Victor Wembanyama on Deni Avdija two months ago: “How is he viewed [around the league]? Well, he takes a lot of free throws. I haven’t played against him this year, but my advice would be to defend without fouling.”
Wemby vs Scoot in the playoffs
It’s time to see who the true #1 pick is.
Crazy that was really a debate
I mean…was it? Everybody knew Wemby was going first.
The debate at least going into the draft was Brandon Miller, Scoot, or a Thompson brother for 2nd pick.
There wasn’t a debate over #1.
Before that Miller was not in the picture and the debate was Wemby or Scoot. I swear people were convinced Scoot was going to be like Westbrook.
Everything I read back then had wemby on 1 cause he is an alien I never read or heard anybody say scoot over wemby
I saw Scoot over Wemby very rarely and it was always injury risk of someone Wemby size and that height’s prior track record.
That was about the only semi-valid argument I saw and it was a tiny minority.
There were people actually debating that. Even in the spurs sub people (granted only a few) were hoping that we wouldn’t regret taking the big over a potential all star guard.
Scoot’s stock began to fall in the later stretches of his second season in the G-League. They even shut him down early to prevent further slipping
There a pretend debate for a couple weeks there after they played each other in an exhibition game.
That was definitely the time people saw Scoot as a candidate for the top pick and after the first of two games the pendulum swung. People must be conveniently forgetting or didn’t see the HS hype Scoot had.
The debate was fabricated by thr media to push gamblers to bet underdog money on Scoot. I want to say Shams released a bogus story saying Spurs were considering it lol
Yeah bro there was no debate lol
Only on Reddit, where yes, there were really a solid contingent arguing Scoot for #1. It was always stupid and completely divorced from what actual draft analysts saw.
The whole point of that exhibition was for Scoot’s camp to raise his stock. It did the opposite
The consensus was wemby and scoot are generational but wemby is more generational
Scoot was trying to debate that he was just as much of a generational talent as Wemby…lmao
Yeah. Just like everyone knew Greg Oden was going to be one of the greats. KD was obviously never going to be as effective as Oden.
they just needed something to talk about lol
It wasn’t.
It wasn’t really a debate among people who actually cared, but I remember a bunch of my friends who follow the NBA casually being like.
my hot take is Wembanyama won’t be good, and Scoot should go first.
The casual fans really loved the “he’s actually too tall” angle.
I bet they felt mighty vindicated between his first and second Summer League games
I still remember this game, both looked absolutely insane:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mi8sPCqQXQA
No the funny thing is people clowning the hornets for picking miller then turned out better than scoot
What’s Scoots ceiling with the team? Seems like he’s getting the short straw between Jrue and Dame.
Stoppable force meets immobile object
Immovable sounds better than immobile
Immobile used to be a problem in Seria A though
A force that can be stopped
versus
An object that can’t move
It’s tough because Portland depends a lot on his straight line drives to the rim and you have Wemby meeting him there, plus 4 bulldogs just waiting for you to kick it out to deflect it
They are gonna lose in 5 lets be real.
If it goes to 5 I’d be ecstatic
Same. Getting one game will be my superbowl
God it feels so good to he the bad guys again
Well bad news, I’m cheering for you guys this year because OKC is clearly the bad guys.
Lakers are the bad guys too (even when they’re weak)
Yall are a good 2-3 years away from being the bad guys. Wemby needs 2 out of 3: a chip, 2 DPOY’s, and an MVP. For now you’re the darling. Right now you’re like the chiefs before Mahomes won his first.
Inject it into my veins
I dont understand why Blazers think they gonna get swept selling themselves short really … You guys got experienced playoffs guys like champion Holiday DPOY guy , Williams the 3RD ! , Grant along with young players like Avdija .Scoootie Clingan etc …
You have 3pt shooting to shoot around Wemby and you have tall center duo that can bother him a bit in Clingan and Robert Williams the 3RD !! ( its not great but its better than what most teams in league have for bigs ) i think sweep would be pretty disappointing . I think Blazers wont win yeah but they might be able to go for 6 games even
Because they are shit at shooting and depend almost exclusively of running to the rim and getting fouled which the Spurs are elite at stopping.
Probably but all house money for Portland at this point. Already exceeded expectation coming into the season and especially after we were a walking hospital for 3/4ths of it.
Man we had our coach arrested by the FBI after game 1 it’s been a wild ass season
Man we had our coach arrested
Addition by subtraction, but also Tiago is a solid coach! Karma for the FO at the time shitty on Becky and hiring Billups
Brought in Billups to develop the young guys. Billups came in an sabotaged young careers because the mob said so lmao.
That was a good thing though
That’s fair enough, the alternative was playing OKC or going to Cancun anyway
I have to imagine all playoff series that are 1v8 or 2v7 is like that. Not the injury part necessarily but the house money part.
That’s optimistic - life long Blazers fan.
Man that’s optimistic
Best thing to do with a shot blocker is to go right to their chest.
Contest him without foulling Wemby.
He should go hard on them dudes too.
Salute
Helluva ball club!
“I’m tired of everybody living and dying with every game”
Keep having fun bro. Win lose or draw, have fun.
When you’re banging another guy…
good fuckin’ luck lol
Wemby’s arm is the size of most players’ legs
i can’t wait to see castle vs clingan
This is low key a banger match up theoretically but we been sitting Clingan in the 4th tho and i dont know if my boy has anything for him on either ends of the court
I think defensively POR can hold up decently but man Wemby is gonna average like 5 blocks and Deni won’t do anything imo
Portland decided to rain down missiles on us lol
Jesus
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shaedon sharpe legacy series incoming
Tomanni also
Deni will definitely average at least 23 ppg
If he averages 23, it’s probably incredibly inefficient
Probably but it’s still 23 points
Not all points are created equal
Castle vs Clingan, Splitter vs the Spurs, LMA showing up. A lot of familiarity here
this is such a nothing statement that yall are trying to turn into drama
Yeah that’s kinda the whole point around here
And people are even biting on it, most are here for the drama, not the sport
It’s a nothing statement because Wemby said it. Anyone else says it and we attack the guy saying it
Well it definitely helps when your limbs are about 12 feet long.
He defo longer than that
Ayo?
Dosunmu
Is that all?
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Where does Wemby rank all time if he creates peace in the Middle East?
Higher than Bron fo sho
“How the third crusade impacts LeBron’s legacy”
Anti-Israel god vs Chinese shoe virgin
this season couldn’t get better
I am pretty sure Wemby meant it as a compliment
Yeah, I took it as him defending Deni getting free throws basically saying “if you don’t like him taking free throws, don’t foul him”.
Spurs in 4 lol
Yeah obviously
Tbh I think it’s non spurs fans saying that. 2011 the first seed spurs lost to the eighth seed Grizz so I’ll never take a series as a give me. Plus Clingan has insane rebound stats. If Portland 3’s fall like they did tonight it will be a tough series. Also splitter might have some hidden insight on spurs system.
I mean I’m pretty optimistic blazers can take a game or even two under ideal circumstances but if we make it competitive it will not be because of Tiago’s schemes I can tell you that lol
That series is also partially why the Spurs are so focused on health wiyh Manu breaking his arm the last game of the season
People state the most obvious things lol.
Eh I can see Portland making it a series. Their defense is actually legit
They’ll probably get one in Portland. Maybe game 1 in SA if SA is a bit rusty from the short break.
Hey now we could get hot and steal a game.
It’s going to be hard fought series, going to push Portland to their absolute limits
Blazers in 6
You’re insane. Go on…
But you all have already seen our limits…
“Inside, outside, Deni Avdija have it all.”
“Bucks Blazers in 6”
Man you’re a horrible Blazers fan lol
Blazers in 4
We could get 1
Yeah but denis cold so who cares
And water is wet
fork spotted in kitchen
Cells found in body
I’ll say 5, avdija will get 30 free throws one of these games as a last ditch effort by the refs to extend the series
Everyone clown on this lakers fan even though he has a point.
I feel like even the most one sided series a team can still take a game.
Wouldn’t be surprised if it was Spurs in 5. OKC last year swept the Grizzlies for example in the 1st round, but a game or two was actually incredibly close and that was after Ja got hurt IIRC (though the no Ja Grizzlies are famous for playing hard).
Give me Deni in 6
Remember we’re inexperienced.
So are we
Can we redistribute Jrue’s experience evenly across the team?
Spurs in 3
Nah. It will go 6 or 7 games. Jrue Holiday will slow Castle down and Clingan is the perfect big man to body Wemby around (not saying he will stop wemby but he can be physical with him). I got the spurs winning but this series will be better than people think
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I’d be over the moon if Wemby mirrored Faker’s career.
Does that make Jokic Ryu?
Jokic has by far a better career than Ryu already lol, Wemby is more like Chovy trying to overcome Jokic/SGA, although he’s not the best player in the world (yet)
Interestingly I don’t think Wemby actually played against Portland this season? I definitely think the Spurs are going to win it but Wemby was out all three times these two teams played this season
Yeah he never played vs the Blazers this season, Spurs won 2 out of the 3 games vs Portland.
I think Victor will be a huge dilemma for the Blazers’ gameplan. Vs the Suns tonight, Deni was able to drive to the rim at will since Phx decided to go small ball and their tallest player in the clutch was Oso who is not that good of a defender.
Deni will not have it that easy driving against Castle or Carter Bryant only to have Wemby waiting down low in the paint
I’m interested to see how Tiago and Mitch get their guys ready and what each staff implements. Two young teams and 4 days to prep, could see some interesting shit, strategy-wise
Yeah same. Wonder what cross matchup will see. It’s probably best to keep Scoot in the starting lineup so him and Jrue matchup with Fox/Castle and Toumani on Wemby. Clignan on Wemby is tough
Clingan cant guard Wemby. They will either have to play drop off castle or not play him vs our starters.
Even Kornet is na excellent rim protector
He’s been ducking Yang Hansen but he has nowhere to hide now!
Darvin Ham likes this
He talked shit about PWill and I take offense to that because only Bulls fans reserve that right.
“Defend without fouling”
I guess Wemby can probably do this easier, but for a lot of defenders this will be tough.
“just go vertical and block everything. Its not that hard”
lol
The Spurs are very good at not fouling, last I checked
Wemby talks so much shit I started to love him.
I really thought this dude gonna be a PR machine like Jayson the anomaly Tatum, turns out he really dont gaf 😂
He speaks in such a “matter of fact” way that his shit talking isn’t really trashy. It would be like on the court if someone missed a contested midrange shot, he just yelled “THAT IS STATISTICALLY THE WORST SHOT IN THE GAME”
“I don’t understand why players don’t defend without fouling, are they stupid!?”
Thanks, Magic
THIS WONT MATTER ON JUDGEMENT DAY
4
Pop-esque
There’s going to be one game where Deni draws a bunch of fouls and the spurs freak out, then there will be another game where Wemby completely shuts down the rim and makes Deni look terrible.
Spurs in 4
Darvin Ham loved that quote.
I like the match up
What people really want to know, is how Blake has been doing since coming back from injury.
Booker said the same thing 2 days ago 😤
What genius advice
He thinks he is so superior
DEFEND WITHOUT FOULLING
I think in 2 years people will get tired of Wembys smugness
what the fuck is the smugness here? Avdija shoots a load of free throws, he’s literally just stating the truth
Nah I think by next year. He’s one or two super arrogant actions / quotes away from the tide turning on him. Public opinion shifts fast these days
I already think he is annoying lol. I love watching him play basketball though
Already tired of it. Super cocky and he hasn’t really achived anything in the league.
Can you explain what is “super cocky” about Wemby’s thoughtful and factually correct response to a direct question from the media here?
What’s there to explain? Unless you’re someone who isn’t socially leveled up or on the spectrum it’s obvious that his demeanor is that of an arrogant and cocky person. He hasn’t done anything in the league and he gives cold shoulders to Joker and diminishes his skill as a player, he talks shit about Shai and Chet, now he is opinionated about the guy he himself says hasn’t played against… Just because you root for the team he is on doesn’t mean you have to put the blinders on for anything negative. I root for joker, he is my countryman. I don’t like him outside of the league though, he promotes gambling all the time when our country is struggling with gambling addiction (prevalent amongst the kids as well) and he either showed support to the current regime or has flip flopped about the current situation in our country.
You just sound extremely insecure bud.
Or you’re confident in your denial? Keep calling this dork that’s foot taller by anyone a goat when he hasn’t done anything in the league yet.
What kinda random rant lmao. Completely unbiased take: wemby just speaking on facts candidly and rarely says anything negative or positive, but he definitely gives players props like their game w Denver when jokic cooked him. You seem to have a hate boner against this guy that you just twist whatever he says to fit your bias, like he didn’t even say anything negative about deni in here and you acting like he did
Nah buddy. I bet half of you will be saying same thing I’m saying in few years when it becomes more popular. I’m just calling like i see it but people like to dickride anyone they can so they think I’m hating.
I was a Wemby fan since he was still in highschool and told friends he’ll be one of the best defenders ever. They laughed at me and said his body won’t even be able to hold up. Fast forward like 6 years and I was right. Too bad I don’t like him anymore, he’s not very humble and often comes across as arrogant.
I mean he is a great defender but he isn’t the the greatest defender ever yet. He still has a lot of all defensive teams to make and and DPOYs to win before he can be considered the greatest ever
Wemby x Darvin Ham
Darvin Ham was right
ooooo SPicyyyy
This is just you writing fan fiction man who knows if they actually have beef and who knows if there’s “actual tension”
bro I can’t this sub is sooo dramatic
I have to imagine politics are the last things on players’ minds when thinking about matchups
is jokic actually right leaning i wasnt aware of that lol
His family most definitely is as they are tied closely to the right wing government in Serbia
wait how do you know that Deni is right wing??
Why does Wemby get a pass for being arrogant and full of himself when he has yet to win a playoff series?
It’s pretty early in his career yet, but he won’t if he chokes. This postseason will start to write his narrative one way or the other.
Because that’s a foregone conclusion and he’s literally being hailed as a future GOAT? Also saying the truth is arrogant now lol. How soft have we gotten damn
He’s still in the honeymoon phase.
Remember when ant was hailed as MJs son and a guaranteed MVP because of how he likes to talk shit? Well now he’s an afterthought second tier superstar.
If Wemby doesn’t keep producing accolades and playoff success, he’ll be treated the same very soon.
He has aura and generally backs his talk up with his game. He’s a fun “heel” like Haliburton. Also he in general tends to roll with criticism pretty well
imagine deni knockout the overrated spurs 🤣 how would media will respond. probably gonna say this yr was learning process for the spurs no accountability just move on 🤣
Bro has weird homoerotic fantasies
You smell
That was the most hilariously pathetic comeback ever. Bravo.
No u
Yo I fuckin cackled
They got the call from you know who