If you're myopic enough to only judge a basketball player's worth on stats alone, NWB is probably never going to impress you. If you're willing to allocate worth to getting the loose ball, playing defense, being sound all around, he certainly will. He has the physical skills to have an Ejim-like improvement over his junior and senior years, and even if he never develops into that type of scorer, he can help us win a lot of games.
Our fan base has been pretty rough on NWB but IMO he passes the eye test and I expect to see him have a much more active roll in the offense this year. It all starts with improving his 3 ball percentage. It's funny how quickly people forget how raw Ejim was his freshman and sophomore years.