Yeah, Shaq isn’t even French. He’s Irish

The problem is that while Wemby is a good shooter, he isn’t a great shooter. Him chucking 8 3s a game isn’t helping his team.

If the Spurs want Wemby open near the basket they need to stop running as many high pick and rolls with him and have wings cut into post back screens.

Expecting Wemby to move KAT or Robinson with his matchstick thighs on their hips is insane. His center of gravity is too high. He can’t fight them for position. He has to be used differently.

Shaq got swept in the finals at age 22. Pretty valid comparison

He doesn’t play like Shaq. The comparison is that of the unicorn. Shaq had unicorn size that we hadn’t seen before and unicorn quickness to go with it.

Wemby’s similar in the sense that he he’s unicorn tall and unicorn long with unicorn offensive versatility that gives him a legitimate chance to dominate on both sides… like Shaq. His dominance will look different, though. And just because he has the tools to dominate doesn’t mean he will. Shaq had the tools and didn’t quite reach his dominant ceiling as a two-way force. Or rather, he wasn’t able to maintain himself as a dominant two-way force for more than a handful of seasons.

people talk about him like he has shaq’s athleticism and KDs skillset

It’s not about being Shaq. KG was once a skinny 22 year old that could consistently score from the perimeter and the post and roll to the rim.

What is likely happening to Wemby is what happened to players like Dirk and KP who didn’t develop a consistently reliable go to game in the high post until their 3rd, 4th or 5th year in the league. Trying to drive by players with a lower center of gravity and taking open 3s is not reliable if you run into defenders that have the foot speed to keep you in front of them especially when they have lengthy wings that can swipe at your dribble and choke off passing windows.

He’s gonna get swept in his first finals so he’s exactly like Shaq

Wemby just needs to eat clen, tren hard, anavar give up and he’ll be on Mount Rushmore.

Spurs need another big man to support Wemby.

I don’t expect him to be Diesel but I do expect a 7’4 guy to go to  the paint when you’re in the bonus in crunchtime.

Stylistically he’s much closer to Dirk than Shaq. Good shooter who needs to develop a post game to fully unlock his potential.

“Bullied like that”. Dude drops 29 points in his first finals, first playoffs, at 22, against an incredibly built team full of experienced hall of famers.

Fuck I wish I was “bullied” like that. Dude isn’t playing perfect and showed his youth but can we stop with the hyperboles for a second.

The fact that he is getting his ass whopped now is going to make him mean, no matter what happens on Monday. If they lose, don’t think for a second he doesn’t come out of it a better nba player.

Player first fans are desperate for a new player to bandwagon too. That’s why. People already saying he’s the greatest of all time because he’s pacing better than anybody. We live in a very hypothetical society.

His offensive game right now is “jack of all trades, master of none except I happen to be fucking gigantic”. He’s a skilled offensive player, but he doesn’t have any elite offensive skills right now IMO. He’s really going to need to develop his shot creation for himself and others moving forward if he wants to reach his potential and actually start racking up MVP awards and rings. He’s only 22 though, so provided he stays healthy he has plenty of time to do that.

hes very clumsy and slower than I thought. Shaq had better feet work to create a shot. Vic just tries to out reach everyone.

Sky hook solves his post scoring issues.

I think he’s more Dirk than Shaq. He needs to develop a mid range game. It can’t just be dunks and 3s.

People need to let Wemby just be Wemby. I hate the Spurs but all this Shaq this Wilt that is unfair to him. He’s none of those dudes. He’s not better than any of them at their peak today. And that’s fine

I simply refuse

He’s not even Robinson or Duncan

His 40 point 20 rebound game he was in the paint the whole game. That’s clearly the most effective we’ve ever seen him.

I was told he’s a basketball savant and on the way to winning 10 titles.

In order for him to have a consistent impact against good teams offensively, he’s gonna have to score inside. A post fade would save him so much energy too

Hes ralph sampson

He should play like kg not KD..

Wemby isn’t shaq, wemby isn’t even KAT

He’s the mutombo Giannis version of chris bosh when he’s at full powers

“Fans” put someone on a pedestal too early just they can shittalk him when its obvious too early

From 94-99, Shaq got swept 0-3, 0-4, 0-4, then went 1-4, then got swept 0-4 0-4

He needs to get Yao on the phone. He was skinnier in China and when he first got to the league, but got bigger. He also didn’t try to overpower Shaq, he used nimbleness to outwit Shaq. He could also shoot, especially hook shots. 

Wemby needs to just play more like a big man, with use your size, quick feet, and post moves instead of trying to be KD. 

At the end of Game 2, There’s no reason you take a jumper instead of going to the rack. Win, lose, or draw, you have to attack the paint as a 7.5 footer, and accept the outcome 

Shaq at his lightest in the NBA was 290 lbs Wemby will never be that people need to stop that comparison

His offense is just not good enough rn. No reliable go to move, aside from shooting contested 3s.

But that’s what he needs to do to win… we are saying this so he wins games…

People want Wemby to play offense like Shaq and defense like a better version of Hakeem. I don’t know if anyone can do that.

Somehow even though we had the pace and space revolution, both nba fans and pundits are still stuck in the mindset that taller = better in the post.

This is more ridiculous when this era’s best post player is Jokic, who is under 7ft.  Hakeem was also under 7ft, so it’s not just the era.  Wemby clearly tried to add postups to his game this season, but it’s not something he can score with at will yet, and it seems to tire him out quickly.

It’s just endless social media presentism. Folks are so focused on the immediate that they lose sight of the long careers required to be considered “Great”. Shaq has 4 Chips in, what, 6 appearances. I watched him from LSU on. At his peak, Shaq was the most dominant player ever. Still is.

I think the spurs need to have a big who can stand in there and bang down low with guys like Kat if they want to have a chance of winning a championship. Wemby is a great defender he just gives up so much strength against other talented bigs.

he moves to the perimeter to create spacing for his teammates.

And leaves a gashing hole open in the middle of his defense, that any agile and strong C or PF will exploit.

Here we go with this now

Weight Room..

Wemby classifies himself as a Forward. And he mostly plays like one on the offensive end.

This creating space is a lot of crap. He needs to use his height

At 22, Kareem Abdul Jabbar was 7’2 “ and weighed 225 pounds.

Wembanyama is 7’4” and weighs 235 pounds.

There is ZERO excuse for this guy to not be making a concerted effort to play closer to the basket.

Jabbar wasn’t some kind of oak tree down there, but he developed excellent ability to move without the ball and find his spaces, smooth post moves, the skyhook, and brilliant passing skills. No reason Wemby can’t do the same - and he has a superior wingspan to make it even more lethal.

This “oh he isn’t a monster like Shaq so he has to play on the perimeter” take is just nonsense. He’s hurting his team with his shot selection.

Invent the Wemboroni coward

What Shaq was to offense, Wemby is to defense.

Until I saw this post I’ve never heard a single person compare Wemby to Shaq.

Also, fuck Shaq. The guy literally saved up his feces for a week then poured it on a rookie.

And he’s consistently horrible on Inside the NBA.

Great points. He needs to make a video explaining that he still deserves to be MVP even though he cannot play near the rim if the other team has a large player.

People on the internet are stupid. 99.9% of comments are literally the same regurgitated bullshit.

Defensively he is the best in the league. But offensively he has such a long way to go. He doesn’t have a go-to move, a move that when the going gets tough, he can whip it out, and make it 70-80% of the time.

‘People need to stop talking about Shaq like he’s Dream’ your dad in ‘95, probably

And Shaq needs to stop treating the big men like they have the raw power/talent like him. Everybody got their limits, and obviously his ceiling is higher than everyone else’s.

unlike shaq he plays defense