[Highlight] Karl-Anthony Towns to the ref after being called for the offensive foul: “He’s 7’4”, 260!”
where tf did 260 come from lol
I would be shocked if he wasn’t at least 250. 7’5” is a lot of height to distribute that weight over.
Yeah, I’m 270 and there is no way I weigh more than him at 4’11”
270 4’11” is crazy
Got that Wario build
Bro just rolls from place to place like a Super Monkey Ball
Man’s out here with a hitbox like a Kirby boulder.
Like Kirby himself just a circle with feet and nubs for hands
Built like Violet Beauregarde
Dude you like Super Monkey Ball? Bro, I knew I liked you dude
One of my best friend’s college roommate was this dude that was like 5’7” 230lbs but held that weight only in his torso so he had disproportionately skinny arms and legs, accentuated by always wearing skinny jeans or tight joggers
He was an annoying as hell guy and a worse roommate, that kind of dude that always has to one up every story. He used to brag about how much pussy he got all the time, and I remember the exact day because we were watching the Raptors-6ers game where Kawhi hit the bouncing buzzer beater, but he was once again bragging about his sexual conquests and my friend said “yeah all those women lining up to get plowed by Wario”. Then we sat in silence for like 10 entire minutes before he just left without a word and didn’t come back until the next day
See, if you got the Wario build you gotta embrace that shit. Being able to make fun of yourself is endearing. That’s when you hit them with the Wario “WAH” and get a Wario costume for Halloween
That is indeed what you should do. I dress up as Mario every Halloween because I’m short, have a mustache, curly hair, used to wear a red hat all the time, and drive a little red truck
But when you’re 21 and deeply pathologically insecure, when someone actually confirms your constant fear that everyone can see through the act your entire ego completely crumbles
Insane build
bro built like a bowling ball
Chode jeans
Danny devito?
No, 270 lean. I’m probably around 0.6% body fat
0/10 bait
I wish it wasn’t because that would genuinely be the funniest looking human possible
Bro is Punch Up from Dispatch
That’s literally what I pictured too!
Also, Dispatch is a fire game
we got fuckin Gimli over here.
Can I paint you
Not falling for that again
Again?
👁️👄👁️
Then you are extremely unhealthy and on the verge of death elite body builders are between 5-8%
It may be the internet but bullshit smells all the same.
I would hazard a guess that the guy either doesn’t understand how to write percentages or he was joking.
its 100% bs LOL he’s literally a raisin, hes going to die if this was real
Bro what the fuck are you
Wolverine?
Mmhmm
Aren’t you supposed to be out in front of target with all the other red balls?
Holy shit bro we found big back himself
According to basketball reference he’s 235
https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/wembavi01.html
As a rookie I would believe that
Calvin Johnson was 6’5” 239 at the NFL combine. If you added a foot to him with no added weight he would be wayyy skinnier than Wemby
lol such a weird reference point to use.
Lmaooo, You can’t just stretch someone out like Gumby in your mind?
Dude is still growing though.
Yeah, I’m hoping I can get a few more inches
we all
If this brother gets a few more inches I’m going to start salivating
Geeze man get your shit together
4’11?? U didn’t have a chance from the start dam…
I’ma need some photos king
Pervert
Small ball bully ball center
Welcome back Chuck Hayes
Built like a blueberry
Mr. Popo?
Yea don’t get what people are on here. I’m 5’10 180 15-20% bf with some muscle, you’re telling me an absolutely ripped NBA player almost 2 feet taller than me can’t be 80lb heavier?
Seriously. The guy is 7’6”, he’s not under 250
Manute Bol was 7’7 200lbs.
Idk but he was confident so I believe it
I doubt players have the height and weight of opponents memorized
Dudes just shouting out numbers that make sense to him lmao.
Exaggerated that number like Wemby exaggerated the contact
Durant is listed at 240 so 260 seems realistic
216! 😂
Dude, Shawn Bradley was listed at 275lbs and he was barely taller than Wemby, every inch of height for an adult is supposed to equal around 8-10lbs of weight, meaning if you take two guys, each the same physique, body fat, etc and one is 6’2 and the other is 6’4, you’d expect the taller guy to weight around 15-20lbs more from the extra height. Wemby has to weigh in the ballpark of 260, might even be a little more.
That’s still probably underweight for 7’4
He’s listed 240
Probably not far off to be honest. I’m ~ 6’ 200lbs and look slightly overweight, an extra ~16 inches of height gives a lot of room for that weight to distribute itself. Wemby at anywhere near 200 looks like he’s malnourished
ESPN has him listed at 235
KAT got a lot of flack early this season but man’s a board machine. This shit had me dying ngl 🤣
He’s really impressive when he’s doing a little bit of everything, rather than just trying to be 7’0 shooting guard
he’s an underrated *defensive rebounder for sure, gets easily overlooked bc of his other weaknesses on defense. But legitimately in the “very good” defensive rebounder category
Very good is underrating KAT’s defensive rebounding. He is in the 99th percentile in defensive rebounding percentage; 2nd in the nba to Sabonis
The holes in KATs game are so overhyped. Dude is such a good baller. He’s got a finesse game and a power game. Gobbles boards and plays hard. Complains too much to refs.
2nd in the league behind only Jokic
Wemby has definitely learned to flop
Shai flopping = harrasment
Wemby flopping = flirting
Hello, human resources?!
One of the commentators counted Wemby on the floor 10 times when we played them. It’s obnoxious when gifted players do this.
wemby talked about this in a post game press conference in the last 2-3 weeks. basically said it’s easier to just fall down than take the hits or something like that. Basically what embiid said iirc. I could be wrong but i ain’t going back to get the direct quote
He has to or they wont call anything
Can we say this about other superstars then?
It’s really not enjoyable to watch but I feel like big men have to sometimes or they put themselves at a disadvantage powering through everything. It’s extremely tiring and you get banged up every game for no reward.
Can confirm watching Dwight Howard get killed for a decade leading to his back problems and quick demise.
The only small player who doesn’t get the refs benefit is Steph because he is just too good.
Meh it’s more a positional thing. Big men tend to get mauled before getting a call compared to guards who get a lot more of the tacky calls. Wembys definitely learnt that pretty quickly.
No because Wemby is a little darling unlike all of the unethical stars across the league
Only if said superstar is liked by the sub.
They already say this about joker lol ig you gotta be European to get that privilege
Yall always make this excuse for Wemby and Jokic man LMAOOO
this is the exact reason that every player flops, but for some reason its only used to excuse certain players that people like
Sure, but KAT barreled his shoulder into him for literally no reason. Definite foul.
Its still flopping, but flopping to draw emphasis to a literal shoulder to the chest is different given you cant shoulder someone like that. Had wemby not fallen, it still should have been called.
Its funny how for some players its OK and ethical to embellish contact to get a call, and for others it’s not according to this comment section.
It’s all about PR(and man crushes). Wemby and Jokic will get any and every excuse made for them because they’re generational
Multiple generational guys are hated on and disliked. Wemby is just too early in the career arc to to truly get massive criticism
We’ve seen it before. If he doesn’t have an MVP or Ring in like 2 years the hate will come
The hate usually escalates after the MVP or Ring imo. Usually because the team fans become insufferable. Which is most likely just bandwagons jump into the discourse.
Don’t worry. The moment the Spurs win a chip it’ll flip overnight. They’re in their pre championship OKC phase.
SGA is generational…
Yeah Wemby has had his share of bad flops this season and I think it’s a bit hypocritical after he took jabs at OKC for unethical ball.
Pretty unsophisticated play from Wemby, but that’s just how some guys play them game.
Difference between selling an actual foul and making the foul yourself
the rules of basketball are incredibly stupid and inconsistent because they are often dependent on relative player size and whether players fall or not. This leaks into the psyche of players. KAT thinks it’s a legitimate argument that player size should be involved in the call.
Steven Adams runs into a Caruso screen and Caruso falls? Foul on Adams because he ran through the screen.
Caruso runs into an Adams screen at equal speed and Adams doesn’t fall? play on
KAT is just using wemby’s size to prove he was flopping. Like that shoulder push wouldn’t have knocked down a 180lb 6’3” guard, but you expect me to believe it sent this 7’4” 260 lb giant of a man flying
whether he flopped or not shouldn’t change whether it’s a foul though. KAT initiated contact into a stationary player with his feet set. The size of the defender and whether he falls should factor zero into the call.
Need more offensive fouls anyways, feels like the offense is given every advantage in initiating contact
Guessing you have never watched KAT before because he gets called (almost always correctly) for about 3 offensive fouls a game lol.
kat leads the league in offensive fouls lol
Wanting more fouls of any variety seems wild. Less defensive calls would help a ton though and would even out what contact is allowed
Stationary player with feet set? Wemby bit on the upfake and they moved into each other…
This is a correct, but it would be silly for anyone to act like it’s actually true. The real rules of basketball are just vibes. Towns has real beef.
Its still a foul
Flopping is a foul too
But the point is Wemby has to sell it to get the call. It’s 100% an offensive foul and a shitty basketball move on KATs part but the travesty is it’s only called if the defender exaggerates the contact
I agree with the NBA on this one. The entire point of fouls being against the rules is to stop players from illegally impeding others. If you’re not impeding the other, why would it be a rule violation.
The rules of the game already massively favor big humans. Under your version of rules, giants would be allowed to barrel over people even more than they do now.
Under my version of the rules, small players aren’t allowed to relentlessly hack Giannis/Shaq/Zion and have it not be a foul. If you have watched basketball for the last 35 years you know I’m right. Small players get away with murder against big players, and big players applying the same force that small players do get called for the foul.
To go back to my example, go watch video of small guards running full speed into an Adams screen and it’s not a foul. You know though, that Adams running into those small players would probably result in a flagrant 2. A sport where the rules are dependent on player size and strength is a sport without rules, because human beings are unable to judge force consistently like that.
Most fouls in contact sports are about defining when the contact exceeds acceptable levels. The fact Caruso can’t knock adams down is undeniably relevant
in other words, why expend any effort getting strong when you can take advantage of strong players by being weak? Why draft good athletes if you’ll get better results by drafting a weakling who is good at putting himself in situations where he gets moved off his spot by bigger and stronger players barely nudging him?
defining when the contact exceeds acceptable levels is one thing, but failing at adequately defining it or failing to define it in a way that can be accurately called in a game is the problem
idk how size isn’t relevant, caruso is taken out of the play in one situation and adam’s set a perfect screen in the other, kat points out wemby’s size since he’s implying it’s a flop
caruso is taken out of the play in one situation and adam’s set a perfect screen in the other
If Caruso barrels into Adams and Adams falls, they probably still won’t call a foul on Caruso, but they’ll call it on Adams 100⁄100 times because of the size disparity. I don’t know how this could be any more clear.
kat points out wemby’s size since he’s implying it’s a flop
whether it’s a flop doesn’t change whether the action is a foul or not. KAT committed a foul according to the rules. The reaction of the defender to the contact changes nothing about the contact.
Wemby flops constantly
Maybe he tried to sell it, who knows. Not even important. But it was 100% offensive foul.
It’s hilarious reading the difference in reactions on this sub depending on who the player flopping is. If that was Chet who went flying from a little shoulder bump people would be saying he should be suspended
What dk you mean who knows lmao he flopped like a soccer player. I agree it was an offensive foul but I find the flop more offensive
Remember: before the Shaolin Monastery, Wemby spent a year training in the Chris Paul dojo
that can’t possibly be true. the spurs play pure, ethical basketball :)
Greg Kelser kept count when the Spurs played the Pistons
Wtf it was a foul
WTF it was a flop
He definitely flopped but why are you leaning in so blatant to begin with KAT
Players do that all the time to initiate contact and create space. Wemby just acted like he got shot by a sniper so it backfired.
Players do that all the time to initiate contact and create space
Sure, but that far away from the basket and after he picked up his dribble, coupled with the degree that he did it, is a foul.
“create space” aka offensive foul
Fr what a flop
Kat does the lean a lot it’s his go to move when trying to get some space
What are you talking about? That kind of move happens every game in order to create space. Multiple players on the Spurs have done it
Oh okay I get it
A player that’s liked = “He was selling it”
Player that isn’t liked = “He’s flopping”
“He was selling it.” = Flop
It’s embarrassing watching the so-called top tier athletes flail around like limp noodles.
260??? Son im crine no way Wemby been putting up Zion numbers at the buffet
You know he’s like a foot taller than Zion, right
He 7’4 all because he looks skinny doesn’t mean he’s not heavy
260, is that like metric?
That would be 600 lbs, so probably not.
crine
Ethical basketball right there
Extremely ethical, i hope he’s ok.
cant spell thunder without turd
This is why we Reddit
Reddit on
Such an epic roast
cant spell No-Shop-6020 without poo
Bro coming with the facts
Why doesn’t he just stick his leg out and trip him instead
See this is silly. There’s no way the ref thought he got bulldozed down like that
whether he got bulldozed down should have nothing to do with whether it’s a foul
He doesn’t get that call if he doesn’t throw himself on the floor
That is the problem and the reason players flop on these calls.
Some of the people in this thread are so close to understanding
should be a tech for flopping
No more of a flop than every sell that Shai or Brunson does. The NBA essentially stopped calling techs for flopping because they are admitting they can’t tell in real time what is and is not a flop.
Penalize them after the game then. You don’t even have to catch every flop in real time. But egregious shit like this? KAT obviously didnt use enough force to cause that reaction
Call the foul on KAT. Then call the tech on Wemby.
Spurs fans that complain about flopping are hypocrites
So I think that’s a flop but also an offensive foul. He goes out of his way to drive his should into his chest. Call it every time
260 with Fox on his back maybe
Anyone - “yeah, he’s flopping”
Spurs fans - “no, he’s actually trying to sell the call, otherwise he won’t get any”
KAT saying this like he’s not 7 foot 😭
That’s both a flop by Wemby and a foul by Kat.
Wemby flops like everyone thinks SGA does…😅
Wemby flops but let’s not pretend people are somehow making up that SGA flops all the time too
Dawg he shoulder checked him. Don’t care if Wemby flopped, KAT just made a dumb move that should get called
The game needs more offensive fouls to be called but that isn’t one of them.
KAT added 100 pounds to Wemby.
Was it an offensive foul? Yeah. Would the ref have called the offensive foul if Wemby hadn’t flopped? No.
As a result, players will absolutely continue to flop.
Similar thing happens in soccer, which has a horrible reputation for flopping. Refs just do not call fouls when players stay up and play through the foul. Thus, they flop whenever they draw a foul.
Yep. This is totally the referees’ fault for not calling it straight up most of the time. If Wemby doesn’t fall backwards, not only does he not get the call, there’s a damn good chance that KAT might react in a way to the solid contact where Wemby actually gets called for a foul. For the exact same contact that we see here. Lowering your shoulder and colliding into a player who has established position should always be a foul regardless of their, size, fame or animations afterwards. If everyone called it that way consistently, we wouldn’t have as much flopping. But they seem absolutely incapable of doing it that way.
ethical
Lmao
Nice flop… 😆
Yeah and you dropped your shoulder into him?
Terrible flop and an awful call. He has a right to be pissed
Ah yes. There’s that “ethical basketball” I’ve heard so much about.
kant-accurately tellhowmuchguysweigh
Closer to 7’4 160 probably
Eh, Kat dropped his shoulder and bumped into him. This was a clear foul. I’m not too offended by the embellished flop in this case.
Total offensive foul. Towns 100% initiates that contact. And I am not a SA or NY fan.
lol I’m not disagreeing with him but he made it too obvious for them not to call
if KAT said he was 7’6 that would still raise less eyebrows than 260 😭
Kat always doing dumb shit like this
If you don’t have a clear pass, don’t stop the dribble. Using your shoulder to clear space to bail yourself out is sign of low skill, questionable BBIQ.
Flop of the year
KAT made a stupid move. Wemby flopped. Both can be true
It was a foul but I hate the soft whistle NBA gives Wemby. He’s already playing with a huge advantage!!!
Wemby plays some real ethical basketball
Both things can be true. Foul? Yes. Flop? Yup…
Lol, yeah, I dunno about 260. 220 maybe
maybe as a rookie. hes gotta be at least 235-245 now
7’4” and a half Karl
Refs been trying to keep it close
KAT was in disbelief! KAT knows damn well he is too weak to truck someone like that.
260? Lmao
My fat ass is 6’4 180, chiseled, fuck it.
Karl-Anthony “Bradley Martyn” Towns
Come on KAT, speak Wembys weight into existence. You know what, make him to 270.
260?
Ethical hoops here from wemby
Always comes up with dumb excuses for his dumb fouls. 260 what? Croissants maybe