I think this is something lost in the whole “victor hates chet” discourse

I’ve never taken it that Victor personally has an issue with him As a person or player. It has always come off to me that he has an issue with the fact that going all the way back to when they were teenagers, the media has always constantly compared them and tried to frame Chet as his natural rival because of their similar age and builds.

I don’t think Victor has ever necessarily viewed him as the same level of player and it causes him to take the whole discourse personally as a result of the constant obsession the media has had with it (which has been massively Stoked by Brian windhorst particular who’s been beating that drum since even before the guys came to the NBA)

Media parroted the KD, Steph, LeBron narratives for so long without a backup that they are scrambling to find anything new without changing the formula. Inventing pointless narratives because the moment it stops, they might actually have to talk about the game

Ngl the whole rivalry thing will fall flat if Wemby just keeps punking him lol. Chet needs to have some sort of moment and wins over him otherwise it will become somewhat boring.

SGA is like Duncan in the sense that they are just entirely too quiet and non-controversial as personalities to have rivals. Duncan had Kobe and KG as perfect candidates for that but it never reached that level because Duncan didn’t add to anything so we just compare their accomplishments and stuff.

SGA isn’t even large enough for Wemby to see

Obviously but there’s no real rivalry until Wemby actually plays enough to have an actual MVP battle with SGA (and also others) so none of this matters rn

I think Jokic is the best rival for Wemby for now. Spurs Nuggets games have always been fire for the last 3 years

Because they out here saying they two gumbys when one of them is pokey

I don’t think somebody else gets to choose your rival.

I think that’s Wemby’s whole problem with Chet.

Media tried to paint Chet and Wemby as rivals just because of similar builds which obviously irks Wemby.

He sees himself as a peer of a higher level of MVP Caliber players such as SGA.

He even said Spurs were more worried about SGA than Chet.

SGA vs Wemby is much more exciting, trying to push a Chet vs Wemby narratives feels like the media is pushing Iguodala vs LeBron instead of Curry vs LeBron.

Eh hard to a rivalry between a pg and a c

Wemby believes he’s better than Chet. Let them have big man beef. It’s good for the game

Well just like its not a real rivalry between Wemby and Chet, its also not a real rivalry between Wemby and Shai.

Wemby is a freak of nature, no doubt. But let’s not kid ourselves here, he hasn’t done anything worthy of being compared to an actual Champ MVP

Saying wemby having a rivalry with chet is like saying bron had a rivalry with josh smith

Lou Williams is trying really hard to get on the mount rushmore of terrible basketball analysts

Lou is 100% right. It isn’t sexy enough to talk about but the heads gotta talk about something, I suppose.

Look, he’s not wrong, but the shit that sells movie tickets is Godzilla vs. the other giant monsters, not some rando scientist who ends up driving the giant monsters off. Wemby and Chet are the closest the NBA will have to kaiju battles and we should all accept it.

To me it seems like Vic’s problem is that he does not like being compared to Chet.

Wemby punching down literally

Can’t be a rivalry if one team (us) never wins plus any person with even half a brain cell knew Wemby was several tiers above Chet from the start.

Chet is the best big who came in to the league at around the same time as Victor. That’s why there is the interest in a rivalry between them. SGA is older, more established, and a guard. This isn’t hard.

He’s not wrong

Chet is Carmelo Anthony to Wemby’s Lebron.

I mean it makes complete sense when Chet and Wemby are two of the most unique centers of all time with basically the same archetype. Wemby is so much better but it’s also more fun to have a rival who you have to guard and play against.

Kobe vs Duncan wasn’t that interesting. But a battle between Duncan and KG was. I’d watch Kobe vs Wade or Wade vs Dirk. Basketball is about matchups so yeah it makes sense why Wemby would be Chet’s rival.

The best part of the Wemby Chet story tho is how visibly triggered Wemby gets when asked about it. He’s clearly the better play but Chet having a ring definitely bothered him. Those 2 do have a 7 footer gangly unicorn rivalry whether they admit it or not.

Lol I think Wemby would agree. Chet maybe not so much

Wemby aint at SGAs level the same way Chet aint at Wembys level lol. Can we stop trying to force rivalries for no reason

Poor Chet.

I liked Sweet Lou a whole lot more before he got into media.

NBA media taking a natural and ruining it, awesome by them

There needs to be hatred in rivalries. Canadians are to nice. SGA can’t have rivalry because of this

Really like Lou will he has leveled headed takes alot

Because it’s fun?

Height

Just cause they both look like failed fusion dances.

you don’t just ordain people as rivals. its something that comes up naturally.

People should feel free to dislike anyone they like. They are competitors.

I was all for a Spurs Thunder rivalry like the old days, but modern fandom focuses on absolute haters nonsense, and the players sometimes seem like they feel forced to feed into it. It could been fun, the game is better than ever, but social media fandom has ruined it…

Lou Williams, Chandler Parsons and Demarcus Cousins.

The fanduel sports network really picked some of the worst minds in basketball and put them all together. It’s like the anti Amazon prime lineup

it’s clearly disrespectful to Vic. Putting Chet in wemby convos is nonsense

Malone had a rivalry with Rodman and Dennis wasnt in the MVP convo and noone cared that he wasnt. You dont get to chose your rivalries, those just appear.

Cade

Because they play the same position.

Cuz they tall

A rivalry isn’t just some players playing against each other. There has to be hatred or some story between the them. There’s nothing between SGA and Wemby. This is such a dumb take from him.

Stop picking on Chet. Says his teammate.

Clown

Lemon pepper Lou with the big facts!

I’ve been saying this the whole time

Wemby picks on Chet because he’s the only player in the league skinnier than him

Because they look like a couple of shaven sasquatches on ozempic when they go at it

That’s why

Isn’t Lou Williams a criminal or am I thinking of somebody else

After Joel cried for MVP its not important, big man Vs big man is a better rivalry.

Overthinking it. We just matched up one goofy tall guy against another goofy tall guy. Simple as that. Pass the popcorn.

Until Wemby polishes up his acting, the real rivalry for SGA will continue to be Hollywood.

Theres no rivalry until we can see Wemby perform in a playoff series.