Tai Wynyard had 12 points and 9 boards as a 16 year old in a pre-season game against the Adelaide 36ers who's pre-season team featured 8 of their 10 NBL players and 6 points, 5 boards, and an assist on debut for the Tall Blacks against the Korean men's national team.
Ok Korea is hardly a world powerhouse and Adelaide isn't exactly the bar when it comes to NBL teams ( :p ) but this was a 16yo kid not only holding his own against grown men who are professional athletes but showing them a thing or two.
Steve Adams debut NZNBL season numbers were superior than Wynyards but Adams was older than Tai.
I haven't seen a lot/much of Humphries to compare but has he played much against men or just excelled against kids his own age?
Timmins is very underrated and a lot of people do have him in front of Wynyard but didn't get the comparable exposure.
It is an exciting time for both National programs with excellent talent coming through. Exum is developing at Utah with Ingles, Simmons is going to be a stud and Bogut & Delly look like they might be scrapping it out for a Ring very shortly. Steve Adams is in a good situation at OKC and may be making his Tall Blacks debut soon and Fotu, Lowe, Penney, Webster, Abercrombie and Vukona have all played in strong European Leagues this year which is pretty outstanding and should benefit the Nation program although their are strong rumours that Penney may have played his last game for the Tall Blacks or be not far off.