Wemby postgame last night- “Personally, I think I could’ve been better in recovering from the high of the Conference Finals”
Beating OKC does that I guess. It was odd how quiet people were about NYC’s win streak.
Because it’s the East. No one will ever be impressed by an EC team’s performance until the conference gets better. We only get one EC team a decade that wins the Finals while also battling to get out of the EC. The Pacers would have been that team (depending on if you count the Bucks trading blowouts in 6 with the Hawks as battling) but other than that, the EC finalist either steamrolls the East and has a 50⁄50 chance to win, or they struggle in the East and get thrashed in the Finals.
But it has gotten better? The east vs west is 50% this year, the east top 4 has an 18-14 record against the west top 4
People judge the East by the Wizards and the Nets, but judge the West by Wemby, SGA and Jokic.
It’s simply bias at this point. The numbers tell a different story.
I’m of the opinion that the west is dog shit this year. I don’t even know if there were three teams that were great. Maybe wolves but nuggets are ass
The 37-45 Warriors were a problem 😤
One Hali injury from the east winning 3 in a row. Celtics also threw in 2022 and potentially 2023. Clearly the east sucks. 13 wins in a row is pure luck!
The east has been over .500 against the west exactly 3 times in the last 25 years. This is a very long term trend. The east has been worse since MJ retired from the Bulls.
HOWEVER, this has nothing to do with how good the Knicks are, and the Knicks are fucking awesome.
Despite the east being worse, we’ve seen plenty of champs from the east. The west has more over the last 25 years, but it’s not nearly as lopsided as the overall conference record.
People talk about the West being good/elite and it’s just Spurs, OKC and Minny. If it was the East that had a 37 win ten seed nearly make the playoffs and the west with ten teams over .500 the glazing would never end.
The bias is so much people genuinely tried to make the Deni Avdija Blazers, Brooks/Booker Suns, Luka Less Lakers KD-Less Rockets, sound like good basketball teams.
The East was better this season and I could make a case they were better last season too.
Minnesota was the 6th seed in the west…
still hating on the East as usual, keep sleeping on the conference as usual…
I disagree gang. The Knicks had an easier path than the spurs to the final. But I don’t doubt that they would hav made it to the finals if they swapped conferences. Knicks are easily top 3 if not top 1 team in the league.
Hospital Wolves and Thunder and the Blazers is a joke
still better than the east teams
Unironically the Hawks would beat Minny and Portland
If the Knicks sweep again, we are the second best team in the NBA, right?
..right?
I’ve seen Knicks fans talking about Atlanta the same way us Celtics fans talked about Indiana in 2024.
The crippled Halliburton-less Pacers were a tougher out than the Mavericks, who had just ploughed through the West.
r/NBA won’t give you guys your flowers, but the Hawks finished the year really strong (top 4 record league wide post All-Star). You’re easily a tougher opponent than Portland or Minnesota. You might end up being a tougher opponent than San Antonio’s depending on how they respond.
This sub just isn’t ready to accept the Old West is basically retired, and the New West isn’t nearly as strong.
I’m also not convinced that the Thunder or Spurs could’ve bta the 76ers and Cavs the way the Knicks did. It’s one thing if those series were 6-7 games with close wins, but the Knicks did to them what the top of the league does to lottery teams.
Bro the Knicks are clearly another level but let’s not act like the West isn’t obviously better than the East as a whole and has been for the better part of the past two decades
Longer than that. Since MJ retired from the Bulls the East has been over .500 against the West exactly 4 times. One of those times was the year right after MJ retired too - so it’s 3 times this century
It was the same thing when the Celtics won in 2024. Nobody thought they were a bad team because they had an easy path, they just objectively had an easy path.
Some teams in the east buck that trend you describe. The raps had to beat two legit contenders back to back to make the finals.
They were that one team in the decade. Cavs cake walked through the East when they won, same with the Heat.
Both teams had Game 7s with the Celtics in certain seasons.
How you know you could have beat the Cavs or Sixers or Hawks? Hawks won two games at least.
I know what you thinking, of course we could have beat the Cavs/Sixers/Hawks. But people said whoever wins the WCF is going to sweep the Knicks. Was that true?
And what west team champion has battled out of their conference in the last decade? Thunder went 12-4 before the finals, the nuggets went 12-2, Warriors went 12-4. Lakers went 12-3. In fact the two champions that had the most losses in their conference in their title runs over the last decade were the Bucks in 2021 who lost 5 games and the 2019 raptors who lost 6 games who were both from the east.
We need to stop this narrative “because it’s the east.” These are all professional athletes. Is one conference better than another? Perhaps. But if that’s the case, why haven’t we seen other eastern teams winning like the Knicks? Why is this the first time since LeBron’s Cavs a team steamrolled the east? And even then - they didn’t win in the fashion the Knicks did.
I’ve seen this single-handedly throughout these playoffs where people doubted the Knicks every step of the way. From going down 2-1 to Atlanta. People saying the Knicks don’t wanna see the 6ers that they’re the best team in the east. That the Knicks don’t wanna see the Pistons. When they lost - we don’t wanna see the Cavs. Then the story shifted to, whoever wins the West, is winning the championship. Moving on to game 1 - 33% winning probability. Went up 1-0. Game 2 - 33% winning probability. Went up 2-0 (despite the favored whistle). What’s gonna be the excuse when the Knicks accomplish the mission?
I still ask - WHO DID OKC OR SAS PLAY? They beat hobbled teams.
We’re not gonna sit here and pretend what the Knicks are doing is NOT impressive. Pretend that this is NOT a special moment and NOT one of the best post season runs we’ve seen in the history of the league. And IF AND WHEN they accomplish the mission - it was EARNED AND DESERVED. This will be one of the best stories in sports history. The 53 year drought ended. Ended in this fashion. Knicks in 4 until proven otherwise.
You played a mid blazers team that would lose to almost any EC team, an injured Wolves team, and an injured Thunder team, but your run to the finals was more impressive than 11 dominant wins in a row?
Ok
It’s crazy, they still can’t respect the East. Shows you how people just parrot each other and look really clueless about basketball. What a wild take. Which team in the West besides OKC is honestly even on a championship tier?
Lakers missing their Best player and injured 2nd scoring option. Wolves with their best player hyper extended knee? & And divo donzo. Jokic on a team with no supporting cast? OKC missing two big pieces
Tell me the team in the West besides OKC that was even a question for the Spurs?
Kinda seems like the Hawks and Cavs could have been in the WCF.
See we can belittle your entire conference too
In the last 10 years, 5 out of the last 10 years the West had the dynasty of the Warriors team in the Finals.
Even with the Dynastic run of the Warriors the East vs West wins vs losses in the Finals is 32 vs 27 Wins in favor of the West.
The top teams of the East is just as good as the West. This narrative is old. But keep thinking this way. It bodes well for the Eastern conference who has already caught up.
thats because of LeBron, not because east teams are just as good as the west. LeBron was just as good as the west.
Using championships from the 80s and 90s to boost the stats. “Even with Dynastic Warriors” but you’re using Jordan and Bird rings.
In the 80s and half the 90s the East was by far the superior conference in much the same way that the West was in the 00s and 10s. The conferences have balanced out quite a bit in the 20s, but the West is still overall stronger - that just doesn’t matter in a single bo7 finals series where injuries often dictate outcome more than play
or because running through the gauntlet of the west wears a team down, while top east teams can coast into the conference finals and beyond
“Its the East” after beating the All Mighty Blazers (not a sweep) the Hospital Wolves & Hospital Thunder its just hilarious 😂
I think everyone is riding the high too much. The highest posts of the week in /nba are still posts about the Thunder when the NBA FINALS are happening right now.
Ik I’m biased as a Thunder fan, but really it just feels disrespectful to the Knicks/Spurs that people were so emotionally invested in us being beat that people aren’t as invested in what came next.
Wemby is feeling how most of /nba fans felt.
It was an objectively amazing moment for the franchise. They did something most vet teams never do.
I’m glad Wemby was honest about how it effected him and the team but these are humans and these things happen.
It reminds me of when the heatles beat the Celtics and celebrated similarly only to get beaten by the Mavs in the finals. Would not be surprised if the spurs thought OKC was going to be their toughest challenge, and just got caught by surprise by the Knicks. Even nba media thought OKC/Spurs was the marquee matchup of the post season. I felt like it was only really Zach Lowe that said the Knicks were going to win this series.
I think they were exhausted from the series with the OKC, wemby already looked gassed for a lot of the WCF. He has serious gas tank issues.
Knicks had weeks to recover.
By now the Knicks are probably operating with way less of the little injuries that aren’t serious enough to put a guy on the injury report, but add up and wear a guy down
Ik both Sam Vecenie (Game Theory Podcast) and Jason Timpf (Hoops Tonight) picked the Knicks. But ig those arent exactly the mainstream NBA media.
There was a graphic on here a week or so ago - I believe it was a pretty even split on media members favoring NY or SAS. Something like 17 to 13 or thereabouts.
There’s a bit of a narrative that everyone was underselling the Knicks but that’s not really the reality.
They beat the Celtics in round 2 of all things
It’s because it was a blowout. It’s hard to be so emotional of the win w/o it being a hard fought battle. I bet if they blow out the OKC, they won’t be so emotional about it.
Not really. The Knicks won the east like two weeks before the WCF ended. What was there to even talk about? They beat up on some lifeless squads. A 4, 6 & 7 seed in the east.
Like. They kicked their ass, but it was kinda hard to tell whether that was level of competition or just cooking with gas. Turns out it’s cooking with gas.
I’m taking those same hawks over the Portland team spurs beat
Im taking that Philly team over the same Timberwolves that Spurs beat.
OKC over Cavs obviously but OKC was also injured and it took Spurs 7 games to beat them
People can’t just take a step back and realize this
This is fuckign stupid
It’s the truth lol
This series showed me who knows ball and who doesn’t. Who watches games and who just watches highlights
When the Knicks swept the Cavs I finally had time to watch OKC/Spurs and I wasn’t impressed.
What drew me to this conclusion was when OKC was down 20 with 8 minutes to go. Exact same position Knicks were in against the Cavs. The moment they waved the white flag (again with 8 mins to go) told me everything I needed to know
It’s the long standing perception that the East champion must not be as good as they seem simply due to playing in the east.
Bc the Spurs, OKC and prob the Twolves would ab e ran through the Hawks, 6ers and Cavs as well. This is the bubble ring people hate on the Lakers for
Haters gonna do what haters do but he’s being honest about how their inexperience in the playoffs is holding them back as players and as a team. Not much more you can do than that.
You can’t blame Wemby for expressing those emotions in the moment, especially at 22 years old (you beat the best team in the league to reach the Finals and the rival you despise). But that’s also when the sentiment/mentality “act like you’ve been here” can help bring down those racing thoughts that are going 100mph in your head after the high
That’s what the guys like Kornet and Barnes should be for lol. Instead they’re just doing cardio. Barnes is old and washed so it’s expected but Kornet isn’t effective against a team with all NBA bigs.
Don’t disrespect Luke “block of the century” Kornet like that
How can he act at a place he has never been? Nor anyone else on his team? Isn’t this his first playoff run period? Knicks players had multiple deep runs with different teams. Magic made it to the finals his rookie year but he had Kareem who won a championship.
The extreme whiplash of the Knicks not wanting anything to do with the ECF and Wemby celebrating the WCF is really hilarious right now.
The Knicks got wrecked by Trae Young and Haliburton in back to back years so the experience in the playoffs and coaching helped.
I think he bought into the west over east Kool-Aid and thought that once they beat OKC, it was a wrap.
Its so funny because the haters seem to call all his honesty performative. This is just how he is.
He’s had some bad moments this playoff and even ducked some accountability this playoff but he’s been accountable 85 percent of the time since joining this league.
I was talking to my dad about this and unfortunately this is just human nature. Knicks look hungrier and more poised and why wouldn’t they be?
Its only shocking because other teams didnt make them look like this
Yeah, Knicks are a horrible matchup and super casuals don’t seem to know how much of a factor that is here.
Spurs not having a PF has FINALLY ended them. I’ve been wondering if it was just never gunna be a factor somehow.
Them getting this far with such an obvious roster hole is super impressive imo
Unfortunately for us, KATs not Chet or Randle.
Ran into the ONE team that was gonna punish this incomplete roster like the Celtics did in 2022. Was rooting for the Spurs but it might not be their time. At least steal a game and avoid getting swept.
I don’t think they’ll get swept but I said after game 1 there was a path for that and obviously we are still on that path.
I feel like the Knicks will win (obvious) but I have a strange feeling the Spurs will make this series more competitive than people feel right now.
Between the Knicks, spurs, and Thunder they each had their own worst match up in there. I’m very confident that OKC would’ve walked to a repeat ring if they could’ve made it past the spurs but even being up 3-2 you couldn’t be confident they would lol
Last 3 teams standing were like starters in Pokemon. Spurs > OKC, OKC > Knicks, Knicks > Spurs. We’ve seen time and again that matchups are super important in the NBA. Spurs have been amazing but have fun into a team that has the personnel to neutralize them.
If the Knicks win, then that would make them Bulbasaur, the objectively best Kanto starter.
Everytime he tries to roll to the rim or get setup for a lob, he’s got 4 arms in his chest slowing him down, and there’s no other big bodies to take the pressure off.
KAT and Robinson are well over 500 pounds combined. KAT is listed at 248, and Mitchell at 240 which is obviously untrue, there’s posts on this sub from years ago where he said he was playing at near 280.
It wasn’t honest at all. If he was honest he would have just said “you don’t know what it meant to me to take Chet’s soul”
Yeah it’s all a learning experience. The first playoff run is normally brutal. They’re trying to work things out on the fly as fast as they can
Wasn’t there just a quote last week about him saying their inexperience was a good thing?
Any reasonable person would understand if they dont win. The guy with the ‘vet’ role is a 22 yo kid
The job, indeed, was not finished lmao.
The inexperience has finally come to haunt this team
Dude was crying and celebrating like he just won a title. Emotions overwhelmed him for sure and it’s refreshing to hear an athlete be honest about it.
Blocking Chet from winning a second ring probably felt amazing also
Generational hater
Winning the WCF is no small feat either, especially for a guy who is the best player on his team at only 22 years old. No need to knock him for being happy/emotional
it’s fun to see him be that emotional but yeah maybe it wasn’t the best in hindsight lol
but again these are basically kids, they’ll be alright
Maybe he he needs to hide his emotions or whatever he said better and not let them weigh him down
Losing this series would prolly give them the character arc they need before finally winning all of it.
KG was right
So was nick wright its nothing wrong with celebrating but it gave the impression that they thought okc was their hardest obstacle underestimating the east opponent
I know the competition level was different but man it felt so blatantly disrespectful to New York who just swept two teams
Such a reach to read disrespect into it.
Its because no one respects the east
Celebrating beating the champs to win your conference isn’t a slight on the team yet to play. Even if people were disrespecting the East, it’s such victim mentality to think the celebrations were because the Spurs players thought the finals would be a walkover.
i think it was just short-sighted & tunnel vision’d on OKC as their great obstacle. I don’t see it as disrespecting the Knicks but rather just letting the emotion of overtaking the defending champs get to him. He’ll learn to remain more stoic and focused on the bigger picture
No. It’s because they fucking just beat the chamapions on their home court.
Make no mistake about it, the difficulty of their path is so much higher than what the a Knicks had to deal with, and beating this juggernaut of a squad was a title for these kids who are way WAY ahead of schedule.
They also lost track of the fact that they’re facing a juggernaut from the east that was healthy and rested for this series. This knicks team is just flat out better than that OKC team. The results show.
Not even the East apparently if they think it’s wrong to celebrate winning the conference.
nonsense
I don’t know what it is recently about these heads thinking the East is incredibly weak because the competition is lower over the last few years. Knicks, Pacers, Celtics… nobody gave them credit.
Yeah. The Knicks and their incredibly difficult path against checks notes the 4, 6 & 7 seeds.
The east fucking sucked this year. The Knicks are awesome, but the top two seeds almost lost in the first round.
A huge reason why this is such an overwhelming series is the fact that the Knicks are rested, healthy, and most importantly, haven’t even had a team push them. They could focus on the winner of the West for like 2 weeks. They also haven’t had themselves exposed by real competition, making it difficult to gameplan.
Make no mistake, this knicks team is pretty fucking flawless, but when the cavs are your hardest test, you you don’t have to reveal anything.
what he say
Said wemby was too emotional
Seemed like a machismo sleight but in retrospect he may have been right
KG did have a point that he was being overly emotional after winning the WCF.
Where KG went wrong was saying this while never winning a WCF himself, and being known as an emotional player himself. The post-WCF Wemby euphoria the media and this sub was experiencing didn’t help him either.
“KG never won a WCF” is such a reddit thing to say. Would be compelling if he didn’t win a ring and make multiple Finals
I mean KG won multiple ECF and a title. There is very little to no difference between WCF and ECF
Where KG went wrong was saying this while never winning a WCF himself
Yo hold up, Jordan never won a WCF either? Are we sure hes in the GOAT conversation?
Yes he didn’t win a wcf he won the fucking finals
KG only dreamed of reaching the finals at his age
Seriously. Nothing wrong with being emotional after reaching the finals at age 22. Do they seriously think they are losing because he cried?
They almost made it 1-1 if they didn’t have a mistake in communication. Shit happens.
KGs point was that the jobs not done
not so much because he cried - the implication is that he let the accomplishment of winning the WCF distract him from the fact the job wasn’t done and didn’t retain the focus needed for the finals
When I saw Wemby’s reaction I immediately thought of the 08 Lakers after that year’s WCF. Kobe was grinning ear to ear about getting to his first Finals without Shaq, and the whole team was celebrating. https://youtu.be/DZoU3SY-eTE?si=d6JZ68AvhStYxzKx
The next year the whole team looked like someone died during their photo op after they won the 09 WCF. https://youtu.be/EBsW03JJP5s?si=3zrKb5wQJ03eT1wk
If the Spurs make it again next year I would expect to see this kind of reaction lol
equivalent
Konda like
KG was essentially explaining basic sports psychology. Whether or not he was hypocritical or whatever, he was right. That’s not even hindsight, it was apparent. If you tell yourself you already won, you get all the endorphins and no longer have the same thirst.
i’m surprised he got so much backlash for that, he’s not one of the older players who just hates on the new guys all the time. it didn’t even seem like he was saying being emotional was bad, just that it wasn’t the time for a big emotional release like the job is finished when you still have another series to play.
This is part effect of where I think the narratives get into the locker rooms.
People in the media and fans were all overlooking the Knicks and the East, basically treating the WCF as the Finals and that does get to players.
Teague talked about this on his pod, as a player you hear the noise around the team and the games. You can’t avoid it.
A few idiots were saying if the Knicks got swept that we should abandon conferences all together lmao clowns
Yup, a lot of the discourse we see online I very much believe is talked about between all the players too. These dudes are on their phones just as much as we are, probably to a fault. They have to stay locked tf in when they’re in that position. Couple the distractions with their age, add some ego, this is what you get. But it’s only human
It starts with the “West is a bloodbath compared to East” shit.
He is going to learn from this and be better. He’s 22 and no one thought they would be in this position. I like his honesty and he will grow from this.
His finals was the OKC series, he thought the knicks would be easy to beat and he’s getting killed now because of it
Let’s not pretend he was the only one that seemed to think beating OKC meant the title.
Nice to see him admit this, but him being hyped to beat the Thunder in 7 just to get swept is a crazy whiplash.
i don’t think they’re getting swept, game 2 was far from an easy game for the knicks
I don’t think the Spurs will get anywhere close to the level of calls they got in game 2 when they head to MSG
Mfs underestimated the Knicks lol
Bro is admitting everything lmao
He didn’t deny anything so what am I missing here? They were a huge hurdle and took a lot out of them. They’re in a euphoric state as a team despite trying to compete so these losses are gonna sting but it might be too late to turn things around.
Yea I’m curious what the op means as well.
he’s just being a child. the implication of his stupid comment is that there’s something wrong with being honest about struggles and mistakes.
IMO, the energy variance is what I think Wemby means. They’ve had good starts but haven’t held that. It’s not how they celebrated post WCF.
It’s refreshing
i appreciate the honesty tbh
It’s why so many people love him.
The honesty is there unlike 95%of the media trained say absolutely nothing guys.
He’s great for the league because of his personality, not just because of his physical profile
I’m glad we got this Spurs team in their first finals. They’re absolutely gonna win multiple championships with this group of guys. They have a good attitude and are learning what it takes right now. Hopefully we can close out the job this year, but I’m terrified of this group for the years to come.
When looking at this playoff run, our wins were mostly backed by either out talenting the other team (Blazers, Wolves) or being fueled by anger/disdain in the case of the Thunder.
This year’s Knicks team is a cold and calculated buzzsaw. Their full starting lineup along with multiple bench guys are already talented but coupled with playing insanely high level ball at exactly the right time. We play hard and were right there in both 4th quarters but the Knick’s experience, and our inexperience, showed in the end.
I mean when the Thunder don’t have their 2nd best player, you out-talented them as well
I don’t wanna mess your spot up too much but I think in hindsight you have gotten maybe one of the best whistles in postseason history. If Wemby got suspended for the elbow or the team got techs for some of the shit they pulled in OKC like taking a literal hit out on Jared Mccain things would probably look a little different. Maturity is a huge gap right now and it’s finally coming to a head this series.
Wemby grabbing necks, screaming at his teammates while he’s playing like poop, castle injuring himself on a flop, fox messing with brunson and causing a delay of game after a cheap foul, it’s fucking tiring dude and getting in the way of a) good basketball and b) your team winning
They have this year and next. Then their cap goes nuclear because of the Fox contract.
> They’re absolutely gonna win multiple championships with this group of guys.
You guys gotta stop saying this. There is no guarantee of anything. This is probably the easiest run they will ever have through the West. The first healthy non-Blazers team they play they can’t win a game.
Nothing guaranteed in this league.
It’s why I’m pissed at the pistons especially Ausar Thompson if he had locked in for game 7 of the Cavs pistons would be 2-0 against spurs right now. I know I don’t actually get to say that Knicks are good etc.but pistons are such a bad match up for both Knicks and spurs especially after they got their offense fixed a bit in the first couple rounds of the playoffs. Cavs and orlando were the 2 worst matchups for pistons
personally I’m still thankful to the spurs for beating OKC lol. if it was okc vs knicks this would’ve been a different story because we all know okc wouldn’t have celebrated as much. they’re not after the western conference trophy. they’re after the big trophy
He knows what he has to work with. Spurs can still make this a series
We are actively battling this guy for a title and I cant help but admire his maturity in these moments. I was not like that at 22, and I had about a millionth of the pressure in what I was dealing with.
Both teams are pretty fucking cool lol. Only the fans are embarrassing for either one.
Don’t mistake eloquence for maturity. He gives huge Giannis red flag vibes. Eloquent men are right every bit as much as imbociles
He tried to rip our backup point guards head off last night this is two faced smarmery
Kudos for at least admitting it. Most would give you a PC answer.
beating the thunder was their championship lmao
It happens. Beating Denver is always Minnesotas championship. After beating the C’s the sixers didn’t give a shit. It’s hard to sustain the intensity
Like Pat Bev celebrating as if the Wolves won the Finals after they had won a play-in game
The hatred that the Timberwolves have for the Nuggets, especially McDaniels hate for the Nuggets lack of defense, is hilarious.
Yeah it’s natural. Everybody has people they can’t stand. I think Murray said some shit to McDaniels years ago and he won’t let it go. As he shouldn’t, it fuels the fire. He’s definitely a different player vs Denver than everyone else
Timberwolves length on the outside always gives Murray (and at the time Porter) fits. Really funny that they’re really the only team that realizes the Nuggets play negative defense and attack them relentlessly all game for it
Yeah they definitely have a great game plan. One that the Nuggets have yet to figure out. They’re very athletic and they use it. I do think things could’ve gone very different with Watson and Gordon, as they’re the Nuggets best athletes and defenders. But injuries are part of the game
In game 5, he was more mad when Chet scored on him than him being ass that game. I knew he wasn’t mature enough yet then
Talking like they’ve already lost
He said get ready for game 3. He can acknowledge what went wrong realizing it’s time to lock in
They have
I don’t disagree, but it’s not a good look
crazy that it took this long for this to get posted lol.
Gotta love his honesty. Hard not to like this dude. Wish him multiple rings in the future. But as a Knicks fan, just not this year lol
Shades of 2010 Heat when they celebrated beating the Celtics as if that meant they won it all. They have come out flat all series and look like they’ve run out of gas. They’ll learn die next season but they look cooked right now
2011
Yea 2010-2011 Heat, their first year together.
We beat the Celtics in the 2nd round and recovered, but yeah Wade and Bron were too cocky against the Mavs.
Yea beating the bulls just further reinforced that, they had beat the 1 seed and everyone they beat that playoff run had a winning record against them during the regular season sans the Melo Knicks i believe
Heat were celebrating a ring before the season even started
Thats true, I was there at the arena during the “not 1, not 2” it was fucking electric but yea, they thought it a foregone conclusion they’d win. So did I and the 19k in attendance there, but they got there eventually and the spurs will too
The Spurs had their best shot last night to tie the series.
For those who said Spurs in 6 or 7, it’s not going to happen.
Well look at you with the bold prediction lmao. We can all skip the remaining games folks. Nothing to see here. Thanks stephklaydray!
It’s fine. Fans can get caught up with the newcomers that we overlook everything else. New York lost in two years in a row to the Pacers and we were downplaying the path they took to the Finals, even though they were winning in extremely impressive fashion.
In a world where the Cleveland Cavaliers think they analytically were up in a series, Wemby is refreshingly honest. I can respect him saying this.
I was told KG was spreading toxic masculinity
Yeap at the end of game 7 it definitely looked like they felt they reached their goals
I feel like some “woah” victories gas out teams lol. 76ers collapsed after the Celtics similarly.
The Sixers legitimately didn’t have a bench though. The starters had to go full blast to win that series and then Maxey has to play the Knicks and go for 47 minutes in a game.
I think there’s a bit of that with this Spurs team. The starters have been heavily relied on and it’s showing a bit. They have a bench, but it hasn’t been that effective yet.
It’s too late I think. His mistake at the last minute along him taking shots instead of getting closer to the basket sealed the championship. Knicks in 4 or 5 for me.
Ain’t no shame in losing in the Finals
I remember being a little shocked at how emotional Wemby got after winning the WCF, cause while beating OKC was a massive accomplishment, it seems like he would’ve had a real “job’s not finished” mentality the whole way though. But I guess, like a lot of people, I underestimated the youth of the team in some way. That was their first true playoff triumph and I can see it overwhelming them a bit. Just from the post game pressers though, you can see all the things Wemby is learning from this experience. He’s gonna come back more focused than ever from this series.
Hes a good young dude and takes accountability. Spurs fans you got a good ass team and a killer with you for sure 👏
Yeah it hasn’t settling yet for him. Wcf was the finals for him. Experience matters
His cope is similar to Donavan Mitchell’s cope after every game.
Everyone downvoted me for saying this lmao
Makes total sense.
The fans have haven’t been any better. So many people around here (not on Reddit but locally) thinking THEY would sweep.
Lol like no.
I was called an idiot for suggesting that there would be an emotional let down and them being young was a massive advantage for the Knicks
I remember the Raptors run and the vets were really keeping everyone grounded. “We haven’t won anything, on to the next game/series”. Clearly it’s something the Spurs should have been doing if Wembanyama is talking like this
Are we using this as an excuse? Knicks are just better and have been all playoffs haha. I know everyone wanted to act like WCF was the finals, but it wasn’t.
In his mind, he was already NBA champ.
I told everyone he was acting like play in Patrick beverly
Why would you admit this
KG really got on Wemby for his celebration. I don’t think it was the crying but for KG, his view was that a championship caliber team can’t be so emotional after a single win because theres still so much of the mountain to climb.
I don’t think that’s necessarily wrong.
At the start of the postseason everybody was saying how hard it is for rookie teams to win and over the last two weeks, we’ve seen signs of this again and again. It seems like the Spurs always take two tries to get it right. Once to experience it, and the other to adapt.
I always say this but look at documentaries on the Spurs 2014 run. It’s crazy how early that championship mentality started. It basically started in the summer after their 2013 loss and they were on a mission the whole year.
Lol. Spurs fans were going at other fans for making fun of him crying after the WCF. Wonder what their response is going to be now after this
So why didn’t the previous 6,8,10 conference champions of each conference had no trouble removing from “the high of winning the conference finals?”
It’s because this guy made it about himself with his mental gymnastics hate for Chet. Having buzzwords that gets the lowest common denominator talking like “ethical basketball.” The guy fucking CRIED after winning the conference Finals. Job ain’t done kid! Making it all about himself.
If Victor cared more about the game of basketball instead of being adjusted by the internet, this series would be different. The guy probably bee lauded his entire life and never had to deal with criticism and probably can’t handle it. His pouting face after he turned it over late told the story
So KG was right all along.
Hitting threes from half court to play horrible
He is learning now what it takes to win. His failures of today will turn into dominance in the future.
Enjoy it Knicks, you deserve it. But the Knicks winning will cause the heartbreak that Wemby needs in order to become an all-time great and possibly, multiple champion and Finals MVP.
Beating Chet is the biggest motivator for him that beating the Knicks lmao
Someone should stick a picture of Chet on the back of KATs jersey
Guy sounds like he is throwing the towel already.
Im feeling Knicks sweep tbh
This just in. Wemby high and playing like shit
Beating okc is the spurs superbowl
It turns out the Spurs were the frauds we met along the way