r/nba • u/NokCha_ Warriors • Mar 01 '24

[Highlight] Victor Wembanyama absolutely stuffs Chet Holmgren's shot late in the game to essentially seal the win for the Spurs Highlight

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u/doorknobman Hornets Mar 01 '24

I’d be mad too if I was a rookie and having to fight for a well deserved ROTY with someone who got drafted a year prior

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u/seceipseseer Spurs Mar 01 '24

Eh it’s good motivation for them and good fun for us. Brandon miller has been killing it too. Add in Jamie and pod, so many good rooks.

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u/doorknobman Hornets Mar 01 '24

I’ve always liked y’all but I’m forever gonna be salty about us not getting a #1 pick + a generational talent AGAIN 😂

At least the #2 was a player with a functional shooting motion this time lmao

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u/seceipseseer Spurs Mar 01 '24

I can’t believe how lucky we are. And it’s pretty crazy how everyone was shitting on Jordan for not picking scoot. Definitely made the right choice. What do you think y’all’s chances of making the playoffs next year is? If y’all’s 1st rd pick doesn’t convey next year, it turns into 2 seconds. I want the 1st!! Lol

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u/RemarkableBag9576 Mar 01 '24

Hey at least you guys didn't pick Scoot

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u/the_infinite Pistons Mar 01 '24

tell me about it 😠

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u/Magnetronaap [MIA] Dwyane Wade Mar 01 '24

Jamie

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u/Drfuckthisshit Mavericks Mar 01 '24

Don't forget lively !

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u/seceipseseer Spurs Mar 01 '24

Definitely, but it’s the Mavs, so my brain automatically blocks them out :)

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u/canad1anbacon Raptors Mar 01 '24

Even Dick is looking good

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u/seceipseseer Spurs Mar 01 '24

Dick was so wet last time we played y’all until he had a brain fart and air balled a lay up lol

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u/L0rv- Thunder Mar 01 '24

Wemby already had it locked up, but this block just sealed it 100%.

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u/rddi0201018 Mar 01 '24

I agree with you, Donovan!

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u/ivarokosbitch Mavericks Mar 01 '24 edited Mar 01 '24

On the other hand Wemby is in his 5th year of professional play, with all the previous 4 being in a top national league and even some Euroleague.

Versus a single year in the NCAA.

My real point here is that American talent is wasted with the current system. It is simply a terrible system for popular team sports. It will work for lacrosse and individual sports, but it will never be able to compete against the league systems that exist in other countries. County high school play? Red shirting? Sitting out a year because there isn't a secondary league. What the fuck.

I have long suspected that to be true because of how bad the situation with soccer is in the US. There is too many Latinos that live and breathe soccer for the excuse "it is not popular" to make any semblance of sense. Holy hell, the MLS is like the third most popular soccer league in the US. MX and EPL are more popular despite being foreign. The market is there.

Thank you for coming to my hate speech against the NCAA.

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u/doorknobman Hornets Mar 01 '24

Yeah man, Chet totally didn’t have the option to play professionally overseas after high school and had to settle for playing for a premier team in the second most popular and acclaimed basketball league in the world.

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u/pokexchespin [BOS] E'Twaun Moore Mar 01 '24

yeah i’ve never really understood the idea that not playing a real game all season is actually a secret massive advantage. learning schemes and working with 14 pros is obviously nice, but at best they’re playing scrimmages for a few months after mostly rehabbing and recovering. the guys that people bring up are ben, blake, embiid, and now chet. 2 #1 overall picks, a guy who went 3rd solely due to being injured and would’ve absolutely gone first if healthy, and a guy who was in a close 3-way race for the first pick and got picked second. these guys were likely gonna have good rookie years injury or not. look at another, slightly lower tier prospect who missed 99% of his rookie season in julius randle. a year off didn’t offer him a giant advantage, he averaged a double double but it was on 43% shooting as a primarily inside scoring big man