and somewhat better in totality.
Of course, year two LeBron was five levels higher. If Wemby sees anywhere near that level of improvement, he’s MVP already.