What you described there can be attributed to a ton of players. Rudy Gobert is special and there is only one of him. Whiteside could be similar but he's a head case.
Bamba's ceiling is Gobert. Not his floor.
I disagree. Who are all these players? Talking 7ft tall+ enormous wingspan+athletic+rim protection+rebounding. It would be difficult just coming up with 10, let alone a ton: Davis, Gobert, Capela, Embiid, Dwight, Drummond?, McGee? Noel? and it flat-lines.
I have not seen anyone say that Bamba's floor is Gobert. I myself have not said that Bamba's floor is Gobert. However, Bamba is
easily ahead of Gobert at 19yearsold.
Here's 20yearold Gobert's draft profile from DX about his weaknesses:
"On the downside
, Gobert is a fairly limited player if unable to simply catch and finish around the basket. He
doesn't show a very high skill-level with his back to the basket, not having the lower body strength needed to establish great position inside or a terribly diverse arsenal of footwork or post moves he can go to when his initial move is cut off. His
lack of strength, balance and toughness makes it difficult for him to finish through contact in traffic, and he needs to continue to improve his left hand."
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Outside of the paint, Gobert hasn't shown any real semblance of a jump-shot at this stage, and
didn't look to be on the verge of developing one from what we saw in the drills of the NBA Combine in Chicago. He's
generally not a great passer or decision maker with the ball in his hands either...Gobert's
lack of strength does affect him here too, though, as he gets moved around rather easily inside the paint, not always being able to hold his ground. He
lacks some intensity and toughness on this end of the floor, sometimes allowing himself to get pushed around inside and not offering enough resistance.
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Just an average rebounder on the defensive end, Gobert shows solid timing boxing out his man, but tends to get pushed around and l
ets smaller opponents wrestle rebounds away from him. His 5.7 defensive rebounds per-40 is a fairly pedestrian rate and something he'll have to improve on to see minutes in the NBA."
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While Gobert is a little older than you might hope considering the stage of development he's currently at both physically and skill-wise, turning 21 the day before this year's NBA Draft, there's little doubt that he's a prospect with significant upside still. - Source:
http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Rudy-Gobert-5878/ ©DraftExpress"
Is it all that crazy to compare Bamba to Gobert? Not really. They're very similar prospects. If I compared his strengths at 20yearsold, they would go hand in hand with Bamba's strengths at 19yearsold. Remember, it took Gobert years of development in the NBA to get where he is now. I don't think anyone is suggesting Bamba could come into the NBA right now and become 2017 Gobert.