Victor Wembanyama watches SGA lift the MVP trophy in front of him
And I took that personally.
Can’t wait to see this footage in the Wemby documentary: La dernière danse
La Omlette du Fromage
Sacre Blue
Alors on danse
Omg, I’ve been searching for this song since 2012
This is not even a joke. He’s seething inside.
I love how much hate this stretched out French dude has.
He’s what the league needs
But he will channel his rage via meditation
And elbows
Reminds me of Wade’s quote on him at the Olympics:
“Wemby wasn’t happy, bro. He was pissed being on the podium getting that silver medal. When I saw that, I was like, I like this young fella right here. He ain’t happy to be here. He ain’t happy to get the invite. He wanted this to be his party.”
That’s what is scary about this man. Even as the best player in the playoffs right now, he still said he has to improve and isn’t satisfied because he didn’t get that trophy. I have no idea what he’ll look like a couple years from now if this is him now
Thats what makes MJ the GOAT. He’s got other-worldly talent, physical attributes and finesse, but all that wouldn’t have made him the absolute greatest if he didn’t also have the ingredients of hardwork and insane mentality.
You need to train as hard as someone fighting for his life to make a team, even if you have all the physical power in order to be the No. 1 of all-time. Wemby has that in him too.
Watching that clip, I think he was also seething on the outside
He’s also seething outside lol
Can you blame him?
NBA definitely set this up to be on this match too.
He really wanted to be the youngest MVP. That being said, I’m French and still think Luka and Jokic deserved MVP more than Wemby.
Tbh Wemby, Luka, and Jokic have better cases to win MVP than SGA. But when Luka got injured, I knew for a fact the NBA wouldn’t give it to him. He barely made the top three in the MVP rankings, even when the Lakers made that crazy run.
Doncic will never win MVP. There is a Doncic mvp fatigue even with him never winning it.
Everybody references that for this clip. The actual analog would be Hakeem seeing Robinson raise the trophy, as told by Mad Max
Hakeem is a bad man
MJ did it on Charles first in 93. Hakeem came after in 94⁄95, but people clip the Last Dance which was MJ on Karl in 97.
So yes, Hakeem came before that clip, but MJ still came before Hakeem cause he did that twice on 2 different MVPs.
Spite is one hell of a motivator
Et je l’ai pris personnellement.
reminds me of when Hakeem said that’s my trophy and went out and whooped Robinson.
La dernière danse
I immediately thought of and heard in my head mj saying what he said about Malone winning mvp and that championship in the last dance.
Something like ‘oh he got that? okay well then I’m gonna take this.’
1st he had to watch Chet get MVP, now SGA…
He is going to be a thorn in the side of OKC for decades
decades
He’s gonna make a Wemby Jr. just to make the hate generational
Lebron III vs Wemby Jr
It would still be Lebron I and Lebron III vs Wemby Jr.
Cannon or Caius Curry & Wemby Jr the next dynamic duo
Better start ASAP then
7’5” players notoriously age extremely well.
Chet got MVP?!
Did I die and come back to life? Missed that one
FIBA U19 World Cup Final vs. USA
Final - USA 83, France 81
Wemby: 22 points, 8 rebounds, 8 blocks
Chet: 10 points and won MVP
I’m looking forward to Wemby’s HoF acceptance speech where he just goes off like Michael Jordan and rants about Chet being a bum ass scrub who didn’t deserve that MVP
“First off, I’d like to thank God almighty for giving Chet so much, and me so little.”
Can’t wait until he tries to train his kid into saying “fuck chet” as his first words, he’ll be a proud papa.
OHHH I gotcha I gotcha
Wow… Nice. Now he can hit 2 birds with this stone of his to grind.
I’m team wemby all the way fck the mavs new owners
When they were still teens, chet got the FIBA mvp over wemby. Which is most likely why he has such a grudge against chet lol. SGA has now been added to his list.
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Link??
I put the description in another reply. I was wrong, it wasn’t the MVP award Chet brought up, but he did remind Wemby and his mom of the U19 final. Wemby said losing that final was his worst basketball memory up to that point lol so Chet (maybe unintentionally) had pissed off Wemby even more.
Ooohhh. When was that?
I tried to find where I got that information. I was wrong, Chet didn’t bring up the MVP, but he did bring up the U19 final. Here’s the description:
When Wembanyama saw Holmgren in the hallway after his first pre-season game, he smiled and turned to introduce Holmgren to his mother, Elodie, who was making her first visit to Oklahoma to see the game. And what a show she and the rest of the fans at Paycom Center had taken in that night.
AS Chet Holmgren met Mrs. Wembanyama after the pre-season game in OKC, he collegially brought up the one previous time they indeed had all been together in the same place. It was in Riga, Latvia, in July 2021 at the U19 FIBA World Cup final. Team USA had beaten Team France 83-81 in a hotly contested game during which Wembanyama had frustratingly fouled out in the fourth quarter.
It is only the worst basketball memory of Wembanyama’s life – “Just thinking about it makes my jaw clench,” he has said – and one of the great accomplishments of Holmgren’s.
“I remember,” Elodie Wembanyama said to Holmgren with a smile.
‘People To Kill’
The Chet thing is interesting. Wemby has always been the better player but Chet is always given better teams and gets better accolades.
Now Wemby is going on a revenge tour to beat his ass wherever he can find him. ROTY, NBA Cup, DPOY, now the WCF. Keep Chet off that 2028 Olympics roster.
I’m afraid of the things he’s gonna do to Chet on that event
No joke, if Chet is on the roster then Wemby might well will France to gold.
U19 World Cup Final in 2021
People keep saying this but then you get what happened in game 2
damn this dude really about to tear the league up and I’m ready for it.
You say that now, but what if he goes bill Russell on us and wins the next 11 out of 12 years?
Sign me up. I always wondered how Wilt would’ve fared with Russell’s mentality.
Or Shaq with mj or kobes
He would have won MVP every year
Nah… even Wemby at his zenith wouldn’t touch a prime Shaq with MJ’s determination/Kobe’s work ethic. THAT Shaq you’re thinking about would’ve figured out free throws, stayed in peak physical shape, and make the paint uninhabitable. Hell, if he could’ve matched Mourning’s ethic, he’d probably be leading that GOAT conversation. Mix him with MJ/Kobe? He might still be playing… unironically. 7’2”, 300+ lbs, even at 50+, is hard to go through.
Wonder if Wemby’s frame could support 260lbs… league might fold if he did.
Imagine winning 4 rings with 3 finals mvps and still being a “what if”. It’s crazy but it’s true.
Young Shaq would be so nasty in this league. 30⁄15 while also dropping 12 dimes. Underrated passer in the era of 3 point shooting you can’t convince me he’s not even more dominant.
while also dropping 12 dimes
Shaq averaged 2.5 assists/game across his career.
“Young Shaq” on Orlando averaged a whopping 2.4 assists per game.
He was not a skilled passer. His entire passing game was gently tossing it outward from the high/low post when doubled.
Shaq was a skilled passer especially out of the triangle.. It just didn’t always lead to assists. In this league with how good shooters are you collapse on him it’s a wide open 3. He’d be dropping dimes or getting dunks.
He was quite a skilled passer. But due to his position and his teams playing style there was no need to. What’s the point of him passing when he is the guy with whom the ball should end up with? https://youtu.be/F96SHOKGzc0?is=GisoQRC2Cm6L-DMI
Hack a Shaq
Part of the theory here is that Shaq would actually work on his free throws so he’s not a complete liability in that way.
Can you imagine if the same Wilt grew up with today’s game? The training, weight lifting, coaching and nutrition would make him an unstoppable beast down low.
With his verticality and speed I think he’d be super Giannis
I’m good.
He will then vets will take minimum to play with him
Sounds awesome. Not like I have anything else to root for.
Would put the tiresome LeBron versus Jordan debate to bed, at least 😂
The he cements his legacy as one of the all-time greats of his era. Whoever he stops from winning championships by going on a generational like that will be fucking crazy. Hence why Jordan and to some extent LeBron are those once in a generation pieces.
Not just skills, but determination, some physicality that just transcends them, and overall always strive to play at the highest most level by using all avenues possible. Jordan with mainstreaming the NBA, Kobe the in between, then LeBron trying to replicate Jordan but get all the records as his, and now Wemby at such a young age already doing crazy shit.
Lebron didn’t stop anyone from winning a title in the finals who hadn’t already won one.
Let his career play out a little bit. Holy shit.
He is seething in rage lmaooo
The movement in his cheek is a giveaway. Man is pissed
this is gonna go crazy in the documentary lol
This goes crazy rn
Oh he’s taking it personally for sure.
Maybe im the crazy one but this looks like a super normal way for players to act pregame. I do the tongue in cheek thing all the time when deep in thought.
People love pushing narratives that fit their agenda
I dislike OKC, but if it was Wemby getting the award and SGA doing this, people would call it cringe and low attempt at aura farming.
No one will ever know but there’s a lot of footage when he’s younger getting pissed every time the opposing team even scored a bucket. Also losing to Chets team, he looked rabid. And crying losing to team USA. And even the in the presser after he said the trophy for sure motivated his play that game. But, yeah, no one will really know. One thing for sure is that this dude has insane passion for the game.
wemby: man i got some granola stuck in my teeth this shit annoying
reddit psychologists: THE MAN IS FURIOUS ENOUGH TO DESTROY NATIONS
Is this the point where SGA does a heel turn?
If he does that he’ll probably flop and get to the free throw line
Is SGA even a face right now?
Dude just shows up, plays high efficiency basketball at an elite level, wins MVPs/championship, and goes home in a flyover state.
He’s incredible but I swear 98% of America couldn’t recognize him from a photo.
True, masked Mexican wrestlers are probably still more recognizable than SGA’s face.
EGA > SGA
relax, this is heavily edited. making up moron stories in your head. don’t respond to me
Bro is about to play in the biggest game of his life so far and he has to sit and watch the NBA fawn all over the opposing team’s star.
I’d be pissed off too
Is this kid about to be one of the all time greats right before our eyes?
Potential to be the absolute greatest if he stays healthy
That seems everyone’s worry. Almost all centers that height get injured, eventually.
Makes me wonder has there any 7+ footer who has not injured their feet and has a long career?
Shaq. He was 7-1
300lbs (according to him he was around 400 at some points).
In his first 15 seasons he made all-nba 13x and all-star 15x
Then he battled injuries for a bit, then once again made all-nba and all-star at age 36 in his 17th season. If only he would’ve taken his health more seriously…
And then obviously Kareem
Hakeem made 12 all-star teams. Wilt made 13 all-star teams. Dikembe played a long time. Its honestly not that rare for a 7 footer to have a long career. Not much rarer than any other position.
7 footers with long careers in general isn’t rare but all-star 7 footers that can do it consistently in a long career? Rare, even super rare in some cases.
Hakeem, Wilt and Dikembe are some of the very few 7-footers with elite mobility and agility in the history of the NBA, most 7 footers can’t move as well as them. They’re outliers, the cream of the crop.
Wemby has the mobility and agility
Shaqs body/talent with Duncans approach/professionalism/seriousness would be the unquestioned greatest of all time. Here’s hoping wemby can do that
Kareem?
Mark Eaton went 10 years
Shaq.
Agree.
yeah usually i dont like saying stuff like this, (for example how people treat lamine yamal), i like to just be a fan and HOPE they can do it. But wemby is different, he has the “skill” and seems to have the mentality
I would guess so, yes.
Only thing that can stop him is his own body. Not even close to his prime yet.
Game 1 felt like the NBA world had their Shohei moment. Seeing a guy that has the potential to become an all time great.
Probably, yep.
I’m 28 and by the time I was aware of the NBA, LeBron was already in it. I’ve been waiting to see the next GOAT get drafted, and I think it’s wemby. We’ll see, but it’s definitely looking like it. Pretty cool to be aware of that now before it actually happens, like I never had the chance to do with LeBron.
Depends on his health.
Literally the biggest hater and I love it. ❤️
As petty as Jordan
The league ain’t ready
My fervent hope is that this is part of a “who was Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and what happened to him?” video in 20 years commemorating this sweep.
And our kids will say “why was there a team in Oklahoma?!? Thank goodness they’re the Vancouver Grizzlies now.”
“A year after the sweep, Seattle had their team returned to them…”
From your lips to the gods’ ears, brother.
Keep hoping buddy
This is giving me Hakeem v David Robinson vibes. Gotta be old to know what I’m talking about. Robinson won MVP in 1995. Hakeem was pissed and absolutely annihilated him when they matched up in the playoffs. I was thinking about that while watching Wemby’s 40 by 20 game one.
This series feels like a mix of that series and the series where Luka and the Mavs upset the Suns in 2022.
We should hold our horses, it’s Game 1 man
That Suns series was way worse on paper they had absolutely no business losing whatsoever
let’s wait for game 2
Thunder are taking him out this game. Everyone will be pissed, and OKC will be true villains.
Hope it doesn’t happen, but…
It reminded me of that too.
“They shouldn’t ever have given that award out before the series.”
https://youtu.be/hW4uXlRGAF0
Comparing chet to Drob is crazy
I think the comp is moreso Wemby and SGA since they were both in MVP contention. Chet ain’t even close to that.
Yeah seems kind of forced though, like someone is totally aware of this story and is trying to recreate it.
This is going to be part of Wembanyama’s documentary in 20 years, huh.
‘And I took that personally’.
But FR it’s probably Wembys next year barring injury.
“I could hold it so much higher…”
fan fic about to go crazy in 10 years. Can hear it now already, Wemby took it personally when SGA was breathing on him
“and I took that personally”
oh dang everyone posted this lol I couldn’t see all the comments.
This is going to be in the future documentary
Going to make an insane documentary clip someday
Suggestion: Make the runner-up hand the trophy to the winner
Even better. Wemby can watch Jokic hand the trophy to SGA. Two hits in one.
Didn’t something similar happen to Hakeem Olajuwon and David Robinson?
Remember how Hakeem took David Robinson winning the MVP so personal , that the highlight of Hakeem pretty much dominating Robinson is played till the end of time
This is Wemby’s Hakeem moment
8ft tall Smeagol
The aura 🔥
Mmyyyyyyy preciousssssss!!!
And the whole time he’s thinking it should have been Jokic. I don’t blame you Victor.
I would have voted against him too, knowing what it would unlock
OKC should have made this an email.
Wemby lost in the Olympics to Steph, lost MVP to Shai, and decided to make it the leagues problem.
Wemby: So I took that personally..
It became personal with him
Basically Hakeem and Robinson part two.
This is on some Hakeem watching Admiral get the MVP level shit.
More like Victor Wembenyama refuses to watch SGA lift the MVP trophy
The glaze for this man is absolutely insane we basically doing fan fiction posts now
Undeserved by a country mile.
Moi… ça aurait dû être moi
I’ll see you all in 20 years when this clip is used in Wemby’s documentary series
get em
They knew exactly what they were doing
Ok fine. You got that, I’m gonna get this
gonna need a NSFW tag for the face at the end of this clip. reported dawg
he finished exactly where he should have behind SGA and Jokic
WTF was he supposed before game 1…give him a bouquet…this ain’t that big of a deal
Surprised the trophy didn’t foul SGA
Gimmick
It’s so cringey how they’re trying to force this Hakeem moment…. Wemby is ascending. He was like third in MVP in his 3rd year. He’s going to win mvp, if not multiple. Hakeem, meanwhile, had already won MVP the year previously, and was playing even better ball, but his team wasn’t great so he was being written off. He literally felt that it was his trophy being presented to someone else. This is totally different
bro might win MVP and DPOY for the next 12 years
I just realized how cool it is that the MVP is being awarded while facing the runner up for the award
Giving the award to Shai before game one of the Spurs series was diabolical. The league was like, how can we ratchet up the drama even more?
He should’ve played better in the regular season and it could’ve been his.
I don’t doubt his impact at all, but there’s this weird victim complex from his fans. He’s 22 years old. He’s not entitled to anything. If he dominates and wins a ring, it still doesn’t mean he should’ve won MVP.
“You had a good run…”
Yeah, it’s over for the thunder and ESPECIALLY CHET, he’s dropping 50 tonight
This kid just looks like he wants more than everyone else. It’s nuts
Save us Wemby
Yep, and then proceeds to show up and be the best player in the world.
That three and defense aside, which broke the Thunder. His DUNKS in game 1 were fucken nasty, Shaq-like.
You know he is pissed he is not the MVP.
Plotting his revenge already
I dont like forced narratives, but this is okay
Not anymore - Wemby
Hard AF
This is why they probably had no problem waiting again like last year.
Content.
And he will watch SGA hold up the WCF mvp award too
Someone should make an edit where jokic is watching wemby watch Shai from the audience haha.
Maybe Shai hurt himself lifting it and that’s why he was a -15 in game 1?
Everyone is fucked next season
Lmao. Bro was locked in he probably ain’t even thinking about Shai or the MVP
“Okay fine, you can have that. I’m gonna get this’
is this days of our lives?
I still think Luka was the MVP of the regular season. That team was dogshit and Bron and Reaves missed tons of time.
The Thunder are such a deep team. SGA has to do less than any other superstar. Jokic always has a case as well.
Since when did they changed the MVP trophy design
Reminder that Wemby got 3rd in voting.
That angle was diabolical. Producers definitely told him to get that to add to the rivalry
video editing is a helluva drug
What impresses me more than his physical dominance is his mentality. Wemby got that MJ competitiveness. He got what it takes to be the GOAT
Wemby is much closer offensively to Shai than Shai is defensively to Wemby. I can see why he’d think he got ripped off.
OKC knows they get 72 fouls to use on Wemby and they’re going to use them
This is why silver waited to announce it.
I cant wait to see SGA and Co. lift another Larry this year. Gonna be great