Victor Wembanyama on being fined $25,000 for throwing the ball into the stands: ,,I know players have gotten fined for throwing the ball in the stands before, but they did it with bad intent. I was just doing it to make someone’s day.”
by Accurate-Albatross34
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Jalen Brunson might disagree about the intent here.
Facts. The game was in Texas. Maybe Mavs fans who are Brunson fans traveled to see Brunson play, and they got lucky to get his 60 point game ball
Is this guy all muscle i hears he is 95kg but since he is 7’5 it must distribute to whole body so what i am seeing he arms is mostly muscle?????????
Should’ve just warned him in private. Imo all first offenses for throwing the ball into the stands (in the same manner he did) could be dealt with internally with no fine. Now there’s a story and a monetary exchange that really didn’t need to be here.
damn wemby already bulked up
not brunson’s
Adam Silver making Roger Goodell look like Pete Rozelle.
As a knicks fan that shit fired me up and im here for it
> We judge others by their actions, we judge ourselves by our intentions
Here is the issue with this:
He wasn’t “throwing it to a random fan, to make their day”.
He threw it to his target.
They will now be able to sell it. “WEMBY’S CAREER HIGH BALL”.
Next 5 or so games he scores 41. Old ball worthless, new ball 100k. He does the same thing over and over. This money is flooded straight to the French military who then uses it to overthrow the United States. Now with the biggest cache of weapons (nukes) on the planet, they take over the world.
This was always the plan. You better get real used to eating snails. Our oui oui overlords are coming.
True, but the rule is there for a reason. It’s a liability problem. Intent doesn’t really matter in the context of the rule.
Cool motive, still a fine
That ball is now worth 25k minimum. More if the lucky owner could get it signed by Victor.
I don’t mind the fine in general since it is a rule but the amount is just absurdly high. The NBa has zero consistency on what the value of a fine should be for a given action. Fining him the same amount as Draymond’s attempted murder of another player is crazy.
Who does he think he is? Cam Newton?
Make someone’s day… that’s a damn retirement fund
if wemby bulks up like Giannis omg
And un-make Brunson’s day
He should have choked a player
Do you even get to keep NBA balls thrown into the crowd?!
It wouldn’t surprise me if Wembanyama hit a fan with the ball
Wemby be glad you didn’t get fined for looking at the ref, be glad
lol ok
The only thing the NBA is consistent about… fines.
Cap. He knew it was brunson’s career high. Remembered him posted about securing the ball after the giannis-pacers incident
My respect for Wemby increases yet again.
“Yeah, Steph was just throwing it to a fan who asked for his mouthpiece, too. It’s a completely unnecessary fine. Free my king.”
— Warriors fan who can’t let anything go
The refs are out of control! There needs to be an investigation
In the hoop collective podcast today, Windy said that a ball boy got back the ball and it was given to the Knicks but they still wanted Wemby to be fined.
I know players have gotten fined for “checking in on that booty”, but they did it with bad intent. I was just doing it to make someone’s day.
Is it just me or does his build start to look like Wilts I mean when you watch his upper body and compare it to young Wilt’s they look fairly similar.
There were people in that thread unironically saying that he’s lucky he didn’t seriously injure someone. Unbelievable how soft this shit gets
This dude is hilarious 😂
He’s sooooooo cute 😍
In all seriousness of course this should be a fine lol. All fun and games until it hits some kid in the head and they have to go to the hospital.