Will Wemby reach his final form? Find out on the next episode of Basketball Z!

Wemby showing his immaturity a bit. He is only 22, after all.

Although I wouldn’t want to talk to sports media either.

Moments like this are part of the monomyth for a reason. 

You almost always have to suffer and make mistakes to become the finished article. 

The media is mad

I’m just here so I don’t get fined.

couldn’t care less about it, but its so funny to see all those protecting comments. the same sub that sent death wishes to Caruso because he touched camera btw

Wemby’s way too deep in his onesided Heated Rivalry with Chet to do media

Translation: Stephan A. Will “sound off” on Wemby

If SGA or any other superstar did this y’all would be calling them soft, lmao.

Wemby is tissue paper soft.

Why is Mitch tolerating Wemby camping at the 3pt line. The dude should be glued to the paint and receive the ball where he’s most lethal

So, Wemby had some goaltendings during the Wolves series, he hit Naz Reid and it’s was framed as redemption arc for the “physicality” when they won.

Wemby is falling, flopping, fishing for fouls, getting light calls, hacking Thunder players but OKC is unethical.

OKC can go away on his godtier defense, and SGA is dancing on him and hitting shot on his head just like Luka did to Gobert.

Wemby was supposed to be a monk, very mature, a leader, killer instint guy.

Now, he is dodging the post game press conference, and hitpiece are coming.

Can’t wait for his insane game 6 and how, they gonna spin all this into competivity yada yada.

I have nothing against Wemby and I’m rooting for the Spurs but this mad funny.

Dude’s mindset is straight childish sometimes. He’s had way too many moments like this for it to be his first playoff appearance. I get the Jordan and Kobe-like over-competitive attitude but a lot of this just feels like pouting. He’s gonna have to lose some of that pride

Nah dont give this a pass now

What Wemby says via his actions on the court in Game 6, matters more than what he didn’t say to the media after Game 5.

You’re one of the few privileged persons on planet earth to earn millions playing sports. Part of the responsibility is to appear at the media to answer questions of people who are also just trying to earn a living. Better hope Wemby have a monster game 6 and extend the series to 7 else the slandering will go on overdrive.

Sports media pretending that they ever ask anything of consequence.

We demand our boilerplate answers about how we need to work hard for the next one!

You F up.

It happens.

You take ownership.

You make amends.

You learn from it.

You move on.

Maybe he can make another powerpoint presentation on why he should be MVP lmao

BUT HE WAS TIRED!

Sour grapes

This rush to anoint Wemby as the next greatest thing might have been slightly premature as we are already seeing the cracks show

While the situations are a bit different, it is funny how differently this is beimg viewed to Brooks dodging the media.

Probably didn’t want to be asked what he said to Plumlee and Biyombo

Thunder are doing it without J Dub and Ajay Mitchell while Spurs are healthy. Wemby looked frustrated on the court. Now his immaturity is starting to show. This isn’t France and he’s not dominating every game because NBA playoffs are much different than a regular season game and he’s finding this out now

Again, its only an issue if you hate the player. If you like him then its okay.

This is a good chance for fans to find out stuff about themselves.

As an impartial observer, Wemby is in the wrong. Can’t run away and hide when things dont go your way.

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Bro pulled a Dillon Brooks lol

I will never understand why people care so much about media availability. I mean, I get it for reporters, but for normal people

I seriously can’t imagine EVER giving a fuck about a player not talking to the media.

Wemby a chump

It should, but it won’t because of this sub’s boner for him.

He’d have to talk about the turnovers. His guards can’t hold onto the ball. The steals are the steals, but the give aways are jarring and deflating. Throwing the ball to the ref should never happen.

I love castle, and think he’s got a long runway. But my man played elite defense, all for nothing. If you’re gonna send Shai to the line 20 times (and turn the ball over) then you’re negating all your effort.

Coaching staff shit the bed. They outsmarted themselves. Clearly the game plan was to fool the Thunder and feature the guards instead of-what we all expected-going through Wemby.

6 shots at halftime? As a 7ft ’everything All NBA player??? Nah.

I no longer want to see the Spurs in the Finals because New York would absolutely wreck them.

They’re not ready.

Water is wet

“All sorts of criticism” towards a 22-year-old in his first playoff run against the defending champs on their home court. Just adding a little context here. But by all means, tear down the game’s most exciting player before he even gets going while baseball and football build statues for their guys.

His answer will be whatever he does in Game 6. If he performs well, I don’t think anyone will care why he didn’t speak after Game 5

It’s okay to not want to take a media appearance after a hard loss. God these media guys are such pricks, like they’re human beings leave them the fuck alone, series isn’t over anyway

All he had to do is show up, say that the thunder hasn’t gotten their 4th game yet. Our season isn’t over yet. Our next game is in San Antonio and we need you the fans to show up and be ready like our season needs it. Because that is what we will do starting tomorrow with film and practice.

And end it with, I know I didn’t play well tonight and I will do everything in my power to make sure that will never happen again.

Wemby not showing up is a disservice to the fans and his team. You don’t volunteer to be a leader. You are chosen. He needed to step up. But didn’t.

He’s just French

I don’t care. If I was a pro athlete, I would take the fine almost anytime. Good for him, honestly! His game 6 play is the only response we need from him

Save us Tim Duncan.

It’s hilarious how much this sub glazes Wemby. SGA would get crucified for doing this. Wemby had some bad body language last night and was clearly frustrated.

It’s because he’s a front runner 🤷🏼‍♂️

We’re gonna get After Stinker Wemby right on time to unleash the unknown game 7 Wemby

Love when a player “offends” the media and they turn it into a story to try to turn the fans against the player.

Like we give a fuck as fans. Not a single real life person I know watches any of that post game nonsense. Same with the mid-game interviews. These media think they’re so important when most their job is just content made for other members of the media to consume

Yeah, this will be a learning moment. You can’t duck the media after a loss, no matter how much it stings, they’ll crucify you every time for that.

I get it he’s frustrated, the team as a whole is now going through it, and this will be their very first playoff elimination game tomorrow. I imagine the thougbt was to just immediately put this behind him, but that’s just not how it works. Gotta take the bad with the good.

He is French, being soft is in their nature.

As it should. It’s a punk move no matter who does it.

Speak with action: haduken Chet into the third row when he tries to injure you.

idk i feel like i would want my superstar to focus on the next game instead of the media

Sometimes you just gotta veer off into the night on your own shit

Bruh let him focus on locking in and prepping for Game 6. What’s with the media crying? Ask him after G6, he’s not dodging you forever is he? Whiners and not winners, and that’s why you’re in the media

Spurs obviously have some vets on their team but it’s all guys who I would classify as soft spoken or non confrontational, they needed someone to get in Wemby’s face last night and tell him to stop playing like a pussy and float around the perimeter all game, get his big soft ass in the post

It is not that deep with Wemby. He’s doesn’t have the strength and conditioning yet. He will but he’s not there yet.

Felt like the spurs couldn’t make a shot to save their lives and Wemby developed an allergy to the paint. The whole team got as many boards this game as he got solo in the first game.

It was depressing to watch because they missed so many opportunities.

OKC when Brothers and Foster are playing are a much different and better team. Not sure why it takes anyone so long to figure out why some games they’re amazing and why some games are duds.

When their best players play they win.

He looked exhausted, probably just wanted to get some sleep and gton the bus, then the plane, then go to bed

I wouldn’t want to talk to yall either. Fuck the media.

The tao of Wemby means defeat is victory

He’s not used to playing 40+ minutes a night. This is why you should play when healthy during the regular season.

Amick is just doing his job. Can’t blame him.

You all act so weird especially the OKC fans, have you forgotten the Caruso shove against the cameraman ? Athletes are sore losers, live with that

Boo hoo fuck the media god damn fucking entitled fucks. “oH hE dIDnT fULlFiLl HiS dUtIeS!” Shut yo bitch ass up

Journalists are always sour if they cant get an interview

Frontrunner

I’m an anti-okc fan. But they have done a good job in their winnning games stopping Wemby. And it really shows the spurs have more team building to do.

He dodged the media again?

“This yall king?”

Maybe he was bonked out? He looked pretty gassed at the end of the game.