But then game 10 it’s over however it’d have to be best of 11 so back to square 1 

I agree with this. He’ll have an amazing game 6 but in game 7 it’ll probably be similar to game 3 or tonight where he’s meh.

hypothetically who wins the 13 game series

Let’s just skip game 7 and play game 8 instead. Like the 13th floor in a hotel.

He needs to rest in game 6 so that Plumgod can have his 30p/12r/24a triple double and lead us to game 7 where a rested Wemby will score 50

He needs to get his lanky ass in the post! He plays on the perimeter 90% of the time and it’s absurd.

He’s more worried about Chet than performing

He needs to stop having Kobe Bryant shot selection like he can make them and get his ass on the block and the mid range.

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Can’t be aggressive when you can’t catch your breath.

Longevity isn’t in his skillset

I think part of it is conditioning and him being tired. Much easier on the body to just chill on the perimeter than to go demand the ball in the paint every drive.

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Man he started out with 7FTs in that second quarter and I thought he was gonna start attacking more and being more aggressive. Then he just kinda stopped.

Yeah, but his build makes him injury prone so you have to load manage him in this way during the season. It’s just an unfortunate side effect of having him.

No extra day between home and road games either.

especially with the conference finals being every other day

He could barely pick up his feet to run down the floor in the second half.

he looked gassed

Regular season rest doesn’t properly prepare some guys for the grind of a deep playoff run. I think next year with more of a push he’ll be better off for it.

yep. refs were awful but wemby didnt show up

It’s a shame ref talk takes up all of social media because this series is proving interesting in team composition and fatigue

in absolute fairness to him, his guards genuinely don’t have the court vision to give him consistent lobs in the paint. very rarely do they look for him on drives or broken plays.

The refs sucked. And Wemby was lackluster. Also didn’t help that we turned the ball over a ton and our bench couldn’t hit shit.

Pretty funny how much can change in a series. Go back and look at those game 1 threads lol

Spurs need to get to work in the offseason for that.

This is on Mitch for overly relying on Wemby throughout this series.

The playoffs are a marathon, not a sprint.

If it were as easy as “play the 7’5” superstar 40 minutes every game” then there would be no need for head coaches.

We need Fox and Harper to actually get healthy and play well. No PG makes it brutal on Wemby. He’s not a KD offensive player who can take a game over by himself with his handle. He needs to get hot and get good passes

Kornet would be great for the Spurs in the J-Will role in our title run last year. Used sparingly in matchups that suit as the 3rd big in the rotation. They need someone who can even be 40% of Wemby for the other minutes and he just isn’t giving that rn.

Kelly Olynik should get some minutes ..he look kinda decent in the garbage time minutes over the series

Well he really needs a unicorn. Someone capable of playing both down low and on the perimeter on D (depending on how much coasting Wemby needs to do), but can stretch the floor on offense. I can’t think of a guy who can do all that at a high level.

I’m already imagining how the sga thread will look. Here it’s all excuses for Wemby.

Sga had 32 points on 7 made shots lol

wtf centers should get fouled more than guards?

i’m just now learning this.

I saw people putting him in Shaq conversations after game one and now the physicality of hartenstein is an issue lol

He should throw an elbow and get suspended for a game to get some rest.

I think it’s just the series. It’s counter punch after counter punch with both teams.

100% the decision to have Hart defend him has been huge

I think it’s pretty clear at the moment he can’t handle muscling up against people and getting back on both ends for a 7 game series

Can’t get back down the floor that easily to rim protect if he’s always down low

Playing in the paint is actually exhausting. Dribbling on the perimeter and shooting 3s is not. Unless you’re Steph sprinting like you’re on crack.

You people genuinely can’t be this stupid

I have been saying that the whole season, but right now I am actually thinking the opposite. I mean he has been consistent in the playoffs for the most part, in the first 4 games he averaged like 30. If we are talking consistency, then literally the “most efficient guard ever” Shai who is known for his consistency has been worse in offense than Wemby, he had more bad offensive games than Wemby.

So I think 1-2 games in a series isn’t that crazy

Okay but the Shaolin monk stuff is legitimately really cool

Can we stop talking about the objectively cool and unique 22 year old who won DPOY, came in 3rd in MVP and led a team to the WCF and then got 2 games off the defending (and possibly back to back) champs? Yeah that’s gonna be a no lol.

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I think Caruso and McCain were the only guys not huffing and puffing

The Knicks must be absolutely loving this, both teams might be running on fumes, at least OKC is deeper.

Ngl alot of his rebounds are taps to his teammates that dont get counted

Mason Plumlee co-redemption arc

Holy bait

And the thunder aren’t that team either. They’re the most whistle dependent team. Glaringly obvious when they are outplayed. The rely on the game slowing down and throwing the other team off rhythm when they get those bait fouls.

He’s been alternating great and terrible performances all series. So, I expect a great performance and a W in game 6 just for him to be gassed again in game 7 and lose.