The fact you have to travel in between games my 30 year old ass would have been hurting

I’m sick of the takes that these guys should have infinite energy or just level up their stamina.

I think we can all agree that OKC has good roster construction, right? It’s not a coincidence that they have an insanely deep team. Gas in the tank matters a lot outside of the 1st round.

Yep I think you nailed it, unnecessary wear and tear and extra mileage can really add up, especially when the team is so dependent on him and the other team is trying to wear him down all game every game.

Idk if it’s fair to say the depth isn’t championship level. They probably have the 2nd best depth in the nba, they’re just running into a crazy outlier right now. These spurs are better than several champions from this decade IMO

Did they not used to have 2 day breaks when travelling between cities?

Why the elbow?

He had 21 17 6 and 4 blocks in game 2

it’s always girth

I already know we are going to go ⁴⁄₃₅ from 3 next game

In Game 4 he played only 31 mins and that still didn’t help. I think it’s an overall fatique that is catching up to him.

We had that last game and he still was bad this one. I’m wondering if something else is bothering him

Sorry, but what do you expect them to do? Let him get to his spots without any resistance? Make the game easier for him? Dominant big men have had to deal with this for decades. Shaq kept random 7 footers employed just to foul him

Embarrassing

It’s the playoffs little bro, it’s supposed to be physical.

Yeah and Castle isnt mugging SGA all the way up the court, off ball and when driving? Take off your Spurs goggles buddy. Wemby has been doing plenty of hooking, holding and pushing from behind in paint too btw.

It leaves 2 games though. Concussion, sure, makes sense, but also elbowing game. In both in the moment of him leaving the game he got negative +/-.

So yeah, basically it was random stat.

That’s not really what that means at all. Wemby benefits a lot from the +/- stat vs OKC because the OKC bench is so much better than the Spurs bench.

In the universe of context

He was bad tonite and it had zero to do with chetenyahu

I completely agree. I left it off this comment but mentioned it on my other comment that it’s hard for him to rest when his backup is unplayable vs this OKC roster. He just gets abused on defense. Regardless of how this series goes, the Spurs know what they’re lacking.

Have you tried just throwing Kornet away ang going small ball in the non wemby minutes? Thats one thing some coaches like to do when a traditional backup is not playable. To either go big or go small depending on where your weakness is and maybe to also just mix up the intensity levels and tempo much more.

Something aggressive in those minutes to show OKC a completely different look to deal with could be the only way for you guys to swing those non wemby minutes around.

Especially because OKC isn’t a team reliant on size anyways - Williams is a smaller, mobile 5 and Hartenstein is good but they won’t play through him.

Take Kornet fully out of the rotation or just use him in some minutes together with Wemby and go small, fast and switch heavy in the non Wemby minutes

You guys need to pick up Someone to relieve the non Wemby minuets. You guys are legitimately a player or two away from a truly dominant team.

I remember in game one where people were bragging that he’s played 48 minutes and they were treating that as a great stat line. I remember, when I first heard this, I knew if he plays like this every two games, your best players is going to be MIA by game five or six.

The playoffs is more of a marathon than a sprint, and I will admit, your team is really good at sprinting, but the non Wemby minutes are hurting. Which is putting him on the floor for more minutes because you need him. And now, you can see that this is affecting him.

We honestly have the perfect centers/wings to deal with wemby

lots of lengths and a major threat that forces wemby outside of the paint

Before this game i thought against spurs or okc we’d go to 6 or 7

but after seeing how the spurs play, im shocked their even here and think we’d beat them in 5 or 6

Mitchell Robinson

Wemby was coming back from injury, but in the NBA cup finals Mitchell Robinson bullied him. He had more OFFENSIVE rebounds in just the 4th quarter than Wemby had total rebounds all game.

OG defends Wemby well.

Brunson vs SGA is going to be like the Olympic gold medal match of flopping

how is this bait? this is his first dee playoffs run with this physicality and increased MPG

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What else could you flex if you lived in Oklahoma?

Foul two shots OKC

My favorite thing is the flairs go hella quiet when they lose and they come back right after a win

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Does laying down to sleep everyday contribute to fall%?

We don’t need %. We have eyes. Dude spends more time on the floor than my rug

He’s gonna be battling sun wukong once he ascends from the basketball court.

Hartenstein and McCain most certainly did not play bad