I caught strays just like that uh

5’9 Wemby vs 5’5 Shaq

This is politics

• Jarrett Alien

Bro he made the wcf in his first run

He simply lost a game and wants to go reset and recharge for game 6

what a weird comment considering how much hes shown up in the playoffs, its just one bad game

Actually he said after the first game it was an important win in a long series. He predicted it would be long. Hes not surprised.

Surprised he wasn’t already hated after that elbow to Naz Reid. Like that’s a straight up dirty play.

I already hate him.

we already started brotha feel free to join up

It’s 10 mins. Rest ain’t why imo

Game isn’t for two days. 15 mins with the press isn’t going to hurt him. It’s literally his job. He’s a sore loser.

Eh I love Wemby but he has a petulant streak when things don’t go his way. His reaction after the CP3 all star fiasco had major “but I’m the golden child” vibes.

Fortunately he’s incredibly mature and thoughtful and he’ll probably grow out of it in a couple of years.

Yeah that was crazy dirty lol. It’s one of those things where player reputation plays a part, so I think most people moved past it quick due to him not being known to be dirty like that.

Because he won after

slander for skipping media, not for his run. any player gets shit on for avoiding media after stinking it up

I mean he did get generational sympathy after elbowing naz reid in the face. They basically made him the victim. Im good if he gets a little slander of social media.

But generational slander would be crazy given all the context imo.

Why would it be? Everyone who skips out on media after a bad game, gets slandered like crazy

“Boris walks into the gym one day wearing flip-flops and holding his customary cappuccino, which was a staple for him every morning,” former Suns assistant general manager David Griffin recalled. “It was during pre-draft workouts, so he sees the Vertec (machine) and asks what it is.

“We tell him it measures your vertical leap by determining how many of the bars you can touch. He asks what’s the highest anyone has ever gone, and we tell him Amar’e (Stoudemire) cleared the entire rack.

“Boris puts down the cappuccino, takes off his flip-flops, and clears the entire rack on the first try. Then he calmly puts his flip-flops back on, picks up his cappuccino, and walks away, saying, ‘That was not difficult.’”

https://www.espn.com/nba/playoffs/2014/story/_/id/11084748/boris-diaw-dishes-san-antonio-spurs

Do most athletes not take some sort of preworkout before a game? I guess I never thought about it lol

Who was it that said he would take half a Viagra pill before the game 😂

Not unlike surgeons in Miami doing a little blow before going into the operating room

Delly (matthew delladova) would do like 4 shots of ‘spro before cavs playoff games and he played like a bat out of hell. He also looked like shit with bags under his eyes and had to get administered iv’s after guarding steph in the finals but #worth

There’s a reason dudes were wasted in the 70’s …

I swear it looked like Plumlee Biyombo and Olynk came in to injure people lmaoo. Wemby even whispered something in Biyombo’s ear at the swap and 15 sec later Biyombo starts getting snappy with OKC

Beautiful basketball

Ant always gives his opponents credit, even after a rough elimination. Respect.

Yeah. New York Times employing a lot of William fucking Blakes lately..

Agreed, but I wouldn’t call it lowkey at this point.

Not even lowkey, that temper is a double edged sword for him, it can either fuel a historic performance or get him taken out in a big game

Lol look up his temper tantrum at the u19 World Cup championship.

Violent, too. The monks failed him

Nothing lowkey about it.

He’s still a child

Your comment made me look this up because I wasn’t actively watching basketball at that time, and I’m kind of stunned. Like… What in the world possessed them to do that? What a bunch of assholes.

Naz Reid took an ethical elbow.

“Lack of aggression” doesn’t feel right to me. He fights for rebounds he can get. When he’s not getting rebounds it’s typically because he’s pulled out to contest a shot and then is immediately getting boxed out on the back end.

In the wolves Game 1, he had a low rebound count BECAUSE OF his high block count. He was playing aggressive on everything defensively so was in a horrible position to rebound. Game 2, he contested way less and let them shoot and then had a ton of boards. It’s just a strategy thing. Is it a good strategy? Maybe not, but it’s not “playing hard” or “aggression” that’s the problem

ESPN headline tomorrow:

How Wemby Showed Courage in the Face Adversity by Declining His Post Game Press Conference

He will eventually. Superstars always start likeable and then things sour. Shai was loved here 3 years ago

This is what I’ve been saying. All the ups and downs, stealing game one, now it’s sudden death. Gonna be a madhouse game 6!

Honestly I think it’ll be good for him and the Spurs in the long run if he gets humbled this series. I get the vibe that he just doesn’t quite understand what the long game takes in the playoffs, which makes sense as it’s his first time.

However, if he’s gonna do the snarky/diva/cocky thing then he should sit through the presser when he doesn’t deliver. “Facing the Music” is just a bare minimum basic life skill kids have to learn.

I agree on the monk thing. I actually think there’s a lot of stuff like that with his whole cerebral schtick. Some of it is just who he is, but a portion of it is aiming to look good on camera. And I agree the Chet thing somes to bother him a lot. As does the physicality.

Which again, is all very natural for any 22 year old, let alone someone who’s had the astronomical rise he has the last few years.

However, if he’s gonna talk that shit, he should either prove it or sit his ass in the presser.

I would take this comment seriously if Chet was playing well lmfao but looking unfazed while putting up one of the worst series I’ve seen for a player paid as much as him is not exactly a flex

And they got the smoke. So I have to be consistent. Very human reaction. But that’s not the game he signed up for though.

lebron and brooks next to each other used as examples together 😭😭😭

Snuck in LeBron😂

Reminds me of what Klay said about LeBron when they were up 3-1.

SGA wasn’t hated until the Thunder started bending the league over backwards. Why people think Wemby will be liked is beyond me. If they win a title, the tide will change immediately.

he’s speedrunning it in a lot of ways. kd was very likeable till he left okc. that’s like ~9 years

Was just thinking of him as a comparison.

He also played dirty this playoffs but got a pass for it. Even this game the conversation he had with his garbage time players seemed super iffy.

I think OKC dislike (deserved dislike I might add), clouds people lenses. Wemby isn’t likable at all to me.

Losing a playoff series will bring him to earth

they throw him into a 12 foot coffin and strap him into the cargo hold

I definitely think Caruso and McCain can do it at least one more time especially if Shai can set them up by getting past the first level again

This sub has always been so reactionary