Warriors’ Draymond Green says first-year hype around Victor Wembanyama is ‘setting him up for failure’

Victor Wembanyama is the most-hyped prospect since LeBron James and he’s anticipated to have a right away influence on the San Antonio Spurs after going No. 1 within the 2023 NBA Draft.

The 7-feet-5-inch heart from France is taken into account a generational talent who will convey the Spurs again to their successful methods.

Nevertheless, whereas most consider Wembanyama shall be a star, not everybody thinks he’ll dominate on day one within the league.

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“I believe persons are setting him up for failure,” Golden State Warriors All-Star Draymond Green stated on “Podcast P with Paul George.”

“To say he’s going to be an All-Star subsequent yr as if he don’t must determine this sport out, I don’t actually purchase that,” he continued. “I believe he shall be particular however All-Star subsequent yr, I believe that’s a bit a lot.”

Whereas Inexperienced believes the hype round Wembanyama could also be setting the expectations too excessive, the four-time NBA champion sees one space the place Wembanyama can have a right away influence.

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Draymond Inexperienced, #23 of the Golden State Warriors, brings the ball up court docket throughout the sport in opposition to the Memphis Grizzlies at FedExForum on March 18, 2023 in Memphis, Tennessee. (Justin Ford/Getty Photographs)

“Him as a rim protector. That’s what I believe most individuals aren’t speaking about, and I really assume that’s what separates him,” Inexperienced stated of Wembanyama. “As a result of if all else fails, if he will get to the league and since he’s 7-5 he can’t deal with it as a lot as he desires, or as a result of the three-point line is far additional his shot ain’t pretty much as good because it’s been … If all of that fails, him as a rim protector is as elite as we now have within the NBA.

“So, you have already got one factor that already places you in an elite class. And as everyone knows, groups are all the time on the lookout for rim protectors.”

The Spurs are hoping Wembanyama can have as a lot success as San Antonio’s two earlier choices on the prime of the NBA Draft.

Victor Wembanyama, proper, poses for a photograph with NBA commissioner Adam Silver after being chosen first general by the San Antonio Spurs throughout the NBA basketball draft, Thursday, June 22, 2023, in New York. (AP Picture/John Minchillo)

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The Spurs chosen David Robinson first general in 1987 earlier than taking Tim Duncan in 1997, with each gamers happening to have Corridor of Fame careers as Saint Anthony turned the envy of the NBA.

San Antonio is planning on Wembanyama making his Summer time League debut on Friday in opposition to the Charlotte Hornetsaccordion to NBA insider Marc Stein.