[Russo] Victor Wembanyama is the first player in 25 years to have at least 35 points, 15 rebounds, and 5 blocks in a postseason game.
Players with 35+ points, 15+ rebounds, 5+ blocks in playoff game in last 40 seasons: Victor Wembanyama tonight Shaquille O’Neal 3 times Hakeem Olajuwon 3 times
Players with 30+ points, 15+ assists, and 10+ rebounds on zero turnovers in a playoff game: Tyrese Haliburton.
(i’m not crying on the sidelines, you are)
It sucks that he went down because I had the Pacers taking that game. One thing’s for sure though, and it’s that Haliburton won every basketball fan’s respect that post season.
I couldn’t think about sports for months. Even fucked up my ability to enjoy my Colts season tickets. Then Tyrese moved onto my street - into a house that I necessarily must pass to get to/from my house. That kinda forced the issue upon me before I felt ready but whatever, I guess it’s not that deep.
Shit had me fucked up as a fan. Can’t even fucking imagine what he’s been through.
To be fair, there were lots of reasons to have trouble enjoying Colts season tickets
The season started off very strong, but yeah… I was skeptical the entire time.
Many poverty franchise activities & instances of coaching/front office malpractice. I strongly suspect Jim’s daughters are content to keep Shane & Chris around because they’re doing a good job of not spending a lot of money. Estate taxes & so-on are a bitch when your professional sports team is your primary source of income.
Anyway, I did not renew my Colts season tickets. Instead, I upgraded my Indy 500 seats & bought a Pacers half season plan for 26-27. Pacers & Racers.
Trauma dumping on Reddit is always so sad in a few ways
Brother my dad is a lifetime bills fan, the stories my grandma has of the heartbreak Buffalo felt when they lost 4 superbowls b2b. I could only imagine the pain of having something so close in sports being taken away.
One of the biggest what ifs for me. Like imagine OKC loses that game. We could be talking about an entirely different league right now
Probably would be basically the same but with the Pacers healthy and as a top-3 seed in the East.
just the history books that are going to be different 😞
And then he lost that same respect with his bullshit comments about flopping this week 😂😂😂
Yup
I miss the Haliban
Victor’s 7th career playoff game btw
Adam will look you dead in the eye though and demand you not tank while this freak and a bunch of OKC players are still on rookie deals
Don’t forget the two big guards they have that play defense and can play make. Hilarious they address tanking after this juggernaut has been built.
Harper would have likely been the first pick in 2024, 2022, 2020, and maybe even 2021 and they got him as a luxury add in large part because adam already fucked up with his first tanking “fix”.
Another situation where a juggernaut gets built due to a bunch of compounding improbable events that have nothing to do with good team building. Move way up in the lottery, player like Harper available at 2. Only a lottery team in the first place because Wemby has a blood clot and they shut Fox down from an injury he played all year with.
Could’ve just as easily gotten stuck in 5-8 seed purgatory. Now it’s a juggernaut, and the teams that suck won’t even get the good picks anymore. Good luck if you don’t have a team already.
Dawg we had a 27% chance at a top 4 pick last year, be mad about something else lmao. Lucky us our franchise star had to miss half the season with a dangerous blood clot, y’all motherfuckers really just be out here sayin anything
Learn to read. Nobody is mad about anything. Where did I use the word lucky? I said a bunch of improbable things happened.
It’s just an observation, not everything is attacking your team. Get a grip.
Its ridiculous, and you are correct
Lmao
well you could end up like the hawks
And fans will cry about the integrity of the game about games they don’t even watch, because the Jazz should lose in the play-ins, give a lottery pick to OKC instead of getting Dybantsa
I don’t understand why every team doesn’t get generational big men
When you have a chance to get a player like Hakeem, Shaq, Wiseman, or Wembanyama, you take it.
Almost got me by sneaking in Shaq in there
As a Mavs fan, I know he is an all time trainer.
They said generational tho. Wiseman is like once a millennia talent.
One is unlike the others…
Wemby is the only one with zero rings.
Oh wow 35 points almost like he’s a good scorer
God you guys sucked for like 3 years that must’ve been exhausting.
The hardest road
Imagine a team with Wemby getting #2 and #4 draft picks
Ik you’re joking but Wemby was fighting demons his rookie year losing that much he will never forget that feeling
Yeah I know right, good thing we’ve got Wemby and Sarr.
Good thing we also have Hansen Yang
Top 3 in the world for real.
Why haven’t the Kings tried this? Are they stupid?
Mr. CumAssault you make a good point. It simply never occurred to us that having a transcendant big guy could help us win more games. I will forward this information to Brad Stevens.
We may need a new term besides “generational” for this guy. Once in a civilization-ial.
Some team got Zion Williams… but not end up generational…
Are they dumb?
Gobert’s biggest mistake was not being 7’5.
Gobert’s offensive game is less developed than a rookie Wemby’s even if you give him the extra height.
Wemby was legit more developed offensively at 15 than Rudy will ever be, and that is a conservative estimate
Agility footwork hand to eye coordination reaction time shooting form and all that shit.
He’s still doing all the dirty work much better than Wemby. But at the same time, while you’d like Wemby to do that, it’s not realistic, you can’t do everything on the floor.
When Wemby will be too old to play like a supersized forward, he can still be a better, taller Gobert with a 3pter. (I feel like Giannis should start the transition and do more efforts screening & all)
If by dirty work you mean grabbing Wemby by the wrist all game you’re absolutely right
What do you mean he isn’t doing the dirty work? He’s getting battered risking his life for rebounds
All that time we spent arguing about LeBron vs Jordan may be wasted because of Wemby.
I’m a proud bronsexual and I can’t deny wemby has the potential to be noticeably better. We will see if he can do it.
I doubt he’s going to be able to touch bron’s longevity so his argument would be helped by an early ring. LeBron went to the finals his 3rd season. If wemby can get a ring in his 3rd he’d be putting himself above the pace.
I won’t get into Jordan bc I’m over talking about him tbh I was not born until after his final championship (Oct 1997) idk or care about him that much beyond court classics and random games on YouTube
LeBron made 8 straight finals. Got a long way to go
Weak East.
I mean yeah but he’s doing the steps needed rn to stay on pace. There have been 0 players post LeBron/pre wemby that were on pace to have an argument over LeBron after 3 seasons. We’ll see if that changes. The goat stuff often times is just about staying on pace
He’s 22 and already significantly better than either of them ever were on defense. If the offense gets mildly close it’s over.
The longevity and health piece will be what hold him back.
He’s incredibly far away on offense but we’ll see how he improves over the years
I mean I can’t see him getting there. Jordan is statistically one of the best scorers ever and LeBron is a great scorer and all time great passer. Wemby doesn’t show really any potential to get the near LeBron’s level passing. If he can be like 85% of them on offense that’ll be a win and that’ll be enough imo
If we’re strictly speaking in terms of game, it’s clear Wemby is the GOAT.
In terms of resume, obviously not even comparable yet.
I mean no, prime LeBron still controlled a game noticeably more. I get the confusion. You will see multiple things every wemby game that prime LeBron could never do. But prime LeBron was considered (I’d say incorrectly lol) the best playmaker in the league for a decade that included prime Chris Paul
I disagree, when LeBron lost against the Mavs he fundamentally had to work on his game and then finally came back and knew the numbers he needed to post to win chips.
Wemby fundamentally doesn’t need to work on his game. His numbers will already win him championships.
But 2011 LeBron isn’t prime LeBron and wemby hasn’t had any moment yet as good as LeBron’s 07 run… wemby just had a game where he scored 8 points and failed in the clutch. I love wemby and think he’s got a chance but come on man. Let it develop
There’s really nothing left to development. It’s only a matter of when he can win a championship/multiple championships.
I think Wemby himself might disagree with you here. Just tonight in an interview he mentioned how he just used a move taught to him by Hakeem - Wemby is actively developing his own game rn.
I think we should let him first grow into his own game rather than place expectations the level of LeBron or MJ on his shoulders.
I’m not saying he can’t get better, I’m simply saying he doesn’t need to. That’s how good he is, he can win a chip at his current level. LeBron could not which is why after the Mavs he had to figure it out and that lead to his 27 7 7 stat line.
Greatest of all time is different than best, it specifically includes achievements rather than just raw ability.
Stay mad. Wemby is getting 7 rings.
Shai called Jordan GOAT which is great! A recent global poll found him to be the greatest American athlete of all time. So despite Bronsexual claims that:
A. No one in Gen Z calls him GOAT
B. He’s no longer relevant
It’s just Bron Stan fantasy. Btw did you know Lebron got the lowest Finals ratings ever during a pandemic when everyone was trapped inside? I’m trying to imagine that happening with Jordan and I can’t. Meanwhile The Last Dance was the most talked about event of the pandemic
I don’t mind people being Lebron fans. That’s cool. What I hate is that they don’t recognize that there’s levels to this shit. Lebron has had a nice career obviously. But he’s not nor will he ever be Michael Jordan. If they could just get that through their heads everything would be irie
You’re out of your mind.
I’m obviously exaggerating, but if this is what Wemby is doing at 22 during his debut postseason, I’m scared of what he can achieve if he stays healthy for the next 15-18 years.
That’s unheard of for someone of his size
Health is a big if
I completely understand, and I still think there’s zero way. We’ll see though. Amazing to watch!
You literally have Luka on your team who was doing the same things at a younger age on the Mavs
He’s pretty good I hear
Kinda shocked Giannis hasn’t done this tbh
Was one rebound off in his 50 point game in the finals - 50/14/2 and 5 blocks. That’s also the only time he’s had 5 blocks in a playoff game. Thought he would’ve had more tbh, but playing with Brook probably decreased his block numbers.
He got called for a couple goaltends in that game too I believe, just an insane performance on both ends
Still the best individual performance I’ve seen in a finals game
Some dude named Vrabo eyeing up that name
He’s already this fucking good, imagine what he’ll be in a couple years.
Yeah, the basketball is this guy’s thing as long as he’s healthy and wants it.
Mount rushmore of bigs
I think this Wembanyama guy is good at basketball
Looking like at this point he’s destined to be top 10 of all time as long as he can stay healthy.
Reminder that Wemby is only 22 lol.
His first playoff goat case game
He might win the next 8 MVPs and Defensive Player of the Year Awards. He is that good.
All those uncalled fouls by the Wolves bought out the beast.
So wemby figured out the wolves after 1 game. Scary shit
Crazy good but I hate stats like these that are so specific of course only a few generational players have done it
I’m a Bron guy but I really want to see Wemby become the undisputed GOAT
If only a player had 50+ points, 14+ rebounds, and 5+ blocks in a finals clinching game in the past 25 years
Hope the thunder sweep him he gets so many BS no calls
what
What?
My guy, even the most optimistic OKC fan doesn’t have OKC sweeping these dudes.