On 5 shots. How is that even real

He has generational rim protection and rim deterrence

Playing 24 minutes

Sixers are still embiid merchants even when he’s on half a knee

• it’s not Sixers’ night, lots of shots rattling out

Damn the admiral is underrated

That being said wemby just turned 22 while David started his NBA career at 24

Might take him 5-6 more years to catch Robinson

In 24 minutes

Also scary and spooky.

Besides that wide open 3 right at the start with literally everybody watching him and waiting for him to shoot, including the defenders. I bet that’s what dialed him in.

People were legit calling for the spurs to move him a while ago, they weren’t paying attention

Didn’t expect a P5X player here, just accidentally tapped the username

He missed 3 times.

Embid did drop 71 on wemby at on point but that was before we set up this team around him

I really wanted to see that matchup again… at least maxey and VJ were fun to watch, I hope VJ is ok

Nico Harrison sitting in a dark room crying

Tbf he had less opportunities tonight considering everyone else is hitting their shots 

In previous games, definitely, but this time, he used his gravity in ways that don’t show on the box score.

He’s admitted he’s been tired on the backend of this year’s Rodeo Road trip.

Teams have been playing him physical for most of the year now, it probably has more to do with fatigue vs the defense’s physicality.

Yes but this wasn’t one of those games, he let his teammates cook, and played great defense

Historically individual offense is more valuable than defense in the NBA, because historically even ultra-elite defenders are still pretty limited in their ability to influence anything beyond 1, maybe two players at a time. You can run great defenders through screens etc, force them to switch to a lesser threat on offense, but the defense can’t keep the superstar from getting the ball and popping off. There are some nights a top 5 player is gonna get 30+ regardless of what you do.

But Wemby really does control the game from a defensive perspective and the shield he has around the paint + his mobility/agility to rapidly rotate to multiple assignments in succession without leaving anyone open is something truly unique in NBA history.

I don’t envy teams that have to gameplan against him in the playoffs, because I’m not sure there’s an answer. He is simply too dominant and his ability to the cover the floor means it’s impossible for him not to directly influence every single play of the game.

Totally agree, for a couple of games in a row now, he’s had trouble creating his own shots, which makes me a bit nervous coming playoff times, especially fox is ass too. Who is gonna score in the clutch time

I agree for the previous few matches but in this one he was clearly following the game plan.

WHAT?? Did you actually watch the game? Wemby tonight shot ³⁄₅ (60%). He wasn’t struggling by any means. He was merely coasting, defending, and passing. He doesn’t need to score bruh. Did you see he’s +41? Spurs literally had 2-20+ points run with him in the floor.

Why in the everloving fuck would wemby struggle against hospital sixers who plays no defense?

I don’t think peak Gobert is this freakish.

I think his +41 probably tells you how close the game was.

Spurs cookin’ up something nice.

Meaning when he was on the floor, Spurs outscored opponent by total +41

Same.