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Now that Victor Wembanyama had his NBA debut, this is how compared to LeBron's debut

After LeBron James the most anticipated debut from a prospect was Victor Wembanyama, this is how the first game in the NBA of the two compare

By James Brown

After LeBron James the most anticipated debut from a prospect was Victor Wembanyama, this is how the first game in the NBA of the two compare

The NBA world hyped Victor Wembanyama and finally, he had his debut, as the anticipation has been big around him, it hasn't compared with previous years, only to the hype around LeBron James 21 years ago.

Many in the NBA media even has gone as far as to believe that Wembanyama is better than LeBron was at that age, now that Victor had his debut, there are numbers to see how each player did on their rookie debut.

LeBron James at 18 years old was able to score 25 points with 6 rebounds, 9 assists, 4 steals, and 2 turnovers. Yesterday Victor played with the San Antonio Spurs against the Dallas Mavericks to score 15 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, and had 5 turnovers at 19 years old.

Both players had their debut with a loss, and while Victor had a personal good night, LeBron's performance was just better overall. High expectations are set on Wemby but will be hard to match what James has been able to do in 21 years of NBA career.

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