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Originally Posted by GeoffRas22
He's already an above average player in the NBA and Embiid, the only other player it would have been reasonable to take over him, has played 12 games in 2.25 seasons and has played more than 25 minutes twice in his career. Give me a break.
There is literally zero evidence to support the idea that he is an above average player. Every advanced statistical metric rates him as clearly below average, except for PER which 1) rates him barely above average 2) badly overrates players precisely in Wiggins mold.
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Saying that Andrew Wiggins is already a bigger bust than Anthony Bennett is such ridiculous hyperbole it's not even worth responding.
Bennett gets overhyped as a bust because he went #1 in a bad draft where he wasn't supposed to go top 5. If he gets picked #12 in a regular draft like he deserved he'd be a dime a dozen mid-1st round flop. To offer numerical examples to support it:
If Wiggins' perceived EV is 5-7 pts above replacement and he settles to 1-2 pts above, that's 4-5 pts short. Not to mention you could have had Embiid instead!
If Bennett's perceived EV is 1-2 pts above replacement and he settles to a mile below, you get a stop loss by waiving him and you really only miss by 1-2 pts which is a smaller magnitude than Wiggins.
It may seem like I am being irrational but I do have strong underlying logic to support it. Bennett was only a bust because one terrible GM overvalued him in a horrible draft, whereas the majority agreed that Wiggins was a good #1 overall pick in spite of Embiid on the board.