I don't particularly care for this comparison tbh. There's just some stark differences in their skill-sets, and thankfully their mindsets, also positionally they're different, Wiggins is much more equipped to handle the SF position, on a nightly basis in today's NBA.. ((The Lakers are better off letting Russell have the green light than Kobe - They're tough to watch, absolutely atrocious on defense, especially closing out on 3's..))
In HS Wiggins was big and athletic enough to function as a bigman vs high-level competition, he was his teams best rim protector.. I watched Kobe as a rookie but not in HS, I was in elementary school at that point, I understand he played on the wing though..
Wiggins is going to be great though, might take a few years for his FG% to catch up to his overall game, Towns presence makes things much easier for him.
Despite how his name was dragged thru the mud here in the 2014 draftee's thread, Wiggins was still the most hyped HS player since Greg Oden, and before that LeBron James, somehow context like that gets thrown under the bus, because people wanna play favorites..
Its still mind-blowing to me that the Cavs traded him. Doesn't make any sense, They felt that strongly they needed to upgrade from Tristan Thompson, who then gets signed to a $82,000,000 deal..
Does anyone here actually still think Jabari or Embiid will be better than Wiggins?? At this point in time I don't know how you could even make that argument
