Victor Wembanyama answers a question in the postgame interivew on the court, says “Thanks.”, and quickly rushes to the locker room.
I’m worried Victor is just here for the zip line
He can’t go home. There’s something really bad for him waiting at home.
What’s waiting for him at home?
Something really bad.
I sincerely believe Cody is a drug addict
Cody says Hes never touched drugs a day in his life
That’s just what I believe
Carmelo said your face looks like a clock.
That’s why he can’t go home.
It’s illegal for you to ask me that
Nobody said shit dude, nobody said shit
I don’t know
Yeah I might be too old for this reference
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ploHR84-9UA&si=gvvFpfIh86WyICXO
It’s just, he’s too rough on it. He tugs on the rope. He yanks on the rope. He thinks it’s his.
Shut up Mike!
Carmelo Anthony said your face looks like a clock.
He’s just too excited. He’s too rough on the ropes. He pulls on the ropes. He wrenches on the ropes. He thinks it’s his.
Shut UP, Mike!!!
Awwww. Are you sure?
And he thinks Stephon Castle is a ho 😢
He’s got too much going on business wise
Whenever we’re all at dinner, socializing, you’re just out at the pool, on the Zipline
Shai has no good car ideas
SGA is a drug addict.
He should be able to not answer questions a little bit at work!
Oh my God, he admit it
Weeeee
I’m just, like, the most tired I’ve ever been in my life
Ronnie, I feel like you’re just here for the zip line
I’m only here so I don’t get fined.
I think the rule is they have to answer a minimum of 2 questions. That’s why he gave half an answer and left
I was just watching this last night hahaha Lynch still ended up getting fined $50,000 for that, but memes are forever
It played a huge role in cementing him in the public consciousness, and now he’s gettin paid for bein in dumb commercials with the Workaholics dude. I’d say it was a worthwhile investment.
He’s a full on actor now
I wouldn’t go that far… but he’s entering into Blake Griffin territory (who I also find genuinely funny, not just for an athlete).
Blake Griffen was in an albeit hilarious but singular Broad City episode and some commercials? Am I missing something? Lynch had been a series regular in Westworld and Euphoria.
Beyond that, Lynch had a significant side character role in bottoms(?) and was in that will arnett puppet show. Iirc Blake Griffin was in a pretty funny mockumentary spoof of doping in sports, but he definitely doesn’t have the same level of filmography as lynch
I love his acting career. He was so funny in Bottoms. That movie was bananas.
He was also on celebrity American version of Great British Baking Show. Paul and Prue were very impressed by one of his dishes and he was a hoot.
I try really hard not to think about Westworld S3, but you might have a point. Stand by Blake’s comedic timing being impeccable.
Ya… I really wish season three of Westworld was better bc I really liked the setup, however different from the first two it was, but at this point I don’t even remember if I watched season four because of how let down I was by season three, so I get it.
Season one of Westworld is one of my favorite things ever put to film. It’s fkn brilliant. Everything after is really whatever. Feel the same about True Detective, but at least it was anthological. Watching Westworld limp along was painful.
And a costar in a feature film.
Active sadmode bruh.
Lynch was in Love Hurts
Lynch was just a series regular this season of Euphoria. He’s not a good actor but he’s in the union.
Lynch did a whole season of westworld. He’s legit
Damn. They forgot my pico de gallo.
Rosa slowly losing it after meeting him was hilarious.
Lol that energy was definitely giving “I’d rather be literally anywhere else right now.” Can’t blame him though, media obligations after a game gotta be brutal.
Still doesn’t top Rasheed “both teams played hard” answer to every question. I remember watching that post game and was laughing so hard.
He still got fined for that. Rasheed donated so much money to the NBA charity fund.
Yep, pretty much similar to Marshawn Lynch also being fined just for his “I’m just here so I don’t get fined comments”. Kinda hilarious given how rote so many of the answers are over all pressers.
Or post-injury Meta World Peace: I’m too sexy for my cat!
His answers were: “both teams played hard, my man”, “bo teams play harr”, “bo teams play harr”, “bo teams play harr, god bless and good night”.
This will forever live in my head.
Different sport, but, “I’m just here so I don’t get fined.”
If you haven’t already, watch the Jail Blazers on Netflix, Sheed gives a dissertation on how that all went down and the fallout. So good. And, you’re right, an all-timer
He answered 2 questions and then ran off lol. Wonder what’s behind the change of attitude toward the media. He’s never had an issue with them before (I think)
We are so close to “I’m just here so I won’t get fined”
And the funny thing is he literally won an award for being so willing to talk with the media this year. He’s typically very candid and very open. But clearly the dude is locked in and just has no time for it right now. Probably just wanted to go celebrate with his teammates and get ready for game 7
Totally. The rule should be loosened once it gets to conference finals. Let these dudes lock in and just seethe and cook.
Lmao very candid lol.
I mean Go watch any of his interviews during the season are even earlier in the playoffs, he’s about as Frank and open with talking with the media as you will typically see.
He even answers rage bait questions bluntly and basically says i want MVP and specifically i hate Chet, that’s why they gave him that award about the media whatever that shit
I think he just hates on court questions. It seems like he can’t hear them very well, and his answers are sort of quick because he’s normally still amped up where normally he likes taking time with his answers.
tbf 95% of on-court question are an absolute waste of time just to create a moment for the athlete’s own “brand” to shine
“how do you feel after such a win?”
“what did you see when [teammate] did [basketball]?”
“can you tell us more about [that thing you’ve seen your mate do better last tuesday in practice], did you think it was possible?”
“What did you learn about your team during the late 2nd quarter this game?”
Umm… what?
“When you were down by [x amount of points] how did you manage to comeback?”
Pop asked us nicely to shoot the ball better. We shot, it went in.
I keep hearing this one lady asking after games “how did you manage to [insert great basketball thing]?”
Yeah, we’re probably thinking about the same and frankly, I don’t blame her particularly because she’s gotta have guidelines and pre-written shit she’s got not control over, but more whoever think this is what people want to see and what player should be doing after games
Legit nothing makes me angrier than watching MJ hit that game winner against the Cavs (I think, I can’t find the vid rn) and the reporter basically charges into the Bulls celebration to pull Michael out for the interview. Didn’t even give him a minute lol
It’s hard not to hate on court questions. I don’t think I’ve ever seen one where I ended up thinking “that was worth my time” in my entire life.
Other than creating a couple viral moments here and there like the Harden side-eye-and-walk-away, I guess?
He’s locked in and this is his way of doing so. Wemby is insanely eccentric and this is just part of his personality. Quick shifts. Doing what his mood is.
I feel this in my bones. Probably the only thing I have in common with a 7ft French alien.
Get one of those robes he wore.
Or thobe?
Thats what im saying, this dude is just crazy about recovery and game 7 is probably the only thought in his mind besides that. Hoping he doesnt fall into the trap of not saving enough for the finals but I feel like he’ll be fine
Wemby is insanely eccentric
He’s just French
Shit you got us here.
He’s saving his energy and thoughts for what matters. If he gives away too much right now it’s as if he won, and he doesn’t want to be in that mindset just yet
I think he’s just focused on the game and everything pursuant to winning. media isn’t part of that. I don’t have an opinion either way. I just know if I was hellbent on beating the other team I wouldn’t want to be busy with all this other stuff.
He wants to lock in quick can’t afford to talk to the media lol.
He’s doing the same thing in the presser and being kind of short with his answers. Tbf after watching the NBA for decades the media just ends up asking the same thing over and over every season. At some point the real interesting answers lie in tactics which players won’t ever reveal
Not really, maybe the first answer or so, but the rest have been completely normal. As much thought as you’d hope to get from any player.
Nosy J. Reporter: “Victor, what secret drama is going on behind the scenes?”
Wemby: “Sacre bleu!”
Pop would be proud
I genuinely think he’s just being a nut about focusing on recovery and game 7, dude wants the ring so badly
Yeah too many blue lights and he just want to go home and sleep
He had to poop
I think he’s just very locked in at this point.
My guess is he has been so forthcoming with the media his whole career, after wins and losses. He skips one media day after a tough game 6 loss and they’re quick to turn on him.
It’s expected but he’s probably just locked into winning this series and doesn’t give a shit about the outside noise right now.
Came under fire for last games no show, and now has to run a nonchalant gimmick for a little while
Not a single person likes or cares about these stupid interviews. It’s so bizarre that they are still around and even more than there used to be.
He typically has spend more effort responding to the post game pressers, not these on the court interviews. If he starts ducking those or no longer giving thoughtful answers, that’s when you might have a point.
Bro knows that there will be questions about flops and fouls and I wouldn’t be surprised if Pops told him to avoid talk and focus on the game.
He’s tired and wants to go back to sleep.
He’s locked tf in
Games are late, he wants to wind down asap
I think he’s just locked in and doesn’t want distractions
I tend to think it’s all about the game with him, especially with what’s ahead. Yeah if he can he’ll have a chat but at this moment that’s probably the last thing he wants to spend time on. Keeping his head in the game, recovery, team building, etc
I think he was a poor sport last game and then now he has to act like he just is done with media instead of him just being a sore loser.
Thunder fan being a hater, shocking!
Was he not a poor sport? Of course I’m a hater this guy is happy as can be when he wins and a poor ass sport during the losses.
Who knows why he skipped it, maybe he has to shit or wasn’t feeling well. No one here is a mind reader…I know the convenient narrative is that he was being a baby, but you have no idea.
His actions have never shown him to be a poor sport or make excuses in losses before, so seems like a bit of a reach.
Your guys pout on the bench in losses too, it’s normal not to be thrilled.
I assure you the media will wait for someone to take a shit.
Too long of an answer, Pop is not proud, he better talk to him after this
Hey, that two word answer after game 7 will hit different
lmao Pop probably already got that death stare ready for him in the tunnel. Rookie mistake, you never take longer than 10 seconds with those postgame interviews.
Next interview: “K”
Dude’s going to bed
Bro is already over his post-9PM blue light budget.
Time to wear his goggles
That’s gotta be one of the biggest beds ever made.
Dude knows he needs like 27 hours of sleep
fr fr, with that schedule and his body growing like crazy I bet he’s exhausted constantly. Can’t imagine how much recovery time a guy that tall needs.
Are there any point to these questions. They are dumb as hell and always have the obvious answers to them.
It’s an old thing. From when the only time you heard them talk was this or a rare radio appearance
Also before they became PR trained You rarely get notable sound bites from these anymore
Yeah sometimes I wish players would get more loose with it, but at the same time, I imagine knowing you’re gonna get taken out of context and quoted from everything you say, the pressure to keep it simple is there
They need to have radio during the game like F1 drivers, you get some actually juicy real talk on open radio going 200mph mid dirty pass
Just mic them up mid play
Producers gotta invest in a ladder or something
Keep Giannis away from the ladder.
I want to see a sideline reporter on stilts.
For real dude. Or give him some headphones or something. It always seems like he has trouble hearing the on court questions.
For real, that little step stool they keep using looks like it came from a preschool classroom. Man’s out here making them look like they didn’t plan ahead at all.
I’m imagining Wemby swinging by the Spurs Legal bullpen earlier today.
“Hey guys have a technical question about ‘media availability’…”
More like he just asked Pop
This is Pop’s style 100%, just missing the deadbeat silence afterwards as the reporter realizes that they aren’t getting more.
Lol I can just picture him getting a 30 minute crash course on exactly how many words he has to say before he’s legally allowed to dip out. Man’s got places to be.
Dude’s just trying to get to his blue light blocking glasses. It’s past 9.
You would too if you were asked questions that were answered for you before you even responded.
ikr lol? “What kind of defensive effort does it take to play good defense” … the one you just watched?
These reporters cannot be real just ask AI to generate you a more creative question if you’re that incompetent at coming up with your own
I’d rather see another adjective than creative in this context. LLMs are not creative, by design.
Bro is stupid locked in right now
He wore a thobe pregame and It told me all I need to know about it
It was either this or the wheelchair
Hahaha had to take a 💩
He had to get ready for Game 7 by running off to sleep nude in an oxygen tent that he believes gives him sexual powers.
Hey, thats only half-true!
We’ve all been there!
I mean he had local reporters try to character assassinate him all day yesterday on X, I would give short ass answers too, enjoy reporting those lol
Dude had to poop.
I meanbif the media had one decent question to ask maybe the players would care. Might as well replace reporters with AI at this point.
Exactly this. It’s all the most inane nonsense being asked that the players barely give coherent answers to.
smh this nerd’s only here to play basketball
“I’LL TALK AFTER I WIN THE TITLE”
I’m just here so I don’t get fined
He’s reading “Use of Weapons” from The Culture Series and is close to the final twist, had to read it as soon as possible
The media is trash. Especially the on court questions. So pointless. Respect.
No skipping media duty today!
Had to take a Shiz
He’s trying to finish the last few chapters of Manacled
Oh he is going to be hated before you know it.
you’re gonna make him lean all the way down there to hear you, you better have something worth his time
Aliens don’t answer to humans.
Popovich, Robinson, Duncan, Shaolin munks, Catholic nuns.. the guy is surrounded by wisdom. He knows when it’s time for talk. Now is not the time. Time for focus.
Don’t forget the Corgi
He had to go before he turned back into being 5’10” on national tv
He’s scared someone will ask him what he said to plumlee and biyombo
Sweep the leg plumdog.
I like this guy. Any time a player fucks with the media, I’m on his side.
does ANYONE actually enjoy these mid game interviews? they are cringe and nothing meaningful is ever said, just cliches.
Paul Pierce.
Silver aint going to be happy 2 FTs for SGA next game!
Vic has a postgame word limit now
Had to go put on those blue light goggles
Thanks… 😅😅😅
It was technically the second question lol
All about good execution.
im just here so i dont get fined
I’ll admit, I did not expect an obnoxious Wemby villain arc, but it suits him well.
dude just want it done so he can go to bed early. he knows his conditioning is still meh. even the noshow in game 5 post press. or maybe he wants to take a shit. he got a big turd
Dude just had to poop, give him a break
I think he knows he needs to get his rest immediately for game 7. He has been less than great every other game and im pretty sure its due to the rest
Based
someone had to poo
Pop approves
trying to conserve energy and focus i assume. i get it.
I don’t think it’s been mentioned here yet, but dude just had to make a poop.
Sports reporters are some of the most entitled journalists you’ll ever meet. Wemby has always been respectful with the press and I’m sure he’s reacting to what journalists said about him for skipping game 5 media availability.
Let’s be real — sports journalism is like covering the entertainment industry. What was said about Wemby was not fair or right. He’s young and was obviously not handling the loss well.
One storyline that the press loves talking up is his passion for the game. We want him to care as much as he does. The flip side of that is he feels losses more than most. We can’t praise passion one day and then judge it the next.
Big Vic sticking it to the league??
Oh he attended a post game interview this time?
How can anyone genuinely like this guy?
Cringe.
This kid isnt very likeable
I guess he can talk to the media
You got eyes? He still didn’t want to do it but was forced to do so because silver put a warning on him and he might suspend him game 7 if he still skip it. He answered one question and cut it off in a polite way.
That better be a fine this time
Why? He talked to the media
Why do you care
Do you think that you personally get the fine money?
Multimillionaire athlete does the bare minimum when questioned by a reporter who makes $80k/year. I guess people find this “funny.” Most media questions are boring, sure, but it’s part of the job.
This is like a notable figure doing a two-sentence commencement speech in a college graduation. This doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things, but still disrespectful.
Thank you for confirming you’re not a real person.
Lmao once in a lifetime speech is like the 100th post game interview this year
lol, that’s funny