I don’t exactly remember how big hype was when Zion was drafted in 2019. I think he was depicted as the combination of Lebron and Barkley at that time. Did Zion get more hype than Wemby before entering the league?
Wemby
Wemby by a lot
Wemby. Had they been in the same draft, Wemby would have went first.
That has nothing to do with who had more hype. Thats about who’s better
I think Wemby will win MVP within his first 4 years in the league. I’m that confident with the guy.
Wemby all day
for basketball fans yes, not for the mainstream public
Yeah Wemby has had more hype and it’s not even close tbh
It goes
LeBron hype >> Wemby hype >> Zion and AD hype
Zion blowing out a shoe in college caused a national brand to take a full page ad out in the New York Post (or Times, can’t remember) . . . That’s some pretty big hype.
The answer is absolutely Zion. Some of you don’t understand hype. It’s not how highly ranked they were but how much buzz they had.
Zion had way more buzz. Wemby is the better prospect
Nailed it
Some of you don’t understand nuance. It’s different types. Zion had more public eyes due to being a dunk highlight reel on American soil. Wemby’s hype is so much more intense and all-encompassing from a anyone remotely interested in the league standpoint. You could reasonably interpret it either way.
No, you literally don’t understand what the word hype means
You must think European culture and basketball means nothing. Even with all the points you made, I still consider Wemby to be more hyped.
You’re just nitpicking semantics. hype, buzz, whatever dude. Might as well say you’re talking popularity.
Zion was more popular sure but people were saying Wemby is 7’5” who can potentially shoot like Curry and surpass Jordan, that blows Zion out the water man for sure. If that doesn’t get you HYPED something’s wrong with you
Zion was a bigger celebrity, Victor’s more revered as a prospect.
Wemby has more of that mythic rare appeal whereas Zion is still rare in my cards
Zion is purple while Wemby is orange
Zion had more excitement around him but it’s quite obvious Wemby has higher expectations.
Equal. Both were being portrayed as the best prospect since LeBron. All we can hope for is that Zion plays this year, and Wembanyama doesn’t deal with injuries right away to derail his career. I’d just sit him for the remaining pre season games if the spurs have any left.
He’ll be alright as long as draymond isn’t playing tonight, only been playing 20 minutes and I say he won’t reach 30 a game this season probably 27 or 28. The nba is also a lot less physical than even in France, yeah crazy, he got beat up a lot last year and guys could actually foul him and he’d just get back up
More ppl knew Zion before he entered the league than Wemby but talent wise ,as a prospect, Wemby is way ahead.
Tank for zion
On /r/nba, I’ve seen more videos of Zion, but overall it’s Wemby.
Obama watching Zion destroy a shoe on live tv was surreal in retrospect. Zion hype was out of this world