[Highlight] Victor Wembanyama blows by Cooper Flagg and finishe with the powerful dunk (with a replay)
Love the unique dunk animation for wemby
The 3D modelling and rigging has really come a long way in this year’s installment.
Not a fan of mods that just add custom characters with every stat maxed, makes the game too easy
People were complaining that his animations were janky but it fits his alien playstyle imo
the praying mantis
This game is on crack
tuned in because of this comment and first thing I see is a Wemby reverse dunk and 1, holy shit đđđ
Entire first half was just Wemby highlight after highlight
Turns out second half, too
I’ve been saying “OMG” about every other Wemby bucket. My parents don’t even watch NBA unless it’s Pacers in the playoffs and they can’t look away from Wemby.
The fact that he didn’t need to dunk with such power but still did means we are fucked.
“This ain’t the ACC anymore kid, welcome to the SW division”
Can Wemby dunk just standing on his tippy toes?
Yes
Iâd be shocked if he doesnât retire with the all time goal tending record, and I mean that as a compliment. His ability to get his hands on the ball mid air is crazy to see
What actually amazes me is that he so seldom does goaltend - his timing is freaking amazing.. there are replays where the ball in maybe an inch from the backboard when he smacks it onto the glass and then just comes down with it. Had a few that first season and then just go cleaner and cleaner as he’s improved.
Not only that, but almost all of his blocks end up with the Spurs getting possession and fastbreak on the other end.
Lol itâs like when you do crazy dunks on a kiddie hoop.
Thatâs what wemby is doing on a normal sized hoop bro doing all this crazy moves and movement and just finishes like it was nothing.
This is some latent power kongfu shit, the janitor cleaning the rim after the game will feel the dunk.
How tf do you stop that. Wemby is VISIBLY taller, by far, than everyone else on the court.
Combined with his increase in strength… sheesh
Your only chance is to take the chargeâŚgood luck with that though
My brother who knows nothing about basketball walked by and asked “who the fuck is THAT?” and pointed at wemby.
let this man stay healthy
The league is not ready
insane how far away the ball is from the hoop when he winds that back. wingspan is unreal
Heâs insane but on this particular play it actually looks like he took a walk in the park - travel
EDIT: the above appears to be wrong. Untouched it looks like he takes two gather steps which isnât legal, but the defender actually pokes the ball on the first gather which makes it live and Wemby recovers it to make the next step the first gather and then gets his two steps in
TLDR Wemby is awesome
I had to watch it a second time as well.. looked like way too many steps (not that the refs were likely to call him on it anyways)
At first I was like yeah but you can see the defender swipe and the ball changes direction but Wemby quickly recovers it. That apparent tap resets the steps and that first one is a gather and then one two. Wemby is good
Bro might win MVP this year forget just DPOY
Youngest mvp
He has to be a top 4 favourite if he stays healthy. Joker, Luka for sure above him, but I’m not sure if anyone else is.
Shai?
he has the “won last time” debuff
I love Shai, but I really don’t think he’s better than Wemby, Luka, or Joker. He had the best year last year, but I don’t think he’s the better player overall.
Heâs not. Heâs just on the better team which seems to matter to the voters.
Westbrook won it leading a sixth seed
After seeing this shit he is top 1. Plenty of season to go though.
Why not both??
911, whatâs your emergency?
some alien just dunked on me and I can’t get up
“Chris Paul tryin’ to get in the locker room. Come down here and save me!”
9’11”
I love basketball
hows the spurs sub at the moment đ¤Ł
Christmas morning, last day of school, bonus check day, finding $20 in the jean pocket, getting a compliment from your crush, waking up realizing itâs the weekend, finding out an exam was pushed back a few days.
Shaolong monk WeMVP has arrived
Probably best to get out the way.
Is that not 3 steps?
This is the NBA, son. We don’t call travels or carrying here.
Rule of Cool applies
Itâs not a travel as long as what youâre doing is dope as fuck
how are you in an NBA forum and don’t know that it’s gather step + 2 in the NBA?
Because it’s not a gather step. He gathers the ball before putting his left foot down meaning it counts as step 1, not step 0.
The timing definitely tight and is hard to catch live but yeah that’s a travel.
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Brother you need to read things better. I did not count the right foot step, I counted the left step. He takes that one after the gather.
The gather step is foot that is down at the time of the gather. This used to count as step one (before 2009 rule change but it was getting less and less called), it’s now the zero step, or gather step.
His left foot is step one, as it’s the first step after the gather. His right is step two, and the left is the third and travel step.
The gather is correctly identified here. You now need to count all the times he puts a foot on the ground, which is three.
Giannis gathers at the same time he puts his foot down. Wemby gathers a fraction of a second too early. Giannis’s step does not count, Wemby’s does. They are slightly different plays because of the timing. Wemby is close but not quite.
At 2:02 you can see Wemby gathered and his foot clearly still in the air. It needs to be on the ground.
Edit: I used to rail against the phrase “gather step” because I was worried people would get the idea that you get an additional step. You only get two steps after you gather.
Youâre so annoying for no reason lmao go read this and sybau
https://official.nba.com/new-language-in-nba-rule-book-regarding-traveling-violations/
This does not count as a step because he gathers at the same time as the step. Wemby gathers slightly too early, so it’s a travel.
He doesnt gather step here. You dont just get 3 steps after picking up your dribble, to have a gather step you have to step before you complete the gather.
no, it’s clearly not. Freeze the video at 22 seconds, right foot down with live dribble, 23 seconds, left foot down with ball gathered, then 2 steps. It’s 100% not a travel in NBA/FIBA rules. There is no debate here. It’s conclusive.
He gathers before taking that step. Itâs almost simultaneous but not quite. In order for a step to be ruled âstep 0â or gather step you need to do it before or simultaneously with your gather, any steps done after count as step 1.
As I said, itâs really tight timing and hard to catch but you can absolutely see itâs a travel with the replay.
Yes. Basically the gather rule is legal travel.
Because in live action there’s a defender blocking the gather and in the replay it starts at the gather.
Difficult to see the full context
This guy is supposed to be 7’7” holyÂ
7 miles 7 kilometers
That is inhuman.
Bro stay traveling
Except it was a travel.
Rule of cool
If the goals was your mamas room yeah
Nope.
most obvious travel you will see. He clearly gathers then takes 3 steps.
there’s no debate here, buddy. The left foot is down at the 6 second mark, that’s the gather step, then there’s 2 steps….or 3 steps total, which is entirely legal…. 100% legal in the NBA/FIBA. You don’t know the rule, but want to debate it. lmao.
He gathers the ball then takes a step with his left foot, followed by 2 more steps. The timing is tight and hard to catch live but with replay you can fully see him gathering juuuust a hair before that left foot step, so it counts as step 1, not 0.
It is indeed a travel.
He gathers then takes 3 steps. The gather step is when you step while in the act of gathering but before completing the gather. He gathered too early. Travel
freeze the video at 23 seconds on the replay. It’s left foot down as he gathers the ball. I’ll bet you $1k dollars it’s not a travel, but you won’t take that bet because you’re dead wrong and you know it. FOH.
If Luka wants a mvp he has to get it now it gonna be wembyâs leagues very soon
Only good thing about this is that Mavs fans are dead inside so nothing will faze them anymore
I like that Wemby has no assists at the half. If anyone is born to score+rebound it’s Wemby.Â
Also, if opponents don’t start getting real physical and play up close defense on him, he’s just gonna be a dunk version of Steph.Â
Rest of the league about to find out what itâs like to be a Kings fan for the next 15 years
Are we sure this isnât AI
I called my Dad immediately after this play to watch it together. This is just ridiculous.
That is a fucking travel.
sudowoodo angry
âWhat was your welcome to the league momentâ
Eh they were running a 2-3 zone in the half court and the strong side defender just left the ball so cooper was kinda caught in a weird position too though, just a bad team defensive breakdown there
Dang, at 10:33 EST I just checked and Flagg still hadn’t scored his first NBA basket. 5 rebs though
Clear travel
The weiners on here will downvote you, but it definitely was. Gather step these nuts.
Feelin it in his French oats
Welcome to the NBA
wemby really punches it force
Bro is just too tall. It unreal, he took like 2 steps
Cooper just gave up.
I mean, he traveled. If you let a big guy take 3 steps, they are going to do some amazing things.
An actual real life Space Jam player
Tall like Manute, runs like Giannis, dunks like Lebron. Lets go.
Wave the white flagg
Welcome to the NBA, Cooper Flagg.
My conspiracy theory is the spurs sacrificed Pop for this montrosity
They donât make posters anymore?
the only thing that can stop him from being the goat is injury. He needs to do everything lebron did and he will be the ohtani of the nba hands down the most unstoppable human to ever play the game
This is Flagg’s welcome to the NBA moment cause you def don’t see this in NCAA
Welcome to the League Cooper Flagg!
This was me with Pink Diamond Bol Bol on rookie difficulty
The age of Wemby is upon us.
Flaggs at half staff across Dallas tonight
I love this shit but it also reminds me of the fact basketball starterd with a bunch of jabronis in a gym with a peach basket.
Those dudes would have their brains broken watching Wemby play ball.
You could put all 5 defenders vs wemby and he would still score
The league is in trouble, when teams play the Spurs they have to double Wemby with their Centers or go with big lineups.
Do kids still put up posters in their wall like they used to? Or is the commentor accurate?
Not finishing the word “finishes” makes this post art in my book.
Cooper who
As a Wizards fan with no hope, I really just hope Wemby stays healthy for a long career. GOAT stuff and domination I haven’t seen in my life.
Traveling everywhere.
Luka plays better defense
WTF. Thatâs a 1 of 1 tomahawk!
ehem..league fucked.
Suck my Flagg