[Saturday Night Live] Michael Che on Bam’s 83 point game: “Bam Adebayo scored 83 points in a game against the Washington Wizards. Unfortunately, it was the night the Wizards started five Make-A-Wish kids.”
Isn’t that every night?
Make a wish kid would probably play the same level of defense as Trae
Funnily enough he didn’t play that day
Like a true vet his presence is already being felt
They have some decent players. There are players every year on the worst teams that go on to contribute well to good teams.
idk y lakers fans keep posting things like this like it diminishes Bam’s 83 at all. its a funny joke lol
Idk if it’s a funny joke. It is a joke though.
It’s not like Kobe scored 81 against the 04 Pistons either
Other than Booker’s 70 point game, almost every great scoring performance tends to happen against a poor defense.
Booker GOAT. Got it. 😉
Its not just poor defense. They’re pretty much all joke games. Bam’s is one of the more extreme examples because even if you didn’t quite realize before the fourth they really rubbed everyone’s face in it in the last quarter. The odds of you being on fire enough to justify taking that many shots and being able to keep up taking that many reasonably good shots through the other team when they should start to double you are basically 0% in the NBA. The other team will just create a situation where the best play if you’re trying to win is for you to pass. If you ignore that and keep shooting anyways your team doesn’t give a fuck much like the Heat the other night. Kobe’s looks a little more legit because the other team sold and played him straight up for some reason and to be honest that game was a lot closer for a lot longer too but it was still questionable. I don’t think we will ever see a legit game where both teams are playing real basketball and trying to win where a player scores like that
LeBron’s 48 against the pistons in game 5 (not the 04 pistons, but still a good defense) is still the most ridiculous game I’ve seen for this reason
Only time I am agreeing with a Celtics fan.
Tbh I’m happy for Bam. It’s an incredible feat. A lot of the hate I see feels so forced.
lol yea honestly looking at some of the comments talking about kobe’s 81 20 years later and how they completely forget the circumstances and how the last few points were gotten has made me optimistic the same thing will happen for 83 in 20 years
this is not to shit talk kobes 81 but the amount of ppl that actually think it was a wire to wire 81 purely within a natural game is funny
I don’t even think it’s funny tbh
I love Kobe, but the 2006 Raptors weren’t exactly world-beaters either. They were the 2nd worse defense in the league that season, while this year’s Wizards are tied for the worst defense in the league.
Almost every great scoring performance usually happens against a poor defense. This is why I respect Devin Booker’s 70 point game, it was against an above average Celtics defense.
You’re coping by assuming only Lakers fans are saying these things.
It’s only Lakers fans and the media. So, just Lakers fans.
The fuck the Lakers got to do with a Miami vs Washington game???
He broke Kobe’s 81, and they’re losing their minds.
I haven’t seen that, all I’ve seen is Bam stans getting worked up about people not respecting his 83
People being?
Nba players, their fans, and fans of every other team in the NBA with the exception of Heat fans
lol didnt realize lebron/kd/giannis/tatum/brown were all heat fans, thats cool
And Jordan but we did retire his jersey soooo
You unironically just said bam stans are we serious
Lakers fans having a meltdown that he passed Kobes 81 points. Which is stupid since Kobe didn’t even have the record. Not that any of them watch games anyway tho.
Even if he had scored 101 points, this wouldn’t change my point on this. Yeah nice but the game is broken, stats are inflated and it was bout to happen during this era, that Bam did it, seriously it doesn’t matter to me. Good for him.
This reads like it matters to you. If it doesn’t don’t post. If it doesn’t stop giving reasons lol.
The Wizards are a Make-A-Wish team. Bring back the Bullets…
Isn’t that a little extreme?
Yeah they aren’t very good, but they don’t have to be executed for it…
poor kids are on their death bed already
And send them back to Baltimore!
Ah yes, make them still be a shit franchise but with the old name.
I personally find it more amusing to polish the shit
The make a wish kids scored over 100 points? Holy shit
I think that was their wish as well?
“ChatGPT: write a joke about Bam Adebayo scoring 83 points against the Wizards”
ChatGPT says
“Bam Adebayo dropped 83 on the Wizards like he was playing 2K on rookie mode and somebody forgot to plug in Washington’s controller.”
Okay never mind, ChatGPT is funnier
It literally doesnt make sense tho, either hes playing against rookie AI or a person with no controller, not both
Play now rookie makes your shot easier to green and contests matter less.
It’s part of a bigger bit where the two actors write each others jokes. Funnier in context.
Not this time it wasn’t
Yeah SNL has fallen off so far.
Wizards been called make-a-wish no fewer than 1m times on this sub in the last 10 years
Why no one else doing it then
Anthony Gill is a make a wish player, and Paolo still couldn’t score on him in clutch time.
The reason I love that he got 83 in the way he did is because maybe this is saying something about scoring. That it’s not as important as defense and the fact he got to the line as much as he did is a sign that we do need to curb what is going on in the NBA.
Did you watch the game? Pretty much every single one of his free-throws was a legitimate foul. Sure maybe 1-2 were 50⁄50, but the vast majority were clearly no-debate fouls.
Go watch a compilation clip of them from that game, the Wizards fucking hacked the shit outta him the whole 2nd half. People here complaining about the ft number on a boxscore while I’m just kinda impressed he could still move his arms to get that many points.
Now that’s a great angle to look at. A lot of people severely underestimate defense. The Harden vs Wade debate for example always completely skip over the fact that Wade was a lockdown defender. Which imo is the difference in their playoffs success. Harden playing lockdown defense is a multi time champ imo
Harden making 3-4 more 3s in a playoff run is a multi time champ
just one more 3 in that one game (we all know which game) would be a ring imo
That is true but you can’t be doing cardio when the 3’s don’t fall. Shooters have slumps.
These jokes aren’t real, just like the wizard’s defense
SNL writing has taken a nosedive over the years.
I generally find Weekend Update funny
Yeah a lot of people hating on the show but don’t actually watch it. So they’re just assuming it sucks. Not every skit is great but there are a lot of good ones and a few super funny ones.
I used to watch all of it. The shows were so good, the guests were good, the skits were hilarious. Then it became hit or miss. Then it turned into watching it for the musical guest, news, the recurring skits (lonely island stuff), and the occasional new skit that was good. Then it was down to the music, news, and recurring. Then music and news. Then news. Now it’s just a terrible show that isn’t worth recording, and all you’ve been able to get out of it is the occasional chuckle skit that would pop up on social media. Now we’re here, where even the ones that are relevant and get posted, are fair to middling. It sucks.
It’s part of a bigger bit where the two actors are writing the other persons jokes. You aren’t wrong, but in context this specific bit has actually been one worth looking forward to.
They do that a couple times a year, not every week.
Eh, it’s really a volume thing. Very hit or miss, always has been.
SNL has been unwatchable for the last 20 years
A lot of people I know love it, but that’s mostly them not having any healthy ways to cope with the Trump Administration other than watching hack comedy
I watched it regularly until around 2014 or so. It’s fallen off a cliff since then
Also what a cringe statement lol. I’m sureeee everyone you know watches it because they need to “cope with Trump” lmao
I think this is more about you growing older than SNL’s quality tbh
Growing older? It’s not like SNL’s target audience is young people only. Their writing is objectively worse. I can watch clips of old SNL and everything up until around 2014 and find a lot of humor. They still put out a good skit now and then, weekend update still usually slaps (especially when they do their whole “write jokes for each other” bit); but their best writers are long gone
They rely on political skits and lame gags
Their writing is objectively worse.
Comedy is inherently subjective
I can watch clips of old SNL and everything up until around 2014 and find a lot of humor.
a.) You likely grew up on SNL or similar brands of humor
b.) The writers were generationally closer to yours and shared similar humor
You not understanding millenial/gen Z humor does not mean the writing is “objectively” worse (and I say this as someone who doesn’t particularly care for SNL)
They have since their inception. They did skits about President Ford trip all the time back when he was president among other political skits.
“I’m sureeee everyone you know watches it because they need to “cope with Trump” lmao”
I live in a predominantly liberal city. Hands down a bunch of people I know watch bullshit like SNL and the Daily SHow because it helps them cope with the fact that Trump is president again
I despise this current administration, but I also acknowledge that yukking it up at late night comedy taking shots at Trump is basically just a grade higher than masturbation at this point.
Lakers fans are so whiney
I believe he’s a fan of the Knicks (at least I’ve seen him highlighted at the games). But I still get your point.
I mean i guess. Why are we still on this?
You guys are never living this down man… get used to this.
Eh i guess.
Other than Kobe stans and Lakers fans, a lot of older fans are butthurt that Kobe’s record was broken by a guy not known for scoring.
I doubt people would be this angry if a player like KD, Luka, SGA, Booker, etc. broke Kobe’s record.
I don’t doubt what you’re saying. I’m an older fan and I don’t have problem with it. My only issue is calling Kobe’s record being broken. He didn’t have the record. Beat Kobe’s personal best, sure. And even if Bam had broken Wilt’s record, I still wouldn’t have an issue.
Kobe Stans upset that he got passed for 2nd place by a “lesser” player
Unironically a team composed of make a wish kids holding a player to 83 would be considered pretty good
Shame to pull this joke out of the context of the bit they’re doing. It’s actually one of the only SNL bits I make sure to watch when they do it. The two actors are purposefully writing the other difficult jokes to say.
Being an honorary Wizard is more Scared Straight than Make-A-Wish.
lukas 73 was better than both of kobes 81 and bass 83
Reminds me of the classic r/nba post but less funny.
https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/s/eLndIqyg0W
Couldn’t even get “the Washington generals”, we got make a wish? Sheesh SNL is lazy
worst thing to have happened to the make-a-wish kids
lol and I got so much shit for posting the onion headline on our sub, that got removed from here a dozen times
I’m certain Bam was one of those that made a wish. I want to be compared to Kobe and Wilt. 🤣
That’s the best you could do?
Anyone else think this is just.. kind of insulting? I feel like I could make a funnier joke about this and I’m boring.
Look I know as a Bulls fan I have no right to trash other fanbases since the Bulls are an utter joke
But I seriously can’t imagine a fate worse than being a Wizards fan
Their front office has no shame
I know people are hating, but I would love Alex Sarr to be a Laker, dude is the perfect build for Luka.
Bam owns Kobe old man
Bam wasn’t even averaging 20 PPG before his 83 point game.
He still scores more than Kobe in a single game.
He is also a better defender and person.
Ain’t a better winner with his zero rings lol
and I can tell you’re a new basketball fan, Adebayo not even close to prime Kobe as a defender.
The dumbest not funny longest running show on tv. Has not been funny in over 20 years. Mr peepers and Stuart are about it. All these new age people suck
Old man shouting at clouds.
Are you Bam’s mom? Your profile photo threw me off.
I was actually hoping this was funny, since most of us are used to the jokes and it’s not even unwarranted a bunch of the time. But Michael Che even knows it’s not even a good joke. SNL is the joke these days, and I can’t even believe I’m saying that. SNL has been a staple for a bunch of us for literal decades. Whatever it has become is just sad compared to how great it used to be. I suppose the real joke here is that SNL is the Washington Wizards of Television.
SNL has been really good lately actually. One joke you don’t agree with doesn’t make it bad. I find the majority of people who say it sucks also say they haven’t watched it in forever lol.
Link a good recent bit then. Because the one in the OP is horrificly basic
Its a very small snippet from a long segment where they make a ton of small little jokes. Not everyone is going to have you crying laughing.
https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/1rujeoy/comment/oalzykr/?context=3&utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
Theres the link to my comment where I list a few good recent sketches and an “all-time” one in my opinion that is VAGUELY recent as in the last couple years. SNL isn’t for everyone but if you like sketch comedy they definitely have some very funny stuff still. Obviously not everything is going to be great because they do a lot of skits written the week of the show and they are dependent on a live audience for reactions.
Yeah thats sketch comedy for you, potential to have the funniest thing youve ever seen one skit, then the next one is hard to watch.
The make-a-wish joke is so basic and overdone Im surprised they went with it tbh.
I don’t think this statement is having the effect you think it is. I meant this:
SNL has been a staple for a bunch of us for literal decades.
So can you link me to 5 great skits from this season of snl that are “really good”? Take your time, I’m on here a lot. I’ll see it even if you can’t reply til tomorrow.
I might do that later but realistically the super condescending way you’re talking to me doesn’t make me want to lmao. If it’s just not your thing then it’s not your thing.
Yeah sadly I’m an asshole online. My bad. I really did love SNL though. My whole family would gather around the tv for it. Watched it for years and years as it slowly declined. I would love to see that somehow it got funny again.
Happens to the best of us lol at least you can acknowledge it.
Not saying you’re going to pee your pants or anything but these recent sketches from just the past two weeks immediately come to mind as pretty funny if you’re actually into sketch comedy (not trying to compile my favorites just listing like baseline level “funny” skits) :
MAHAspital - SNL : Make America Healthy Again Hospital. Im not a big political commentary fan but its pretty funny how they parody a certain subsection of culture.
Lies - SNL - YouTube : really silly skit but shows you how they’ve leaned into “internet humor” a bit more as the years have went on.
Monty McTreats & The Pastry Bakery - SNL : a totally “Adsurd” sketch but definitely funny. I was shocked they went this dark tbh lol.
The Gentlemen’s Code - SNL : “how dare you” *punts small child*
Those are all pretty solid imo. And if you’re open to the last few years as a sample size I think this is one of the simplest/funniest sketches they’ve done in a long time: Washington’s Dream - SNL Basically poking fun at the us measurement systems and it introduced me to Nate Bargatze
Edit: Also had to list this one because its just so insanely stupid. Play Date - SNL
I KNOW NOT EVERYONE LIKES SNL HUMOR AND THATS FINE (this is to anyone else who sees the comment and feels the need to say “well I dont like this!!”, comedy is subjective lol)
Most of the ppl defending Bam have the top 1% commenter badge. I get it. You spend 3-4 hrs a day on r/nba and your ego can’t cope with the fact that your only hobby is a watered down product when dudes like Bam can score in the 80s
Facts after facts