Victor Wembanyama on Karl-Anthony Towns: “Very different from previous series … he’s a good player. We need to figure it out, we need to keep working on it.”
Fully dedicated to taking shots at Chet Holmgren, even during hard times
As a hater, deep respect
Mfer still hating on someone already dead even down 0-2. Honestly impressive generational hating lol
Bro the type of dude who has two bullets to point at KAT and Robinson then goes back to the previous room and empties the clip on Chet’s lifeless body
He reminds me sometimes, “damn I really ain’t hating to my full potential”
Wemby: I don’t wanna mention any names… But it was OKC player
Shoot I feel kinda bad. I’ve been throwing strays at Chet all year. I think I just hate his lanky malnourished build for a 4-5 type of player.
Chet needs to be watching KAT and taking notes right now tbh instead of getting high with KD
Chet is already 10x slower than Kat while being much much lighter. He cant play like Kat.
Say what you will, but Kats shooting and driving ability is something we havent ever seen from any other center in NBA history.
Don’t worry I agree with you
Just hope Chet gets some dawg mentality regardless and improve on what he can
If only Embiid had knees.
Chet is gonna need the weight and muscles too.
His torso is probably the smallest width wise of any nba player. I don’t think his body is physically able to put on that much additional playing weight
If Chet gains muscle, weight, and confidence, this is gonna bite Wemby in the butt so hard
I don’t think he really can gain that much weight unfortunately. Honestly he was pretty good during the season. I think he is just one of those guys that underperforms in big games.
I agree he just has to max out on what his body can allow. On paper he gained like 20 lbs but he looks roughly the same his rookie year
Dude is barely heavier than Jared McCain
Also Wemby is just a bad matchup for Chet, just like KAT is a bad matchup for Wemby.
This shit is hilarious lmao thank you
I love that he responds in a way that makes everyone laugh at Chet without once saying his name. Elite hater move
The best haters do it in the subtext, like Hemingway
Shading, because your name will not pass my lips
Life can take a lot from you, everything really, except the hate in your heart. They can never take that
Poetry
No days off
Honestly truly
Im telling yall. Wemby cried because he beat Chet not OKC.
That was his championship. Naturally there was gonna be a let down intensity wise
This is the first triple championship year
New York Knicks > Spurs
Wemby > Chet
6ers > Celts
76ers really did it with max efficiency. Accomplished everything they wanted to in the first round and then peaced out.
Demanded their fans show up for the next round and not sell their tickets. Next level audacity to not even try that entire series.
I will not tolerate this slander. Put Wolves over Nuggets up there right now
Honestly very funny lmao. Chet is his lifelong rival
And Chet didn’t even know it until just now
Cared more about beating Chet than winning a ring lol
I think it’s partly that, it’s partly deep down inside he thought, like a lot of NBA fans, he won the championship right there, the Knicks were just a formality.
I don’t really think that is the case. They lost to this team twice this year already. I just think the knicks are a bad match up for us.
Then he probably shouldn’t have said he doesn’t need to play great, he just has to play normal to beat them after Game 1 then?
That isn’t what he said.
You’re right.
He said, “It’s almost like I have to play normal, not even good.”
His full quote is this “I mean, it’s not like I have anything to figure out. It’s almost like I have to play normal, not even good. It’s like just doing the right things is enough. It’s when we play bad, when I play bad, is when we shoot ourselves in the foot. This is why I’m not worried. We’re going to be so much better. I’m going to be so much better.”
He was clearly talking about the need to play consistent without mistakes rather than trying to force a good game. He wasn’t saying anything like “I don’t need to play good to beat the knicks.”
he gave everything to the last series physically and emotionally. i don’t think he was mentally prepared that the ceiling he broke through to get here is now just the floor of the performance required to win the finals.
whenever a conference champ advances to the finals/championship round it’s always interesting to watch the respective conference champ team celebrate. that usually tells me everything I need to know about how the finals are going down.
the team who celebrates the most in the conference finals is the one that comes out flat and loses in the championship. they wear their hearts on their sleeves. the ones who still have something to prove aren’t soaking in the conference finals too hard and the spurs definitely just seemed happy to be here so it’s not surprising to see them in this position.
can they recover, yes, but as young and inexperienced as they are it’s going to take something we’ve never seen before. the knicks veteran advantage is probably too much. defensively, they are anticipating a lot of spurs moves and passes and disrupting their rhythm.
Real hating
Dude is getting absolute belt to ass and is still worried about chet lmfao
KAT has been beating this guy like he’s a bad dog lmao, he ain’t going up against a malnourished cheese string anymore
Damn even thunder fans hating on Chet
Skinny ass Skeleton boned Chet
Wemby’s a beast but the 1 sided rivalry with Chet will never not be weird. It seems like he’s invested too much of his mental energy towards that when it doesn’t even make sense to invest in a rivalry with a 2nd/3rd option lmao
Eh is that not MJ’s method? Just pick a random incident or guy to make you angry. Clearly it worked in the last series lol
Sure, but what about for this series? He should be trying to fire up a rivalry with KAT or Brunson right now, not still taking shots at Chet. It doesn’t seem like Wemby has the same fire at all against the Knicks as he had vs. OKC.
His Chet hatred has been going for years though. At this point, it does look like he’s too invested in hating Chet to find someone on the Knicks to moti-hate him.
Shuttup man your not supposed to be on Reddit in Cancun
Currently posting this from my banana boat
We’re all at the swim up bar with margs, watching the finals like Dillon Brooks
Orange & Blue brotherhood
let yourself free
join us
I just get the sense they care more about winning the West than actually winning the finals
I think he thought winning the west meant they’d already won the finals.
How was he supposed to answer the question? He’s saying what people here are saying too.
He said very different from previous series in the plural sense, wasn’t a shot at anyone in particular.
Nah that can’t be true, that would ruin the meme
Doesn’t matter if it’s true or not, it’ll be a meme if enough people believe it
This sign can’t stop me because I can’t read!
That’s all I read
Honestly respect it lol
To be fair, chet is way younger than kat
Q: Who lost the Wemby/KAT matchup?
A: Chet
At least Chet is getting some quality hate watching in on his couch.
Being generationally ass to give your rival false confidence >
Wemby playing chess while Chet’s playing connect4 🧠
Ended up rent-free inside Wemby’s head regardless of the loss.
Got a ring and then gets to live in Wemby’s head rent free as they get swept. Not a horrible life I’d imagine.
larry bird level of mentality war
Nah he better be hate eating some fat sandwiches and creamy pasta to bulk up at the same time.
Eat until August and build until October.
Hates Wemby so much he gave up his image and legacy just to have a good hate watch on the couch
What couch? Chet just earned floor seats behind the basket at MSG
He should be in the weight room
Chet looking up how to become Dominican
Might not be a bad idea for Chet to start eating fried eggs, fried cheese, fried salami & mashed plantains for breakfast. He’d at least add some mass to his frame.
Bret Hart-Goldberg level hate being brewed here
The difference in KAT and Chet is like a whole level of galaxy
KAT is the definition of a 3-level scorer along with the ability to now pass and defend at an extremely high level , he’s probably the fMVP if the series were to end right now
Chet never gave the Spurs any trouble , KAT is giving the Spurs a 100 different problems
KAT is also just significantly more athletic than Chet. He is much stronger, weighs 40 pounds more, and is still quicker/faster driving/putting the ball on the floor
Outside of his incredible shooting from a big man, what makes him special is that. He’s too big and strong for the vast majority of 4s and he’s too quick for the vast majority of 5s
I know what the online stats say. I still refuse to believe that KAT is only 40lbs heavier than Chet.
And I’m pretty sure this is no slight on kat either.
Chet is 208 lbs dude looks like 168 to me
I weight 5 more pounds than Chet and I’m 5’10 w shoes 😭
Do you live in San Antonio?
40lbs is a lot of meat
I think if this finals showed anything, it’s that wemby needs to bulk up and get stronger. He is so fucking talented it’s sickening. But his stamina and inability to hang around when you drop just strong big men next to him who’s able to play physical bullyball is a big issue.
Good news is he’s only 22. But I imagine we’re gonna see a lot of clips of him in the weight room in the summer regardless of how this series ends.
Na he needs a bruiser 4. His frame isn’t built to carry large weight, he and his physicians know that.
His shot release and first step is 10x quicker than Chet’s too
Game one, Wemby played KAT tight, KAT torched him driving. Game Two, he played softer and backed off KAT, KAT connected from 3. They rotate help on to KAT, he hits the pass to the open man.
KAT is causing match up problems for them all over the place. It has ripples. It’s helping OH, Bridges, Shamet, McBride get open. It’s having the Spurs over commit to the paint on misses and allowing the Knicks to tip the ball out to shooters around the arc. They could try Champagnie on him, but he’s the best Brunson defender and leaves that match up soft. He’s a tricky player to guard for their roster construction.
Champagnie is the best Brunson defender? Aren’t the Knicks hunting him on the switches off Castle and Harper every time?
Kat benefited so much from playing with gobert since he did a lot of the intangibles on defense. Kat learned so much from him. I remember when Kat first came and was telling your team to play defense. You never saw that side of him
KAT is one of a kind. He has iHart’s body with better perimeter skills than Chet
I, like you, am just here to compare young men’s bodies
“I said, ‘Is he a male model?’ He’s a handsome guy, like a beautiful guy, conservative guy. He said, ‘I love you, sir.’”
Lmao I don’t know this quote but i immediately know who said it
I thought it was a Zoolander quote until I got to “he’s a handsome guy” lol
He’s fucking built too. Thick and man made. You can tell he’s sculpted because you can see it thru the pads. His fucking vice grip thighs. Suffocating thighs. Rock hard thighs. Piping hot thighs. Great arms. Great abs. A stocky chest. Love the progress his body has made throughout his youth and now as a willing eager adult.
Willing and eager, indeed.
You have to. Its pride month.
Them young boys coming
Lolol
Better first step than both combined imo. Dude is fast for his build.
I think this is his most underrated trait. Centers just cannot keep up with him when he blows by for layups. He’s got great touch on them too
KAT’s like the best mix of talent of all the centers he faced the last 2 rounds. not only is he a perimeter threat but hes also a blow by threat, and idk if its just this knicks team is wearing Wemby down or what, but his lateral quickness tonight, looked legitimately the worst ive ever seen it look.
The Knicks’ centers have a much lower center of gravity than Wemby, between that and the fatigue factor he’s rarely catching the ball within 10 feet of the basket
This is the big one, he’s tall but not enough weight, can’t get any position in the paint against grown men who have more weight, strength and experience fighting in the paint
Not enough horse stance at Shaolin. Else Wemby comes back with Yao legs. Under proper Chinese parenting
He pussied out and didn’t go hard mode with hot burning incense under his ass. It’s catching up to him now.
That man realizing he can’t bully Chet anymore
KAT is the first true spacing 5 Wemby has faced this post season. I always knew we’d have a massive edge here matchup wise.
Yep, honestly thinking Spurs don’t have the size to put someone else on KAT, Spurs also keep doing a bunch of switching to allow Wemby to guard the paint and it’s leading to a ton of open 3s, Knicks feasting
Brunson shot terribly but did a great job beating the double teams leading to those open 3s
That lost shot near the end was so icy though, even on off nights he can come through I feel.
Just wait until he finds his rhythm shooting. It’s scary how much better he can shoot still in this series.
10000% made them pay. Can really see the difference in maturity and skill in how well he took care of the ball on the double team and made the Spurs pay for it.
Every time they try to put someone else on KAT, dude goes full bully mode, it’s amazing to watch as someone who has accused KAT of playing a bit too soft in the past.
Yeah truthfully the big problem for the spurs is they don’t have a 4 capable of guarding KAT. If Wemby has to they’ve already lost the matchup
KAT might be the worst matchup for Wemby in the entire league
It’s no surprise that KAT, Jokic and Embiid have won their matchups v Wemby in the past. Obviously they are elite, but that’s the archetype.
I mean yeah but “Best matchup for potential goat defensive player are 300 pound magicians that can score off the dribble, draw Wemby away from the paint, and facilitate with their passing” is crazy😂 Giannis and AD when healthy are the only other guys that can even fit this archetype, if there’s only a max of 5 players that can give him trouble offensively then he just gotta hold dat not much he can do
You do realize that those “magicians” you say are also unguardable by nearly the whole league. Elite players need other elite players to stop them.
That’s always how it is in the nba, only a select few can stop the elite players.
Yeah. You would think it would be Jokic but KAT is just a little bit quicker and Wemby has trouble staying in front of him. You can tell the Spurs are NOT used to having to help on Wemby’s man. They’re always a step slow when KAT goes by him. It’s like they’re surprised he was able to do it.
Jokic beats you a different way than KAT does. Jokic pulls in defenders with his gravity, then hits the open man. Jokic is also a little more of a bully than KAT, and uses his size more effective inside. KAT can do those things, but less consistently; he is more effective at shooting and dribble-drive.
The shooting, the strength, can beat you off the dribble, really improved as a post player, can play at all three levels, great passer.
Oh and he’s clamping Wemby at the other end when he’s on him. KAT at his best is just basically unplayable. Special fucking player.
And is avoiding dumb fouls. His foul trouble tonight wasn’t even his fault
Think you meant unguardable. Chet is unplayable
For a big, Wemby doesn’t really know how to play in the post that well yet. He’ll figure it out eventually. LeBron did it when he got to Miami.
The Knicks are the first team they’ve faced with this level of shooting overall. All those teams in the West can’t shoot for shit.. Portland, Minny, OKC were laying bricks all series
I knew so many people irl who told me the Knicks would get swept bc the Spurs were playing in the big bad west. No one SAS faced had real spacing, that’s why Wemby was able to camp near the basket until now
This is false. Caruso and McCain were cooking last series for multiple games. It wasn’t easy for Wemby.
Wemby realizing that he’s the Chet in this series
Tbf if Chet did even half as much as Wemby , OKC would be in the Finals
I agree lmao. Chet was complete ass. Never thought I’d hate a player so fast after a couple games
Wemby had a better game tonight than chet did all series lol. Hell even his game 1 performance was better than any of chets games.
Yeah people are overreacting. Chet had 75 points in a 7 game series. Wemby has 55 in 2 games
lmao aight man people are overreacting. Vic has been a c- but chet would dream of having the series vic is having so far if you just look at a box score.
Chet doesn’t need to dream of having a ring like Wemby does.
Chet wasn’t the leading scorer for the thunder one time last series. Wemby has done it twice in 2 games this series. Stop
Brutal going from a Chad to a Chet
Nah they murdering my boi and it’s funny asf 💀
Comments like these getting so many upvotes makes it hard to take this place seriously
Is Wembenyama the Kareem of Chet Holmgrens?
I fucking blame Chet for being so fucking ass last series that wemby is now fucking broken. Broken because now he has to go against KAT.
The whiplash between the two probably gave him another concussion
Chet lost the battle but won the war.
Damn you chetty
I’d feel bad if everyone wasn’t trying to convince me that Wemby was the next coming of Christ
Lol but I really think people who are now taking the “under” on Wemby don’t realize how unbelievable he is on defense. Yes he’s like freaking bambi on frozen ice on offense sometimes but he completely changes every other teams schemes just by his existence. That alone keeps games close that should be nowhere near that but no one knows how to pay attention to defense while it’s half of the entire game. He’s basically Steph Curry on defense lol so yeah he’s really fucking good.
A few years of muscle and better decision making and he’s going to be an absolute terror on offense, if anything it’s impressive how often his baby deer point center shit works when it shouldn’t
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Ngl we couldve seen what KAT is doing to Wemby with Jokic if Denver made it out, he was bodying Wemby all over the regular season as well. Match ups makes games. Denver woulve been better facing Spurs and Okc are a worse match up for us
It’s more of a whiplash of going from two straight injured teams and now having to play a healthy one
Crazy how that works and how everyone on this sub completely dismisses that Castle injured JDUB and took him out of the WCF. Yeah, a team missing their leading perimeter shooter is going to struggle when the only option they have to score is to push into the paint.
Chet was terrified of Wemby, but Chet also occupies way more of Wemby’s brain than he probably should.
The Wemby-Chet beef is very one-sided
Facts
I know players like to motivate themselves and that’s a part of why they’re so great but this shit is downright weird from Wemby
I mean the reporter literally asked about KAT compared to other centers they’ve played these playoffs
Not like Wemby brought him up
KAT being the mismatch this series was always gonna be the case honestly. Good paint scorer and good shooter. Stronger than Wemby and capable of bullying dude and taking him off the dribble too. And he’s legit been playing like the mismatch he should be on paper so far this series
Imo KAT’s offence is what Wemby wants to be. Excellent 3 point shooter, great at driving and finishing at the rim, good enough ball handler and a great passer
Oh and can play bully ball when he needs to
Chet shrunk vs wemby but holy shit does he live rent free in wembys head
I really don’t understand the beef?
All I’ve gotten is that Wemby fouled out of a game several years ago and Chet won and won mvp for whatever it was?
That’s kinda crazy to still be carrying hate for that long lol especially when it’s your fault you fouled out.
Chet was ass but it’s even funnier he never gave a shit about any of Wembys antics.
Wemby definitely has been lauded his entire life and never been criticized
This definitely it.
No clue but dude has a vendetta
Chet told Wemby to butter his croissants
I think Wemby is a weirdo, beating Chet means more to him than winning a championship.
i mean he was just saying what the reporter said to him … it’s not like he brought it up out of nowhere
I’ve been saying it all season. The only things that can defeat Karl Anthony towns are the refs and towns himself
Glad he’s finally getting his respect
Spurs focused their game plan too much on Brunson and have done a good job on him but forgot Towns can be a problem
And If they focus towns it frees up someone else
He’s the real baby Jokic
Not Sengun
Kat has the offensive skill to punish you if you leave him open and the passing skill to dissect your defense
Crazy he’s doing it to the Spurs defense
They tried hard tonight. Those 2 quick fouls were tailor made by adam silver straight from his office.
Chet is a champion tho lmao
Bro is beating the dead Chet horse
The difference is dead simple.
Towns and Robinson are just physically stronger than Wemby.
OG Anunoby is stronger than he is.
IT’S DIFFERENT WHEN THE BIG PURR IS GUARDING U MY HEART
ITT: People without critical thinking skills assuming he’s talking about Chet in particular
its funnier this way tho
I think people just aren’t watching the clip. The quote in the title is pretty misleading
They got a lot of things to figure out …
I mean he is saying he is very different because the reporter literally brings it up that KAT is a lot different from centers in previous series …
Honestly when does Wemby get over the Chet stuff?
It would be like SGA having a one sided beef with Booker
KAT is beating this guy like he’s a bad dog lmao
chet cant save him this time
now i see why french people have been seen as obnoxious through history. guessing Wemby is directly translating his thoughts from French to English
KAT is just playing ridiculous fucking ball right now on both ends of the court
Wemby thinking about how he’s going to run into Chet in Cancun
I would love to know exactly what it is that has Chet inside Wemby’s head so much.
Chet isn’t gonna fuck you bro give it up
Unethical teams collapse like unethical teams do.
I too would also call chet a pussy in my dying breath
Chet doesn’t even care about Wemby. Why Wemby always pressed? Lmao
If Chet was playing in the Knicks Spurs would be up 2-0 lmao
Hey, Chet. Wemby said you a bish. 😂
Im convinced he cared more about making chet his bitch than making the finals lmao.
KAT’s a beast. Happy for his success. They need to close it out.
Yk it’s bad when even Thunder fans are happy that Wemby is still hating on Chet.
As a thunder fan I can’t stand Wemby but good on him. Chet deserves to be clowned. J-Dub had some crap games last year but then goes and drops 40 and carries us in games vs nuggets and pacers. SGA goes out in game 7 vs spurs and carrries is vs great defense. Chet folded and got scared and deserves to be clowned, if this doesn’t light a fire in him like Gasol vs Garnett then decisions will need to be made on Chet next offseason.