I think all rookie center's have gone to that baptism though, even Giannis or Joel Embiid as some point have really work hard in the beginning because they know that they will have to cope with this center in the league.

Manute Bol survived, Muresan or even Yao Ming and other bigs in the past has played that gruelling 80+ games. And with the advancement of sport science and medicine, for sure it can help Wemby a lot as sports trainer will know that can of exercise he needs to be strong and not been bullied inside.

Definitely I agree with you. They made good reinforcements for the team. I believe they can do great things next season.
Alpere Şengün is my favorite player in Houston Rockets.

It is too early to tell. The kid is young and shows a lot of potential. If he can work with Pop on what he lacks and needs to improve, then he can be something. If Tim can be great with just fundamentals, Wemby can also be. It will be a lot of work but that is just commitment. He already has the best coach on his side. If he can commit to the work needed to improve, then he will not be just an overhyped prospect but a real NBA superstar.


Sure. I remember Giannis did not start as buffed as he is right now. He is also a bit skinny but his trainer was able to build him into what he is right now. Wemby might be different but it shows that it can be done. He is young and if he is committed, the coaches and trainers can set him up so he will have the NBA body that he needs to dominate the game. He already has the raw talent and the height. It will not be too hard to get into the body that he needs to withstand the physicality game of an NBA game. Hopefully, he will have the work ethic to do it and the hype does not get into his head and becomes un-coachable. That is the worst thing that could happen to a talented player like him. If he lets Pop mold him, he could be as great as Robinson and Duncan.

That's the problem. His mental incapacity to handle those criticisms brings him to this level. His career is really affected and without
his self-will to prove something it will continue to fall down.

Trying to work hard and silently bring the confidence back, things that he needed if he still wanted to stay in this league, if he will not behave
the way matured person should be, and he continue to show like this, expect to receive more criticism and be out of this league in an earlier time.

The Portland Blazers should have opted for Tyler Hero instead of Kyle Lowry. It would be an amazing team on paper. Having an entirely young set of players. I see them winning the trade if they take Hero instead of Lowry, coupled up with the first-round picks.

Dame is definitely a big loss for Blazers, but they didn’t build a championship team around him over the years. It’s in the interest of all parties involved for him to leave, since he requested for the trade. Scoot Anderson is a huge prospect and has my rookie of the year early shout. There wouldn’t be no looser in this trade if everything goes as predicted. I only hope Portland takes Hero instead of Lowry. Which makes the Nets the loser.

I think no one is calling him bust or something, it's that perhaps with the big hype around his name even before making the NBA for sure fans are expecting him to have a good debut game, with some highlights in his first game.

But none of that happen, instead, he was welcome by Kai Jones with a huge posterized dunk.

And after the game, he was interviewed and says that he will try to be better the next game and improved. So we will see what kind of improvement he is talking to. Maybe he will shows his offensive repertoire next.

I also don't call it a bust either.
Maybe he doesn't used to how NBA players are playing since he's playing most of his career in France. Maybe it's also because of how high the expectation of the people is towards this kiddo.

Who would've expect for a player who just played his first game in NBA Summer League to score 20+ point double-double? I mean that's insane to think like that. The problem with some people is that, their expectation towards Wemby is just too high that when he just had a bad night, it will be a big deal for them, and some will throw out criticisms against him. I'm sure he'll learn from this like what he said in an interview. I'm not expecting too much for him TBH because it's only his first games in the NBA, and he's just on the adjusting phase, and I'm pretty sure he might adjust more when he plays in the NBA regular season.

Like you, I don't know what kind of improvement he needs, but in the succeeding games, I expect him to play better than in his first game.

I understand that Wemby being considered one of the best drafts since Lebron did caused people to have some skewed opinion of him because everyone is expecting A LOT from him, the dude you are comparing Wemby with has multiple MVPs, all time scoring leader, has 4 titles, 20 seasons under his belt, been fmvp and 20 all-stars with basically 3 or even maybe 4 different hall of fame careers in a single career, that alone is enough to prove that Lebron is singular in his career and Wemby will not be like that at all, it's dishonest to expect him to be that good, that's just not possible at all.

I feel like if they came out and said he could be maybe as good as Luka? Then that would be fine, not really too far off on talent level difference there.