[Highlight] Victor Wembanyama said that the robe he wore to the game tonight wasn’t because of the monks. It was to celebrate Eid al-Adha, an Islamic holiday.
Imagine how big that garment must be to look oversized on a guy that tall. Could probably use that thing as a fitted sheet for a king sized bed
It’s supposed to reach your ankles, so it actually looks small on him.
No there is multiple styles. Some are made to be worn like that
Some do, like a Pakistani one for eg, but he’s wearing a Moroccan one which is supposed to reach your ankles.
You are totally right. It’s a moroccan gandora, I knowed it straight away since I m moroccan myself. And yes there is some people who wear/style it like that, maybe not that short though.
How can you tell?
The embroidery along the collar/running down the chest
Patterns around the buttons I think
nah, those are for religious ceremonies or prayers, these shorter ones are for fashion.
They’re not necessarily for religious ceremonies they can be worn for whatever
It actually looks too short that’s what’s crazy 🤣🤣
A normal person would look like Gimli at Helm’s deep trying on that chain mail.
More like a California king sized bed
Kareem Abdul Wembaar
Same thing I thought 💀
Of course
Victor Alcindor
I saw many use that same joke and they all probably don’t know the name becomes a bit offensive this way. Abdul-Jabbar is one name that consists of 2 words and it’s one of Allah’s names. Replacing “Jabbar” with a made up name basically replacing “Allah” from the name and it becomes “worshipper of wembaar” instead of “worshipper of Allah”.
Yeah, but also I think you should be allowed to make jokes about religion if they’re not offensive (as in, the joke’s intention is disrespectful)
How could the Catholic nuns condone this? SMH
But seriously, we will all be worshipers of Wembar if he takes down the flop machine.
I didn’t say you should not make jokes about religion. I agree with you, if they are not offensive then why not.
I simply tried to explain that the last name is 2 words with special meaning. A better joke would replace the full last name for example instead of half of it.
Everything can be offensive to religious folks
Nope not everything.
I only wanted to point it out to those who actually care to not offend anyone blindly due to lack of knowledge. Others who don’t care are not a concern of mine.
Oh more you know, not gonna use that job anymore.
Thank you
Relax… apparently its kareem that is one of God’s names.
Kareem (كريم): Meaning “noble” or “generous/gracious.” It is also one of the 99 names of Allah in Islam (Al-Kareem).Abdul (عبد): Meaning “servant of” or “
Abdul (عبد): Meaning “servant of” or “slave of.”
Jabbar (جبار): Meaning “powerful,” “mighty,” or “the Almighty/the compeller.” Al-Jabbar is also an attribute of God in the Quran.
well both are. Jabbar is also one of the 99 names
Love the confidence and effort on the comment but nah it’s incorrect. Both are Allah’s names. Abdul-Jabbar means “Worshipper of Jabbar” which means “Worshipper of Allah”.
We had Haliban last year and we have Talibanyama this year
Skyhook loading
I want Wemby to have like the ultimate arsenal and gather all the signature moves of legends. He can believably do it too, already doing Steph and Dame Time shots as a 7 foot giant.
This is basically the plot of Kung Fu Panda 4, hahaha
Adam Silver might ban him if he perfects The Dream Shake and learns the Sky Hook
He needs to work with Dirk in the off-season and work on that one legged fadeaway. He would be an absolute menace.
I’m actually convinced he was already doing this, though he may have outgrown the idea already. Everyone was saying he needed a signature move during his first 2 seasons, but he kind of railed against the idea, preferring to be unpredictable.
Then by the time this season started he had the following in his arsenal: Duncan’s bankshot, Dirk’s one legged fade, Gervin’s finger roll, a couple of Hakeem’s post moves, and Shaq’s signature dunk where he pulls up both legs. There are others too, such as the eurostep and deep 3, but it’s hard to say who they belong to specifically since so many players have adopted them.
Hell in Game 6 of the WCF he made a spot on Tony Parker teardrop in the lane. And there was an article that came out last summer, I think about the Hakeem training sessions, that mentioned he had in fact practiced the Skyhook as well.
He genuinely wants to be the zenith of basketball. It’s an insane plan and I’m so happy to get to watch him try.
I wouldn’t be surprised if he has to because he’d get bored otherwise, dude’s an intelligent nerd who seems to be addicted to learning.
That would actually be an unstoppable move for him, just like Kareem.
shit looks badass and comfortable, at his size however I do wonder about the risk of taking flight at a strong wind
Man that shit does not look badass cmon now. It does look Hella comfortable tho
Nah, that shit bad ass.
Jedi ass looking giant.
Bad ass Jedi ass?
Yaddle got cake.
It looks like a really long shirt not a Jedi robe lol
Wemby could come out dressed like bozo the clown and the peanut gallery would love it. They can’t think for themselves
I just liked the lack of pre game prayers but then again im a pagan
Lol to say that when your best player wears leather pants, see through tank tops and is constantly looking for attention for his dumb outfits. Just watch the games. You arent on the team. We hate the OKC fans more than the team.
“We hate the OKC fans”
Sure you do. Is that what the hivemind is thinking now? Give me something original instead of boring regurgitated sewage I see daily from the hive
Lol you say “hivemind” more than anyone else repeats anything you think you here. You wouldnt know something original if it smacked you upside the head.
Because it is a hivemind. You’re apart of it. Blind OKC hate. It’s a boring life to live.
You keep saying that but youre projecting, pal. I dont hate OKC, I hate the narrative around them. But their fans playing victim and being the saddest, most annoying fans of a good team is annoying. So again, you can keep repeating buzzwords as if it makes a point, and I’ll just remind you people hate you because of how you come across, and its fun to hate a team in sports. You Oklahoma bozos finally have something, just enjoy it.
Internet hate isn’t real hate. Acting like wanting to be liked on the internet holds any weight is ridiculous.
We come here for discourse and it’s become a circlejerk for OKC hate
My bad, I forgot you were here for the very serious discourse of what a player wears before the game. And of course internet hate isnt real, you are really a goofball though and we can all see that.
Word
They like the room this fit gives them to swing around from his ball sack
It’s such a hive mind echo chamber. They need OKC to lose more than OKC fans want them to win. It’s unwell
Why u meat riding so hard
Nothing to meat ride. Dont make hating OKC your personality. Do something more meaningful with your life
We can multitask, big dawg.
Like Ive said, do something more meaningful with your life than being part of a hive mind
lol you’re hilarious dude. A Thunder fan said the Wemby’s fit was bad ass at the top of this comment chain and you are talking about OKC being hated on in a thread about Wemby’s pregame attire. Maybe you should do something with your life, you fucking weirdo!
Genuinely looks like he could be an Elden Ring boss with that fit
Need someone to mod him into the game now as a boss fight lmao
music hits, health bar appears
*Eldritch Wembanyama, Victor of the Court of Gods*
Suddenly big human bosses are believable
That made more sense. I was wondering how it didn’t look like a monk outfit to me.
It’s called Jubah weared by men and women, i often see it in my country usually in mosque.
We call them tall tees in The U.S.. I used to rock them in 7th grade
It’s not that. The material would be much closer to the fabric of a dress shirt and if you look close you can see the embroidery around the neck and down the chest.
Now I’m just happy I didn’t get my jokes off about it last night haha
Spurs vs Knicks, the holiest of wars
I thought I was switching to Catholicism after game 4. Now Islam is coming up from the rear.
Oh no, it’s Islam Makhachev… and he’s got a rear-naked choke!
I’m naming my first son Islam Israel to cover my bases.
We got mamdani magic covering our Islam base. Just need an Etsy witch at this point
Spain in the 8th century be like:
The Pope and Mamdani end up with peace in the middle east with a Knicks win somehow
If Wemby shakes Mamdani’s hand, my uncle will burst into flames.
Wemby heard that the Garden is known as “the Mecca” and is preparing accordingly.
Wembanyallah 🙏🏻
Yes called Hari Raya in parts of South East Asia
hari raya is ied in general, it can also refer to ied al-fitr which is a different holiday
Hari Raya Haji
Is he Muslim?
As far as I can tell, he hasn’t declared any religious affiliation one way or the other. He seems curious about various religions though, given his time with those Shaolin monks, and being black growing up around Paris, I imagine he experienced a good deal of muslim culture.
There’s a good chunk of black population that are Christian. Even more from countries colonised by Westerners.
he’s talking about blacks in paris
i’d say most are muslims, but there is a good portion that is muslim ( and another that is christian )
How would he experience Muslim culture in Paris? That makes no sense
Are you discovering how big cities work for the first time?
Paris is a huge multicultural city with a large Muslim population. Lots of West Africans are Muslim, although Congolese usually aren’t.
Oh so that’s why Wemby is mixed?
Yes, he is of Congolese descent on his dad’s side
Have you been to Paris in the last 20 years? Not saying that in any hateful way, but there are many more Muslims in France than sometimes people assume.
How did that happen? Ive never been to paris before
Colonisation.
Large parts of Africa speak French due to colonialism. Large parts of Africa have terrible governments, tons of poverty, and people hear stories about how great France is. And if you’re Algerian/Moroccan/Tunisian, it’s right across the Mediterranean.
Lots of people immigrate to France, either through previous parts of France’s empire in West Africa or elsewhere. West Africa is predominately Muslim.
It’s worth noting that this is a very controversial subject. Some people are very resentful of this immigration, while others see it as an inevitable part of life in the 21st century. Just be aware that discussion of it is pretty charged for some people.
Gotcha
PS: Wembanyama is not Muslim, at least, the last time I asked him, he said he didn’t identify with any particular religion.
From journalist l’equipe on twt. he said same thing about Buddhism when he went to shalion temple
Being from Paris he’s probably just being cosmopolitan.
Being from Paris means there’s about a 40% chance he is Muslim.
10-15% of muslims in Paris, what are you on about?
just normal euro racism
I’m French, racism is never normal and should be called out.
You’re a Celtics fan. You can’t fool me.
Islam isn’t a race. How do people not know this? It isn’t racist to fail in an approximation of the number of Muslims in Paris.
It’s a dog whistle buddy
Sure. Everything is a dog whistle.
Not everything, but this is though.
“Ackshually, I’m not being racist, I’m being xenophobic!”
Not really, but being from Paris this generation, the main things like that are part of the common culture.
There are no reports of this but he is close friends with Liverpool’s Hugo Ekitike, who’s a practicing Muslim. Maybe he’s doing it as a sign of solidarity to his buddy for Eid Adha?
His dad’s a muslim
He’s a poser
He is Christian (has been seen praying). Just paying respect to this holiday I guess
Christians are not the only people who pray lmao
Muslims don’t pray with their palms pressed together like Christians do or like Wemby did when his grandma did pass away or during the Olympics and so on.
You have learned smth today little bitch.
you ok?
“Little bitch” made me chuckle. This sub is getting back to its roots.
If you get banned, you’ll always be welcome over at NBACJ.
u bum
You people are so brain rotted you can’t imagine a guy who pulls from a variety of cultures to express himself? Putting your hands together doesn’t make you a Christian any more than wearing these clothes make him a Muslim
Wemby never stated he is part of any religion stupid bitch. Why would a Christian wear clothes that Muslims wear during Eid anyway. Stupid ape.
Maybe a Christian celebrity would wear clothes that Muslims wear during Eid to show that said Christian is not Islamophobic. I have no idea why Wemby did it, but certainly seems reasonable.
He did pray many times.
And while you can wear muslim clothes as a christian, it doesn’t work the other way a muslim cannot play like that.
No he’s not
There’s a scientific term: an “up his own ass” Parisian
What? It’s called being interested and engaged in another culture than your own
Who cares.You can always respect other religions.
It’s just a question lmao
I mean religion, Islam specifically with ramadan does make a difference for an athletes on court play.
Didnt Kyrie and Kareem play really well during ramadans?
Hakeem played some good hoops during ramamdan
A while back I read some theory about fasting apparently increasing physical performance for periods of time.
Basically the logic is that when we used to hunt for food, once youre hungry for a certain amount of time your body goes into this “gotta get food now!” mode increasing physical performance.
Ill have to look up if its been proven to be real or not.
EDIT: Scientific studies have disproved this theory. Most likely reason for athletes performing better during ramadan (according some athletes reports) are because of increased focus and discipline throughout the fasting period.
Islam specifically with ramadan does make a difference for an athletes on court play.
Seems so counterintuitive since not only are they fully fasting during when the sun is up (no food or beverages of any kind, including water) but also should be praying more than normal.
I looked up the scientific reasons for this, and yeah ramadan doesnt help you physically.
Its most likelly the mental aspect of the routine making players more focused, but that is very difficult to prove.
Athletes have reported increased mental focus and discipline so its the best explanation we got.
I thought Kyrie was Israelite.
Spurs in 7 inshallah
Mashallah
you know we are fucked if we converts to Islam right? it’s gonna be like Hakeem plus Kareem plus a lil bit of kyrie
Victor “Hakeem” Wembanyama
It was a holy ass whooping from Wemby and the Spurs
Isn’t he atheist or agnostic something like that? I heard doesn’t have a religion to follow but he celebrates other religions. This man truly might be an alien lol
If he learns the dirk fade its a wrap for the league
People gonna be super normal about it when he shows up in a tallis and kippah for Rosh Hashanah
Dude really hates Chetanyahu
Looks pretty cool 😎
Say mashaAllah!
Ah he did post game tonight
Very interesting, that fit did seem to be more African/Middle Eastern than related to Chinese monks.
Is he muslim or something? Why?
Welp I didn’t think it would be possible to root for the thunder, but here we are. Can these teams be any less likable?
I didn’t know he was Muslim. Good for him to wear it proudly.
He isn’t
Oh okay.
Caruso going to use defensive strikes on him now for sure.
Benjamin Netanyahu Wemby is developing a nuclear bomb!
Nah wemby coming to game 7 with a kippah
I hate it when people ask questions like that.
Why?
The reporter asks two questions, back to back, that had nothing to do with each other. Even Victor was thrown off. So then Victor had to do the mental work of trying to remember the second, unrelated question, while forming, and answering, the first question.
Usually people ask questions like this to get around the ‘one question per person/at a time’ rule that is established in settings like this so everyone can have a chance to ask a question. It’s rude to other people wanting to ask questions, and difficult for the person answering.
Isn’t there a commercial about people turning into their parents?
Unfortunately, I’ve always been like this.
Oh he did press after this game?
Oh he shoved a camera operator during a timeout ?
When I saw it I was hoping they were just his pajamas. He took this so seriously he hadn’t even got dressed that day.
Wemby’s pecker is fully canvassed on that robe
He can someone who’s African play for France ? When France is literally undermining African nation and has killed 22 African presidents.
He’s mixed though, his mother comes from a French nobility family, his complete name is Victor Wembanyama-de-Fautereau-Vassel
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I guess you use that word to describe anything nowadays
Anyone does anything respectful for any community outside their own = performative it seems. Wild.
Used to think these weird bitter comments were an OKC fan problem but you guys are just as bad.
He might be performative. If he is though, I enjoy this ‘performance’ over the degenerate shit you see from other players.
Do you exclusively speak in buzzwords?
hoes mad
Ruhroh how does Luke Kornet feel about this
Seeing how it looks like they have a good relationship, I would guess he doesn’t care.
Course he needed to explain this to the American media
Motherfucker the dude asked the question in French that’s not the “American media” lol
I was mainly ragebaiting 😄 should have turned the audio on 😄 🤣
Because it’s not that common across our large country. Wow. A moment to teach. So bad.
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So I’m (and every other American is) expected to know the style of Muslims simply because they make up a large portion of the world’s population?
That’s a bit odd.
Honestly, I can’t tell if you are taking the piss or you are actually this dense? It’s just generally kind of weird to be so inward thinking to not understand the culture of a people who make up quite a large proportion of the world’s population, But sure go off and be happy in your ignorance I guess
Nope. Inward thinking to not understand a culture? A lot of Americans simply don’t recognize the style.
It’s a moment to learn and you’re taking it as ignorance.
An aspect of this world that sucks.
Also, I saw your other comment about ragebait so who is the one taking the piss?
Damn lets go SGA i guess
Right?
Naturally does a press conference after he wins but can’t face the media when he gets punked.
I hope he gives a press conference after next game then.
I hope so too. Hopefully he can address what he said to plumlee and biyombo end of game 5
Once he wins a couple championships, a comment like this will be reddit karma gold!
He has a warning pal. Skip one more post presser and he risk getting suspended game 7.
Shut up