FIRST TAKE | Wemby is already Top 5 most talented player in NBA – Stephen A. rips Nuggets def. Spurs

FIRST TAKE | Wemby is already Top 5 most talented player in NBA – Stephen A. rips Nuggets def. Spurs

Nicole yic and the Nuggets welcome Victor vama and the Spurs to town and this battle went to the Joker joic had 42 giving them sole possession of first place in the west while wimy had 23 points 15 rebounds eight assists and nine blocks a near quad double now with

That he became the fourth player with at least 20 points 15 rebounds eight assists and eight blocks in a game became official in 1973-74 joining Chris Chris Weber hakeim Alan and Kareem Abdul Jabar he just missed coming the fifth player to record a quadruple double Stephen A how close

Is wbi to being a top 10 player in this league he’s getting pretty damn close he’s getting pretty damn close already and the reason I say that is because of this he’s 75 and the impact that he has on the defensive side of the ball so

Much time we get caught up in the offense we forget that there’s both sides of the ball that need to be played in a lot of instances do I think he’s a top 10 player close to being a top 10 player offensively no because obviously even though he’s got a jump shot he’s

Got a handle you know he’s still real thin um and there are limitations when you’re that thin but he does he has skills but where he really tips the skills for me is how he impacts things defensively yes he went against joic and yic last night dropped like 42 and 16

This is nicoa yic we talking about here okay I mean a man can’t he’s I he’s one of the most amazing players I’ve ever seen in my life the man can’t jump onto a curve he can’t jump onto a curve and you can’t stop him can’t stop there’s

Nothing you can do about him I i’ I’ve never seen anything like it’s unbelievable you know and major major props to him but even though he had 42 and 16 wiana still had his 23 the man had nine blocks nine when you’re 7 feet five that’s something that you can’t teach and when

You’re able to have that kind of impact on both sides of the ball particularly surrounded with close to nothing because he is right now San Antonio don’t have much they need a whole bunch down there in San Antonio okay I have to give credit what credit is do and more

Importantly CH and doggy I got to listen to the Personnel his contemporaries when they talk about this kid and they talk about what he brings to the table and they talk about how formidable he is again most of it evolves around the fact that he’s 75 it’s still the most

Embarrassing photo I’ve ever seen of myself in my life when I was interviewing him and I came to here you know and I literally had to stretch to get the damn microphone up to him I’ve never had that experience in my career it was unbelievable you know I was Min

Me for crying out loud it it was crazy you know what I’m saying but but he’s 75 man and when you look at what he brings to the table defensively that’s where it tips the scales for me which is why I say he’s not there but he’s close

Ah take it easy Steve oh come on man he’s what is he Marvin Webster all of a sudden you know Marvin Webster you superponics that’s what doing we picking up Marvin Webster here like we didn’t know who that was well I wasn’t sure you got it right now can I do

Something on wiama I did a little work work on it today okay what was what did he shoot last night in the game uh I’m sorry nine of 29 okay N9 of 29 and what did he shoot from three but that’s one game time out one game why did he shoot

For three he shot two for 11 and and the opponent scored how many points against him 42 and who won the game uh Denver okay now go look at Kareem you guys are making him out to be so much better than he is go look at Kareem you know what

Kareem did in his rookie year he a AED 29 a game he shot 52% from the field this guy shoots 46% he averaged 14 and a half rebounds a game and his team went from 26 wins to 56 wins when you are a center can I have a few wins they have

Won 17 g 18 games and don’t tell me they k at a great cast because the year before they stunk and Oscar wasn’t there yet the team was terrible and kareim went 56 and 26 and I gotta listen to you now tell me that he’s a top 10 player

Listen wion is fun to watch he’s a pogo stick he’s got a lot of ability he’s going to be great but take it easy rookie centers are expected to do this look at elijahwan and Russell and Kareem and Wilt and Shaq all the Moses bone all

These guys had great their teams won the man has won 17 18 games and you’re going to sit sit there and tell me while they Supporting Cast go look at karim’s roster in 1970 I did John mlin Carlos Boozer what who notz at go ahead you got the idea you

Get the idea and you’re sitting here telling me put him in the top 10 oh come on Steve please you better you are better than that I’ll let I’ll let your name come in and then I respond to your driil that you just spewed go go ahead your respectfully doggy my basketball

Playing blood is boiling a little bit because I feel like when we talk about Kareem we put him the context of being the greatest of all time but how was the center position being played back then versus how is the center position being played right now when you look at Nicola

Joic when you look at Joelle embiid when you look at Anthony Davis the way the game is right now what Victor webing Yama is doing is out of this world that is why we’re talking about him being compared by one of the greatest of all time in LeBron James to an alien the

Numbers that he’s stuffing the stat sheet from the blocks to not only like the blocks and the points did you know in the last 20 games he has 101 assists along with the 93 blocks to me he is I’m right there with Stephen A he’s knocking

On the door of being one of the top 10 or so players in the NBA now yes what would push him over the edge to being in that actual conversation is wins but the San Antonio Spurs right now are not designed to win they’re designed to try

To figure out what roster in two years can bring about those wins with the Victor web Yama that has acclimated himself to the NBA I mean wemi came into the season with the moniker by wo as the greatest prospect that we have ever seen everyone has rookie Seasons yes maybe

It’s not as efficient as you like because people back then with Kareem or even wils we’re not shooting these three-point shots but there are still welcome to the league moments but not everyone is Victor web Yama he blocked joic and this is where I go to the

Defense St he blocked joic the favorite for MVP four times last night yes he will always give you 20 points but that defense I think a lot of times when we think about best players in the game it’s typically skewed by offense oh my gosh look at what um you know joic is

Doing from the assist standpoint and combining his scoring oh my gosh look at what Luca is doing it’s typically skewed by offense now what has translated immediately as a rookie has been his defense he instantly walked onto the floor as Stephen A mentioned and put himself in the C you know conversation

Of could this guy potentially be a defensive player of the year as a rookie the defense is where he excels where he changes the game his offense will be a little bit slower but I don’t want to fault the guy for taking the shots that

He will have to take in order to be great you see what he does with the ball in his hands with his ball handling with his uh his his touch around the rim his face up yes the three-point shot is probably his greatest limitation but over the course of this season he’s

Improved at that yes maybe not last night but overall his defense has always been there as a rookie his offense is getting there he’s touching every stat and we’re talking an isolated year where he’s going toe-to-toe he blocked Giannis in a statement wait a couple months ago he’s blocking yic we’re seeing someone

In real time having true impact if his teammates were better he would be win they would be winning and and the conversation would be different appreciate that Shan let me get back to dog in a couple of things number one Carlos Boozer was born in

19 I made a mistake know I me he was born in 1981 when he was born in 1970 so so playing that he was born in 1981 he’s 42 years old that’s number one number two I love how you try to switch it you brought up Kareem and Shaq and all of

These other people nobody said is wmy being is how close is Wendy to being a top 10 player of all time or a top 10 big man of all time we’re talking about now this season that’s all we’re talking about compared to contemporaries playing in the game today and this is where you

Get slick and you have to be Reed in because you see when you talk about today’s player nobody complains about them more than you so in other words me sitting up there and pointing out how this dude is a candidate for defensive play of the Year by the way he’s

Averaging 21 and 10 or 46% shooting from the field heo 31% but he’s shooting 46% from the field how about a little less threes okay that’s fine that’s fine it’s a little less threes but the point that I’m trying to make to you is that at 75

At 75 okay he’s shooting threes at over 30% it’ll improve but he’s shoo 46% from the field he’s averaging 21 and 10 there’s a couple other things because you like your numbers so I looked up some numbers W’s on track to become just a 10th different player in NBA history

To average 20 and 10 with three blocks per game in the season do you know who the other nine are allow me to help help you out here Elijah Juan Robinson the Robinson Kareem morning Ying Shaq Bob lanir Bob McAdoo Elvin Hayes you like that okay okay that’s the category that

He’s in okay by the way leads the NBA with three and a half blocks per game this year one of only four players averaging 2010 and five assists since the allstar break the other the other three are Luca Giannis and joic now again we’re talking about now we’re not

Talking about historically we get it he’s not there yet but when you look at today’s game and you take into account defense which when you leave first tap you definitely going on Mad do radio 3: to 6:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time every weekday afternoon ladies and gentlemen

On SiriusXM Mad Dog radio that’s where his show is that’s the host right there you always talk about I mean when they got to focus I mean everything is about points points points when they got to focus on defense it’s not just about offense it’s about defense but when we

Bring up wi bana all of a sudden you want to ignore the point of Defense being an obviously integral part of the game that’s what you’re doing doggy and you’re not getting away with here this morning well here’s the problem I have with you how many wins great impression

We didn’t bring up the wins well that doesn’t count no not right now he’s got for a rookie with no Squad not for a Rie with how about Cinder he had nobody in did J did J go by the way you know as a female one of the greatest analysts in

America right now didn’t she just educate you about how excuse me times were different back then the game was played differently now we’re not sitting up there and disrespecting the elders we’re not we’re not doing all of that okay all we’re saying is that the game was Far different at that particular

Moment in time and the wilts and the Kareem and what have you were practically a foot taller than everybody they were going up against and it wasn’t the level of parity that exists today not to mention the fact pace of play has changed it’s more of an uptempo style

Not to mention the fact that deep you know from from a schematic perspective when you’re looking at centers and what have you the game is power forwards you ain’t really now today’s definition of a power forward a guy to step with way 15 ft from the basket and shoot jump shots

Centers yic and embiid really are the only true centers in the gate that which sh they pointed out so are you listening we hear you but are you listening to us you called them the greatest Prospect of all time I did not say that who said

That I didn’t say that who doy as much as I want you to respond we do have to get to break I do want to I’m not trying to pile this on at all but I do want to read for detective Alice on the case first blood is gone an enemy has been

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FIRST TAKE | “Wemby is already Top 5 most talented player in NBA” – Stephen A. rips Nuggets def. Spurs