Is it Me? Or did the Wemby Hype & Novelty Come & Go Already

[28 Gramz]

Ratings
General Interest
Hasnt made the news
No Sports shows talk about him.

The NBA in general isn't talked about until after the superbowl.

 

[Stick Up Kid]

The NBA in general isn't talked about until after the superbowl.

First Take, The Herd, and all other big shows still talk about LeBron, Bronnie, Zion's weight, The Knicks, Steph, Warriors etc.

Nobody ever brings up Wemby.

 

[HandyWithTheSteel]

Wemby already lived up to the hype. He needs to start winning now.

 

[Dilltastic VolWon(derful)]

League is really trying to market him for obvious reasons (clean image, little to no fukkery and international relatability)

It’s gonna be interesting how the fans continue to react to this.

 

[CrimsonTider]

League is really trying to market him for obvious reasons (clean image, little to no fukkery and international relatability)

It’s gonna be interesting how the fans continue to react to this.

You can’t market a foreign player to Americans

 

[Dilltastic VolWon(derful)]

You can’t market a foreign player to Americans

• Steve Nash (Phx)
• Dirk (Dallas)
• Ginobli (SA)
• Giannis (Mil)
• Embiid (Phi)

Regular Season MVPs, Finals MVPs and 6 MOY awards. And some of the top selling jerseys in the league.

Almost anybody is marketable with the right push and storyline.

 

[ReturnOfJudah]

A lot of folks spent a pretty penny on them RCs. shyt bout to be worthless

 

[CrimsonTider]

• Steve Nash (Phx)
• Dirk (Dallas)
• Ginobli (SA)
• Giannis (Mil)
• Embiid (Phi)

Regular Season MVPs, Finals MVPs and 6 MOY awards. And some of the top selling jerseys in the league.

Almost anybody is marketable with the right push and storyline.

Durk and Nash were from different eras. Nash was from Canada. No one stanned Durk or cared for him on that level

No one care about Giannis, Embiid went to college here so that helps his brand

 

[VegetasHairline]

You can’t market a foreign player to Americans

Shohei Ohtani says otherwise.

 

[A Tribe Called Quest ™]

Durk and Nash were from different eras. Nash was from Canada. No one stanned Durk or cared for him on that level

No one care about Giannis, Embiid went to college here so that helps his brand

I don’t even think nikkas remember Embiid went to Kansas lmao

 

[Don Homer]

Wembly is gonna be a really good player but that “generational” stuff they pull should strictly be used for his size and nothing else. Dude plays like a French 7’5” Kyle Korver just shooting threes. They have zero rim protection when doing that.

this doesn't even make sense.

 

[CrimsonTider]

I don’t even think nikkas remember Embiid went to Kansas lmao

Going to an American college helps your brand as a professional player if your a foreigner

 

[CrimsonTider]

Shohei Ohtani says otherwise.

Does he shoot 3s?

 

[THE 101]

I wish he took less threes but he's on the right trajectory. He's lost a little bit of that new car smell so now we're just waiting on the Spurs to get better and be in the mix. Being a good player on a bad team can only hold interest for so long.

 

[KnowledgeDropper]

- His team is bad
- His team is the Spurs… without Pop right now (not a market that casuals like)
- A lot of threes versus highlight plays (dunks, blocks)
- In terms of marketing - he seems really French from a personality perspective. Not sure the league or marketing people really know to market that to Americans

When he is dominant player on a dominant team, he will attract more broad attention. But overall the NBA needs to learn how to market Europeans (especially black Europeans, which there will be many more of) and quickly