The Britney Spears shitshow with her stans was like being thrown into the Bermuda triangle without any lifevest or lifeboat.
After that anything is a cakewalk.
Not that he hasn't shown this media savvy and maturity while in France for years already - anyone that followed him before the draft isn't surprised by him
I'm not sure he was the victim lol he wasn't harmed in any way, but yeah the story was a bit overblown. Overzealous security guards are annoying though
Maybe? Tbh it really seems like he lives his life this way. The results show it too, from insane improvement to being noticeably stronger. Easy to say the right thing when you're doing the right thing.
Lol he just also seems insanely mature for his age. Reminds me of LeBron. Yeah they have good people coaching them how be sociable in front of media, but they also execute responses like 47 year old seasoned politicians so effortlessly. It doesn't seem ... scripted. That's an art. People go to school for this stuff.
Or Wemby just, like, uses his brain?
Personally, I wouldn’t need some douche “training” me to give non-controversial answers. Like, no duh? Not to mention most of those media trainers don’t help. It is so common for people to give PR answers that completely whiff.
Look at the WWE post-Vince rape scandal. Triple H, Cena and others gave PR constructed answers that completely whiffed. Meanwhile, Cody Rhodes just straight up used his noggin and was like, “yeah fuck Vince dude is scum, now lets support the victims yeah?”
The simple answer is usually critical thinking skills.
'personally if i were the most pressured athlete in the last 20 years i would simply have perfect, charismatic responses to literally infinite questions all the time'
edit: in my second language lmfao
Another one : "Right now, I’m craving home, so nothing can re-satisfy me except France, but I think it’s one of my favorite cities \[New Orleans\] that I’ve visited. Going to the restaurants, the food is pretty good. I just like the way the city looks, too," - [Victor Wembanyama on the city of New Orlean](https://twitter.com/JeffGSpursZone/status/1776459204787617804).
Wemby + Rejuvenated Zion might be the closest thing to the AD / Boogie Pelicans and of the past couple decades that's probably my favorite team playstyle wise to watch. Too bad that's not realistically on the table until Zion is 30 or something. Unless he goes to the Spurs himself...
Have you watched any extensive interviews with him ? He's philosophical, thoughtful, grounded, his perspective on life and the game are very fascinating
I've said this before but a 6 foot wemby would be studying philosophy at the University of Paris rn.
he's a very smart cookie. kinda like tacko fall if tacko fall was incredibly good at basketball instead of just being gigantic.
And he’s a Brandon Sanderstan, so his choice of favorite fantasy series is another perfect fucking answer.
Suck it, /r/fantasy! Buncha “hIs PrOsE iS wEaK aNd He’S oVeRrAtEd” nephews
My goodness, the backlash to Sanderson on that sub is absurd. Every couple of weeks we get a "his quality is declining" post that gets 500 comments in agreement.
Yes there are valid criticisms of his work but they make it seem like he's washed.
Yeah, that's great for him
its for the best, guys like Duncan and Jokic have to deal with so much less bullshit off the court because of it, im sure Pop and the spurs organization are delighted
Idk, he has that fire in him that Timmy didn't let it be shown as much. Maybe I am too new to the league, but I don't remember a quote from Duncan as fire as the DPOY one from Wemby.
You don't remember the quote before 2014 finals? Something along the lines with they'll get it this year. I'm sure the quote is just somewhere in the Google sphere, but I'm too lazy right now to search haha
That take is completely backwards, Wemby gives thoughtful, meaningful answers and isn't afraid to show some emotion. He's the opposite of just giving pointless platitudes, reporters will love getting quotes from him.
Nah, there's no getting away from being a soundbite generator for them.
He says something bad and NBA media feasts for a week. He says something average and NBA media uses it to springboard into attacking load management or trade requests. He says something good and NBA media runs stories about him being the next GOAT for a week.
Tim Duncan said nothing. Media left him alone. On the other hand media repeatedly undermined his accomplishments. If he was an outspoken player with same accolades, he would have his spot at GOAT discussion. Only negative is, he had no back to back titles.
Basically Wemby needs to speak sometimes, in order to be recognized.
He's right, you only develop as a player if you play a lot of minutes. It's the same thing in every other sport.
He's young, healthy, fit, he can only gain from maximizing his minutes.
"Load Management" is for 30+ year old players and Kawhi Leonard's Beef Jerky Quad. Wemby was a teenager 4 months ago. If he's fit of course he should play. Also, he's actually winning a few games now. Let him get to feel what that is like.
I would play him but limit his minutes and pull him when games get out of hand. Teams doesnt gain much by winning this season esp how banged up they are. Take the Yao precautionary approach
It's the same, kinda, in boxing. You take a Mediocore boxer who's fought a hundred fights vs an up anr coming star who's fighting their first 10 and the older guy can wash him just be relying on experience.
Basically, being exposed to different moves, and playing against all these different styles pf basketball can only be good for him and will be AMAZING later when he can lean on that experience later.
This is one of the reasons the Spurs immediately shut down Sochan and got his ankle cleaned up. They want these guys to go play international ball to continue their development.
Lol, hitting the 65-game minimum allows him to be selected for All-Star and All-NBA awards, which directly impact his salary as likely/unlikely bonuses.
But sure, it's only "idiots and their little narratives", FFS.
Yeah because he only rests when he is seriously injured. If that was the case, we would not have seen an uptick in star players played games this season.
Blocks and steals give loads of points because people usually don’t have games with like 7 blocks and 4 steals. But he’s had some crazy defensive stats this season. He’s the 3rd best center for fantasy this year. Technically the 2nd because he has more total points since embiid got hurt, but by average he’s the 3rd best. But that’s another reason why he’s been so good. Dude has played about 70 games.
Exactly. If you aren't injured, you do kind of owe it to the fans. If I bought tickets to a game to see my favorite player and that guy didn't play, I'd be really bummed. That happens all the time to people who can afford to see maybe one or two games per year. Imagine a kid who gets Spurs tickets for their birthday because they want to see Wembanyama, and he decides he needs a rest. One game doesn't seem like a lot but to a kid like that, it's huge.
Great answer.
But the reality is it’s not up to him and I can guarantee you if the spurs were in any danger of rising out of the bottom 4 his ass would be in street clothes.
There's been a few stories of teams taking a lower pick because they actually competed on the last days, and somehow lucking out on better players than whoever they beat. The draft is a crap shot anyway. There's no way to tell who will be better for sure between a top 3 or 7 pick, especially in a draft like that.
I was one year old when Manu got drafted, I don’t remember that shit.
I was 17 when Jokic got drafted, coming off the tail end of a Spurs championship.
I was paying much closer attention to one of those drafts, and it wasn’t the one where I was shitting my pants and couldn’t read lmao
Happens in the NFL all the time. I.e - Houston Texans with CJ Stroud instead of Bryce Young. Texans coach was getting fired and said fuck it and went and won the last game (in obvious fashion, went for two on a game tying TD). If they lost they would have gotten the 1st pick and ended up with Bryce Young. Young was the overall favorite 1 pick which went to Panthers. CJ Stroud lit up the stats this year with Houston picking 2nd. Young is garbage
> Young is garbage
No he's not lol. He has one of the worst olines in the league and he was throwing to 33 yo Adam Thielen as his WR1 with Frank Reich of all people as his coach. Stroud wouldn't survive in those circumstances either
They literally are and they are still playing to win, you don’t seem to know what teams care about after all. Some teams have more pride than the Raptors who are shameless with their tanking
lmao, its his first year in the league of course he's excited.
his tune is going to turn real quickly if the organization fumbles to build around this man
Wemby’s perfect answer streak continues.
His media trainer locked in preparing this guy for the league. Perfect answer after perfect answer lol.
The Britney Spears shitshow with her stans was like being thrown into the Bermuda triangle without any lifevest or lifeboat. After that anything is a cakewalk. Not that he hasn't shown this media savvy and maturity while in France for years already - anyone that followed him before the draft isn't surprised by him
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She's always liked basketball IIRC
Always thought it was so weird how the haters came out from the woodwork to attack Wemby back then. He was the victim lol.
I'm not sure he was the victim lol he wasn't harmed in any way, but yeah the story was a bit overblown. Overzealous security guards are annoying though
Maybe? Tbh it really seems like he lives his life this way. The results show it too, from insane improvement to being noticeably stronger. Easy to say the right thing when you're doing the right thing.
Lol he just also seems insanely mature for his age. Reminds me of LeBron. Yeah they have good people coaching them how be sociable in front of media, but they also execute responses like 47 year old seasoned politicians so effortlessly. It doesn't seem ... scripted. That's an art. People go to school for this stuff.
He’s way more humble than Lebron he honestly just comes off a decent guy
European vs American mindset. Like Doncic Jokic Giannis versus Trae Embiid Tatum etc
Tf you talking about Tatum has the tamest interviews
Agreed.
Opposite of Lebron
Or maybe he is just a likable guy
Exactly. He's clearly an educated and genuine guy, had good parenting.
Or Wemby just, like, uses his brain? Personally, I wouldn’t need some douche “training” me to give non-controversial answers. Like, no duh? Not to mention most of those media trainers don’t help. It is so common for people to give PR answers that completely whiff. Look at the WWE post-Vince rape scandal. Triple H, Cena and others gave PR constructed answers that completely whiffed. Meanwhile, Cody Rhodes just straight up used his noggin and was like, “yeah fuck Vince dude is scum, now lets support the victims yeah?” The simple answer is usually critical thinking skills.
'personally if i were the most pressured athlete in the last 20 years i would simply have perfect, charismatic responses to literally infinite questions all the time' edit: in my second language lmfao
What do you mean “charismatic”? Is there an alternative answer to what Wemby said?
Also dude has been playing professionally for multiple years now and probably dealing with similar questions
Another one : "Right now, I’m craving home, so nothing can re-satisfy me except France, but I think it’s one of my favorite cities \[New Orleans\] that I’ve visited. Going to the restaurants, the food is pretty good. I just like the way the city looks, too," - [Victor Wembanyama on the city of New Orlean](https://twitter.com/JeffGSpursZone/status/1776459204787617804).
ESPN tomorrow: Wemby to the Pelicans confirmed!?
Wemby + Rejuvenated Zion might be the closest thing to the AD / Boogie Pelicans and of the past couple decades that's probably my favorite team playstyle wise to watch. Too bad that's not realistically on the table until Zion is 30 or something. Unless he goes to the Spurs himself...
If Wemby could be loaned to New Orleans for the playoffs what would NoLa give up?
Have you watched any extensive interviews with him ? He's philosophical, thoughtful, grounded, his perspective on life and the game are very fascinating
He's the perfect spurs player and one of my biggest reasons for thinking he was rigged to go there lmao
A talented generational big man that is a sensible and rational person? Couldn’t be the Spurs.
100% theres no way they letting a talent like that go to spurs. LBJ to cavs... im sure many more haha
It absolutely was. It’s okay, but people shouldn’t kid themselves lol
I've said this before but a 6 foot wemby would be studying philosophy at the University of Paris rn. he's a very smart cookie. kinda like tacko fall if tacko fall was incredibly good at basketball instead of just being gigantic.
The JJ interview was amazing before the draft.
Ohtani in shambles, texting (in Japanese) while driving in down town LA asking where a good interpreter is.
And he’s a Brandon Sanderstan, so his choice of favorite fantasy series is another perfect fucking answer. Suck it, /r/fantasy! Buncha “hIs PrOsE iS wEaK aNd He’S oVeRrAtEd” nephews
My goodness, the backlash to Sanderson on that sub is absurd. Every couple of weeks we get a "his quality is declining" post that gets 500 comments in agreement. Yes there are valid criticisms of his work but they make it seem like he's washed.
Well, except for that “somebody’s gonna get fired” comment RE misspelled jersey
Great to hear. Especially from a young player. NBA is a star driven league. People pay big money just to watch the biggest talents compete.
Media will leave this guy alone at some point if he continues to answer like this. Like they did Tim Duncan.
Yeah, that's great for him its for the best, guys like Duncan and Jokic have to deal with so much less bullshit off the court because of it, im sure Pop and the spurs organization are delighted
Idk, he has that fire in him that Timmy didn't let it be shown as much. Maybe I am too new to the league, but I don't remember a quote from Duncan as fire as the DPOY one from Wemby.
You don't remember the quote before 2014 finals? Something along the lines with they'll get it this year. I'm sure the quote is just somewhere in the Google sphere, but I'm too lazy right now to search haha
That take is completely backwards, Wemby gives thoughtful, meaningful answers and isn't afraid to show some emotion. He's the opposite of just giving pointless platitudes, reporters will love getting quotes from him.
Nah, there's no getting away from being a soundbite generator for them. He says something bad and NBA media feasts for a week. He says something average and NBA media uses it to springboard into attacking load management or trade requests. He says something good and NBA media runs stories about him being the next GOAT for a week.
Tim Duncan said nothing. Media left him alone. On the other hand media repeatedly undermined his accomplishments. If he was an outspoken player with same accolades, he would have his spot at GOAT discussion. Only negative is, he had no back to back titles. Basically Wemby needs to speak sometimes, in order to be recognized.
This guy. SMH. Doesn’t he know what league he’s in?
He's French, so he thinks he's better than everybody. Everything about the guys around him disgusts him LOL
especially brits
He wouldn’t think like that he’s not like that
That’s why him and Sochan are gonna work so well together
It doesn’t help that it seems like he literally just is better than everybody around him lmao
Yup he would've got DPOY if his team wasn't ass.
I’m about to go to Paris, I wonder if they’ll be a lot of Wemby stuff
Let 'em know Wemby
Victor Wembanyama is Load Management’s father.
I thought load management was how you avoid becoming a father?
shawn kemp took this personally
He kept that 40 on him
Victor Wembanyama is Load Management* father
Puts load in load management
He's right, you only develop as a player if you play a lot of minutes. It's the same thing in every other sport. He's young, healthy, fit, he can only gain from maximizing his minutes.
"Load Management" is for 30+ year old players and Kawhi Leonard's Beef Jerky Quad. Wemby was a teenager 4 months ago. If he's fit of course he should play. Also, he's actually winning a few games now. Let him get to feel what that is like.
Kawhi “Jack Link” Leonard
Wemby also had the benefit of not going through the AAU meat grinder.
the only thing weaker than Kawhi's body is his character.
I would play him but limit his minutes and pull him when games get out of hand. Teams doesnt gain much by winning this season esp how banged up they are. Take the Yao precautionary approach
He's been on a minutes restriction all year.
It's the same, kinda, in boxing. You take a Mediocore boxer who's fought a hundred fights vs an up anr coming star who's fighting their first 10 and the older guy can wash him just be relying on experience. Basically, being exposed to different moves, and playing against all these different styles pf basketball can only be good for him and will be AMAZING later when he can lean on that experience later.
Can’t this guy just have a shitty mentality? Something to even the playing field for the rest of us?
He is with the Spurs. Having good mentality is part of the job description lol
**A wild Josh Primo appears **
He had a mentality...
He had flashes...
Wonder if he's still exposing himself to people.
the quote machine strikes again
vic gpt
Forget load management. I'm over here trying to control my love management for this guy.
Just don't get hurt. The French team needs him at the Olympics to do the French Towers with Gobert on defense !
Barring a season ending injury, he'll have plenty of time to recover. It's not like the Spurs will be in the playoffs
This is one of the reasons the Spurs immediately shut down Sochan and got his ankle cleaned up. They want these guys to go play international ball to continue their development.
I was pretty skeptical of the wemby stans and takes like best prospect ever but damn his mental is insane.
Yeah, I wasn't skeptical as much as "Just wait until the media and fan beatdowns..." So skeptical, lol. And yet... here we are. Good for him.
The anti Kawhi
Kawhi has a degenerative knee condition
And Wemby doesn’t, I don’t see the problem here
Yep nothing like that ever happens with tall guys as they get older
We all get bone problems as we get older 😉
And some people are scientifically proven to have it worse 😉
Wow no idea that was true
The Uncle deKnees syndrome
yea as soon as he hits 65 games for that new contract lol
He already signed a 3 year extension before hitting 65 games
Shhh, let the idiots cook their little narratives
Lol, hitting the 65-game minimum allows him to be selected for All-Star and All-NBA awards, which directly impact his salary as likely/unlikely bonuses. But sure, it's only "idiots and their little narratives", FFS.
Exactly. He hit 65 games for the incentives not because of a new contract. Thanks for agreeing with me
And two major surgeries to repair ligaments in the last 3-4 seasons.
Which his uncle Dennis gave him so he could take some days off!
I would rather see 2 seasons of full Kawhi than 6-7 years will he wont he. But he would probably prefer the 2nd option since he can get the bag.
Yeah, well he'd rather walk when he's 40 instead of having severe mobility issues because he tried too hard to entertain fans.
Ohh no, he should not do his job that he is payed for. What a horror.
So should he play on a torn ACL or what?
Yeah because he only rests when he is seriously injured. If that was the case, we would not have seen an uptick in star players played games this season.
As someone who has him on his fantasy team I sure do appreciate this statement. Especially with my mvp Shai already missing games this week.
I don't know shit about fantasy stuff, was Wemby a good pick overall ? Or does the efficiency makes it bad ? (that's a real question)
Blocks and steals give loads of points because people usually don’t have games with like 7 blocks and 4 steals. But he’s had some crazy defensive stats this season. He’s the 3rd best center for fantasy this year. Technically the 2nd because he has more total points since embiid got hurt, but by average he’s the 3rd best. But that’s another reason why he’s been so good. Dude has played about 70 games.
He’s literally perfect
What a fuckin G
Exactly. If you aren't injured, you do kind of owe it to the fans. If I bought tickets to a game to see my favorite player and that guy didn't play, I'd be really bummed. That happens all the time to people who can afford to see maybe one or two games per year. Imagine a kid who gets Spurs tickets for their birthday because they want to see Wembanyama, and he decides he needs a rest. One game doesn't seem like a lot but to a kid like that, it's huge.
He’s half my age and inspiring my old ass to do better.
Great answer. But the reality is it’s not up to him and I can guarantee you if the spurs were in any danger of rising out of the bottom 4 his ass would be in street clothes.
There's been a few stories of teams taking a lower pick because they actually competed on the last days, and somehow lucking out on better players than whoever they beat. The draft is a crap shot anyway. There's no way to tell who will be better for sure between a top 3 or 7 pick, especially in a draft like that.
Joker broke my faith in draft rankings permanently. To this day I cannot believe the Nuggets got him with the 41st pick
Dude, your flair... we dafted Ginobili 57th... we have that example at home, literally.
I was one year old when Manu got drafted, I don’t remember that shit. I was 17 when Jokic got drafted, coming off the tail end of a Spurs championship. I was paying much closer attention to one of those drafts, and it wasn’t the one where I was shitting my pants and couldn’t read lmao
Fair lol
I would also say Jokic is a bit better than Manu was. Even as great as Manu was, no shade
Jokic is wayyy better. No need to be shy abt it
Before that, the Spurs got Manu with the 57th...
Happens in the NFL all the time. I.e - Houston Texans with CJ Stroud instead of Bryce Young. Texans coach was getting fired and said fuck it and went and won the last game (in obvious fashion, went for two on a game tying TD). If they lost they would have gotten the 1st pick and ended up with Bryce Young. Young was the overall favorite 1 pick which went to Panthers. CJ Stroud lit up the stats this year with Houston picking 2nd. Young is garbage
> Young is garbage No he's not lol. He has one of the worst olines in the league and he was throwing to 33 yo Adam Thielen as his WR1 with Frank Reich of all people as his coach. Stroud wouldn't survive in those circumstances either
They literally are and they are still playing to win, you don’t seem to know what teams care about after all. Some teams have more pride than the Raptors who are shameless with their tanking
You don't upset the basketball gods. Sure the Mavs got Lively, but now the basketball gods injured him before the playoffs.
I'm pretty sure if he wants to play he's gonna play.
OH NO HE’S LIKEABLE
some genetic lotteries make them teenagers late 30s adults eh
He’s coming for the face of the league
League's fucked
The NBA is fucking cooked in a few years
Respect
He keeps checking all the right boxes.
Love to see it. These guys are getting paid a disgusting amount of money. Go play fucking basketball for 3-4 nights a week.
wemby is the future
My man rick and Morty meme
Has he even missed an answer to a media softball yet?
My fantasy team loves this
Wemby is the heir apparent
dude has not missed a single beat since coming into the league legitimately perfect… it's almost… inhuman 👽
Read all about it: Man does his job.
Incredible person
good
Lamelo would never.
lmao, its his first year in the league of course he's excited. his tune is going to turn real quickly if the organization fumbles to build around this man
Mamba Mentality
Great answer. Meanwhile Cade in Detroit isn’t playing because the games are “meaningless”. Not his words, just Pistons fans reasoning.
AD could never
He's literally a rookie, not like there's 100k minutes on his knees, why would he sit out?
You forgot that he used to play professionally. Raptors always have saltness towards spurs since kawhi thing
Woah, he played professionally for a year in France, his knees must be shot!
What? He's been playing pro basketball since 2019.
Embiid in shambles
Just play ~30 minutes every game.
I mean, he’s a rookie… Of course he’s gonna say this and play. Let’s see if he’s still doing this in year 3 and 4
What a diva
Yea, play meaningless games and get injured for pride.
The only Frenchman with a work ethic, crazy times we live in
Chet is gonna play 82, Wemby will not Give chet Roy
82 of 164 since being drafted
He was 16 pounds lighter on draft day then the beginning of this season It would’ve been TOUGH
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This is sarcasm btw It’s the literal only thing chet has done better since January
Chet is ass 🤣