What Happened to Every Generational NBA Prospect Since Lebron James
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In the NBA there is always a player that is considered GENERATIONAL as they progress through the Highschool Basketball Ranks and through College. But do these labels we put on these athletes always work out? On today's video, let's review What Happened to Every Generational NBA Prospect Since Lebron James. Whether it is the Highschool and college legends in Anthony Davis or Kevin Durant. Or the Social media sensations like Andrew Wiggins and Zion Williamson!
Chapters:
0:00 - 1:45 Intro
1:45 - 2:40 AD
2:40 - 9:45 Greg Oden
9:45 - 13:45 Kevin Durant
13:45 - 17:45 Anthony Davis
17:45 - 22:30 Andrew Wiggins
22:30 - 27:40 Zion Williamson
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No way u got sponsored by a law firm 😂
@@zakkcooke8050 The internet is a wonderful place isn’t it 🙏
I’m out here thinking the AD time stamp was Anthony Davis 😂
The fact that we have a 25+ min long video about every generational talent after LBJ just goes to show we throw that word around carelessly 😅
In their defense, when you ball out and have something interesting about you people will sing your praises lol. Especially in the cases of KD and Zion who are very much non-traditional players
@@Alvini_Linguine very good points and I love the video bro! Just hate how we (media and fans…more so media lol) throw that word around so often when they are supposed to be once in a generation type of players lol
They did the same after jordan lol its an NBA thing they're always looking for the "next" guy
@@jaridatkinson4907 I know lol but damn…they really should change the term lol
And it still missed the boy who become Euroleague MVP at 18 years old... 😅
Bro Andrew is a a straight DAWG winning a chip at the age of 7
21:54
That Cowherd snippet was comedy in retrospect. Is he still wiping pie off his face for that take?
Its understandable even in hindsight, idk If KD has ever been able to bench 185 lmao
To be fair, no one can predict injuries, and Greg Oden probably lives up to the hype.
@@blueredlover1060even if he did he wouldn’t be as good as kd cmon ppl would still look at that pic as a miss. i’d say greg would have been like a prime dwight type player
@@dj.sobxrbe we don't know for sure what Oden is without the injuries. That's before we get into the whole KD needed the Warriors far more than the Warriors appear to have needed him with the main 3 of their core winning titles before and after KD was on the roster. KD has spent a bunch of time bouncing from team to team and getting shown the door in the first or second round at all times. KD may be the better player in this time line, but his legacy is far from secure.
@@blueredlover1060kevin durant is a top 15 player in the history of basketball Greg oden was never in he’s dreams gonna accomplish that kd was better than him as freshmen at Texas he was the slam dunk number 1 pick no questions asked it’s a miss regardless
The Greg Oden one hurts. Watching him in person so many times... everyone could see he was on track to be another Shaq. Truly unlucky injuries... unfortunate depression because of the missed opportunity...he was elite
He wasn’t close to being another Shaq. Mutumbo maybe. But damn sure not Shaq. Oden had no footwork, no back to the basketball game and was not aggressive on offense. He caught lobs and putbacks. Shaq was a whole different animal.
Stop….he was nothing close to Shaq. Shaq was absolute freak athlete. Oden was a strong good shot blocker. Patrick Ewing was a decent comp
21:54 … DAMN I ain’t even know he won a chip in 2002 😭😭
Man I was laughing
I'm surprised you didn't mention Sebastian Telfair. In high school he had an camera team following him for a documentary while also having his games on ESPN2. Even pre draft he already signed a contract with Adidas. But that was just High school hype.
Yeah for sure, but again, no one called him a “Generational NBA Prospect” but he did have motion in HS for damn sure.
You're right dude. This dude didn't even put Rose 😆
Or Mayo
You forgot Ben Simmons bruh 😅
Greg oden is the reason why I can’t call an injury proned guy a bust because Oden was having a good second year until he got hurt. I can’t call him a bust because when he played he was good. Also I just got to Wiggins I’ve never seen a video by this cat but he seems so unbiased I really like this guy. Keep up the work amigo if you see this comment.
They listed Zion as 6'8" in college until the NBA issued a true measurement rules.
😆 he's like 64 6 5 right ?
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6’6, I believe
@@Jonathan-A.C. he doesn't look as tall as Kobe n Jordan or Vince
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Bios say he is, although maybe Vince and Kobe are taller
No Jabari Parker? I remember when he was in high school reading about how he was gonna be better than Lebron
20:47 Wiggins was not drafted by the Wolves. He was drafted by the Cavs and traded to the Wolves later that summer for Kevin Love and a few other players who went to the Sixers.
Yep I remember when that trade happened. I was like the only person who didn't mind it because KLove was certified.
I had to rewind that back 😂. I vividly remember that pick. The King spoke that summer 😂
Lazy video maker 😆
Most "generational" players are over hyped but you can see the raw talent Wembayana has you've never seen anything like it.
Wow Greg Oden was getting hyped up crazy
Bruh forgot Durant. He was way more hyped. If you lived it you know
Oden sucked, he was always overhype
OJ mayo even though wasn’t number 1 overall pick was extremely hyped in highschool as generational.
Highschool highlights are so funny. Like you’re watching a giant bully the small white kid from computer class 😂
“Imagine failing a Calculus Quiz in Mr.Jones Class and then you have to face Zion Williamson after school” type beat 😭
I remember when Oden and Durant were coming into the league. I preferred Durant for his game but I felt that Oden was more of a sure thing. I felt Durant’s potential was through the roof but Oden was legit.
I think we are missing Ricky Rubio and Andrei Bargani but overall great video
Ricky Rubio hype was kinda nuts in retrospect
Cowhard clip was beautiful 😂😂😂😂 over a bench press 😂😂😂😂😂
Lonzo definitely got the most annoying hype of any player ever.
You’re telling me 😂. His dad was entertaining though you gotta give him that.
Blud was waiting for that bucket @ 11:15 😂
Another peak video YESSIR
There’s a parallel universe where Greg Oden is going crazy! 😢
Feel bad for Oden...he was going to be a great player
Collin wasn’t benching 185 😂
23:39 Crazy, that Pennsylvania has only ever been seen by 12 mio people.😲
Zion made Spartanburg, SC a destination. That's some serious hype😂
No he didn’t that school became irrelevant the millisecond he left
I feel like John Wall was the most hyped after LeBron and before Wemby. It was widely expected he’d be the top pick almost immediately after college. The Wizards won the jackpot at the time a lot like San Antonio did. His name was incredibly hyped. Wiggins hit the ground running and suddenly regressed but he was a huge catalyst for the Warriors 2021 ship
Either wall or Zion. I think because of zions size having people compare him to Bron hyped him up more than wall imo
@@G5_Undisputedwiggins also
@@tj4lyfe64 true
@@tj4lyfe64In high school yeah, at the time of the draft nah. His Kansas year was disappointing and if Joel had a good back he never would’ve been in contention for #1.
Cooper Flagg is about too be on this list soon 🤷♂️
man that Greg Oden pick will haunt us in Portland for decades to come. at the time it was 1000% the correct pick and no one can blame the front office for picking him but in retrospect it will go down as top 3 busts of all time especially cuz KD was next in line
If Oden and B-Roy stayed healthy and were able to progress, Dame would have a chip right now, which is crazy. A middle/end of prime B-Roy, a in prime Oden, an explosive young one in Dame, and Aldridge would have definitely dominated the league.
@@vise_atoxity8083they wouldn't have the chance to select Dame if Oden and Roy didn't get injured, it's not a straightline bro
@@thatguyluisthey traded for that pick from brooklyn
@@thatguyluis I’m pretty sure Dame wasn’t even selected with the Blazers own pick. So, healthy or not healthy.. they still get Dame.
U prolly not old enough to care about MJ being passed up on but damn missing out on MJ and KD has to hurt sheesh , then yall lose B-Roy and Oden to injuries
Cowherd wasn't necessarily wrong...Durant just stayed healthy and got better ..Oden would arguably be in the conversation "top 5 big men ever" if he stayed healthy
Hell no😂
This might be a bit eurocentric , but for me Luka was the only prospect I've seen in my lifetime i would call generational.
Simply because I've never seen a player that young contribute to winning on high level professional adult basketball that much . I don't think any other 17 to 18 year old player can be the best player on a team that wins the Euroleague and then carries Slovenia to a Eurobasket.
He was very unusual in terms of been essentially fully formed , skills wise , at 17.
Any pick 3 from the NBA would've went to the Euro league & did the exact same thing. Euro league can't compare to the NBA. Doncic is generational but I'd say he's more generational because he's white balling like that 😂😂😂
@@GloBoyLoLonot a chance. The euro league is significantly more difficult than college. Luka was destroying grown men as a 17 year old. Bring scoot Henderson into the Euroleague at 17 and he would be on the bench
@@Romanus- put any Black player in the Euroleague & they winning MVP or a Cup in their first 5 years guaranteed. Black Man runs Basketball you must live under a rock in Bikini Bottom or something if you don't know that. Luka would've been a 10-14th pick had he went to college in the USA against actual competition. I do respect all the foreign players becoming more of a factor in the NBA though but I think we all know that's a new thing my guy. Guys from foreign countries were never heavily sought for because they usually always became bust against real competition in the USA 🤣🤣🤣
He was being nice to Wiggins saying he was drafted to the Timberwolves. He was drafted by Cleveland n LeBron kicked him out to the Timberwolves. But still great vid. I saw you trying to be kind to Wiggins lol
Lebron didn't kick him nowhere the cavs traded him
The hell. He did. I hate talking to young people or people who just watch highlights and shit. He got Wiggins and Bennett out of there and brought Kevin Love because he rather have veterans, then rookies. It was only 10 years ago. Go Google something or something like that if you need help.
Llama has already faded 😆 ja morant
Not mentioning austin rivers or lamelo ball is crazy, they got the same hype
Oden should’ve been a baby shaq 😢. Imagine if he played with lillard and Aldridge
In some circles Luka Doncic was also a generational prospect.
Yep! But unfortunately that hype didn’t catch the states like Wemby did.
I'll never understand how he wasn't the number 1 pick. Like even without hindsight, granted I'm nowhere close to an NBA scout but he was far and away my number 1 on the board that year
@@wesleyprince3465yep I can’t believe people thought Ayton was the right pick😂 Crazy delusional. Then you have Bagley picked over him as well and the Hawks trading him on draft night. Those scouts need a new job
KD was dogged because of his lack of strength. What wasn’t mentioned is that he had a 2x work ethic and developed an intense midrange game and once Curry opened up the 3point line… he developed that into his game as well. If his work ethic was weaker he wouldn’t be an all time great.
As KD once said, “Hard work beats talent when Talent don’t work hard”
@@Alvini_Linguine Truth. And when Talent works harder than no talent you get an all-time great!
Got to love Colin Cowherd. You can always rely on him for the most idiotic takes in all of sports. Sure, the NBA season is long and requires durability and core strength. But wtf do either of those have to do with benchpressing 185 lb?
And I’m calling BS on cowherd even being able to bench 185. Dude is built like Gumby
AD is definitely a top 75 player
I feel like someone gets the generational prospect moniker at least every other year even if it's not accompanied by generational hype, like I'm pretty sure this vid doesn't even cover all the supposed generational prospect that have come and gone lol
Skipping over the ball brothers is criminal
“Generational Talents” not Internet Sensations 😭 (made a video on that one though)
Cowherd def doesn’t bench 185. He prob can’t even bench his own bird like body weight
Bron did the impossible. He surpassed that hype. Which is mind blowing.
No Ben Simmons?
This a good ass video
Thank you!
Psalm 23:4❤😊
Kevin Durant is the original layout for point forwards/ Centers
Oden wasn't a generational talent, he was a generational bust. Durant was the real deal in that draft but at the time execs were too obsessed with 7 footers thanks to Shaq.
Oden had a very high ceiling defensively; but pretty average on offense. Not every 7 footer who looks like a mountain could become Shaq, people forget how skillful Shaq was for a big in his era.
Durant on the other hand, he was something special. I actually did watch him in Texas a couple of times and he was just something else. A one of a kind talent.
Why put Hassan whiteside highlights ?
Lmao you skipped ball
Generational? Famous/Clouted doesn’t equal Generational. But I guess the internet clouds that judgement
21:54 2002 champion lol
Nah greg oden was finna be a problem
hahahhahahhaha i love the "specialists" ok the dude bench over 185 pounds ... but that also why he s still a talk show animator... what the point about benching over 185 n playing basketball or more playing in the NBA... i bench more than 185 and i cant do what KD does... o0 this guy anlysis level is inferior of actual ben simmons basketball level....
for me only one thing is sure... if you are drafted in the top 3 by porland your career will be a bust due to injuries. if you are drafted after the trailblazers pick you will be one of the greater.
I'd argue that only Anthony Davis and Zion Williams would qualify as "generational" prospects (i.e. someone whose draft grade you only see about once every 5 years)
Unless I'm mistaken Blake Griffin also had a higher draft grade than a lot of players on that list
He did, not as higher than Dwight Howard, but he was regarded as a top tier prospect then.
Kd college stats 🤯
NBA players are far to scrawny with their builds. They gotta get in the weight room like NFL players do, they would play so much better and be healthier for longer.
No Derrick Rose ?
AD is top 35 player of all time 🤷🏽♂️
John wall?
LBJ and Wemby have by far been the biggest prospects of my lifetime. Simmons and Fultz were pretty highly touted but the hype was nowhere near that level. Not sure if Wemby was even close to the LBJ hype for that matter.
Nah, I don’t think Wemby’s hype was as big as Lebron. But I think that’s mainly because he isn’t American. If he was American he’d probably would get the attention Lebron get if not more because of social media.
@@Alvini_Linguine that’s a solid point for sure. Keep up the stellar content homie.
@@reidye And thank you for the support 😁❤️
In my lifetime as a basketball fan i started watching in 2010 so it was Wall , AD, Wiggs , Ben , Zion , Wemby …. Fultz got alot of hype but be real Lonzo was the talk of his draft class , Markelle was great in college i thought he would be a star but he wasnt getting “generational “ hype , Wall wasnt generational either but he did get that type of hype which was some what warranted
🙏🏻
Ben Simmons
Can’t even hate on Greg dude was legitimately him it’s just his body gave out on him but he would have been him
Bring back our Sonics! We knew Durant was going to be the man ugh
I remember the hype between them. But then I was like a big man that can shoot in a league with Dirk, Timmy and KG or one that really looks like a role type player given the way the league was moving
Bro wiggins “role player” dude was an all star starter lmao
LMAO if you consider him a All Star due to the country of South Korea voting him in because of a endorsement from a KPop star. Then sure, “All Star Starter” Andrew Wiggins.
All star basically means hall of famer?
Yea and he got 1 allstar game , its plenty of role players with 1 or 2 allstar games , 1 time thru 8-9 seasons is pitiful for the talent he had
@@Alvini_Linguine shit felt like a fever dream lmao. Thanks for replying tho love ur content
I still feel like Zion hype overseers all theses guys even victor he truly was the best prospect since lebron james
We gotta see him TRULY be Zion. Because the year to year antics will eventually get old. But I'd love to see Zion be the new Barkley if not BETTER!
@@Alvini_Linguine nah facts cuz he legit has the chance to to be Charles Barkley but with a ring and more mvp
That ship has sailed. He chose fast food and strippers over a chance to be a legend
@@Romanus- okay…. He was still the most hyped player Since lebron James coming into the draft
Nawl lonzo hall had the biggest hype
What boosts LeBron even higher is that he's where he is now after playing his entire career with a whole legion of Jordan fans hating allllllllll the way through. Jordan got to come in and just play. They called him the greatest after winning just one ring. No one was holding him to anyone else's ring count, they just saw that he was the best. NOW with LeBron, people dont want to move off MJ when LeBron is clear as day the greater player of the 2. People want to hold LeBron to a ring count when they didn't do that with Jordan. People discredit every LeBron win and pile on every loss. Jordan objectively won in a sorrier era. The 90s was trash league-wise. The powehouses of the 80s died out and it was easy picking for the Bulls. Bird's Celtics? Gone. Showtime Lakers? Gone. Bad Boy Pistons? Gone. All spent their primes beating each other up throughout the 80s. After 1990, the league was the Bulls. No other team stood a chance for real. Jordan also never faced a team in the finals with more allstars on it than his own team. LeBron has been in situations where he's been up against 3-4 allstars as the only allstars on his team.
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Bro really forgot Blake Griffin exists
He’s my favorite player of all time. But coming out of HS he wasn’t considered generational talent. That didn’t start until college. All of these people were from HS to the NBA were considered “generational”
@@Alvini_Linguine That’s valid!
The league should retire the number 23 #jordan
no john wall or drose is insane👎
Once again, generational. Just because they were stars in Hs doesn’t mean people refereed to them as players who could be some of the best ever.
@@Alvini_Linguine john wall was forsure more hyped than wiggins
@@cddevri Being hyped as a player and being hyped to take over the NBA is completely different. I never heard nor read that about Wall. He got views yes, but like I said in the video, for all of those guys they had the eyes and the hype about them being generational as professionals.
@@Alvini_Linguine i mean wiggins got more youtube views pre-college/nba because it was a more youtube centric time but either way i never felt like he the public was as big on him as john wall 🤷♂
look up mock drafts from before the 2014 draft and you'll see a decent amount projecting embiid to go first. Wall couldnt have been a more obvious first pick, in a class that at the time was projected to be stronger too
cool video either way
Greg Oden sucked, he was just tall n big. Durant was is a way better player
Stopped watching as soon as I heard your voice
😂😂😂
Hope Wemby fails
Cringe
Sad
I should report you weenie
Why? That’s just pathetic as a basketball fan
Zion's a joke...nothing more...I told the buffoons who were droppin $20K for his rookie autos....I laughed ALL the way to a new house.