Victor Wembanyama appeared poised to criticize the league before his microphone was cut. Right after he said: “The way the situation was handled was very disappointing.’”
Bro is just opening the front door for the NBA investigation team to walk right in.
He should just speak freely in French and if they try to say anything he can just tell them it’s a mistranslation.
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Solid plan
because french is such a rare and byzantine language
What is your malfunction? Why are you people the way you are?
i’ve been here too long. i’ve endured too much abject stupidity. i’ve lost all sense of when someone is trying to be funny by saying something kinda dumb, because i’ve seen hundreds of other people say the same thing and been dead serious.
What did the nba do that was wrong??
He got concussed and it looked like he didnt pass the test for game 3 right???
The Spurs cleared him to play game 3 and the league director of concussions didn’t sign off on it seems like.
Good job by league if they didnt feel like that was enough. Concussions should be treated seriously
Wemby is the future face of the league. Not surprised they’re putting extra bubble wrap on him
Let it be a random 10th man and they would’ve been on the floor
It’s also according to policy impossible to be cleared with a game 48 hours later. Which seems like a logical policy.
It was more than 48 hours tho. Like 76 or something i believe.
That seems short even. But it matches the NFL policy for how often teams retest concussed players. The NHL policy is closer to a week.
It’s not even extra for Wemby. Even after missing game 3, he played 4 days after the concussion? That must be the one of the fastest returns since the concussion protocol
You would be saying they would give the stars preferentially treatment if they let him come back, always something to complain about. Let’s just recognize the league may have actually handled this situation well
He’s probably upset because he wanted to play and felt he could have.
Which is exactly why an impartial third party that can overrule both the player and the team is essential when dealing with head injuries.
At the risk of looking like an NBA dickrider, that would actually be the ideal situation; New superstar on the brink of his prime shows that he’s deadly serious about competing, and the NBA shows that they don’t fuck around with concussions.
That has to be all though right ?
If so, then I agree with the NBA forcing him to sit game 3. Gotta protect players from theirselves at times, especially when it comes to Wemby
Yeah like i wana see Vic play but this is for the better. Close it out on their homecourt anyways
From what I know about Wemby and what he said, I’m guessing that he cleared the letter of the rule, by both team and league doctors but the league still held him out probably to be safe.
I dont hate the league for doing it, and i dont hate for wemby being frustrated because he trusts the spurs medical staff who were well known for taking great care of their players. League should definitely have the final say and better to be extra safe though. Take the later date if one person says earlier and one says later with concussions.
Very much agree. With concussion related injuries, I’d always rather be safe than sorry, but yeah, I can completely understand his desire to come back and play. Not sure who’s hands it should be in, though. Surely you’d trust your own staff, but after seeing a few injuries just recently, maybe not. I’m not sure how much of it is up to the player vs staff. I suppose it’s all situational. Seeing Aaron Gordon last night struggle made me wonder how the hell that guy was even out there.
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What do u mean regurgitating??? I said it twice coz they were initial replies. Do u want me to delete it so u will be satisfied??
Is there no minimum time off for a concussion? I know in some other sports that CTE is a bigger deal, they have mandatory period when you cannot play, in addition to medical clearance
48 hours, the third game was 3 days after so he could have played if the league signed off.
Wow that is not long at all
Agreed. The earliest we usually hear for NFL players returning(to practice) after they suffer a concussion on Sunday, is Thursday. I don’t think I’ve ever seen/heard a report where a player is back at practice two days later. Maybe since the NBA doesn’t see concussions as often as the NFL and there isn’t nearly as much contact to the head, they feel like 48 hours is enough time for the brain fog to clear up?
The NFL’S policy is that they have to be 48 hours clear of any symptoms. Not sure if the NBA uses that same policy or just 48 hours since diagnosis.
I got the feeling it was less that and more that they didn’t tell him if he could play today until like an hour before the game which left him a bit annoyed having to just wait so close to game time to find out
Seems like? Or that’s what happened?
The NBA was just trying to enjoy a meal. A succulent Chinese meal.
And you sir, Are you ready to receive my limp penis?
Yep must have been that. So happy spurs still won.
He wouldn’t answer “when” he found out that he could play today (Game 4) and Mitch danced around the same question saying he couldn’t remember when he was told.
So at the very least it sounds like bad communication about today.
Edit: He also said he was happy with the NBA’s doctors.
Probably put a lot of hoops (no pun intended) for him to jump through for clearance or tried to find several ways to declare him too concussed to play (just speculating, I have no dog in this fight)
Good job by league then.
Concussions are treated like mild cold by many sports while it does brain damage
Yeah unless the league is rushing him back (doubtful) then good on the league for being better than the nfl. Though I am surprised he played today
From his comments it looks like he is happy with spurs so its likely he is pissed at nba.
The issue probably arose in conversation from the league about him possibly missing a second game, when doctors had already made clear there was no real cause for concern.
Except that Wemby said (and doubled back to confirm it) that he was happy with all of the doctors involved (including the league doctors).
So it could have been the case that even the leagues doctors cleared him, but that the protocols/bureaucracy - which could be guided by medical experts based on evidence, or could be instituted officials/lawyers/insurers purely to avoid league liability. It would hopefully be a combination of both, and Wemby will just have to accept it because this is how big organsations work - but just because protocols are in place, doesn’t mean they are based on actual good medical evidence.
I mean cutting the mic is pretty lame, if that’s what happened
Wemby’s used to special treatment
Adam Silver personally cutting his mic
Let me tell you a personal story about ̶V̶i̶n̶c̶e̶ ̶M̶c̶M̶a̶h̶o̶n̶ Adam Silver
I’m picturing the scene in Forrest Gump where the military guy pulls all the cables out right before Forrest speaks at the huge anti-war rally.
Adam Silver protecting wembys image at all cost, he had his hand on the button the whole time hahaha. He wants nothing more than Wemby be the face of the league.
Idk, Wemby’s too progressive for Silver
Adam “I love Kissinger” silver
i mean typical time out for a concussion is at least 7 days so he already came back earlier than most players. he’s competitive and i don’t know if he was just upset about the communication or something, but don’t really need to open the door for people to act like the league is doing too much with the concussion protocol. concussion protocol should be strict.
He came back from his concussion speaking fluent French
Classic symptom of a TBI, Foreign Accent Syndrome.
I thought my audio was fucking up, so I watched the video til that point again lmao
That’s excellent public/league relations work!
We’ll see what if anything comes of this, but while I love Wemby and he’s obviously a very smart guy I wouldn’t put it past him to think he knows better than some league doctors lmao
we need some lip reading in here r/lipreadthisforme
I need to know how Wemby feels about the gambling partnerships, that will tell me if he’s the messiah or not
While i respect wemby’s love for the game, i dont mind doctors being extra careful with brain injuries. Its not like they were down 2-1 in the finals
He said it wasn’t the doctors he had a problem with
Rent free
Come on my joke was funny try a little harder
So funny
Thank you
Rent free.
I know it was funny bc the mods deleted it lol
Wemby: the CM Punk of the NBA
Pipe bomb!
So are concussions treated differently in Europe or something? I’m surprised he even played today at all why is he complaining
he was obviously cleared to play, i think he was frustrated with how the league doctors handled the situation rather than his team doctors.
We do have to admit team doctors are more likely to clear them on the early side
Idk he was very repetitive about Spurs AND league docs being good, I’m assuming the complaint is focused on a bureaucratic aspect of the process. Whether it be timing of clearance, or prior to game 3 Spurs and League docs cleared him but the League official didn’t approve his clearance for the game.
WEMBY WILL NOT BE SILENCED
Can’t wait until the lip reading guy does his work
In my experience at least it’s one of those things where you feel pretty much fine soon thereafter. It’s probably easy to not get what all the fuss is about, especially if you perceive the leagues doctors to uncommunicative or arbitrarily failing you on certain steps.
Honest question - why do you guys even follow the nba anymore if you believe all these conspiracy theories about it being this nefarious deep state operation?
They don’t follow the NBA, they follow this sub. And they do it for the reason you said, they like conspiracy theories so much that they’ll believe anything
I certainly wouldn’t watch if I thought it was all rigged.
Who is doing that
Bro silver wants nothing more than for you to play
Censorship is so corny
Probably the league not notifying the spurs he couldn’t play until last minute. They have been dancing around that question since game 3.
What did he think was gonna happen? Wemby, bro you stumbled while trying to get up… at minimum you were gonna be out a game
Ok, so an interesting update to this. Jared Weiss is reporting that the NBA doctors did not clear Wembanyama, and he then sought independent neurologists to clear him.
Kinda sus on the Spurs/Wembanyama’s part.
NYTimes article by Jared Weiss
He wasn’t cleared for Game 3 so they sought an independent neurologist but was still not cleared.
In Game 4, he was able to play, it’s not because he sought an independent neurologist but because he was definitely cleared by the league.
His grievance came from why the league didn’t provide a reason why he was not cleared for Game 3
is he mad that he was cleared to play? or that he should have been cleared earlier? it’s surprising that he only missed 1 game for a concussion. i’m not convinced he’s fully in the clear but w/e
The league cleared him though, they have the final say, not the team, not Wemby, not you.
the league didn’t clear him per Jared Weiss
For GAME 3. The league cleared him for GAME 4, otherwise he’d get thrown out by the refs if he forced his way to the court. STOP making up stories by reading the article wrong
That’s what I’m saying, game 3 was like 3 days after the concussion? Most humans aren’t allowed to drive a car in that short amount of time much less do anything that physical
That’s all I got to say about that.
he bout to do a punk pipebomb if he wasnt silence
Was that a smoke alarm beep in the beginning 💀
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It seems like the NBA doctors and the Spurs doctors cleared him to play but the NBA said no. I’m sure we’ll find out eventually. Doesn’t really matter, honestly.
7 blocks wtf
Wondering what kind of criticism he has.
Maybe about the fact that he passed medical exams and was found to be okay. Yet, the league didn’t approve?
The league is very careful with head injuries; it is no joke. The results can be great, but after effects can suddenly show.
Edit: According to a French reporter, Wemby was not given a reason why he shouldn’t play game 3.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7233626/2026/04/26/victor-wembanyama-blazers-game-4-nba-playoffs/?source=emp_shared_article&unlocked_article_code=1.eFA.G7pj.LFVwjFlR3ypP
Jared Weiss also reporting that he was not given a reason why he wasn’t cleared, but he wasn’t cleared.
Maybe the league didn’t think it would look good if the reason was listed as:
“Potential extension of the series will result in more revenue for the league and its partners.”
When he entered concussion protocol, I actually thought that the team doctors would be extra, extra cautious, while the NBA would want him on the court ASAP. Unless the insinuation is the league held him out, hoping his absence would extend the series (more games, more money).
Whatever the case may be, I’m just glad he looked like he was back to normal out there. I’ve learned way more about concussions than I wanted during the past week, and hope this injury bug going around this playoffs ends.
the league didn’t clear him per Jared Weiss. Wemby sought independent neurologists to clear him. the Spurs did clear him
No, the league cleared him, the league has the final say in things, not the Spurs team
🤔 doesn’t happen as often as the NFL… so maybe a REVISION of the protocol is needed, Wemby is a competitor that probably just wanted a more ‘buttoned down’ procedural process and faster too ….but…. IDK ….maybe Wemby & the league can ‘network into a better process’ come the summer ….but idk….
He sat out a game for concussion protocol. He’s been sitting out games all year for no reason, why is he so mad now?
Because it’s a playoff game and actually matters
Brain damage is just as bad whether it’s regular season, playoffs, or preseason
I never claimed he had a good reason just that was his reason
Don’t fake injuries during the year and the league probably gives him the benefit of the doubt
No you should definitely fake injuries
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Can I just say fuck texas? They don’t deserve him, not in the least.