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Victor Wembanyama defied Pop and checked himself back into Grizzlies game late



Victor Wembanyama defied Pop and checked himself back into Grizzlies game late

by TilldenKatz

38 Comments

  1. GentrifvsWhiteflight

    Time for a documentary and lecture about worker ants

  2. WernerHerzog69420

    Can anyone think of another scenario where a player checked himself in against the head coach’s wishes?

  3. VeniceRapture

    We at least got one more highlight dunk out of those 30 seconds

    I like to imagine that because he subbed himself in, he specifically chose to sub out Blake Wesley out of the 5 people he could choose. Like he thought Blake was the worst one out there and he went “Nope. Go sit back down” lol

  4. lawdoggingit

    This will surely be a calm and reasonable comment section

  5. Imagine thinking you know more about basketball than Gregg fucking Popovich

  6. Hungry-Raisin-5328

    He’s literally on a medical minutes restriction. He’s a kid – he’ll learn to not risk his own health. It’s not even Pop’s call.

  7. Chucking 3pt floaters, subbing himself in despite the coach and minute restriction…

    My, my…

  8. That wouldn’t happen if he could point out the Ivory Coast on a map.

  9. SunKing210

    I just saw video footage of this, it is bizarre to say the least.

    Wemby wants to play and I’m sure a young dude who keeps saying he’s feeling great, and his play on the court reflects that, is frustrated sitting on the bench while you’re team is down single digits.

    Hopefully they take him off of these minutes restriction already and let him go to work, before he rolled his ankle he was putting up absurd stats with his new role at Center on regular minutes. He even overtook Chet for the rookie rankings in that span before he missed games and got less minutes

  10. I honestly didn’t even know a player could sub themselves in

  11. Temporary-Dust-865

    The more I hear about this dude the more I’m not a fan

  12. jejsjhabdjf

    Everyone has been saying Pop has been doing a horrible job with Victor ever since he joined the team. Now we have some evidence Victor might feel this way, too. This could be trouble brewing.

    Is Pop washed, is Victor arrogant, is it both, or neither and this is a nothing burger?

    I kinda think Pop is washed tbh.

  13. donta5k0kay

    how would this even work? does the player he subbed in for just say “ok wemby you’re the boss” or did he lie?

    whatever i guess, chet is better

  14. The same people calling for Pop’s head are the same window lickers saying Belichick is washed. You all need to stop being locked up in your feelings.

  15. I mean they’re trying to tank. Not sure why people are forgetting this, Wemby included

  16. aita0022398

    Hate to say it but whatever he felt, it wasn’t worth risking your body for.

    Could easily be out for a season, take it from a Pistons fan

  17. The_Crown_And_Anchor

    You’d think a guy who’s ankles appear to be smaller in diameter than a cheerleader’s wrist would realize he has to be much more careful with his overall health

  18. Big_Treat8987

    I know this is cute at all but at some point I could see this type of “I do what I want” mentality becoming a problem.

    Hopefully his coachability doesn’t affect him improving his shot selection.

  19. timbitfordsucks

    Coach don’t wanna play him, teammates don’t wanna pass the ball. His team building his case for him to not stay there

  20. Between this and his one legged three, wtf is going on? I’d he actually already checked out mentally?

  21. heywhateverworks

    I’m sorry coach I …didn’t know I couldn’t do that.

  22. GillbergsAdvocate

    He shouldn’t have disobeyed Pop but 24 minutes is just a weird number. Why not 25?

  23. Brilliant-Hornet103

    As a thunder fan he seems like a cancer in the locker room at this point. We’ll trade him for a discount wimby in poku and a couple of seconds. Who says no?

  24. Choice_Marzipan5322

    Cracks showing? Wemby getting tired of the Ls

  25. TarnishedAccount

    Wemby is a competitor, can’t fault him for that.

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