Wemby secures 65 games with his 20 minutes against Dallas. Say hello to your undisputed DPOY!
Best defensive player 3 years running. Proud of the big dog. Grind continues. Here’s to many more before they name the award after him.
The youngest undisputed DPOY of the world!
Youngest undisputed heavyweight DPOY of the world!
Combine the belts!
Your…INTERCONTINENTAL DPOY OF THE WOOOOORLD
Youngest 3-division undisputed DPOY of the world!
He might fuck around, unite the DPOY and MVP belt…
Unanimous
Do you know the definition of undisputed?
If we cancel out the double negative I believe it means he’s the puted DPOY.
Puted? Take that for data
ANIMOUS!
Unanimous mean everyone votes for him Undisputed means he wins it over anyone
Bananimous means banana-flavored
That’s a very long banana
Huh, I thought it was average.
It’s in dispute
Not interim?
Somebody won’t vote for him.
Perk will vote for Gobert
Goburr
Fucking love watching this dude play basketball. It’s something special.
Should’ve got it 2 years ago. But worth the wait
Bullshit he didn’t win his rookie year.
yeah maybe he shouldnt have been unanimous his first year but he should have won.
It’s so dumb. Tim probably should have won his rookie year as well. And David should have been second his rookie season and he didn’t even get a vote. Absolute joke.
Some dumbass is not going to vote for him for DPOY and that person deserves to permanently lose their NBA ballot.
At least 1. And I’m willing to bet they vote for someone on OKC because of team record.
It’s crazy because you cant seriously vote for anyone else for first place as long as he plays 65 games per season from this point on.
Mark Jackson incoming
Come to think of it, the NBA should have its triple crown: MVP, DPOY, Scoring champion in the same year
dpoy, all defensive first, all nba 1st, and 2nd in mvp voting.
Oh, and hes only 22 btw.
Blocks leader too
For the third time in his third season
Is that total blocks? Cuz I think it is, despite him missing a lot of time in his first two seasons. Which would be bonkers?
Yes, but wouldn’t matter anyway since he led all 3 years in total blocks and blocks per game.
Also, he did not miss a lot of time in his first season. Played 71.
Thank you. That’s fucking incredible. It makes sense that he was able to achieve total blocks in his second year with less games. He had really hit his stride by then and it was tragic to lose him to a blood clot
makes sense that he was able to achieve total blocks in his second year with less games.
It’s the other way around. Being the blocks per game leader is easier if you play less games.
Having the most blocks overall while barely playing half the season does not make sense, it’s outrageous lol.
It was even crazier his 2nd year, despite missing almost half the season, he still led the league in total blocks
I was about to post that. Dude missed a ton of games his second season and still led the league in blocks.
Definitely some Wilt shit.
Last season he had 28 more total blocks than 2nd place even though he played 31 less games.
He actually officially led last year in BPG too despite not hitting the qualifying # of games.
The rule is if you come up short of the games played minimum (58), but would still lead the league with 0’s for every you missed below that threshold, you can still win it. He only played 47 games, but had a 1.4 lead over Walker Kessler.
no one else has had more than 3 in a row. scoring champs in a row is 7 by wilt and michael, assists is 9 by stockton, rebounds and steals around 4
wemby could end up with an all time blocks champ run lol
And last year he only played half the season lol. THATS the ridiculous one honestly. Nobody could catch his total with a 40+ game handicap…
you’re right, he gaps the second highest leading blocker by 52 blocks.
I can’t remember exactly how many games in it was, but for the first 20 games or so in the season he literally had >2x the bpg as the 2nd highest in the NBA.
2nd-3rd
The latest MVP straw poll said he was 2nd with 9 first place votes (more than I thought tbh)
That was before the Jokic vs Wemby game
It has been made quite clear by voters and media that Head-to-Head matchups are not really important. Wemby going 3-1 against SGA did little to swing the balance, and a single game that Jokic barely won is unlikely to do it either.
And if Head-to-Head matchups really mattered that much, then you’d have a triangle with Shai beating Jokic beating Wemby beating Shai. So not really helpful.
Not to nitpick, but he had 8
this poll was before he tried to 1v1 the real 2nd place mvp lmaooooo
Wemby’s primary argument over Jokic was already defense and team wins. He put up 34⁄18 and 5 blocks while mostly not guarding Jokic, and he’s going to finish like 10 games ahead of the Nuggets in the standings. I don’t see that game impacting their respective MVP resumes much. Voters either care about offense (Jokic) or they care about defense and team wins (Wemby). I’m not predicting one outcome over the other here, only that voters who were voting for one or the other are unlikely to have had their minds changed by that game. Both of them did what they did best.
And a 60 win season!
And if he wasn’t hurt last year he would’ve won then too
he shoulda won dpoy his rookie year too but they robbed his ass. fuck the voters.
They should give him JJJ’s from the year before Wemby was drafted too
Kill me
Crazy to think he’s already in conversations with the league best at this age. I mean he’s 5 and a half years younger than SGA ffs who is even younger than Luka and Jokic.
This is the worst he’ll ever be
That would technically be his rookie year.
Rookie year was insane too tbh, teams weren’t as scared of him on defense yet and he proved them wrong. Felt like he was getting crazy amounts of blocks that year.
Its also just straight up not true. Im calling it now, Wemby at age 50 is going to awful, worse than any player in the NBA.
League is fucked
If he can keep injury free it’ll be very interesting where he ends up all time. Not often you see someone come in with legitimate GOAT potential. Huge hill to climb to make top three
Eh not impressed /s
He should not be 2nd in MVP. Jokic and SGA are on another level
Feels like second coming of Wilt lmao
ooh idk man, he’s the closest we might get, but even then wilt’s statlines are incomprehensible lol.
Call me crazy, I have no idea how Jokic isn’t 1st, or at least 2nd. I can’t see a good argument against it.
Might even be west mvp and FMVP very soon.
He should be 1st in mvp voting. Wemby does not have off games
Wemby could be moved to any team and they’d instantly become a playoff threat. Similar to Jokic. Not the same for SGA.
People are gonna wonder when they see he’s played 64 games
The NBA Cup final counts, so it’s 64+1, that’s why he’s now eligible for awards
NBA Cup coming in clutch as hell. I’ve really come around to liking the NBA Cup, it was a lot of fun this year.
Everything gets better when your team is good.
But I agree, good competition and perfect time in the calendar to do it.
Only change I would make is if you win the NBA cup it should give you the tiebreaker over any other team at the end of season. You had to play and win an extra game so you should at least get that if it isn’t going to count as a win.
The NBA cup actually felt impactful this year, and seeing that extra game come in for wemby making 65 games makes it feel even the slightest bit more seriously impactful. I really like it
So far the Cup finalists have been very relevant teams and not randoms
Lmao fr it’s been good from the start, people just come around to it when their team has success in it.
I’m still excited for the first double champ (cup and chip). That’s gonna be some serious bragging rights
This is what annoys me with all the talk about modifying it. Like maybe just let the successful concept breathe? The incentive structure appears to have worked.
Now, changing the courts so that they’re less dangerous is obviously worth discussing lol.
I get what you mean, but hadn’t it counted he would’ve played the Nuggets (which he might not do as it stands)
If we can put the nuggets down to 4th it might be worth it
why is that it counts for the rule and not as a game played for their overall record?
Probably cause having 2 teams with different records with the rest of the league is messy and not needed
Honestly, I’m not sure why they don’t do the same as for the semis and replace another regular season game. Like just get rid of one Knick-Spurs game later on and there’s zero issues
Because all the other games were also played as regular season games, and the finals was dependent on who made it and could not be preplanned. Correct me if I’m wrong.
Cause its a “bonus game” not scheduled at the start of the season by its very nature of being totally dependant on if the team qualified for the final or not.
But the quarter and semis are also dependent on who qualifies.
Because the only reason the 65 game rule exists is to encourage stars to play more games. They definitely want to encourage stars to play in the NBA cup final.
He’ll probably play another game. He wants to play them all.
30⁄10 is a disgusting achievement in 20 min
This is why he’s MVP to me. The minutes per game argument falls flat to me because LOOK AT THE IMPACT IN THOSE MINUTES.
The other canidates have similar impact and have done it over much more minutes
The efficiency is just unreal, he’s playing a different sport out there.
You are forgetting about the one random voter from Oklahoma who is going to vote Chet as DPOY.
Great opportunity to take away votes from trolls. Don’t often get award winners this objective.
Definitely happening, have seen some truly ghoulish posts from OKC after the injury news.
What does an mvp vote have to do with random shitty fans
If he’s not unanimous then every voter who didn’t pick him should be an auto revoke on voter’s rights.
if he doesn’t get unanimous, we need to kick some mfers out of the voting process
DPOY/all defense teams are where you get some really crazy votes. He should be unanimous but I bet someone fucks it up
that one sabonis vote should’ve got that one guy banned from all sports media ever again. And the Kings weren’t even good that year
When contracts are on the line, that kind of voting should be illegal. It’s like some sort of insider trading.
Somebody from the Raptors beat will vote for Scotty Barnes
I feel like my team is getting called out, and yet this is 100% going to happen
Never forget that Zach Lowe once herded all the voters to Marc Gasol over LeBron
chet’s definitely getting atleast one vote.
giving that 1 vote to chet is something you dont want to do. Vic will be monster in the playoffs coz of that.haha
finna own chet for the 13th time in his life lol
Neva lost
Flashback to that one guy that voted Carmelo over LeBron
They’ll give one vote to Jokic or something.
Maybe SVG does since he said Jokic was an underrated two way player the other day LMAO
Nah, in the same podcast he said how DPOY was the easiest choice for him this year because Wemby was do obvious.
“Underrated two-way player” ≠ DPOY vote
“Joke” ≠ serious
Gobert and Ausar probably gonna get a couple and then someone random like Barnes or something
Gobert won’t get the credit but he was legit amazing on defense this season. At times, even better than his 23-24 DPOY season. Sadly no one knows about it though
There was a Justin Herbert MVP vote this year, some voter will definitely take the opportunity to make the story about themselves.
Toronto media guy will vote in Barnes is my guess. Less for Barnes but probably for France eliminating Canada in the QF.
That’s my only guess.
Sad Scottie noises but well deserved
Also has a 30/10/3/1/1 in that span, unreal
The fact he’s putting up those numbers while anchoring the defense is just ridiculous.
never scored 83 points in a single game tho #Bamdoesthat
He played through the bruised ribs like a fucking badass. Dude was clearly in pain the entire time.
Yeah I noticed him not jumping alot for blocks beacuse it clearly still hurts a bit but hes a goat lmao
He was not trying to battle for boards with Cisse. xD
Rib bruises are painful to play thru, but don’t really affect movement.
Thank god he got the 65th game because if Chet got a DPOY before him the entire western conference would be suffering the consequences come playoff time
He was gonna average 40 if that happened
40 blocks that is
Hit 30 pts with 10 boards in those 20 min, he does a ton of work in so little time haha
thats your 2026 unanimous DPOY
Glad he got there. Looked like he was holding his rib area and wincing a bit there towards the end.
Yeah, he just needs to take it easy and rest up for the playoffs at this point. He won’t be returning in this game
SIKE
HAHAHAHHAA
DPOY
All-NBA 1st Team
All-Defense 1st Team
All-Star
What a year for the french phenom!
That’s gonna be a big ass pay day!
Can someone punch the voter who will choose another candidate for DPOY..😂😂
I read this too fast and thought it was “Wemby Scores 65 points in 20 minutes against Dallas” and just thought, holy fuck. Why didn’t he play more minutes?!
Lmmfaooo 30⁄10 in 20 min while injured
GOAT!
I didn’t watch the game and I know he’s coming off injury so I expected a 13p-6r-3a-1b in 20 minutes just mostly getting cardio… dude dropped 30 and 10!
Or 40-13-5-1-2
I wish there were statistics available that could accurately measure the impact this guy brings on the defensive end. I don’t think there’s been anything like it in 40+ years. I know he probably won’t win mvp this year, but personally I don’t think it’s even remotely close he’s the most impactful player in the league. Play him 5 more minutes a game like Luka and his offensive numbers would be on par with anyone.
DPOY and nba 1st all team secured….
watch some shithead not vote for him to be edgy lol
He is going to be a problem for a long time.
Lots of records broken this season. Gotta love all the ball played this season
Hopefully MVP as well because I don’t want that flopper/foul baiter winning it again.
Well deserved.
Really hope Ausar can make first team
My mental health was so dependent on him hitting this mark
Flagg scores 33-6-5 with his 32 mins against the DPOY. Say hello to your undisputed ROTY!
unfortunately it won’t be unanimous. some people will say chetanyahu
People are going to be so pissed when some random voter decides to put him 2.
Hope Barnes wins just to watch fans collectively lose their minds
Time to delete your comments guaranteeing he’s not gonna get 65 games lol
Tanked for wemby right before it was “unethical”.
What a blessing it has been to see him play so far
He was going through a mini luka 40 point run but the injury stopped it. Came right back with another 40
Kid is wicked good…
Never in doubt
I thought he was just gonna stand around and fuck around for 20 mins but bro dropped 40/15/5/2 in 25 mins lmaooo
This man is amazing. What we’re seeing here is special, enjoy it while we’ve got it.
you guys got the next GOAT, and we got the worst top 3 pick since anthony bennett. fuck the spurs man fr
And just fucking casually drops 40 on our heads…
His stat line tonight…absolute cheat code.
Wemby fans 🤝 Jokic fans when it comes to terrible glazing post titles
Wemby is going to be the unanimous youngest DPOY and anyone not voting for him is just trolling at this point. Glad he came out to play today to seal the deal.
65 game rule that
How the dpoy isn’t named after Bill Russell already is crazy
30⁄10 in 20 minutes jesus
HELLO
Does this satisfy the Zion Williamson rule though?
Edit: yes, so far he’s at 62.
Love watching Wemby. Don’t love that he’s 22 years old and in the western conference 😞
First of many…
3 years? Was I in a coma I thought this was year 2
Jokic has the best dpmfelicorapm of all time
Deserving of DPOY easily.
Dude changes the whole game.
I don’t understand how people are counting this to 65. He has two games with 16 and 17 minutes?
Two game 15 min exception.
Lmao I thought this said “secures 65 POINTS”
He might get that at some point in his career too
Many more to come hopefully!!
When it comes to MVP, I think his lower minutes and stretch of games off the bench has to count. For DPOY, it doesn’t matter. He’s the best. I’ve never seen anything like it. If his body holds up he could literally win ten in a row.
Thank goodness
They need to get rid of this 65-game rule
Watch them give it to Chet
Fanduel had him at +20000
Can’t wait for him to secure MVP and DPOY in one year.
Do the people who say “the 65 game limit isn’t working!” find it to be merely a massive coincidence that like 7 guys up for post season awards are going to sneak by at exactly 65 or 66 games?
Everytime I watch this guy play, my brain can’t seem to grasp the concept of a man so tall.
Imagine how good this guy could be if he played 30 minutes a night