NBA Today | Wemby is the next face of the NBA! – Perk on Wembanyama, Spurs beating Chet & Thunder

NBA Today | Wemby is the next face of the NBA! – Perk on Wembanyama, Spurs beating Chet & Thunder

Par I think we might have found the next big time rivalry in Chad versus Victor the latest example the latest iteration was last night here is how it went down in the first quarter time to be alive the spur is up by one here Shay guildas Alexander drives into the paint but hey

Wy is there what he does best look we knew he was going to take this game personal and we got I’m glad I got w at the desk because what you said W he would be the best player on both sides of oh my God on the floor elevates this is what

Victor wanyama does length on length there shett and wemy meet here at 12 I I don’t even know what that is that was a jump hook that was a something hook no that was a jump hook back and forth they go Chad holr saying you know what I got

A little something too here Brian Chad hren is very very very good he B Rookie of the Year like 98% of the seasons in NBA history this is what we wanted to see though chat versus Victor oneon-one that was nice smooth cck gets the that one then going ahead here to the fourth

Quarter Shay gildas Alexander hands it off to Chad slams it down wemi pulling up from 28 ft yeah sure why not well from three in the month February Z he’s 75 seven a lot de Vel back out to Victor he said I did it once before sure watch

Me do it again totally normal the spur is up by double digit look at him pupp now watch how he reacts watch him to the bench he cared about that he wanted that block he got it let’s take one more look at it the San Antonio Spurs finally get

In the wind column against the Oklahoma Thunder here was Victor after the game enjoying a game a win back from the Run R Tri with more more than 16,000 people that I love best feeling hey time we again go PR go 1 2 3 go first

Go it’s time now for our big man ball and brought to you by ESPN bet the official sports book of ESPN perk what have you been seeing from wemi I mean it’s just been incredible in the month of February I mean doing everything on both sides of the floor in on February

The 12th of this year he became the first rookie ever with a 10 block triple double since David Robinson in 1990 that was 6 years before I was born Malika by the way doing his thing okay on February the 23rd 20 27 10 rebounds eight assists five steals five blocks played fewer

Minutes in 5 by five games became the youngest player with a 5x five game all of that and then yesterday Wy became the first player with 25 points 10 rebounds five assists five blocks and five three-pointers in a game all time not just rookies all time and the win

Against another rookie that he’s trying to win up rookie of the year against look at just look at this I mean over the last seven games he’s averaging just under 24 points is this his actual height though let me stand over here oh you just have to yeah that looks about

That looks about proportionate right you can see here though this is just incredible the company that he is joying ESPN bet is the official sports book of ESPN new users get a $100 bonus bets you like their W you’re making any Sportsbook bet check out big perks big

Man parlay exclusively in the ESPN BET app if you want to ride with perk or any of the other big men but Brian yesterday you said that despite the Spurs being last right Wy wants to win now he wants to win now he played every single minute

Of the fourth quarter last night for the second straight game the only two quarters where he’s played all 12 minutes of season so what’s impressed you the most about him here people aren’t giving wanyama enough credit enough attention because not only is he playing awesome this guy trash talks

This guy trash talks like you and because he speaks with an accent and because he doesn’t monotone he doesn’t get it listen to what he said after this game very important for me because it’s um you know I’m I’m convinced that I mean you know I am who

I am I’m I’m in the the organization you know that trusts me I’m I’m convinced that um the best way for me to have my team is by being uh also individually performing and uh you know on on a whole season so it’s a so yes individual

Awards like Rookie of the Year are very important for me okay now I want you to think about in 2004 if LeBron James came out after a game after his team went two and 10 in a month which is what happened with Victor and he said I’m him and I

Want to win every award cold pizza would have got into meltdown the next day okay but Victor because because the way he talks about it Nobody Does it this guy he was pissed off that he didn’t win the skills challenge he was angry at the all-star weekend because

Anthony Edwards screwed around he wants to win it all he wants it all and he just said it I care about the individual Awards he said earlier we talked yesterday he wants his team to win he said he wants to win the dunk contest the Three-Point Contest the All-Star

Game MVP he wants to win everything and doesn’t just doesn’t just do it he talks about it I’m telling you this guy is a gem the the NBA is going to discover it the idea that a CH hrd Victor royama game was not going to be on National Television retired next year going

Forward every time these two guys are going to play it’s going to be on national TV just just wait and watch get on the trade they they should be I mean there should be an allergy he has an allergy rather to losing but the San Antonio

Spurs team has not been good this season wo so what is the outlook look like for the Spurs as they’re trying to sort of put a support system around Victor here the SP first can’t treat this like a long-term rebuild they can’t you know you hear in these organizations we can’t skip

Steps they’ve got to move quickly in putting uh a real team around him uh this is a team that I think what this organization said before the season coming into Victor wey’s rookie year is he will dictate he will dictate essentially the timeline this group will dictate the timeline line for how

Quickly he’s ready for speeding this thing up I think he’s delivered that message this is a player who’s going to be you know we said this at the draft last year he’s going to be the best player at both ends of the floor by his

Third season in the NBA I wonder if that wasn’t too um conservative and by next season this is a player who you know he’s going to win multiple MVPs he’s going to start winning them quickly and the defensive player of the year award will be retired in his name no one else

Is ever going to win this maybe after this year I love the way W talks about Victor because he doesn’t talk about like this but here’s why this is going to be hard because a 2025 draft is expected to be much much better than the 2024 draft the Spurs have multiple picks

Right now in the 2025 draft and especially theirs and it’s going to be very tempting for them to go slow I think because you know they may spend in free agency in trade and they may only be able to get like look what the Houston Rockets did Houston Rockets were

The one one of the worst teams in the League last year they said we want to get better they spent a bunch of money they made a bunch of moves and they’re now in 12th the Spurs probably don’t want to do that they probably would like

To draft high again in 2025 it’s going to be hard to do what I think Victor is kind of forcing them to do well they’re going to draft high again this season which is and look they may not have a choice about where they draft in 2025

Not only because of what Wim banama wants but because of how damn good he is he is is so good already it’s ridiculous they won’t be one of the third worst teams in the league and have a saw you see it with LeBron the Cavs never drafted high again because LeBron was so

Good it can’t be stated enough all of these things you guys are saying you choose your words carefully when you describe a prospect and those are the words you’re saying he has exceeded that hype he is getting better stronger more well-rounded more durable as the season

Goes on and as bad as the Spurs are they allow 120 points for 100 possessions when wemi is on the bench and 112 when he’s on the floor that’s the difference between the worst defense in the NBA and a top five defense in the NBA this guy

There is no ceiling the ceiling it doesn’t exist there’s no ceiling Z you said getting stronger it was the only element to his game or to him that wasn’t there when he arrived there was no other part of his talent um that wasn’t ready to uh dominate in this

League he had to get stronger it wasn’t shooting it wasn’t his shop blocking ability all of those things and as his body matures and gets stronger it is remarkable to see perk you played in this league as a rookie and to dominate The League it didn’t take him very long

To figure it out and you know saw him in person the other night against the Lakers and you just see on the floor his presence even if you on the other side of the court and away from the you feel him his presence on the court

And you see everyone reacting to it in a way I’ve never seen another player on the defensive end he’s the greatest Prospect ever right we all agree about that pressure make diamonds but pressure also burst pipes and if the San Antonio Spurs don’t act quickly it’s going to be

A flood in San Antonio they have to put the pieces around him because this young man wants to win wants to win his hisorical moments you hear him in a postgame interview he’s not satisfied he’s not happy because some of those moments came with L’s so if you’re the

Spurs you’re on the clock for one time in your life you’re actually on the clock and you know what should be terrifying for the rest of the NBA Victor shot 41% from three in the month of February he’s can go off the dribble he can create for himself he is only

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NBA Today | Wemby is the next face of the NBA! – Perk on Wembanyama, Spurs beating Chet & OKC Thunder