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[QUOTE="Melancer46, post: 4667919, member: 1674"]
I'm not saying it's probable, but if he made it to the All Star game as a rookie I really wouldn't be surprised. He led the French league in points, rebounds, and blocks this year as a teenager (and in the case of blocks, had nearly twice as many as the #2 guy lol). I know there are NBA scouts out there that legitimately think he'll be a star from Day 1.

Edit: To further put things in perspective, Wemby's team attempted 61.6 shots per game this past season. The Spurs attempted 92.6 per game this year. If we assume Wemby will be San Antonio's #1 option (which, barring a trade, feels pretty likely), let's assume he takes 18-19 FGA per game (which is what their leading scorer did this past season). With the rate that Wemby was scoring in France, you'd expect him to land around 24-26 points per game. With the way teams funnel their rebounds nowadays, it feels like maybe a > 50% chance that he's putting up 20/10 per game as a rookie.

Just for fun, if we assume Wemby's usage and scoring efficiency carried over perfectly to San Antonio's FGA per game, you'd project Wemby to average 32.3 PPG and 12.1 RPG as a rookie lol
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