Wembanyama or Chet Holmgren: Who will win the NBA Rookie of the Year?! 🏆 | First Take

Wembanyama or Chet Holmgren: Who will win the NBA Rookie of the Year?! 🏆 | First Take

OKC bro the Thunder htown winning 123 to 110 last night Rookie of the Year candidate chat hren dropped a cool 29 grabbed eight boards dish out seven assists and 33 minutes to help lead the Thunder to the Victory and tie the t-wolves for best record in the Western

Conference despite the big game homr still an underdog to win Rookie of the Year over Victor W banama wemi minus 800 at ESPN bet to take on the hardware he leads homeg in major stats and leads the league in blocks her game all right the

Crew back here with me sa what do you think W be a lock to win Rookie of the Year well listen I I I don’t there’s no question that wiim bana is probably going to win he’s he’s the favorite but I don’t think it should be a forgo

Conclusion that’s the real question here for me I think that Chad homr should be right in the mix now I understand that wimy is averaging 20 and 10 and 3.3 blocks but game shooting 46% from the field 31% for three-point range I get all of that let me just throw this at

You Shannon let me just throw this at you big perk the Spurs are 11 and 47 and I know that rookie is individual award and I get all that please I understand that but they’re 11 to 47 Oklahoma City is 40 and 17 they’re TI for the number one

Seat in the Western Conference chadol grenad some bench player he’s a starter by the way he’s averaging 17 and seven yeah with more than two and a half blocks oh by the way he’s shooting 54% from the field 40% from three-point range I’m just saying to for it to be like

This foregone conclusion that it’s I mean with 20 some odd games to go uh it’s over there’s no way that that anybody but when bana should get it I don’t view it that way because I think that ched hren has had a hell of a season lot it’s over it’s over perk and

Get to get the get the disappointment off your face it’s over Wy going to get it because if you look at it in the games that he’s been on television he’s been unbelievable you watched him against Anthony Davis side step hit the three had a what the the five blocks the

Five assists the five steals he’s been phenomenal he’s been unbelievable he’s he’s better than I thought he would be cuz I look at it I was like man a good a good yeah a good win come along man he might be he hey ain’t no telling way he

Going to end up perk but the D he can play he could legit he could he can put the ball on the floor he can handle it he got three Range man no and and on the defensive end uh you better not put that ball up close to him if he’s anywhere in

The arena he going to block it or he’s going to attempt to block it he’s been unbelievable and I don’t even I don’t even think it’s close and what they need to do you got to stop giving these these uh uh these Blake Griffin and these uh

Uh uh these trophies he came out last year he ain’t No rookie he didn’t play a single game he did not come out you that’s wrong that’s wrong now you get ridiculous he did not he did not play in a pree game he did not play in a regular season game

That’s Awards oh hold listen first of all U I agree with you I agree with you it’s a dead boat lock when it comes to wiy winning the rookie of the year 2010 and leading the league in Block shots and and and look I say this respectfully

But and it’s a little joking in it but I’m so serious Stephen A Shannon Miley we could go play alongside Victor WIA in the Spurs and still have the same record I mean damn if you look at this kid soan and what he’s been doing out there on

The floor it’s been an embarrassment to be honest with you and you can see the frustration all over Victor WIA face the thing that I love about this man is that he’s passionate he actually wants to win he don’t care about nothing else he want to go out there every single night he

Want to go go at the best I’mma tell you something it when he went at jannis an tupo and he went toe totoe for him Toe totoe with Giannis down in San Antonio now Giannis end up getting the best of him because he end up pulling outform

But the fact that he W but the fact that he rose to the occasion that put the world on notice so when I think about the Rookie of the Year it is a dead B lock now Stephen A I will say this in Shannon’s defense on what he was saying

Is you could gain a lot just sitting on the bench even though you was on the sideline what he was saying for as cadol GRE and you know Blake Griffin you know sitting out of year you could gain a lot of NBA knowledge s being yeah being in

Those film rooms and gaining that that NBA game and that knowledge and and and getting yourself ready I’m telling you like you have so many guys that are in college no but I’m saying I’m not all the way AG with Shannon but I’m giving you some some you know Insight on what

He’s saying you know what I’m saying just to sit over there and relax you upset man you had a good day yesterday you you you all right oh I’m I’m I’m I’m fine man a little tired but I’m all right but here’s the deal here’s the

Deal y’all I get what you’re saying I get what you’re saying and I I understand what I’m saying to you is this there’s plenty of dudes that got experience in terms of sitting on the bench they get on the court and don’t play like Chad hongren is playing I mean

There’s something to be said that the first time you’re able to step on the NBA court you’re able to do the kind of things he’s doing and you watch ched hunger and big perk he’s got passion too and by the way the Great Performances that you the Great Performances that

You’ seen from wiim bana they haven’t been that great against Chad Chad has been right there with them they go back and forth with each other I mean I’m just saying women that’s right they they don’t like each other it goes back it goes back ways hates each other I will

Say this to you I would say this to you wi bana sure he’ll win it I’m just sitting up there and saying if we’re looking at their game and looking at their performances it shouldn’t be oh 25 games left there’s nothing to talk about Chad HRI is giving you something to talk

About yeah that’s all I’m saying but we just sitting here we just talking there ain’t nothing to talk about we just talking because we in the same room that’s all we do talk about we just happen to be here so we just passing time he

On First Take, Stephen A. Smith and Shannon Sharpe are joined by Kendrick Perkins to discuss whether Victor Wembanyama or Chet Holmgren will be the 2024 NBA Rookie of the Year winner.

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