Luka Soph vs Wemby Soph

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Who better as a Soph?

Luka
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37%
Wemby
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63%
 
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Re: Luka Soph vs Wemby Soph 

Post#21 » by Onlytimewilltel » Mon Jan 6, 2025 10:05 pm

UglyBugBall wrote:Luka. Not even close. Look at raw stats. Anyone voting for wemby lacks development in the prefrontal cortex and is unable to think further back than 3 months ago.


Did you also consider both sides of the game in your masterful evaluation? Or only offense?
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Re: Luka Soph vs Wemby Soph 

Post#22 » by ITYSL » Mon Jan 6, 2025 10:21 pm

Forget comparing their sophomore seasons. Compare them this season.

Luka: 28.1pts, 8.3rbs, 7.8ast, 2stl, 0.4blk, 58.4% TS, 24.8 PER, 6.9 BPM, 1.8 VORP, 5.6 EPM, 4.5 EPM Wins

Wemby: 25.7pts, 10.7rbs, 3.8ast, 1stl, 3.9blk, 60.8%TS, 25.7 PER, 8.3 BPM, 2.6 VORP, 6.1 EPM, 6 EPM Wins

Wemby is having a better season this year, straight up.
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Re: Luka Soph vs Wemby Soph 

Post#23 » by NZB2323 » Mon Jan 6, 2025 10:34 pm

RoyceDa59 wrote:Wemby over everybody.


Kareem won MVP and Finals MVP his sophomore year.
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Re: Luka Soph vs Wemby Soph 

Post#24 » by 1993Playoffs » Mon Jan 6, 2025 10:53 pm

Wemby for me. Better overall player
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Re: Luka Soph vs Wemby Soph 

Post#25 » by Ryoga Hibiki » Tue Jan 7, 2025 12:11 am

CoP wrote:Forget comparing their sophomore seasons. Compare them this season.

Luka: 28.1pts, 8.3rbs, 7.8ast, 2stl, 0.4blk, 58.4% TS, 24.8 PER, 6.9 BPM, 1.8 VORP, 5.6 EPM, 4.5 EPM Wins
Wemby: 25.7pts, 10.7rbs, 3.8ast, 1stl, 3.9blk, 60.8%TS, 25.7 PER, 8.3 BPM, 2.6 VORP, 6.1 EPM, 6 EPM Wins

Wemby is having a better season this year, straight up.

why do you want to forget the very question originating this thread?
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Re: Luka Soph vs Wemby Soph 

Post#26 » by MrBigShot » Tue Jan 7, 2025 12:12 am

UglyBugBall wrote:Luka. Not even close. Look at raw stats. Anyone voting for wemby lacks development in the prefrontal cortex and is unable to think further back than 3 months ago.


Not close, look at the raw stats?

My dude, Wemby is averaging 26/11/4 with 4 blocks a game, and rising since he's been progressively better as the season's gone on.
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Re: Luka Soph vs Wemby Soph 

Post#27 » by ITYSL » Tue Jan 7, 2025 12:26 am

Ryoga Hibiki wrote:
CoP wrote:Forget comparing their sophomore seasons. Compare them this season.

Luka: 28.1pts, 8.3rbs, 7.8ast, 2stl, 0.4blk, 58.4% TS, 24.8 PER, 6.9 BPM, 1.8 VORP, 5.6 EPM, 4.5 EPM Wins
Wemby: 25.7pts, 10.7rbs, 3.8ast, 1stl, 3.9blk, 60.8%TS, 25.7 PER, 8.3 BPM, 2.6 VORP, 6.1 EPM, 6 EPM Wins

Wemby is having a better season this year, straight up.

why do you want to forget the very question originating this thread?

I find it more interesting to compare them now, in the season that is this.
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Re: Luka Soph vs Wemby Soph 

Post#28 » by DaPessimist » Tue Jan 7, 2025 12:33 am

Kinda hard to rate two generational players that play different positions against one another.

Right now I'd go with sophomore Wemby because of his combined offensive and defensive impact.
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Re: Luka Soph vs Wemby Soph 

Post#29 » by Jasen777 » Tue Jan 7, 2025 12:36 am

Wait til the season is over.
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Re: Luka Soph vs Wemby Soph 

Post#30 » by CobraCommander » Tue Jan 7, 2025 12:45 am

Wemby and I don’t think it’s that close- someone showed me wemby compared to anyone and it was pretty much wemby.

Wemby is shooting at higher % than luka from everywhere and his defense is stellar.

Luka Dončić – 2019-2020 Season:
• Points per game (PPG): 28.8
• Rebounds per game (RPG): 9.4
• Assists per game (APG): 8.8
• Field Goal Percentage (FG%): 46.3%
• Three-Point Percentage (3P%): 31.6%
• Free Throw Percentage (FT%): 75.8%
• Games Played: 61


Victor Wembanyama – 2024-2025 Season (as of January 6, 2025):
• Points per game (PPG): 25.7
• Rebounds per game (RPG): 10.7
• Assists per game (APG): 3.8
• Blocks per game (BPG): 3.9
• Field Goal Percentage (FG%): 48.3%
• Three-Point Percentage (3P%): 37.4%
• Free Throw Percentage (FT%): 87.9%

Now think of this - Luka was taking 21 shots a game to Wembys 18….

Plus Luka a guard putting up 31% from 3 like Westbrook and wemby putting up 37%

Come on guys this isn’t close - 4 blocks a game -

You can love who you love but wemby probably better than them -

Btw this ain’t really about how good or bad Luka is or was- wemby is unprecedented- we thought Luka could be another harden - which is true - but what the hell is wemby ?
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Re: Luka Soph vs Wemby Soph 

Post#31 » by SlimShady83 » Tue Jan 7, 2025 1:03 am

Luka Baby!
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Re: Luka Soph vs Wemby Soph 

Post#32 » by BliscoSantos » Tue Jan 7, 2025 1:52 am

Wemby is the superior defender,his stats are amazing but Luka got that team to the playoffs and gave the Clippers a tough time...and those were pre-injury Clippers...that team also had less talent than this Spurs team...KP played 57 games and was injured against LAC and Brunson wasn't what he is now (he played Little,averaged 8 PTS)
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Re: Luka Soph vs Wemby Soph 

Post#33 » by Archx » Tue Jan 7, 2025 2:00 am

CoP wrote:
Ryoga Hibiki wrote:
CoP wrote:Forget comparing their sophomore seasons. Compare them this season.

Luka: 28.1pts, 8.3rbs, 7.8ast, 2stl, 0.4blk, 58.4% TS, 24.8 PER, 6.9 BPM, 1.8 VORP, 5.6 EPM, 4.5 EPM Wins
Wemby: 25.7pts, 10.7rbs, 3.8ast, 1stl, 3.9blk, 60.8%TS, 25.7 PER, 8.3 BPM, 2.6 VORP, 6.1 EPM, 6 EPM Wins

Wemby is having a better season this year, straight up.

why do you want to forget the very question originating this thread?

I find it more interesting to compare them now, in the season that is this.


Comparing current season is kinda pointless. Luka hasn't been healthy since playoffs began and has played only few good games before he got seriously injured again and will possibly be out for 1 or even 2 months now.

And since people love talking about defense. Mavs have been a better defensive team with Luka this year than without. So they are actually missing him on both ends.
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Re: Luka Soph vs Wemby Soph 

Post#34 » by RRR3 » Tue Jan 7, 2025 3:02 am

Wemby is literally better than current Luka.
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Re: Luka Soph vs Wemby Soph 

Post#35 » by Mavrelous » Tue Jan 7, 2025 7:56 am

Luka has the best age 20 season in history, Thinking basketball did an each age year season overview, if someone need an extended analysis.
Everyone is entitled to his opinion, but Wemby 1st 30 games and Luka 2nd year is very close, to claim otherwise is asinine.
Comparing anything to Luka this season the exact opposite of interesting, this has been an anomaly of a season, that started on a very bad stretch and he had to sit down and heal, come back strong, then injured again, come back, and now out for 2 months, there is nothing to take from this season.
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Re: Luka Soph vs Wemby Soph 

Post#36 » by art_tatum » Tue Jan 7, 2025 9:12 am

Luka spanked a healthy and in prime KL and pg13
Wemby is great and all especially on D but I’m giving it to Luka for orchestrating the mavs offense into the 2nd round.
Let’s wait until the season ends first to see how wemby does tho.
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Re: Luka Soph vs Wemby Soph 

Post#37 » by Ryoga Hibiki » Tue Jan 7, 2025 9:18 am

art_tatum wrote:Luka spanked a healthy and in prime KL and pg13
Wemby is great and all especially on D but I’m giving it to Luka for orchestrating the mavs offense into the 2nd round.
Let’s wait until the season ends first to see how wemby does tho.

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Re: Luka Soph vs Wemby Soph 

Post#38 » by Ryoga Hibiki » Tue Jan 7, 2025 9:18 am

RRR3 wrote:Wemby is literally better than current Luka.

2nd year Luka was better than current Luka too
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Re: Luka Soph vs Wemby Soph 

Post#39 » by Lockdown504090 » Tue Jan 7, 2025 5:37 pm

CoP wrote:
Ryoga Hibiki wrote:
CoP wrote:Forget comparing their sophomore seasons. Compare them this season.

Luka: 28.1pts, 8.3rbs, 7.8ast, 2stl, 0.4blk, 58.4% TS, 24.8 PER, 6.9 BPM, 1.8 VORP, 5.6 EPM, 4.5 EPM Wins
Wemby: 25.7pts, 10.7rbs, 3.8ast, 1stl, 3.9blk, 60.8%TS, 25.7 PER, 8.3 BPM, 2.6 VORP, 6.1 EPM, 6 EPM Wins

Wemby is having a better season this year, straight up.

why do you want to forget the very question originating this thread?

I find it more interesting to compare them now, in the season that is this.

why do you find it more interesting when luka has clearly been playing at about 60 percent since the olympics?
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Re: Luka Soph vs Wemby Soph 

Post#40 » by Lalouie » Tue Jan 7, 2025 6:06 pm

Luka is a prodigy

wemby just does stuff at 7'5

i guess though that all that matters is the bottom line. the bottom line is BOTH lift the franchise with the same results

I get the wemby hype. it's well earned, but luka's prodigal talents are off the chart... I'm big on prodigy cuz it's what's happening upstairs. like bird, like magic, like walton, like jokic, like oscar, like lebron... like players who are like,,, "I'm way too smart for you and I'm way ahead of you"

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