[Highlight] Victor Wembanyama holding Stephon Castle up so he doesn’t get bodied
When a guy’s banging you, sometimes there’s another guy helping him out.
Come on man….
Literally
DM me
I put on my robe and wizard hat
Lol I really hope ppl get this reference
I don’t get it can you explain please
It goes much further back then the pony meme.
It’s from a website called Bash.org when AIM and ICQ were the main tools of chatting online.
After reading it, click the top 100 and have a hilarious night read.
https://bash-org-archive.com/?104383
https://knowyourmeme.com/sensitive/memes/i-put-on-my-robe-and-wizard-hat
Speaking of coming…
What you say now chuck????
yes please
Come on which man?
lmfaoooooo
Sometimes your bro has to hold you up so you can keep your balance while you’re getting banged.
If the other guy’s power is that overwhelming.
Real bros will step in to take a pounding if it gets to be too much.
Now, I’ve heard speed has something to do with it?
Good ol Barkley
Them boys comin
He was feeling his body
https://imgur.com/P8Sp8WJ
https://streamable.com/d4zz9v
“What you say Chuck?” “Huh?” Shaq voice while laughing
Doing it with my bro. Doing it with my bro.
Bro got me giggling at work
Sometimes when a guy is banging you from the front, you need an alien lending a hand from behind
The French are experimental.
Bangin’ and clangin’!
The tush push has finally reached the NBA.
Does the NBA need to ban Wemby?
Yes (don’t look at what team I support)
Condolences
The Houston Kevin Durants!
The slender bender
Mr. Brace Castle
Mr. Body Carry
Mr Bedrock Cornerstone
Mr. Big Cheerleader
Mr. Butt Comforter
Monsieur l’arc-boutant.
The back buttress!
This is genius never seen it happen before
Nobody was long enough before
Can’t teach height
I think that’s length
But sometimes you need girth too.
What’s the yaw?
Talkin’ bout bangin’ after all
What’s length x width again?
You have to use the TMI scale to accurately measure size
Area of a rectangle/square/parallelogram?
And the name of that area? 51.
Yeah, without the Go-go gadget arms, the spacing would be trash
length isnt everything, okay
It’s probably terrible. And only something Wemby can do lol. Otherwise it’s just a bad double team.
Yeah he has one 6ft arm helping his teammate and his other arm playing d on another guy ready to block the pass/shot lol
Shit is insane
Why can’t players under 7’4” feet tall do this? Are they stupid?
Wemby also has an 8ft wingspan lol
Now he needs to get his legs involved too so his team doesn’t even have to get back on defense lol
You know, it’s not just the assist he gives to Castle here, or the back to back blocks Wemby throws up. Both of those are impressive.
But look at the speed with which he grabs the ball and starts sprinting down the floor. He takes the first dribble just as he’s starting to run. By the 2nd dribble he’s above the 3 point line and by the 3rd dribble he’s going to be at half court.
Yeah, he’s tall, but jesus christ that kind of coordination involves so much more than “being tall”. That’s the kind of stuff we generally laud guards for, their ability to go vertical off a rebound in short bursts. FFS he’s outrunning everyone else on the court.
this is what it must have looked like to watch Wilt play in his prime
Yeah, increasingly that seems to be the only parallel. But a modern Wilt, not nearly as strong, not nearly as physically imposing, but with unlimited range and ridiculous handles on offense.
Wemby got 3-4 inches on Wilt, it’s insane.
And he’s taller
r/Angryupvote
spider-wilt
just like slenderman he’s built
grabs a ball, way up high
then you see him run on by
look oooooout
here comes the spider-wilt
Not yet* 🙏
I’m sure that modern generations at some point started somewhat thinking “was Wilt really that good?”
and Wemby is somehow retroactively making people realize that Wilt absolutely dominated in a similar way
Kuminga did it to McCollum in their last win, although I don’t think it was as relevant as here, and said after the game it was something he picked up from Draymond, so I assume there’s some plays out there where Dray does it.
He did it to NAW on the steal at the end of the 4th in game 3. Not McCollum. And it basically won them the game so it was pretty relevant in my opinion.
Kuminga did something similar recently and said he learned it from Draymond
This looks like when hockey players use their stick to help another player accelerate
Wemby should start giving his teammates a boost when they try to defend shots. Imagine if you try to shoot over Castle and Wemby gives him a few inches in the air.
Defensive uppies
this should be a tracked stat.
“wemby is leading the league with 8 defensive uppies per game”
DeAndre Jordan did this for Mario Hezonja when he blocked LeBron
We all need a homie that gives us a few inches.
I can be your homie, homie
Hey it’s me your homie
I’m not your homie, pal
3 counts as a few, right? Right?
Oh look at me I’m double the size of /u/Due-Necessary-2593
Big if true
First defensive assist.
Castle gracefully jumps into Wemby’s arms, the players freeze, the lights dim and a spotlight appears on Wemby and Castle. Tchaikovsky’s “Waltz of the Flowers” begins playing while they do a full 6-minute ballet performance. The lights come up and the game resumes.
Doris Burke: “What a graceful block by Castle and Wemby there”
Not to be that guy but there’s a rule you can’t help a teammate gain height.
That’s to score, not to defend.
Section XII—Illegal Assist in Scoring
A player may not assist himself in an attempt to score by using any part of the rim, net, backboard or basket support to lift, hold or raise himself. A player may not assist a teammate to gain height while attempting to score. PENALTY: Loss of ball. The ball is awarded to the opposing team on the sideline at the free throw line extended.
Well looking at that, couldn’t you “use” a teammate to gain height? Like as long as Wemby doesn’t touch Castle, Castle could use a hand on Wembys shoulder to get higher?
No, it just doesn’t say anything about defense. Only speaks to scoring. According to this we could probably start throwing people on their shoulders for D.
Is there any rule for using opposite players to gain height? Because Vince carter’s dunk in the Olympic and kobe’s over Yao were definitely boosted by pushing down
Is there any rule for using opposite players to gain height?
I think it’s a grey area. The sort of push you need to gain height over an opponent is illegal in itself (although often uncalled), but I don’t think it’s banned in the rulebook specifically the way using a teammate is
Not really a gray area. Its an offensive foul. Can’t extend your off arm at a defender to push off. The refs just need to be able to call it.
Yeah, it’s called the Rule of Cool which means it’s legal.
Is it legal for a player to be on the shoulders of another player?
There’s no rules against it!
Dogs can play basketball!
He should just pick them up at the 3pt line and toss them at the rim. Easy dunk. … or is that a lob?
Seen here is Victor Wembanyama projecting his consciousness into Stephon Castle, which at the moment he can only do through physical contact. It is unclear if he learned this technique from the monks, was born with it on his home planet, or developed it after a sudden acclimation to Earth’s gravity in game 2. I suspect moderators removed the previous two posts in compliance with strict government classification measures and may shut Jec1027 down for good after this one – remember what you’ve seen today!
Wemby visited Dr. Strange in Tibet and just quickly visited the astral plane to help out his guy Stephon Castle. Truly inspiring
Dr. Stephon Strange
May the force be with you, literally
aliens.gov
I’m 99% positive the concussion unblocked neural pathways to give him this ability.
Emotional Support Ayylmao
Just regular old “support” lol
If Castle got called for a foul there on the contact, who’s the foul on? Castle would have been the person doing the contact but Wemby initiates it.
By rocket league rules whoever touches it last gets the points so I believe it would be Castle.
This is not Rocket League!
WHAT A SAVE!
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Lmao
Is this even legal?
First thought that came to my mind. Lol
Dave Chappelle: “Sorry, officer. I didn’t know I couldn’t do that.”
haha….its funny, because i DID know i couldn’t do that!!!
I’m sorry, was that wrong? Should I not have done that? I gotta plead ignorance here…
It’s not. Tech on Booker.
And Ayton is ejected for good measure
I don’t see why. Are there rules against pushing your own teammate as long as you aren’t fouling the other team? You would think Draymond would have twice the number of ejections if this was the cause.
We need to test this. Wemby should pick him up and just throw him around.
i would imagine not? idk you can’t jump off a player on offense and this seems kinda within the same spirit
I mean we’ve seen people pushing their teammates into position before, Kuminga got praise for it last week, what would the difference between that and this be?
You’re actively pushing a guy into another guy
but the offensive player is initiating the contact 🤔 like he’s not pushing him into camara’s floor space
I will MAKE it legal….
(Chancellor Silvertine, probably)
Bro gave buffed his teammates defense stats like an RPG lol
+4 defensive aura in the paint
HOF Immovable Enforcer
My favorite part about Castle on defense is how much he trusts Wemby. He’ll often watch Wemby, and the second Wemby goes into his “duck down and make the shooter think they have a shot” move, Castle will immediately move up and apply pressure to the shooter to take the shot. These two work like a pincer at least twice a game and you see something similar here when Clingan gets the board, Wemby defends while Castle immediately fronts while Clingan is trying his pump fakes resulting in the steal.
Can you imagine the shit they’ll be able to do when they get as much time together as Jokic and Murray? They’re gonna go down as one of the best duos of all time.
The league is over when Castle sits on Wemby’s shoulders
They’re already developing a two man game with their re-screening and then you add in Dylan’s dynamic who is more of the Jamal Murray in this equation. Teams are going to need to solve two two-man games lmfaoo
Hand-checking through the transitive property
It is illegal to give some an uppie to assist on a block?
Eating those elbows like it’s mom’s lasagna. Fuck that kid. Way to stand tall, like a Castle.
He took that shit all night and people wonder why he put the ball in Avdija’s chest.
There’s nothing to wonder about if you’ve watched any of the series. Avdija is played his ass off. But he’s been a total dick from the first tip.
You should’ve said moms macaroni since it’s made with elbows
Does anybody else hate this basketball? Guy is just slamming his shoulder and elbow into the defender. Would have been an easy offensive foul not so long ago…
Would have been a foul if your swap the Spurs for the Thunder
Found the most high quality version I could find this time
Victor “The Flying Buttress” Wembanyama ⛪
Forget LeGM, enter WemPuppeteer
Damn thats so physical
Some serious elbows and shoulders being driven in there. I don’t even know if those should have been offensive fouls. In the end, I guess it’s good there wasn’t any flopping, and the refs kind of just let it play out.
The second one is pretty damn borderline depending on how physical it was being called, Camara definitely extends by lifting his right arm after initially making the elbow contact. Then the three with his left right before the shot attempt seem excessive, but again it really depends on how it was being called in the game. It felt like a very physical game so I get why it’s not called especially with Castle just continuing to chase on defense rather than trying to sell the call.
Castle in general doesn’t sell on defense. You can say what you want about his offensive drives, but dude is a relentless hound on defense. Wemby probably puts them in timeout if they try to sell for a foul instead of playing proper defense lol.
Victor Wembanyama:
All “Spurs” players you control gain 800 DEF while this card is face-up on the court. Once per turn, when your opponent declares an attack: You can negate that attack.
Over 9000 bud.
Elite defense
Crazy no offensive foul there.
the power of friendship ⭐️🌈🦄🔫
Now that’s a teammate
That’s some high iq ,Wemby always finds a way to weasel 😆 I love it see something new every day
Didn’t waste his time with Chris Paul
Is this what they ment by make your teammates better?
The league is so fucked lmao, it blows my mind every time how good this guy is already, and he’s only gonna learn and fill out his frame more. I hope he stays healthy.
the wemby tush push
When your homies supporting you getting twerked at the club
Well, that’s number 3,281 of things Webmy is showing us for the first time.
W wemby
There is no rule that you cannot have your homie’s back! Literally!
if Dominque Wilkins could have used his forearm like Camara does on this play, he would have averaged 45 a game
I didn’t notice that during the game but I remember thinking that Castle is built like a fucking wall for how Camara was bouncing off of him lmao
every single time i watch wemby play, i see something that i have never seen before on a basketball court
Wemby is smart af
Defensive foul… um.. illegal shielding?
Wemby just connecting Castle to his personal warp engine.
Am I crazy or is that lowkey a really clever play when you consider Wemby’s reaction time to recover if needed
“Victor Webanyama buttressed Castle” is a way better title imo.
Off-tank energy.
The difference tho is that if Castle or anyone tries to body Camara like that, Camara will flop or fall. Weak ass baller!
This only works because he has a 10 ft wingspan and can reach Castle while still defending his man
Everyone says watching Wemby is like watching a man play with kids on a mini hoop. I think he might be starting to take that too seriously and do stuff an actual dad/coach would do lol. I want to see him pick someone up to help them dunk next
Wemby’s defense has defense
What the hell? Why didn’t any one think if this before?
coolest defensive play i’ve ever seen
alien level technology
He’s so good at defense he makes others good just by touching them.
Lmao what’s next? Wemby lifting his teammates for extra blocking advantage??
He’s going to start defending with other defenders.
The memes are great, but this is really high IQ. Castle’s D, as a result, was super physical but probably legal (yes, my flair is relevant - though it’s hard to call a foul on Castle when Camara is basically bull-rushing him).
Wemby is just the whole package.
Obviously I’m a huge homer….but the bball IQ that Wemby shows at this early age? I am SO curious where his ceiling is…
Gohan + Goku Kamehameha vs Cell
We need these series to go on long enough that Daignault can see more of the Wemby special techniques repertoire.
Digganutts needs to keep his squinty lil eyes to himself and come up with his own tricks
why on earth did mods remove previous version of this?
I think it was the video quality I found a better one now
The most impressive thing is he didn’t make Castle commit a foul there
Wemby still social distancing lol
Isn’t that the most insane thing I’ve seen. And the block to finish with too.
What if Wemby picks a guy up so he can block a shot? Is there even a rule against that? I think not.
Take my energy
HELP THE HELPER!!!! 🤞🏾
I can imagine it now, 5’9” me with a 8” vertical getting uppies from Wemby for a SLAM DUNK BABY
This just got me hyped.
Defending using The Castle Doctrine
Elite help defense
Is….is this legal? 😂
Nice so when can we do this and loan strength in 2k? When team chemistry at its max?
Basketball IQ through the roof. He also ducks down to hide behind his teammates, then comes out of nowhere to block the shot.