somewhatcompetint |

153 | 3 hours ago

Wembys getting a quadruple double eventually

Kwilly462 | Nets

45 | 3 hours ago

Honestly surprised he hasn’t already

MediumCookedRibeye

1 | 25 minutes ago

Not a great passer currently.

BustedOs

1 | 20 minutes ago

Gobert has a career high of 8 assists. You dont need to be a great passer to kick out from the post.

MastodonSwimming2681 | Rockets

28 | 2 hours ago

He’ll get his first one against a 8-34 Brooklyn Nets team and we’ll have think pieces about how fraudulent it is

Vegetable-Tooth8463 | Hornets

8 | an hour ago

Why the Nets catching strays lol

GregEgg4President | Wizards

9 | an hour ago

Because they don’t appear positioned to take a big jump next year. The youth is promising but not future superstar caliber and they don’t seem to have the resources to make a big splash in the offseason.

Vegetable-Tooth8463 | Hornets

1 | 36 minutes ago

Thought they had a lot of picks

GregEgg4President | Wizards

1 | 29 minutes ago

In the next 3 years they have five but one is a protected Sixers pick, one is a Knicks pick, and one of their own can be swapped by the Rockets. I used this for the info: https://fanspo.com/nba/teams/Nets/3/draft-picks. In 2029 they have the Knicks pick and the least favorable of Houston/Dallas/Phoenix.

I don’t want to say that 1st rounders aren’t valuable, they have a ton of value, they just don’t all look particularly well-positioned.

Vegetable-Tooth8463 | Hornets

1 | 22 minutes ago

Fair enough, appreciate the breakdown. Is that a good site for looking at the status of any team’s picks?

GregEgg4President | Wizards

1 | 16 minutes ago

As far as I know. It may not be as comprehensive as the Real GM one, but I sometimes have trouble following the Real GM conditions, they’re not written super plainly. As an example, they have this written for one of the 2028 picks:

2028 first round draft pick(s) from Philadelphia, Phoenix and / or New York (Brooklyn or Philadelphia outgoing to Phoenix or Washington; Brooklyn or Phoenix outgoing to New York) If (i) Philadelphia’s 2028 1st round pick protected for selections 1-8 is conveyed to Brooklyn and is the third most favorable of Philadelphia, Brooklyn’s 2028 1st round pick, Phoenix’s 2028 1st round pick and New York’s 2028 1st round pick and (ii) New York is the most or second most favorable of the four, then Brooklyn will receive the most and third most favorable of the four; in all other scenarios, Brooklyn will receive the most / two most favorable of these; if Philadelphia if conveyed and / or New York is less favorable than Brooklyn and Phoenix, then New York will receive the least favorable of New York, Brooklyn and Phoenix; in all other scenarios, New York will receive the second most favorable of the three; Washington will receive the more favorable of (i) its 2028 1st round pick and (ii) the least / less favorable of Philadelphia if conveyed, Brooklyn and Phoenix and Phoenix will receive the less favorable of (i) and (ii); Washington may swap the pick it receives for Milwaukee or Portland (see Washington Incoming) (via Brooklyn’s right to swap Brooklyn or Philadelphia for Phoenix; via Brooklyn’s right to swap Brooklyn or Phoenix for New York; via Washington’s right to swap for Phoenix, Brooklyn or Philadelphia) [Brooklyn-Philadelphia, 2/10/2022; Brooklyn-Indiana-Milwaukee-Phoenix, 2/9/2023; Indiana-Phoenix-Washington, 6/23/2023; Brooklyn-New York, 7/6/2024]

-Jfree- | 24

5 | 3 hours ago

Easily. He is smart enough to develop his playmaking for the assists

Gloomy_Lengthiness71 | Nuggets

2 | an hour ago

I can see the writing on the wall. The days of everybody being enamored with the Jokić triple-double are numbered and being replaced with the Wembanyama quadruple-double.

Ohh well, it was fun while it lasted.

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GregEgg4President | Wizards

2 | an hour ago

I’ll take that bet

SparkyForce | Warriors

107 | 3 hours ago

Dropped a stinker and there’s still plenty of room to glaze this guy is generational

sapnupuasop

38 | 2 hours ago

the glaze is unbearable man

deemerritt | Hornets

1 | 20 minutes ago

Spot the lie though

porkchop487 | Bulls

1 | 6 minutes ago

His blocks were goaltends and fouls. Otherwise 11 points on 17 shots is just a dogshit game

DiscoLemonade1995

1 | 10 minutes ago

Yeah but there is no need for the sheer number of low quality posts just repeating his stat lines for the nth time asking if he is already the goat or some dumb shit

deemerritt | Hornets

1 | 9 minutes ago

Ya we need more hate posts

DiscoLemonade1995

1 | 4 minutes ago

That’s exactly what I said, great interpretation

Clemsontigger16

-19 | 42 minutes ago

Cry about it

sapnupuasop

7 | 35 minutes ago

sigh, no energy for this. why are people here behaving like fanboys/fangirls of popstars?

luckyincode

1 | 39 minutes ago

Ahh yes. Nobody ever has a bad game. Christ.

hurtsbayar9

0 | 34 minutes ago

Everybody has a bad game. Doesnt mean they should get glazed when they put up stinker on offense and lose.

MaliInternLoL | Lakers

1 | 10 minutes ago

Yep. He’s THAT good

guillaume_rx

0 | 3 hours ago

Somebody said on Twitter that Victor might be to Blocking what Curry is to Shooting.

And I don’t know if it’s entirely true (yet? He’s 22…), but I think it’s not that unfair of a question to ask…

They’re already questioning if they should reevaluate how important defensive impact should be in MVP convos…

I don’t think we’ve ever seen that versatility and efficiency combined for Blocks, especially in a guy that young, and given how the game is played now. He’s so ahead of everyone else in the league, he was the Block leader last year playing less than 50 games.

I think he already led the league (and broke the all-time record) on % of blocks turning into his team’s possession in his rookie season.

And he had the highest Block to Foul ratio in history, which he broke in his sophomore season…

Haven’t checked these stats this season though, but they are relatively niche, to be fair.

I mean, first unanimous DPOY and youngest DPOY ever. He’s already on a defensive trajectory we have never seen…

Vegetable-Tooth8463 | Hornets

59 | an hour ago

Huh? Wemby ain’t causing any block revolution lol. You can’t teach long ass arms to new players.

FreeoftheMachine | Timberwolves

6 | an hour ago

Just give players go go gadget arms and your set.

anarrogantbastard

1 | 22 minutes ago

That was my thought too. Steph making everyone want to shoot 3’s makes sense, cause there aren’t as many physical limitations. Like I’ve been under 6 feet and terribly unathletic my whole life, but I could see myself imagining I could make it to the nba if I could shoot from half court at Steph’s rate. I’m not gonna imagine I’m gonna shoot up 2 feet in height, and become graceful

Vegetable-Tooth8463 | Hornets

1 | 20 minutes ago

I’m not gonna imagine I’m gonna shoot up 2 feet in height, and become graceful

Not with that attitude you won’t!

anarrogantbastard

1 | 9 minutes ago

I’ll start with the reading. That must be the secret

Witty-Stock | Timberwolves

17 | an hour ago

Wemby: 254 blocks

NBA record: Mark Eaton with 454

Mark Eaton’s second year in the league ( third highest season total): 351

Mark Eaton’s sixth highest total: 304

Come on.

nazzykhan | Grizzlies

16 | 2 hours ago

Wilt had 446 blocks in his very last season.

Witty-Stock | Timberwolves

8 | an hour ago

They changed the rule book because of Wilt.

guillaume_rx

-8 | an hour ago

He did. Which is why I specifically said “given how the game is played now”.

I think these discussions make sense relative to the rules, competition, and way of playing in their eras.

The 3 point shot and spacing were non existent at the time. And the pace was crazy.

Wemby is also 22. Most all-time greats were only rookies or sophomores at that age.

It’s also not just the number of blocks, but the versatility, efficiency, blocks/foul ratio, which team gets the possession after the block.

Witty-Stock | Timberwolves

8 | an hour ago

Mark Eaton blocked 351 shots as a sophomore.

He had 7 seasons with more blocked shots than Wemby had this year.

We’ve already seen the GOAT/Curry of shot blockers.

Gamesgtd | Magic

-2 | an hour ago

As great as he was I think Wemby is more impressive considering the prevalence of 3 point shooting. Eaton was the GOAT back when everyone played in the same area on offense basically. Now he also did it back when help defense was penalized so that has to be taken into consideration. Depends on what’s valued more. Being an amazing blocker when teams bomb 3s or being amazing when their is no help.

Witty-Stock | Timberwolves

2 | 37 minutes ago

Eaton is still the GOAT and it’s not close to being close. His closest completion is Hakeem or Mutumbo. Wemby is not part of that conversation right now.

Wemby’s 254 is tied for # 62 on the list of blocked shots in a single season.

Hassan Whiteside had 269 10 years ago.

Two words for the Wemby as GOAT nonsense: recency bias.

YoroDoucheMan | Mavericks

1 | 4 minutes ago

How can Eaton be the GOAT when Wilt had 4.5BPG in his last season vs 1.2BPG for Eaton (Both 36 Years Old). Pretty sure Wilt would have averaged more during his younger years if Block stats were a thing back in his prime.

Mawx | Knicks

1 | 6 minutes ago

Shots at the basket didn’t die. Mid range shots died. Those weren’t getting blocked that much.

Pentinium | Latvia

4 | an hour ago

To me Curry changed a game forever, Wemby is not doing that since he is special because of his size not skill….

SorryAboutTheChili

1 | an hour ago

Come on now, Wemby is exceptionally skilled FOR his size.

Ssj2gh55 | Timberwolves

41 | 2 hours ago

Dude played so bad and still gets glazed. Wild. Blocs are fun. W’s are better. Someone commented on the value of a block, I agree, they’re great and somewhat valuable, but often times a player is out of position following a block as well.

Jtphwow

39 | 2 hours ago

The amount of glaze is doing him a disservice, he’s going to have more haters than Luka and SGA combined at this rate.

Turk1518 | Thunder

14 | 2 hours ago

Especially with how much he talks crap. He’s going to alienate every fan base sooner or later.

Being a top 5 player in the league, a favorite to win a ring, and cocky is going to create a hate explosion. At least he is still so fun to watch since he is unique.

its-the-pleats

11 | an hour ago

100%. Right now he’s the golden boy and nothing he can do is wrong. Even him talking shit is somehow endearing to people.

If shai, joker, or Luka scored less than 20 in a playoff game where there team lost, people would have a field day with it.

ianbits | Cavaliers

12 | an hour ago

Yeah it’s dumb. People need to slow down, let him be a 22 year old player. He’s going to have his inconsistencies and flaws, that he’ll hopefully clean up as he gets better.

At this age LeBron had basically no bag, he was just straight line to the basket and he was so good at it that people just kept putting unrealistic expectations and praise on someone his age, we’re seeing the same thing here. Everyone wants to jump the gun.

JarvisCockerBB

1 | 23 minutes ago

Go look at last nights thread and most posts. The hate is already here.

Top-boy-og

1 | 13 minutes ago

The reason he’s glazed so much is because they hate SGA they need someone to be their saviour 🤣

DiscoLemonade1995

1 | 8 minutes ago

I’ve been a firm hater of Wemby glazers for nearly a year now and the constant posting is insufferable, but it doesn’t effect my opinion on him. He is a nice, somewhat refreshing star

milanp98

20 | 2 hours ago

Not to mention that a few of those were easily goaltending and uncalled fouls. He gets away with way too much.

sapnupuasop

15 | 2 hours ago

yeah the glaze is disgusting. nba discourse is getting so annoying sometimes

DiscreteBee | Raptors

8 | an hour ago

God forbid people enjoying watching the athletes

JarvisCockerBB

1 | 22 minutes ago

People complain about how TNT shit on everyone but then we shouldn’t be praising players either.

Ok_Mango9561

1 | 21 minutes ago

you should never talk about cool shit the players did. all posts must be dumbass ideas about how to “fix” the nba

PretentiousPanda | Bucks

6 | an hour ago

Why do we have to race to crown people. Just let them play and we can figure it out at the end. I get it’s content.

axnjxn00 | Magic

2 | an hour ago

And a W if champagnie hits a wide open shot

Ssj2gh55 | Timberwolves

1 | 5 minutes ago

Yah, but he missed. That was more Wolves almost blowing it than anything else.

fabripav | Spurs

-1 | an hour ago

“Blocs are fun, Ws are better”

Weird ass statement, as if he isn’t directly contributing to wins with his defensive presence

Those 10 blocks (let’s even ignore the goaltendings) are why they still had a chance to win despite the abysmal shooting performance from deep

SurvivorPostingAcc | Thunder

5 | an hour ago

Scoreboard

fabripav | Spurs

-2 | 44 minutes ago

Baskemtbal

Some-Stranger-7852

1 | 16 minutes ago

Spurs not named Wemby shot 10-28 from 3 (36%), 2% better than this year’s playoff average.

I wouldn’t say “despite abysmal shooting” if Wemby was the actual reason the shooting would be considered “abysmal” lol

That’s like saying Jokic was great in Round 1 despite abysmal defense.

fabripav | Spurs

1 | 11 minutes ago

Wemby and Fox combined for 0-12 from 3

And I never said yhat the abysmal shooting wasn’t mostly Wemby’s.

MrSweatyBawlz | 76ers

37 | an hour ago

Hope they learn to call goaltending because a solid 2-3 of those blocks should’ve been called.

Clemsontigger16

-5 | 41 minutes ago

Which ones?

Ready_Preparation816 | Spurs

1 | 25 minutes ago

Yall realize you guys are talking about the same 2-3 blocks when he had 12

OkPotential6774

30 | 3 hours ago

5 for 17 is absolutely disgusting for a center and this guy is like 7’3” to boot.

ReddSaidFredd | Pistons

16 | 2 hours ago

8’3”

Youngflexxxer | Raptors

17 | 3 hours ago

Half of his blocks were clear goaltends and fouls lmao

basedjak_no228 | NBA

2 | an hour ago

I can understand complaining about missed goaltends because they’re a little more “objective,” but missed fouls? It’s the playoffs, fouls are never called by the book, and if they were his offense would be upgraded way more than his defense would be downgraded

Ilikesporks_ | Lakers

1 | 9 minutes ago

just not even true lol

Kashmir33 | NBA

-10 | 3 hours ago

This is just untrue. Why even make up something so ridiculous.

Everybody can look at the replays themselves

PeakyBlinders2026_ | Celtics

13 | 2 hours ago

he was exaggerating but a lot of those are clear goaltends and fouls, and a single 2 points in something like the playoffs can be decisive. So I can understand the severity of these missed calls

Kashmir33 | NBA

-13 | 2 hours ago

There is literally one clear goaltend (his second block)

Millies_ButtersMilk | Timberwolves

15 | 2 hours ago

There was like 8-9 legitimate blocks but there were at least 3-4 goal tends in there as well.

Kashmir33 | NBA

-24 | 2 hours ago

That is not true.

Millies_ButtersMilk | Timberwolves

13 | 2 hours ago

Everybody can look at the replays themselves

basedjak_no228 | NBA

3 | an hour ago

You could kinda solve this disagreement by just specifically posting which ones were goaltends, since they’re in a neat numbered list lol

Kashmir33 | NBA

1 | an hour ago

That would imply there are actually 3-4 “”“clear”“” goaltends to show which there definitely aren’t. This is just prime circlejerk material.

Kashmir33 | NBA

-11 | 2 hours ago

And you can apparently make up your own reality too.

Some-Stranger-7852

1 | 3 minutes ago

There are 3 goaltends in the linked video, I rewatched it in slo-mo:

2nd clip on Shannon Jr
4th clip on Naz Reid as his hook started to go down when Wemby touched it
second to last clip on Ant as the ball hit the backboard just a moment before Wemby swatted it

To be fair, only the one on Shannon Jr was egregious, the other ones were very close in real time. But there were a couple of fouls in that video too on blocks, one of them not by Wemby (but since it’s a foul, it wouldn’t be counted as a block).

AbsoluteGarbaj

23 | 3 hours ago

Theres 2 sides of basketball Wembanyama.

raki016 | Timberwolves

17 | 3 hours ago

He didn’t really have a good defensive game (by his standards) if you watched the game.

The blocks is more because of the volume of drives/paint shots - it never stopped until the end.

Like even in the end, it was Minnesota fuck ups that got it really close.

Clemsontigger16

0 | 40 minutes ago

I’d argue the terrible shooting from the Spurs best players is why it was close. You ain’t getting a combined 10-31 from Wemby and Fox again.

raki016 | Timberwolves

8 | 35 minutes ago

That’s what they said about Jokic and Murray too.

There’s a reason why Minnesota was in WCF twice in a row and up 1-0.

Objective-Product361

-28 | 2 hours ago

Look at this dumb shit

yam9613

8 | 42 minutes ago

Username does not check out

TheFartsVolta23

15 | an hour ago

I was wondering how Wembys transition into villain was going to happen, it looks like it’s going to be uncalled goaltending.

TemperedTorture | Spurs

15 | 3 hours ago

Not as strange of a statline if you watched the game last night. Minnesota was clearly playing the “he can’t block everything” strat against Victor and apparently he proved that he could. While on the other end, Mitch didn’t adjust to allow Vic to do the same against Gobert who - while deserves props - was barely challenged by Vic and he camped out on the perimeter instead trying to draw him away from the paint and our guards (especially Castle and Fox) had less than stellar games.

Victor needs to develop his passing game in order to play the perimeter. The narrative that he’s “just a tall guard” is largely a misnomer because he hasn’t developed his play-making and passing to the point of where it can actually be a threat from the perimeter.

Former_Island_4730 | Cavaliers

20 | 2 hours ago

He really had 9 blocks and 3 goaltends though. So he couldn’t block everything…but the refs couldn’t call it right because of what an alien he is.

palamunintillnow

7 | 3 hours ago

To be fair the more you are afraid of getting block by wemby the more effective his defence will be. Atleast when getting block you have a chance to get the ball back us better than going “nevermind I’m not driving” especially for a team that lost a 3 point shooter.

slimrangr

5 | an hour ago

exactly which is why I loved the wolves game plan just keep attacking!

MindfulInquirer

5 | 3 hours ago

Good point. The passing game. But also he hasn’t nearly developed his inside presence enough either. When his J isn’t falling, he’ll fixate on it like he’s some 6’5 shooting guard who depends on it. Buddy, ur 8 feet tall and athletic AND can handle, get closer to the rim, draw a foul or two, what the hell are u doing taking all those 3s when it’s not on today ?!

Nameless913 | Rockets

3 | 3 hours ago

Every one of his drives today were unstoppable, but he kept settling for jumpers. It truly feels to me like he is bailing out the defense with his 3’s. Dude is too tall to be stopped once he gets close.

majidLuv | Thunder

-4 | 3 hours ago

U ever heard of steph curry

press_Y | Knicks

10 | 2 hours ago

Randle had this guy shook

airemark

6 | an hour ago

A little humility isn’t going to hurt him. He’s got to grow up and take his lumps like everyone else.

Old_Supermarket_7575 | Thunder

5 | an hour ago

Bro got smoked

Half those blocks went right back to the wolves too

Kashmir33 | NBA

6 | 34 minutes ago

58% of his blocks were recovered which is lower than his ridiculous 65% over the past 3 years but at that volume it’s among the best of the best.

There are only 3 other players that have as many of their blocks recovered all playoffs as Wemby did last game.

DarkStar668

1 | 3 hours ago

What do the analytics look like on blocks? How valuable are they exactly?

I know they look cool and dramatic (I love them as much as anyone), but they’re not the same value as a steal. As Minny showed, sometimes one of the offensive players picks up the ball after a block and puts it into the hoop.

punyweakling

1 | an hour ago

In March this year, for example, the Spurs gained possession on 75% of Wemby’s blocks.

PeakyBlinders2026_ | Celtics

-1 | 2 hours ago

Honestly if you’re 7’3 and a center, shooting ⁵⁄₁₇ is embarrassingly bad.

The GOAT talks need to stop. He was gifted an alien body and has been doing jack shit with it.

PretentiousPanda | Bucks

6 | an hour ago

Get your ass in the post big man.

Important-Concern | Spurs

4 | an hour ago

Yeah lets overreact on one bad offensive game from a 23 years old. Damn you people are so dumb. But again Celtic flair so not that surprising tbh

TheWorldIsGrapes | Timberwolves

3 | an hour ago

He can’t be literally jesus and also just some 23 year old. When you get as much praise as he does all year, you gotta be ready for the criticism when you brick 8 3’s in a loss

Important-Concern | Spurs

3 | an hour ago

People saying he’s jesus are overreacting, just as people saying he’s a bum after one bad game. You can criticize this game all you want and its very fair, but dont make your judgement of Wemby as a player just on one bad game.

PeakyBlinders2026_ | Celtics

-8 | an hour ago

Damn you people are so dumb

might want to check which city Harvard and MIT are located, and which state has the highest IQ in the country. Then compare it to Shithole Antonio.

Important-Concern | Spurs

5 | an hour ago

You went to Harvard or MIT ?

Objective-Product361

4 | 2 hours ago

Your team blew a 3-1 lead to the corpse of joel embiid. Shut the fuck up celtics are trash

PeakyBlinders2026_ | Celtics

-15 | an hour ago

talking shit to a team with 18 championships when you don’t even have a flair next to your username of your shithole dead city. lmfaooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Kashmir33 | NBA

7 | an hour ago

Are you 12?

Datboy_98 | Spurs

1 | an hour ago

RemindMe! 1 week

WinterCareful8525

1 | 42 minutes ago

Love Wemby but spurs not ready this year. Offense has miles to improve

dvegar78 | Nuggets

1 | 40 minutes ago

You Are the world tallest man and are chucking up 3’s..but damn those blocks..for real

KoupDetat | Greece

1 | 38 minutes ago

Broke a record while dropping a stinker, Generational.

mido0o0o | Thunder

1 | 35 minutes ago

We are all gonna be screwed when someone sane will finally play Wemby in the paint most of the time on offense.

Puzzleheaded_Seat211

1 | 27 minutes ago

0-1

Ok_Wing_9523

1 | 27 minutes ago

Locked up by goatbert

Rapunzel92140

1 | 25 minutes ago

I’m sure he hates himself right now.

InsideProblem2625

1 | 4 minutes ago

I feel like we didn’t watch the same game. A lot of his blocks (at least 6) were fouls that they didn’t call. I have not checked the data, but I’ve seen players with 3 blocks that normally do not get a block a game during the regular season. If every game is going to be like that, alright

He was great on defense, but it was not his best game defensively either. You guys are watching the blocks and thinking he was otherworldly. It was a pedestrian game by his standards.

And offensively he was AWFUL.

The glaze of this man is absurd. If Jokic had this statline he would get molly whopped which is strange considering last year he was glazed to oblivion.

Reddit is definitely a hivemind of either massive glazers or massive haters.

JunkScientist | Cavaliers

1 | 4 minutes ago

Why is the tallest dude in the NBA taking half his shots 30 feet from the basket?

jefe_hook

0 | 3 hours ago

Send this bum to the Lakers

TheFartsVolta23

-6 | 2 hours ago

Wemby is a fraud

SignatureHead7132

-6 | 3 hours ago

That stat line is wild but it just proves Wemby can completely take over a game defensively even when his shot isn’t falling.

OkSeaworthiness539

7 | an hour ago

He lost

PeakyBlinders2026_ | Celtics

-4 | an hour ago

he is for sure a loser. the media is trying to glaze him so hard to be the next GOAT.

Accurate-Gas-4647

-16 | 3 hours ago

Even on an off shooting night, dropping a historic 12 blocks just shows how insanely impactful Wemby is on both ends.

twrs_29 | Thunder

15 | 3 hours ago

How does 12 blocks show his impact on offense?

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-9 | 3 hours ago

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twrs_29 | Thunder

14 | 3 hours ago

Surely the off night shooting is more indicative of offense here

Victor Wembanyama, Game 1: 11 points, 0/8 3P, 15 rebounds, 5 assists, 12 blocks, 0 steals. Perhaps the strangest statline in the 2026 Playoffs.