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The Inside Crew Breaks Down Giannis & Wemby’s Epic First Battle | NBA on TNT



The Inside Crew Breaks Down Giannis & Wemby’s Epic First Battle | NBA on TNT

GUYS IN THE WEST, PLEASE PAY ATTENTION. THE EAST. I KNOW WE DON’T SHOW THEM ENOUGH. WE DON’T SHOW THEM AT ALL. PLEASE WATCH SHEA GILGEOUS-ALEXANDER PLAY BASKETBALL. HE IS AMAZING. YEAH, HE IS. >> HENRY, MOVE! GAME ONE OF OUR DOUBLE DIP. HE’S THE FIRST TIME WE’VE SEEN GIANNIS AND WEMBY ON THE

SAME FLOOR. BECAUSE WEMBY DIDN’T PLAY THE FIRST TIME THESE TEAMS MET. >> BULLY BALL RIGHT THERE. >> GET OFF OF ME. >> LITTLE PEOPLE ARE DGARDEN COMING DOWNHILL. ERNIE. OH OH, OFF THE GLASS! AH! I WAS LOVING THE WAY WEMBY WAS COMPETING TONIGHT BECAUSE GIANNIS WAS GOING AT HIM.

>> THEY WERE GOING AT EACH OTHER. I LOVED IT. REMINDS ME OF THE GOOD OLD DAYS OF BASKETBALL. NOW THIS JUST OKAY NOW SHAQ DON’T GET MAD. WHAT A MOVE. >> HOLD ON. IT WAS A NICE MOVE. SEE RIGHT RIGHT THERE VOLUMES CONTROL YOU GO I CAN’T GET EXCITED I CAN’T

WAIT I CAN’T GET EXCITED WITH A DUDE OR A GUY MAKE A PLAY LIKE THAT. NO, I GET EXCITED, BUT YOU CAN’T GET EXCITED LIKE YOU’VE NEVER SEEN IT. SHAQ I HAVEN’T SEEN. >> OH YEAH, THIS HAS HAPPENED. OH THIS IS YOU CAN GET EXCITED ON THIS. OH YOU

LIKE IT IN YOUR FACE, MR. BARKLEY? IN YOUR FACE. IN YOUR FACE. MR. BARKLEY. SEE? WELL, I’LL NEVER FORGIVE YOU FOR THAT ONE. MM I LOVE YOU, SEE. WELL, BUT I’LL NEVER FORGIVE YOU AND NIKE FOR MAKING THAT COMMERCIAL. YOU DUNK IT ON ME? YEAH, MAN, THIS WAS A LIKE YOU SAID,

THIS WAS A WELL COMPETED GAME. YES. OH YEAH. GO GET THAT 144 FOR 18 AND SEVEN. >> OH FOR GIANNIS. >> CHECK. THAT WAS NICE. >> AND KELDON JOHNSON GOOD JOB KENNY. >> NICE VOLUME CONTROL KENNY. YES THAT WAS NICE. >> WAIT HE GOT ANOTHER ONE TOO. >> OH HE DID.

>> OH THIS WAS THIS IS IT RIGHT HERE SIR. OH GET IT. GO GET THAT. THAT’S A OOH OOH THAT’S A OOH. >> WAIT. >> SO WAS MY VOLUME GOOD THEN. >> YES. IT’S PERFECT. YEAH >> IT WAS APPROPRIATE FOR THE SITUATION 102 101 THE SCORE SAN ANTONIO ON TOP.

AND DAME LILLARD CONNECTS. >> WE GOT TO SHOW THIS KID VANCIL BECAUSE HE WAS AMAZING DEVIN. OH MY GOSH WHAT’S HIS NAME. OH MAN. FELL LIKE VANCIL. BUT THAT’S HELL GOING ON WITH HIS HAIR. >> OH THAT’S GOOD RIGHT THERE ERNIE. NO DREADS. LEAVE IT. >> YEAH REGGIE MILLER MEN

ONLY HITTING ONLY HIT 12 THREES. THIS SEASON COMING INTO THIS GAME. HEY LISTEN YOU GOT A COUPLE BIG REGGIE MILLER SAID IT BEST. >> HEY YOU CAN LIVE WITH THAT AND YOU CAN LIVE WITH THAT. WEMBANYAMA >> I’MA TIE THINGS UP AT 121 UNDER A MINUTE TO PLAY AND ON YOU HEAD ON.

>> YOU HEAD AND TAKE THE CHARGE. THE GUYS YOU GOT TO FALL DOWN TO GET THE BALL. THIS WAS. THIS IS IMPRESSIVE. OH YEAH. >> BULLY BALL. GIVE ME, GIVE ME THAT. >> NO NO NO. BULLY BALL. BULLY GOT BULLY THE BULLY. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BULLY? BULLY BULLY GOT BULLIED.

NEIGHBORHOOD WENT TO THE WRONG NEIGHBORHOOD. HE GOT A THREE POINT GAME. >> YOU GOT ONE MORE CHANCE. WIDE OPEN. THREE FROM TRAE JONES AND HE CAN’T CONNECT THIS SHOT. >> IRON ON KIND AND THE IRON EAGLE. >> THAT WAS A GREAT PASS, JOE. I HAD AN IDIOT NAMED JIM BRANDO. THAT’S RIGHT. I

HAD AN IDIOT NAMED RO PARRISH TEXTED ME TALKING ABOUT WEMBY SHOULD HAVE SHOT THAT BALL. I SAID, NO, HE SHOULDN’T. THAT WAS A GREAT PASS. GUY GOT A WIDE OPEN THREE. WE KNOW WE DON’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT BASKETBALL. OH MY GOSH. RO PARRISH IS BRINGING RO. >> WHAT UP RO 125 121 IS

YOUR FINAL SCORE. >> AND THIS GAME DESERVES SOME POST GAME YACKETY YACK YAKETY YAK I THINK THAT’S WHAT YOU KNOW EVERYBODY WANTED TO SEE, ESPECIALLY IN A GAME LIKE THIS. >> YOU KNOW A GUY THAT YOU KNOW HAS A LOT OF POTENTIAL, A LOT OF TALENT COMING UP IN

THIS LEAGUE AND IS PLAYING WELL AT THIS POINT, GOING AGAINST, YOU KNOW, A MULTI MVP PLAYER THAT YOU KNOW, LEONARD SKILL SET KIND OF IS SIMILAR IN SOME TYPE OF WAYS AND ATHLETICISM. I MEAN IT WAS FUN TO WATCH SOMEBODY I GREW UP WATCHING AND ONE OF THE GREATEST PLAYERS IN THE WORLD.

>> SO IT’S ALWAYS AN EXTRA MOTIVATION. AND I’M A COMPETITOR, SO I’M I WANT TO GO AT EVERY ONE AND BE BE THE BAD GUY ON THE COURT. >> YOU SEEING HIM UP CLOSE AND LIKE HE’S TALLER THAN YOU, THEN YOU THINK YOU KNOW WHEN YOU GET UP TO HIM LIKE,

WHOA, LIKE LIKE THIS GUY JUST HIS WINGSPAN AND JUST THE WAY HE JUST DOMINATES THE GAME. >> LIKE, I MEAN, HE’S DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, THE FUTURE OF THIS LEAGUE. >> JUST ASK GIANNIS WHAT ADVICE HE MIGHT HAVE FOR YOU. >> AND HE SAID YOU DON’T NEED ANY ADVICE I APPRECIATE THAT.

>> HE RECOGNIZES I’M YOU KNOW I’M HEALTHY PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY. SO I’M I KNOW I’M ON THE RIGHT PATH. BUT IT’S DOESN’T MEAN IT’S GOING TO BE EASY. BUT I’M DEDICATED AND I KNOW AT THE END OF THE DAY I’M GOING TO GET WHAT I DESERVE. AND IT’S

, YOU KNOW, EVERY GAME IS A STATEMENT FOR NOW. >> DO YOU LIKE HOW VICTOR. >> OH, I JUST LOVED IT. >> 19 I LOVED IT. IT WAS I LOVED EVERYTHING ABOUT ALL OF HIM. >> THERE’S NOTHING I DIDN’T LOVE ABOUT ANY OF THEM. >> THAT ANSWERS ALL THE QUESTIONS RIGHT? OKAY. HAVE

A GOOD NIGHT. >> SEE YOU AT THE BAR. >> ALL RIGHT, POP SKY IS, UH, SKY IS THE LIMIT. UM IT WAS IT WAS JUST GREAT STUFF TONIGHT. WEMBY DUNKING ON THAT FINISH WHILE STILL NEAR ON THE GROUND. GOT IT LEGAL IN AT LEAST 50 OF THE STATES .

>> I DON’T GET THAT ONE. >> AH. COULD HAVE DONE WITHOUT THAT ONE. AND GOOD JOB DONZELL. UH SO I THINK, I MEAN, IN THIS GAME YOU SAW , YOU SAW WHY UH, GIANNIS WITH THOSE TWO MVP CREDENTIALS AND A CHAMPION DOING WHAT HE DOES AND A GLIMPSE REALLY AT AT A GUY

WHO CAN CHANGE THE LANDSCAPE OF THE LEAGUE. AND VICTOR WEMBANYAMA WHAT WAS YOUR BIGGEST TAKEAWAY FROM WATCHING WHAT THEY WERE BOTH ABLE TO DO TONIGHT? >> WELL, WUN BE TO ME. I’VE ONLY SEEN HIM PLAY 3 OR 4 TIMES, BUT TONIGHT WAS REALLY IMPRESSIVE BECAUSE HE WAS TRYING TO COMPETE WITH

GIANNIS AND YOU CAN SEE GIANNIS IS LIKE NO NO NO NO NOT YET YOUNG FELLA. SO THAT’S WHAT WAS REALLY IMPRESSIVE. AND WHAT WAS REALLY GOOD ABOUT IT ERNIE. THEY PLAYED AGAINST EACH OTHER A LOT. YOU KNOW ME AND KENNY WERE IN THE BACK LIKE OH MAN I WANT TO GUARD HIM

AND I WANT TO GUARD HIM. BUT FOR ME, THIS WAS WEMBLEY’S BEST GAME FROM A COMPETITOR STANDPOINT BECAUSE HE WAS REALLY COMPETING AGAINST GIANNIS AND I LOVE THAT ASPECT OF IT. BUT MAN, I TELL YOU WHAT THOUGH. OH LOOK AT THAT. THAT’S IMPRESSIVE. BUT I WILL TELL YOU MAN THE MILWAUKEE BUCKS

THEY GOT TO ADDRESS THEIR DEFENSIVE WOES BECAUSE EVERYBODY WAS SCORING AT WILL. AND YOU CAN ONLY EXPECT GIANNIS AND DAME. YOU ONLY CAN SPEAK SO MUCH OUT OF THOSE GUYS BECAUSE YOU’RE TRYING TO COMPETE. YOU’RE COMPETING. YOU’RE COMPETING TO WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP. AND IF YOU DON’T GET BETTER DEFENSIVELY YOU’RE NOT GOING

TO BEAT THE ELITE TEAMS. WELL QUIMBY JUST HAS TO CONTINUE TO GET BETTER. >> HIS ROOKIE SEASON. YOU KNOW WE KNOW YOU WERE THE NUMBER ONE PICK. WE KNOW YOU’RE GOING TO BE A PRETTY GOOD PLAYER. BUT YOU JUST HAVE TO CONTINUE. KEEP CONTINUING GETTING BETTER. AND THEN SOON YOU’RE GOING

TO TAKE THE CROWN FROM YONDER. SOON LEBRON AND BELIEVING IN THE LEAGUE TO BE YOURS. BUT YOU HAVE TO GET BETTER, GET BETTER, GET BETTER, STAY INJURY FREE AND JUST KEEP CONTINUING TO GET BETTER. AND I AGREE WITH, UH, COACH GRIFFIN, HE IS THE FUTURE OF THE LEAGUE. IF HE

CONTINUES TO GET BETTER AND YOU HEARD POP AND HIS IN-GAME INTERVIEW WITH THE JARED GREENBERG WHEN HE ASKED HIM IF HE EVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN THE THIRD QUARTER, WHAT HE WAS ABLE TO SEE FROM FROM WEMBY, AND HE JUST SAID NO. >> AND SO HE’S DOING A LOT

OF THINGS THAT YOU DO NOT SEE ON A, ON A DAY IN DAY OUT BASIS. >> YEAH. AND YOU KNOW, POP IS LEARNING WHAT HE’S ALREADY GREAT AT. LIKE THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS WHEN YOU COME INTO THE LEAGUE YOU SAY, WELL, I’M GREAT AT THIS. I THINK POP IS STILL

LEARNING WHAT HE’S GREAT AT BECAUSE HE’S SO VERSATILE. SOMETIMES YOU KIND OF YOU PUTTING HIM IN TOO MANY PLACES INSTEAD OF THE PLACE HE NEEDS TO BE AT THIS EARLY STAGE. SECONDLY, THE SPURS EVENTUALLY ARE GOING TO NEED A PLAYMAKER IF YOU WATCH THE GAME, EVERYTHING IS ONE ON

ONE. HIS ABILITY TO GET IT, HE NEEDS SOMEONE TO GET HIM AN EASY BASKET THERE. YOU KNOW GIANNIS GETS EASY BASKETS PLAYING WITH DAME LILLARD. AND WHEN HE WAS WITH JRUE HOLIDAY PRIOR TO THIS HE GOT HE GOT EASY BASKETS LEBRON JAMES PLAYS WITH ANTHONY DAVIS. HE CAN GET EASY BASKETS BY CUTTING

TO THE RIM AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. THE SHAQ PLAYED WITH KOBE. YOU PLAYED WITH KEVIN JOHNSON LIKE THERE’S NO EASY BASKET ON A NIGHTLY BASIS FOR WEMBY. THERE ARE OCCASIONALLY THREE BUT NOT ON NOT A STEADY DIET. I PLAYED WITH TWO GREAT POINT GUARDS, KEVIN JOHNSON AND ONE OUR MAURICE CHEEKS. THEY

ALWAYS GOT ME 6 TO 8 TO TEN, 12 POINTS A GAME. EASY BECAUSE NOBODY CAN LIVE ON CONTESTED. WHAT IF WEMBY PLAYED WITH A JASON KIDD? OH MY GOD, IT WOULDN’T BE FAIR, YOU KNOW. YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE JASON KIDD. IF HE PLAYED WITH A JASON KIDD OR

EVEN A MAURICE CHEEKS OR SOMEBODY LIKE A JOHN STOCKTON. YEAH. OH MY GOD, IT WOULDN’T EVEN BE FAIR. I MEAN, BUT BUT THE SPURS, LIKE, I SAY, POPOVICH COACH POPOVICH IS THE RIGHT COACH FOR THAT SITUATION BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE LIVE IN IN THIS SOCIETY WHERE EVERYBODY WANTS EVERYTHING REALLY,

REALLY QUICK. THE SPURS ARE THEY’RE REBUILDING. THEY ARE THEY’RE LOOKING AT THE NEXT TEN YEARS NOT THE NEXT TWO YEARS. AND MAN IN THIS LEAGUE I WOULD SAY YOU HAVE TO BE IMPRESSED WITH WITH ME TONIGHT BECAUSE HE REALLY COMPETED AGAINST IN 26 MINUTES. IN 26 MINUTES. >> YEAH. 125 121 YOUR FINAL

SCORE. UM, MILWAUKEE NOW SEVEN AND TWO IN GAMES DECIDED BY FOUR POINTS OR LESS. MEANTIME TIME. THE SPURS HAVE LOST 13 IN A ROW IN SINGLE DIGIT GAMES OF. I’M A HITS. >> I’M GONNA HIT HIM WITH THAT STICK. >> WE’LL TAKE A LITTLE BREAK HERE ON INSIDE COMING BACK

WITH MORE SO TAKE YOUR GLASSES OFF. >> I DON’T WANT TO HIT A MAN WEAR

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50 Comments

  1. That block on Giannis was just great. What a rookie class. Wemby and Chet are generational talents, and behind them there are many extremely good guys like Jaquez Jr., Lively, Podz, the Thompsons, Miller, Scoot (he's getting better!)… Great class.

  2. Spurs are 5 – 29. I think coach pop is starting to get tired of being out thwre by now 😅. After losing a loved one and failing record every year now i think its time for him to slowly fade into retirement. I remember at one point in time the spirs were a 50 plus win team for what 19 years of tim duncan career. People talking about a rebuild. Yes, but they are trash now. That reign is over with now.

  3. I LIKE THAT GIANNIS ANTETOKOUNMPO#34(BEST PLAYER IN THE LEAGUE) .. AND VICTOR WEMBANYAMA#1(HIS HEIR APPARENT) .. WEREN'T BUDDY BUDDY AFTER THE GAME .. SHOULD BE A GREAT MATCHUP FOR YEARS TO COME ..

  4. Unbelievable first matchup . And it's always going to live up to the hype every time they battle because they're in different conferences

  5. This game watching live just felt like history. Wemby block at the end was everything to see from him, in two years he will have adjusted with the game and have enough to take that shot even tho the pass was the play to make. Catch it high n keep it high he will be scary. Them two will always be a battle from for the league mane

  6. Shaq really be getting paid millions to be up there to give his "expert analysis" that "Wemby just needs to get better every year"

  7. I don't watch basketball like that til playoff time but is that a typo or is SA really 5-29? It was all these talks about this Wemby guy before the season for them to be 5-29? Who is coaching? Lol

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