FIRST TAKE | The NBA is in trouble! – Shannon on Wemby 31 Pts, 12 Reb as Spurs top Pacers 117-105

FIRST TAKE | The NBA is in trouble! – Shannon on Wemby 31 Pts, 12 Reb as Spurs top Pacers 117-105

Figured it out so we’re going to pick it up early in the second quarter the Spurs up by eight here easy worky Johnson throwing it to Wy throws it down so now the scur is up 10 this is what I’ve been waiting on like he he demanded the ball

You they had no choice but to throw him the ball I’m telling you the pressure is on the Spurs they are on the clock right now when it comes to building around these young man I mean on the clock is a little strong but but I’ll tell you this

He’s strong on the clock uh look at these numbers I mean he had six blocks tonight three or four from three this this isn’t this is this is where the NBA is going yeah this is the future of the NBA yeah it’s not you 31 12 six and six tonight but that’s

What I’m saying Bob you imagine playing against that guy no I I can’t but look here’s the thing a guy right the greatest Prospect ever and he’s putting up these type of numbers forget the numbers he wants to win yes he wants to win you can see it in his face you can

See it in his body language after losses and you saw like how emotional he was after that win against that hom grid right yeah and it doesn’t matter what the competition is it at Allstar Weekend when he was participating in the skills Challenge and Anthony Edwards was having

A little bit of fun only playing with his left hand afterwards he was sort of asked about it and he said well I know some of my teammates and very politely but he said I know some of my teammates are just here to have fun but winning is

Fun to me I tell you what and that matters right let’s not jump over that winning is a skill yeah especially I’m not knocking I’m not going to make some big statement like all young players but I love that he puts that first because just like winning is a habit so is

Losing you can get comfortable losing you can accept losing it seems like with all the losing at the end of the season he’s playing his best basketball this is a guy that people wondered could he weather it with his body type being a young guy they’re going to limit him he

Has somehow in the last few weeks found a way and something shifted something has shifted and now to see it translated away the Pacers are a playoff team looks like the they beat the Pacers and and CJ McCullen said something to us when we was down on allar weekend on NBA today

He said about the crazy thing is about wmy is that he’s just learning how to play NBA basketball yeah that’s the scary part about it we’re seeing that right now it’s a process I’m excited for the the whole NBA because we talked about LeBron last night and doing

Everything he’s done and some of the most important players are getting a little older yeah and W bana to have him I mean I’m this is a guy I’m telling you this is how you know the best players when you take somebody that doesn’t know anything about basketball and you sit

Them next to at a game and they one minut in they go who who’s that guy right yeah that guy is the guy that’s why everybody can see it with W well we talk about superstars and I know that in the past I have been a little bit stingy

In who we label a superstar because I believe that Superstars they need to have the skill on the court absolutely they need to put butts and seats in the arena and also my grandma who knows nothing about basketball should know absolutely your name Transcendent Stars

We need a new name for those Stars up there the LeBron James is of the world the Steph Cur is of the world and I absolutely see Victor wanyama well on his way to becoming one of those Superstars that we need just a different word for uh another one is Kevin Durant

So I want to turn our attention to the final game of four here on the ESPN family of network as the uh the the Suns take on the Oklahoma City Thunder and if you came in I don’t think first they need to do away with this well he didn’t play but he’s

Getting valuable experience it’s like a guy going to college early it benefits that it it helps him now H that rookie is a little different but I’m saying him being going through spring drills practice and everything he has an advantage over a guy that don’t get to

Come into the summer so so even though Chad didn’t play like you said Gil him being in a meeting room him being on the sideline him understanding what NBA life is about as opposed to wommy it’s different you can’t tell me that didn’t help yeah no that helped 100% because

You you you were put into the the the system strength training eating routines learning how to sleep learning when to go you know wake up you know your you have a NBA routine right so mentally mentally you’re not a rookie physically you’re not a rookie right you

Have established yourself in your he is a full-fledged rookie coming from another country learning it day by day right understanding the West Coast trip going to the east coast trip he’s learning that all in real time you’ve already been through that so this is really not a a um this is not a

Debatable conversation one you’re only looking at because his team is good it’s not that he is playing like a rookie of the year his stats plus his team wins right what is he the fourth option in that offense because we know Shay is one for sure and Williams J Williams is is

Two so he’s third at best third at best right he’s third third best so um the Rookie of the Year is for sure wimy but I don’t know if I’m the only uh male out here tall Girls is starting to look very attractive now yeah yes sir you try to go back to

The drawing board to get you a 78 guy H what 78 I listen I I got one six7 I had I’m not even going to lie I I was snipped I had the reversal what oh no they got wi’s coming in the league I gotta put my name on one of them I

Gotta put my name on S7 well I you but hey I I don’t know you better go find you a 64 a 64 woman oh no for no for hey I’m going to the big and tall store I know I’m at the big and tall right Hey listen uh WNBA

I’m looking for the old vets uhhuh old vets you know about right there oh they need hey U you know how much they got paid they need this support they need so they willing to give in to the old Gilly right I’m just saying they hey

Hey the Wim yummies in them chests that look like the future all those two two old model cars Ain gonna get you get you a spaceship hey hey my granny say boy two dead batteries won’t give you a spark now what up got one up gotta be firing

G hey Tony Brothers hit Deonte Murray with a technical foul after he was ignored ignored him during the timeout it looks like they called a timeout Deon Murray went to sit on the bench Tony Brothers went over to talk to him and Deon Murray didn’t pay him in attention

He ignored it tvt him up you got any crazy story what’s the crazy Tech you ever got Gil cuz this remind me of the one that I forget what was the old guy name that gave Tim duny threw him out the game for laughing yeah that’s uh that’s Joy

Crawford Joey Crawford yeah threw Timmy threw Timmy D out of the game for laugh it Go the sideline yeah uh all the ones I got I deserve right not even gonna lie right I’m not even gonna lie I threw the headband at the ref once right I got hit

In the eye threw the headband at him right I regret that I mean because you know um I I couldn’t afford that 5,000 at the time it was my rookie SE I couldn’t afford that 5,000 at the time um but for the most part you know I gave

Ref’s respect because I I understood you know uh it it is difficult right reing in real time trying to to see everything and our job is to you know you know players like me okay you sitting here you sit hear you down there there’s certain things that I can do that you

Can’t see right like I know you are looking here he’s looking there so I can Palm the ball knowing that nobody’s actually looking at me directly so sometimes when you see plays and someone’s taking all these extra steps for the most part they’re not looking at the feet right they’re not they’re not

Looking down at the feet they’re looking at to catch his body move they’re not actually looking in real time at at at Players feet so it’s one of those things where where players understand where these eyes sights are so you know when you’re talking about

Pettiness oh man ref oh man I don’t like like this like I I like Tony brothers because usually for the most part he don’t get emotional like this this was an emotional Tech and I’m sorry he should be fine for yeah but it look like he hey you call me over to

Have me to explain something I come over I walk I’ll walk over here to explain it to you you ignore me once I got here but it’s GNA be interesting it would be interesting to see I don’t know if anybody question Tony uh and ask him why

Did he give deante a tech uh did he say something um what caused first of all what caused him to go over there to carry have that conversation and it looks like Murray didn’t say anything and if Murray didn’t anything why would you tea him up so it be interesting if

If a pool reporter if somebody asked why did he get a tech I don’t know hadn’t come out yet so I was just wondering if somebody I think just for just the you know it’s it’s one of those things where because there’s this big old rivalry right now between players and and

Referees you know you have to set an example we know we know you do penalize the referees we know you take them off certain games they lose certain privileges we know that but we don’t see it right even if you don’t find Tony say you did H Tony’s been fine 5,000 for you

Know the the unnecessary technical against Murray that right there lets us know they’re being held accountable if nothing happens and you do something behind the scenes what do we what what do you think we thinking sometimes you sometimes doing something reliev stress right that nothing happens to

Tony Brothers his his manhood by saying hey I’m gonna fake like I’m GNA find you for the public yeah right and I I don’t think the NBA do that enough because when players criticize the officials they get fine so if it got me quick yeah when they criticize them in public they get

Fine so yeah uh the crazy I think the craziest penalty that I’ve ever got is that we were playing the Super Bowl and we called a play and they called me for a holding after TD ran the ball down to the one yard line and to Mike Shanahan

Credit he told official that wasn’t a hold he was so confident that that wasn’t a hole we called it exact same play and I got we got the exact same result and TD ran it back down to the one yard line from five yards further back so he should Ain be for getting

Five extra yards but I mean ESP it was the Super Bowl bro that could have cost that could have cost us the game and now how do I I mean and you know in today’s G today’s time man sharp you cost the Broncos and Super Bowl with without holding call you

Went so you know for the most part Gil I kind of escaped my career I did what I did went to the Pro Bowl with all pro won two bowls didn’t lose any of the games and so for the most part I’m pretty I’m pretty good in that area so

Fans can’t really say well hey you got a holding C that cost your team a game or you dropped a touchdown in a playoff game that cost your team a game so I feel pretty good about that so kudos to Mike for believing me because I said

Mike I didn’t hold him and you look at the screen I didn’t hold him I didn’t have my hands outside my hands was inside but hey you know how they do they turn to the official because they couldn’t get out the block and he did like this H official thre the flag Mike

Called it again say run it again yeah oh oh he oh he sold it he did he sold it on you huh that was as a matter of fact he foree spee speee Is St M For oh Happ [Applause] spee You fore Fore Spe speech Spee For Speee [Applause] A Want Now Spe W For

FIRST TAKE | The league is in trouble! – Shannon on Victor Wembanyama has 31 points, 12 rebounds as Spurs top Pacers 117-105