>I could be wrong but I feel like there was still debate at
>that point. Still hype for Kyrie was nowhere near what it is
>for Zion. I know Lebron was getting serious NBA hype from his
>sophomore year on but I don't think he became the consensus #1
>pick until later.

Kyrie was actually #2 coming into the season (like Zion) but played his way to #1 even after missing 26 games:

http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=205007411

-Ranked tied for second by the Recruiting Services Consensus Index
-Rated in the top five overall by Scout.com (No. 2), ESPNU 100 (No. 3) and Rivals.com (No. 4)

But that draft:
#1) Kyrie
#2) Derrick Williams (played his way here by destroying Duke in the tourney)
#3) Enes Kanter (Never played a game in college)
#4) Tristan Thompson

Easy to go #1 with that lot and he had it locked even before he came back from injury.

LeBron on the other had had waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more Hype than Zion. Dude had a SI cover his junior season:

https://www.si.com/nba/photos/2011/09/07lebron-james-in-high-school#16

http://www.espn.com/gen/news/2002/0608/1392628.html

AKRON, Ohio -- LeBron James, considered the nation's top high school basketball player, broke his left wrist during an AAU game Saturday in Chicago and won't be able to play for 6-to-8 weeks.

James, Ohio's Mr. Basketball the past two years who has already been on the cover of Sports Illustrated, was attempting a dunk with 11:19 left in a game when he was bumped by C.J. Walleck, a player for Chicago Rising Stars.

James, who will be a senior this fall at Akron's St. Vincent-St. Mary High School, landed hard on his wrist. He lay on the floor for several minutes before being taken by ambulance to Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

Eddie Jackson, a friend of the James family, confirmed that James broke his wrist and that he had been told he would be sidelined for up to two months.

"He's OK," Jackson said. "When he comes back, we'll see everything and go over everything."