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Victor Wembanyama‘s incredibly slight build won’t stop the number one pick from kicking ass starting game one, according to former NBA star Gilbert Arenas, who flat-out says today’s big men suck (with a couple of exceptions).
“If you can get buckets, you can get buckets. It doesn’t matter how strong you are,” Arenas told Babcock on the TMZ Sports TV show (airs weeknights on FS1).
“He only has two people in the position that he’s going to be guarding, you got [Joel Embiid] and [Nikola Jokic]. That’s six games a year. That’s gonna be real tough for you. Other than that there’s no one in your position. Everyone sucks. Everyone’s trash.”
“You have [Brook Lopez], undersized Al Horford, you got [Pascal Siakam,] they’re playing him at center now. You don’t have no one that’s really gonna challenge you and your size. For the most part you should be fine. You should be perfectly fine.”
Of course, the nearly 7’5″ French phenom, who is listed at 230 lbs., was drafted with the first overall pick during last week’s NBA Draft. Some people have questioned whether Wemby can be effective given his current frame.
Frankly, Gilbert thinks that’s crap … given the way the game is now played.
“From who, Siakam is gonna break him? Who’s gonna break him at the center?” Arenas asked.
“They’re thinking the NBA is Shaq, [Alonzo Mourning], Yao Ming, no. There’s two to three centers he has to worry about, other than that it’s a cakewalk through the center position.”
