[Highlight] Wemby on Detroit: They crush the boards and force bad shots. They are the most physical team in the league and that’s why I think they’re the 1 seed
Good news:
Wemby says you deserve to be the #1 seed.
Bad news:
Have you seen how Wemby fucking plays when he’s facing the #1 seed?
Ethically?
half
Man’s got a point - Wemby seems to take it personally against top teams. That Detroit game’s gonna be must-watch TV.
Man’s got a point, Wemby seems to take those matchups personally. He always brings another gear against the top teams.
Maybe he blocked only six shots but opponents straight passed up more than that amount of easy shots around and in the paint because they knew he would easily blocked. Numbers don’t do justice to his defensive contribution.
Rematch next week is gonna be a banger, last night was definitely one of the best games I’ve watched all season
Too bad it’s not on TV. Instead we get Warriors/Rockets and Lakers/Nuggets that night.
The league needs to flex more
Yikes, I’m a warriors fan and I don’t even want to watch our games rn
I mean warriors rockets makes sense cause of rivalry and last years upset, especially with rockets now having KD. Problem is both teams are so injured
Is it an upset if basically everyone expected the lower seed to win?
Warriors definitely should not have been favorites against the second seed.
Warriors were on fumes to even make the playoffs. Rockets were well rested and younger and healthy.
Kerr just wrecked them with Steph Dray Jimmy though
Pretty sure they opened as betting favorites. It has nothing to do with the warriors nobody believed in that Dillion Brooks Jalen Green lead Houston team last year.
Y’all were on a great run after the Jimmy trade, that paired up with the no-experience Rockets, it was always going to be tough for Houston. Steph was amazing, Jimmy was good, Dray was really good defensively.
A play in team over the 2 seed, yes, it’s an upset.
I mean 2-8 were separated by 4 games. Now if the Magic beat the Celtics last year? That would’ve been an upset.
Well, the Knicks beat the Celtics and they were 10 games worse.
“Injuries=tanking. Take some meds” - some NBA lawyer
With the way the lakers are playing against contenders, I feel the same way lol
the only bright side im seeing is melton, moody, Podz, post, Richard, santos are really coming into their own now. Don’t know wtf the roster looks like next season but if we somehow get Steph, butler, KP going at some point, it’ll be a fun team to watch.
“Fan” lol
FOH, you can be a fan and not watch all 82. We’re playing stale uninspired basketball and are firmly in no-man’s land of the standings. Jimmy is done for a year, Steph is hurt, KP will be in and out of the lineup as he always is for his teams. None of our young players are particularly exciting. I’m still a fan but watching the Dubs rn isn’t as good a time as watching teams like the Pistons or Spurs.
Just gotta sail the high seas brother
I feel like they used to do a better job at this
tbf if everyone was fit those would be fun games, steph v KD, luka v Jokic
I think they might flex that one. They already flexed the OKC game for tomorrow. If SA is a 1 seedy then I can see it getting flexed.
Rematch with Isaiah Stewart
That late-season game with the hornets will definitely be fun, potential seeding implications too
I was so glad I stayed up to watch it.
As fucking scary it is to play this guy, there’s really nothing to not like about him
He’s too good, that’s the issue.
Hes simply too good.
Some people want to kill him.
Fuck they’re trying to make him look fake!
I don’t say it lightly, he has goat potential.
Health is probably his biggest obstacle but given his size, he’s done really well in that regard thus far.
He really is Duncan
Nah I think castle is closer to Duncan in personality. Wemby is more manu.
People will look at comments like this in 5 years and think you’re all insane. Duncan was a soft spoken dorky guy, wemby is much more trash talking and petty
Thunder fans probably hate him lmao
He’s French and he’s a hypocrite talking about ethical basketball while he’s flopping like a goddamn fish. See? That was easy.
He’s French
ive heard enough tbh
I just hate his fans and the cult of personality that has already formed around him
You can tell he’s going to be one of those players who is universally beloved mostly and his rivals despised. Already the case with him vs OKC and I think it’ll continue. It reminds me of Jokic in a way with anybody who competes w him for MVP being hated.
The stuff you see about him is just do irrational and people get away with it. A dude in this comment thread named WEMBYFAN said that he has the worst whistle in the league and he got upvoted for it lmfao. Like there’s mass delusion in all conversation about this guy.
I’m praying it’ll normalize eventually but idk, it’s year 3 already lol
You… hate people for liking a stellar player who isn’t dirty and has a great mind for the game?
Do you just hate basketball? I can’t even figure out why you’d hate fans of Wemby, other than the fact that you’re a miserable Lakers fan cosigned to staring up at the Spurs for the next decade in the standings.
Then again, you’re a cheerio pisser, so I’m not sure why I’d expect any kind of decency from you.
I just don’t really know why you thought it productive to not read my comment.
Like the whole point of a comment is to start with a thought and then expand on it.
Quoting the initial thought and replying to it alone while ignoring everything else is.. lazy? dishonest? disingenuous? Take your pick.
You could have actually responded to what i said, ie pointing out that I find claims like “he has the worst whistle in the league” to be preposterous. Instead “miserable Lakers fan” and “cheerio pisser” lmao. What a weird bunch. Which, funnily enough, is exactly my point. So thanks for that.
seeing wemby’s media always reminds me of the flirting vs harassment meme, now that he’s cemented himself as a top 5 player and the spurs are a competitor people will probs start taking the ‘harassment’ view on some of the stuff he says
Hes pretentious as fuck. People just dont realize yet
Absolutely
Personally, he whines about calls a bit too much for my liking and I could do without him rolling on the ground in apparent agony just to get up and dash down the court 5 seconds later.
Edit: Are folks here really pretending that Wemby doesn’t whine about calls during games? That he doesn’t talk about “ethical basketball” only to flop during games? That he doesn’t appear injured because of how much time he spends rolling on the ground when trying to get a basic foul bumped to a flagrant?
We really pretending he doesn’t do those things? None of it means he isn’t an incredible basketball player. He absolutely is. But those other things are also true and we don’t have to pretend they aren’t just because he’s an amazing player.
Saying Wemby whines about calls too much is hilarious that’s not even a narrative out there or… true. That’s actually the first time I’ve seen somebody say that
It’s based off watching the Spurs play and seeing him whine about calls. It’s not about what people think. It’s about what Wemby does.
Again, no reason to take it as me saying Wemby isn’t amazing. He absolutely is. But if asked WHY Wemby might be unlikable…I supplied a pretty thorough answer based on what he says and does. I couldn’t care less about what people talk about.
Bro last night he had every reason to whine and didnt do it once. You live in a parallel world it’s actually weird
“didn’t do it once”
Please tell me you’re joking. Please. Can we PLEASE stop making things up just because Wemby is amazing at basketball? Is that really too much to ask?
Falling on the ground and whining about calls are two different things dude he didnt yell at the ref, he didn’t stand there and not get back on defense he just got up and got back every time.
Meh. With guys like Luka Deni and Sengun wemby’s whining feels negligible
The funniest part of your comment is yesterday Wemby said he’s falling too much and he does it to prevent injury but thinks he’s taken it too far and he should fall less. So its funny to see you accuse him of flopping.
And this checks with the eye test. Next time you watch check how many times Wemby looks in a refs direction for a call after a fall.
A lot of times from the ground he’s not even looking at a ref.
He’s a twig, comparatively on the court, with his height, weight, and length. He’d injure himself if he tries to fight through every contact, contact that teams understandably need to rely on since he’s ~7’5”. I’m glad he doesn’t.
Yeah thats basically what he said yesterday but he wants to balance it better.
Look bud, I’m a huge okc fan, I understand what it’s like to be a homer with rose colored glasses on. But if you honestly don’t think Wemby flops, you need to do some fucking soul searching.
Congratulations on winning the most insufferable comment award. Have a great night. Do some soul searching of your own.
Lol that wasn’t even insufferable, I can be much worse. You’re just in denial. I hope you have a great night too.
He has maybe the worse whistle in the league so I don’t blame him. He was constantly getting hacked on both ends last night
No bias at all from WEMBY_FAN Im sure
Right lol. Zion is definitely there and Steph too
steph has one of the best whistles in the league
Laughably absurd. Steph has the worst whistle of any top 15 player in NBA history.
i’d say he easily has a top 5 whistle of all time, maybe better.
Yeah? What’s his highest FTA for a season? Surely if it’s that great, he has taken a ton of free throws, right?
your mistake is not realizing having a good whistle isn’t only freethrows.
lol. Lmao even.
Insane take lol
“worst whistle in the league” has got to be a joke, right?
Everybody thinks this about a player on their favorite team.
Yeah, the true worst whistle in the league is Scottie Barnes. Ignore the flair
Nah. It’s Buzelis.
Worst whistle in the league. Gets mugged on both ends and never gets calls. Just my unbiased opinion.
Spotted the poster who didn’t watch the game and didn’t see the guy getting grabbed and pushed in multiple plays without a call.
Curry gets it every single game….
Yes, and that’s also not fair to him.
Still makes the poster above with the Bulls flair either ignorant, willfully blind, or just that dense.
Just saying it’s a league wide problem. Maybe wemby will bring enough attention to make it known fr. But it’s definitely not just him. Also got guys saying curry has the best whistle lmao in my teply
I sincerely think Curry has the worst superstar whistle in the league of the past 15 years, maybe ever, and that Wemby is quickly getting there. They both get hammered nearly every play with no call.
name another team that has a lanky 7’5 alien on it that can move like he does
Wemby gets a double team thrown at him on every other possession and you expect me to believe that he’s not getting fouled?
He absolutely gets fouled sometimes and the refs sometimes miss it. That happens to everybody though. Especially stars.
Es the subs golden boy. Never seen it quite like him in this sub besides from Jordan
Uhhh Jokic?
It really is wild.
I agree he’s incredible but folks here will straight up lie to support him unconditionally. It’s just crazy to me.
All I did was point objectively to things he says and does that people (here especially) flame other players for.
Folks here don’t like when the double standard is pointed out.
You are entitled to your opinion but I am sorry to tell you it is still subjective
objectively lol. are you a machine that counts real time the number of times he whines, with margin for error established when you call whine or not whine? you’re a subjective viewer, and that’s what you really are. not some objective spectator lmao
The guys with the superpowers are the ones refs will let be unfairly guarded
Spurs and pistons on top. 2005 is here again
I was around for 2005. The Pistons should have been dead after Horry ripped their hearts out in Game 5. They should have rolled over or at best given token resistance in Game 6 and instead they kicked the Spurs’ butts. It wasn’t until the fourth quarter of Game 7 that those bastards got put down.
Felt similar vibes last night.
Crazy series. First four games were all blowouts.
Fractured my ankle earlier that day. Tried to tough through it to watch the game but hurt like hell. Remember listening to us lose on the radio on the way to hospital sad and pissed.
I dug out my 2005 championship T-shirt and wore it to the gym today. Crushed the elliptical . Felt right.
Gino should have been MVP. I’ll die on that hill!
Talking like OKC doesn’t exist… OKC, DET and SAS on top
Fuck Bruce Bowen
Fuck bruce bowen
incorrect, we didn’t exist back then
eew. why insert yourself here?
Thunderfan simply cannot not make it about themselves.
Wemby’s hand to face ratio is crazy
What you mean? He has 2 hands to 1 face. Pretty standard.
I bet he is all over Doris Burke’s browser history
… I don’t want to know what you’re referring to
She is known for going on and on about the size of Kawhi’s hands
oh ok. I mean everyone has their kinks, right? lol
Yeah man I love Doris, she likes what she likes, more power to her
In fairness to Doris, one of the signature things about Michael Jordan was that his hand size gave him incredible ball control.
Mogger
He has a pretty normal sized head and a 12” long hand.
easily the most physical team we’ve played and they’ve made a new fan outta me
Why does this sound like a Randy Newman song
You made a new fan outta me
The ship is a rightin’
And Beef Stew is a fightin
Now I’m hearing Will Sasso sing it
Thank you for choosing my YouTube compilation for bedtime friend
Left foot.. right foot.. left foot.. right foot..
this comment is an ad for Toy Story 5
I Love SA!
Its was an intense af game. Your gaurd depth is insane and im a huge fan of Castle, dude is a baller.
Cant wait for the next one!
People always talk up Wemby being a shit talker but honestly that’s just the competitor part, he also gives people their flowers. He draws a line (except for Chet) between shit talking and then giving credit.
The chet thing is hilarious. Like is he seriously just gonna hate him until he gets revenge for the world cup??
As a fan I hope the beef never dies.
I love the shit out of Chet, but man this is like if Giannis had beef with KAT. Like yeah you have a similar game or style of play, but one of you is a top 5 player in the world and the other is just Top 20ish. At a certain point it’s just hilarious because there is no conversation.
I make the comparison that it’s like if LeBron manufactured a rivalry specifically with Draymond Green during the Warriors/Cavs years
Honestly, I think it’s one of the most amazing things about his character. Because it does add character.
The great ones always look for that edge. Wemby finding his and just blowing up the Thunder every time he plays is awesome.
Yup. Jordan would make up things for motivation. I like that Wemby hypes himself up over it. Shows he cares
Does Wemby shit talk about anyone but Chet? It’s always more like he’s embracing the competition with his comments rather than punching down on someone.
I love that he has a self-made nemesis, similar to Cade and Jalen Green. Every great team needs a hypercompetetive leader
Ant is like this too. They’re both extremely self-confident, and it’s genuine so they’re generous with praising others, shrug off getting dunked on, etc. Really appreciate this kind of attitude.
I don’t feel like his comments towards Chet are unfair pr inaccurate. Wemby is just keeping it real, no fake compliments.
wtf I love Wemby
Between this and Harper saying he modeled his game after Cade lots of love for the Pistons from the Spurs players
Lot of love from me for the way they play the game. Literally a floor full of studs out there.
They step up to their competition, if they don’t get exhausted in the playoffs they’re going to be a threat to everybody.
Props to his man for his absolute honesty.
Wait, I thought OKC was the most physical team of all time because they fouled on every single play. That’s what this sub told me.
The problem is OKC is just as physical as Detroit while being 12th in opponent free throw rate. Meanwhile Detroit is dead last.
Apparently OKC is not as physical as Detroit though. That’s what this whole clip is about.
OKC are more dirty than physical. Plus, I’mma give detroit some flowers coz they don’t bait for fouls like OKC.
Alrifgt Dr no flair
It might not be in the best interest of the Piston’s chances, but a finals matchup against the Spurs would be cinema and I would be so hyped to see it regardless
If it is like yesterday, a 7 game series will have a combined runtime of 28 hours. My heart is not prepared for NBA Finals: Director’s Cut.
I think we’d average out to shooting better than we did and hopefully you guys would shoot a little worse!
7 games of prison ball.
Then Robert Horry comes in to take the last shot.
Scariest finals match up for us. But if we make it it’s definitely the one i want
i would prefer Lakers lol
Physical basketball is just more fun to watch. I’m hoping more people give in and start coming around to it (despite everyone begging for it for years)
Ethical basketball?
Yeah, I think he just gave them the Ethical Seal of Wembypproval.
Wemby gave OKC motivation by saying the Pistons are the top seed
Mitch jonhson be like: Since you beat the piston, OKC is currently the number 1 seed. It means CHET IS NUMBER 1.
whisper to Wemby’s ear Chet. is. Number. Fucking. One.
Wemby: no he ain’t number one coach! I am!!
Wemby is bad ass. Even if he didn’t like PSG I’d say the same.
Thanks Wemb
Bruh, your 2nd round exit is loading.
Love seeing it from a star player
Physical defense is fun and all till it starts to resort in players getting injured
Spurs are so fun to watch. Them facing opponents like the Pistons makes it better
Respect to this young man. Aint nobody in the league id trade for Cade 1:1, but damn he would make me consider it. Dudes a fucking monster.
I wanna say there was a sequence early in the game where the Spurs are rolling and then the Pistons call timeout. The Pistons come out trying to be more physical and Cade knocks Wemby on his ass away from the ball.
The very next play Wemby splashed a 3! lmao…and it’s like what can you even do except hope he misses some shots?
They’re the first seed because majority of their games are against weak ass eastern conference teams period
I think they’re the 1st seed team because they won the most matches.
Not true. OKC is 44-14, Pistons 42-14
Hard to hate Wemby. I didn’t think he had a great overall game yesterday like the experts are saying but he definitely breaks down a lot of plays just by being there.
I still think his Kryptonite is physical play. Duren ate yesterday. If you can commit players like Ausar and Holland to just attack him with no regard for getting blocked to force one or two fouls, it will go a long way to clearing the way later in the game.
The longer this man is in the game, the lower your winning percentage becomes.
A lot of people say this, but if they really let the players be more physical then doesn’t that mean Wemby could contest more shots without being called for a foul?
The problem is that because he is so damn tall, everything he does stands out more including little ticky tacs that others get away with.
..but like it’s obvious that if they didn’t let the players bang on the inside, instead focusing on finesse, Duren would have absolutely no chance against Wemby.
Bucks and the Rockets tried this, they ended up putting Keldon on Giannis and Sengun and had Wemby roam off the weakest shooter. It made his defense even scarier.
I actually agree with you. I thought Keldon was your x factor on defence yesterday. You guys were getting bullied until he came on and steadied the ship in terms of physicality. Young Harper also contributed too.
I think between Duren and Stew, they can handle Wemby enough to not have him destroy us. Our issue was too much help yesterday by the wrong people leaving your shooters open.
Sounds like cheating bitch
If those are your thoughts, let me introduce you to Harper, Johnson and Castle lmao
Dear Vic,
After you beat them, OKC is currently the 1 seed, 1 game ahead of the Pistons.
Dear nbaistheworst, the 1 seed applies to both conferences.
that CTE defense gonna give the Leastern conference fits in the POs
Remember when it was OKC good times man.
OKC are active as heck but their rebounding is subpar. I don’t think it was an accident Wemby added that caveat when explaining why he thinks the Pistons are the best at that particular playstyle.
I was really being sarcastic obviously the downvotes didn’t catch it. Okc is still the number 1 ranked defense in the league.
does this shit fly in the playoffs though, that is the question
I’d imagine it would fly more, refs usually let teams play even more in the post season
I also sincerely wonder if the refs are going to allow teams to just go fucking ham at Wemby in the post-season.
Yes, the playoffs are more physical, but they’re also a much slower pace of game. Possessions become much more controlled and less free-wheeling, which means officials have less focus on 94 feet of court, and instead they’re mostly focused on just 30 feet. It’s one reason why we do tend to see better officiating in the playoffs, because fouls stick out more with the slower pace of play.
I think it’ll benefit wemby because teams trying to take shots at him will be that much more obvious with fewer broken plays and fast breaks.
I could totally be wrong though, and maybe he’ll get diced up by physicality. Time will tell.
It increases in the playoffs, what are you talking about?
if the Pistons flame out in the playoffs, I don’t think it will because of their defense
What’s this guy know. Knicks BTA him in the cup. Still salty about that.
His grandma died like a few hours before that game…
He didn’t even mention you guys lmao why are you being salty
He’s shook and doesn’t want to see Knicks. That’s all.
Bro what😂😂
The fuck, we’d love to see the Knicks, it’d mean we won the West and are in the Finals.
Y’all better worry about getting through the playoffs.
No one gives a damn about the Knicks. Mortgaged their future for Bridges and Kat haha
Don’t be bitter
Kind of ironic coming from the guy that got offended over a player saying the Pistons are the #1 seed over in the East which is just an undeniable fact.
It is offensive. You’re right.
Make it about me me me!
I’m sorry for your loss.
Curb stomped you three times and embarrassed you at home. Enjoy your NBA cup banner
I hope you enjoy it. It’s the peak of your season!
Knicks fans being human garbage, color me surprised.