This sub has created an imaginary rookie LeBron that never existed over the years. He had a good rookie year and there were games where you 100% saw what he could be. A ton of people did not think he should be ROTY over Melo and felt it was basically a “congrats for not crumbling under the pressure” award.
There have been a ton of better rookie seasons since, and it’s entirely possible Wemby joins the list.
plenty of better rookies than lebron but they’re usually upperclassmen or at least were back then. Straight from high school draft picks used to marinate for a while before getting real minutes. Jermaine O’Neal was glued to the bench for like 6 years
Agreed, Bron was crazy given the circumstances. I just mean that Wemby doesn’t need to have some legendary rookie season to hold up in this comparison. If he keeps playing good defense and scores at a decent clip, he’s a more impactful player than LeBron walked on as.
It’s the leaps LeBron took after that that set him apart.
This sub has created an imaginary rookie LeBron that never existed over the years. He had a good rookie year and there were games where you 100% saw what he could be. A ton of people did not think he should be ROTY over Melo and felt it was basically a “congrats for not crumbling under the pressure” award.
There have been a ton of better rookie seasons since, and it’s entirely possible Wemby joins the list.
plenty of better rookies than lebron but they’re usually upperclassmen or at least were back then. Straight from high school draft picks used to marinate for a while before getting real minutes. Jermaine O’Neal was glued to the bench for like 6 years
Agreed, Bron was crazy given the circumstances. I just mean that Wemby doesn’t need to have some legendary rookie season to hold up in this comparison. If he keeps playing good defense and scores at a decent clip, he’s a more impactful player than LeBron walked on as.
It’s the leaps LeBron took after that that set him apart.