We’ve seen around 15% of the season so far and obviously he’s just as amazing of a prospect as draft experts promised, but what do you think of him as of right now?

Wemby is averaging 19.3/9.5/2.4 on a bad efficiency, taking A LOT of bad shots. The Spurs don’t have enough passers to take advantage of him and it feels like he’s playing way too much at the 4. The defense is good and extremely promising, but definitely not consistently elite so far.

He could probably be a lot more effective on a team that’s better suited to his game though, but… I started making the list, expecting him to be around #40-50, and was was a bit surprised by how many guys I listed.

In no particular order, here’s all the players I thought I could take above him for the rest of the season.(question marks are players that I’m not sure about or haven’t seen enough of):

tatum

brown

jrue

KP

derrick white?

embiid

maxey

tobias

giannis

dame

hali

jimmy

bam

myles turner? - his defense hasn’t looked as good as it’s been in the past, feels like he’s lost a step.

herro?

brunson

barrett? (hasn’t necessarily performed better, but he has terrible “supporting” cast for his skillset)

trae

dejounte murray

bridges

lamelo

cade?

franz wagner

banchero? - numbers aren’t great, but he’d be a lot better on a team with guards who can shoot

dm

garland

mobley&Allen? - Wemby might be better if he takes on a similar off role, but it feels like they’ve proven too much even if Wemby’s defensive peaks are more impressive than what they’ve done.

siakam

barnes? - I’d take Wemby above what he did last season, but he’s definitely been better this year

og?

anthony edwards

gobert

kat? - probably better, but I still don’t rate his defense and he’s a proven playoff dud.

jokic

murray

gordon

KPJ?

doncic

kyrie

shai

JW

chet - been better so far, but based on eye I feel like Wemby would as good in the same role.

fox

sabonis

FVV

AD

LeBron

KD

booker

beal? - could be on the decline, but his last year was better than Wemby is now

Zion

ingram

Steph

draymond? (same as beal)

PG

Kawhi

Harden? (same as beal)

Lauri

ja - too good, even with the missed games

JJJ

Bane

Vassell? - depending on what you make of his defense, could be dropped

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Other maybes/honorable mentions:

giddey - might be better with the right fit, but he’s a limited scorer with bad def…

Randle - too shit right now and I don’t rate his type of offense as highly as others (when it’s good) have in the past

Smart - I was never as high on his defense as the general public (for ex. I thought he was 3rd or 4th best defender on the Celtics when he won DPoY)

anfr simons - between health, bad defense and lack of evidence on a good team, it feels like a no, but he’s definitely had long stretches of play better than Wemby

cj - more proven than simons, but between health and age…

Grant - could def be more effective than Wemby in a limited role, but he’s said many times he’d rather have fun and get paid + defensive questions

dominayton - similar disposition to grant, but worse on offense when he gets to do what he wants

lavine and derozan - a bit better historically, but they’ve been pretty bad this year. I’ might be underrating them since I’ve never been a fan.

Wiggins - same as beal and etc, but he’s been sufficiently shit drop him here

lopez - can probably do more on the perfect team, as he doesn’t get into his offense on the Bucks, but I feel like he’s too fit-dependent

jalen green - I don’t think he’s good enough at creating for how shit his defense is

sengun - feels like a stretch between defense, sample size and the lack of shooting