Essentially a more well rounded KD type player who can do it all: 3 level scorer, elite defense, with tremendous size that can stretch the floor. Shouldn’t teams be on the lookout for them rather than drafting traditional big men? How have teams only realized this the past two years with Wemby and Chet?
Yea we will see it more, we’ve always had 7 footers in the league but we didn’t always have coaches who allowed them to develop these skills. A lot of the next 7 footers that come in to league in a few years will grow up idolizing Wemby and Chet and try to play like them.
It’s almost like these players don’t grow on trees…? Is this a bad troll?
For every KD, Wemby, or Chet, there’s a few Bol Bols
It’s a generational change caused the evolution of the three. All the unskilled big men were replaced by undersized players with skill. It took a while for the pipeline to catch-up to what’s wanted.
This is why my dad asks why they don’t just “make more good cowboy movies”
Why dont more 7ft people devote their lives to becoming extremely athletic and skilled in basketball at the highest level
KD said this is where the league is headed and eventually it’ll be just a bump of 6’8 to 7 feet guys in the NBA
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Because they tend to get hurt. Chet got hurt already without even playing a regular season game.
They aren’t comparable to KD. KD is 6’11 not 7’5 like Wemby. It’s completely different.
KP is the best comparison and he literally gets hurt a lot. Especially early on.
I wish them both the best. They’re extremely special talents but we’ve seen this movie before.
And this applies for traditional bigs too. Once you go over a certain height the injuries just pile up. It’s the feet, knees, hips. It’s just hard.
The sweet spot is like 6’11 to 7’2. And it’s 7’2 for a traditional big with weight. The best 3 level scorer bigs are KD and Dirk and both are way more natural looking then Chet and Wemby because they’re not sooooooo tall
You know how rare it is for a guy to be born that tall? Not only that but to have elite coordination and athleticism. I’ve seen a lot of big 7 footers Come through the last 15 years and vast majority of them can’t even move their feet.
Poku, Bol Bol and Mobley are of the same archetype as well (7 footers with guard skills). Poku and Bol Bol just aren’t on the same level talent-wise as Wemby and Chet and Mobley has the high defensive ceiling but likely not as talented on offense. So that’s 5 guys of this 7+ foot multi-skilled archetype drafted in the last 5 years or so.
Tall people are rare and alot of tall people get forced to play center.
You have to either be really small play guard and have am insane growth spurt, or just he next level good at handling to not immediately get thrown into the center possession