Victor Wembanyama in the 1st half against the Warriors: 27 PTS, 13 REB, 1 AST, 1 BLK, +19, 17 MIN
Victor Wembanyama in the 1st half against the Warriors: 27 PTS, 13 REB, 1 AST, 1 BLK, 0 TOV, 10-14 FG, 7-8 FT, +19, 17 MIN
https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401810968
Pure insanity, this is Wemby…
This is early Wemby
Just the batch, the blueprint, the draw
Proof-of-Concept
Still raw on offense
And he’s getting fouled like crazy on top of all these stats
Foul on Wemby? Two shots for Luka and SGA
just sucks that he can’t play anymore minutes or it’ll be considered stat padding to certain fans 🙁
Also if he doesn’t play any more minutes, he will be considered only bench level player because MVP HAS TO PLAY 30+ MINUTES.
Except 2020 Giannis for…reasons
He played 33.5 mpg in 2020
No, he averaged 30.4 MPG across 63 games
Still more than 30 man
Ok, I was off by 24 seconds and you were off by 3 minutes. Or one year, take your pick.
Point remains: you cannot say Wemby winning with his amount of minutes is unprecedented. It wasn’t even a discussion back in 2020, and it’s only a discussion now because the other candidates are getting heavy minutes
he was begging for all 27 of those points and begged for those 13 rebounds too
He’s begging to win a championship. A real MVP decides it’s late enough in the season to start playing defense
What’s funny is that if they actually watch our games. Those 20-30 point leads immediately drop when Vic is out, which is why he usually needs to comeback lol
Yup. His net rating is astromomical
Can’t say he believes in himself either. That’s begging
If he scores 72 it’ll be disrespectful to The Admiral.
not all superstars can go to their bench and have their team still have a +5.8 net rating on their court :‘(
I mean, it’s standard to play in the 3rd then sit the 4th if it’s a blowout.
17 minutes of stat padding. #notmyMVP
doesn’t play enough minutes. #notmyMVP
Not enough minutes, doesn’t count.
Then at the end of the game, it’s he played too many minutes “stadpadding” lol
We should stop blowing teams out so that Wemby can show all the people who don’t watch the games the paper stats they want.
Nah he’s got that 6th man of the year locked up don’t stress
Some of the lobs he finished this half were legitimately absurd and we’re all somehow normalised to this now lmao
I’m surprised it took the team almost 3 years to learn you can just throw it up to the rim and he’ll get it
They didn’t learn how to throw lob passes, Spurs just drafted and traded for players who can.
Yeah, watching Wemby’s first year, I can’t remember how many times I screamed (at Sochan) to just throw the fucking ball up at Wemby
I knew Sochan was gonna come up. So glad he’s not playing for the team anymore with his main character syndrome
I felt like I was being gaslight a few years ago with how much a lot of Spurs fans seemed to like him, and acted like he was a core part of the future of the team, because I never saw it.
Yeah but if he did it would have been really cool. C’est la vi.
While obviously you don’t need him, the whole idea of Trae with wemby is that those would be the prettiest lobs ever
Obviously I’m way happier with fox now, but yall coulda gotten your picks back…
Apparently we don’t need em!
To be fair Vassell kinda did manage to throw better lobs as the years gone by
To be fair, the Spurs had some really really rough play making for a hot minute there. Devin and Johnson were genuinely being asked to be primary and secondary creators and playmakers at times his first couple of years…. Now they can be third, forth come out or even 5th options in those departments at times
Fuckitwembyuptheresomewhere
victor makes basketball way too easy lol.
He may average 35 ppg next year if he and his teammates get more consistent with the lob timing / spacing.
No. It won’t happen. One the Spurs will never focus one player like that to score that much. Two, he will never play enough minutes. I think the blueprint every year will be limit Wemby’s minutes in the first 2⁄3 of the season outside of a few necessary games, then ramp him up for the playoffs.
Wemby needs to play all the minutes in the grudge matches against OKC.
its scary how fast wemby has improved haha
His rebounding is getting scary..
Most skinny players really get stronger in their 20s. I pray he stays healthy long enough for us to see a Giannis-like transformation 🤲
That eifell tower is 240-250 already dude, i dont know how much more you can jack that frame haha
This MVP race is approaching nuclear levels of toxicity. Doesn’t help that every candidate is ballin lately
Every top 5 candidate dropped 40 this week. If you dont put out monster stats this week you’re out.
Just gotta ignore the discourse and focus on how awesome it is to have all this elite talent at the top of the league right now. The second half of the 2020s is going to be incredible basketball. Especially with two new teams too
its a shame the mvp discourse has been so fantastic. because all the mvp candidates have been fantastic and all have a legit argument for mvp. I
What do you mean it’s a shame the mvp discourse has been so fantastic? Has it?
Legit awesome basketball going on right now
I think he’s very clearly the best player in the league on a per possession basis. Shai, Luka and Jokic just play more so they might be more impactful overall but Wemby’s per 36 stats are ridiculous
Checks notes, 26 pts, 10 reb, 11 ast with 3 tov with 9⁄14 fg and 2 steals in the 1st half. Which one is better?
Questionable Wemby is durable enough to play 40 minutes in each game of a series.
the MVP
David Robinson, Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili, with sprinkle of Kawhi Leonard.
Got some lean years, and get a Generation talent in Wemby who wants to stay.
Also Castle and Harper. They’re pretty cool.
OK but imagine giving away the generational talent that wants to stay.
Bro was on NASA’s live stream earlier wishing the astronauts good luck in a pre recorded message and tonight is drop 27 and 13 at halftime 😂 how is he real
Wemby IS the UFO sightings we have been seeing recently
and that’s with multiple fouls not being called
It has to be in the rule book that you can hit him on the head if he dunks on you
That’s not even on pace to 83 smh.
Well he’s not on pace for 45 free throws either 🤷♂️ /s
Watching the light bulb go off with the Spurs guards as the season has progressed and them realizing that they can literally just get an automatic two points with a lob, or a uncontested layup anytime they run pick and roll with Vic has been awesome
So much meat left on the bone with missed lob opportunities. His first two seasons but castles become unbelievable at finding him this year, and as a season has progressed. Foxes started to get really good at it too along with Harper and Devin
Nasty work
I can’t wait to watch this guy abuse chet again in the playoffs.
No way they assign Chet on him
Unfortunately you probably won’t have to since Spurs will likely be out of the playoffs before that happens
He’s not even on a heater or anything. He’s just sleep walking to 27pts.
WeMBYP
WEMVP
This is a 22yo Wemby btw.
But some people on here told me his offense is “average”… How come?
We’re finally on the front page again!
At this rate in 5-8 years, it might be super funny that Wemby is already considered the best player of all time and Bron/Mav Carter/Shumpert arguing about Bron dunking at 45 years old.
God willing
Maybe this is a bad time, but I’ve only ever heard of 4 guys in this warriors rotation, and none of them is over 6’6”. And boy are they ass
Talent meets circumstance
How sure are you that all of them are circumcized?
Guy is clearly the mvp over Shai fuck an extra 2 team wins lmao
Mans heard y’all said he doesn’t score enough. Been super aggressive on offense lately.
19 17 minutes?
ABSURD LOL
17 bucko
Not mvp
He’s just unfair
I swear Wemby has the craziest pts per minute stats sometimes. wtf
He is so underrated offensively it’s ridiculous
he should have more mins
Holy whine in this thread
i don’t think Wemby is religious
The anti-Wemby arguments have gotten absurd. We’re blowing off some steam
With our current shooting, we’re losing this game without Wemby going off. Instead, it’s a blowout
Should’ve gone for 54
I don’t think this is Wemby’s peak yet, dude is gonna be more scary in the next few years,
crazy
The league is fucked lol
1 assist 1 block? Ok Tony snell
He’s looking at the warriors like they’re literal children. Only size warriors have is 6’6 Draymond they literally have no answer for him tonight
I think part of why MVP discourse has been so rancid lately is this is the last one up for grabs for awhile
fuck draymond green
Lmfao
I get the statline is wild. But half the players are undrafted and the warriors have only 9 players in rotation.
He’s just farming at this point. Geez…
is that supposed to be good??
Wow never thought I would see so many toxic spurs fans.
1 assists? lol
Team cannot throw the ball into the ocean right now