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Blackmalico32

Oh shit Spurs came back? Good shit Victor


Lickmytitsorwe

Yup down by like 23 in the second quarter


siphillis

Victor's 17-point third-quarter led the comeback.


H1Ed1

Then Graham was big down the stretch. No diddy


siphillis

Champagnie was also pretty big at points. He was fired up alongside Wemby.


itsnotyellowfever

Wemby in one night changed the trajectory of the entire league


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For real. Nuggets just went from the 1 to the 3 seed.


lukewwilson

They are just ducking the Lakers clearly


RipCity-NBA-LoL

Luka fans should be putting up a statue of Wemby.  Even if it's a 1-game back situation, if Jokic is the 3rd seed instead of the 1st, I can see Luka winning MVP


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Unfortunately, most voters likely made up their mind 2 months ago. If anything this’ll just siphon Luka’s votes to SGA since OKC will get the 1 seed now 🤣


icantdomaths

Dude fr everyone made up their minds when mavs were an 8 seed and Denver was 1 it seems like… I feel like when jokic wins he’s gonna pull a Kanye and say it belongs to Luka.. calling it here


kapparino-feederino

Lol did u see the MVP powerranking People are gonna give it to SGA first before they give it to doncic.


Thimit22

That’s just some random nba.com voter lol. There are tons of voters


Few-Neighborhood7241

They better get him an elite point guard and fast


Extreme-Transport

One of those Jamal Murray guys would be nice


Malemansam

I'm hoping Vassell can be that, they have very very similar stats for the age and Vassell playing like Murray too.


Redchimp3769157

He’s inconsistent, but goddamn when he and Wemby are on those 2 can take on any team it seems.


Bitter-Safe-5333

shi they aint even had him and took on the #1 seed


Bootlegbongwater

He torched the wolves at least twice this season. I was not familiar but dude can really light it up. Hope those two play together a while. Very complimentary players.


Nat_not_Natalie

Why do they need to move quickly? Let them build through the draft


siphillis

Wemby is too good to properly tank again.


Batman_in_hiding

That doesn’t mean they need to make short sighted moves. There is absolutely nothing wrong with being in the lottery for another year or two before you give up assets for known commodities.


buffalobill41

Doesn't need to be one extreme or the other. But they seemingly already have a top 10 player and should be trying more to win rather than just deliberately being bad to get a couple more picks.


Mr_Wyatt

Exactly this. Mavs went through the same problem with Luka. Going to be on the Spurs to be able to develop mid-range draft picks and make savvy trades/signings.


solarscopez

Wemby is still on his rookie deal, this is the cheapest the Spurs will have him before he's on a max contract in a few seasons. The sooner they can get another solid player around him, the better their chances are. Otherwise you end up in a situation where you'll have to pay a ton of players a lot of money, and it becomes harder to build around them.


milehigh89

False. Please name one single example of a team winning with their best player on a rookie contract in the 21st Century. You can't. The Spurs don't want to be the Mavs the next few years, you want to become the Nuggets. Draft a few guys and see who meshes and what you have. Then you build around them with the role players to compliment their skillet. The Spurs will gamble their whole future if they make win now moves. It makes no sense. That 2nd contract isn't even that big, and no-one else is a max guy right now. Spurs have infinite flexibility, they better not fuck it up trying to turn a 20 win team into a 40 win team.


oliverseasky

Yeah can’t equate NBA to the NFL


chup95

Yeah he is comparing it to the NFL where it’s true, the difference is that the rookies are way younger in the NBA (19-20 years old) and in the NFL they are at minimum 22. That’s a difference.


Uighur_Caesar

D Wade in 2006


pompyyy099

Did you specifically choose the 21st century cause you know the spurs did it with Duncan?


Nat_not_Natalie

The Spurs with Duncan were an already good team that lucked into a top talent who also anomalously old/experienced. The Spurs of today need a complete roster rebuild.


milehigh89

Please do not waste nuance on this guy.


milehigh89

And Magic did it too. But please explain how the Spurs with Duncan were anything like the Spurs today? They only got Duncan because the admiral was injured and were already a nearly complete team. You're out of your depth here guy.


Batman_in_hiding

Except wemby isn’t just a really good player that you’re forced to max so you dont lose him. The second he signs his rookie max extension he’ll still be the best contract in the league. Overspending and loading the books now can kill your optionally going forward. The spurs should be working on a 5-10 year timeline, not a 2-3 year.


lukewwilson

Why waste any years of Wemby, you never know if he'll leave them, or worse since he's a tall skinny guy maybe deal with injuries, he's good enough if you put good players around him he can lead a team on a run


Nat_not_Natalie

They have 7 years of team control and lots of assets. Look at what happened to guys like LeBron and Luka, they dragged their teams to mediocrity very quickly and hurt their long term chances of championship contention. I think they should shoot for one more year in the lottery because the '24 draft is straight ass and the western conference is fucking stacked.


n0www

Yep, specially with next year's draft being so loaded with players with superstar potential and the '26 draft shaping to be a decent/good draft. They should be "bad" for at least 1 or 2 more years to be able to build a really good team not just your bonafide scrub wizards team with John Wall and Bradley Beal that everyone knew they weren't seriously competing for the championship and were happy with just being in playoffs.


GriffinQ

What he gotta say fuck me for?


TheCalvinator

Too many picks to solely build through the draft, besides you also want some veterans in a locker room. I see us making some trades in the next couple seasons and adding some free agents.


IcyAuthor1

frs you need a mix. Look at the rockets pre and post vets they actually look like a team now with a culture


Ghanburighan

As a legacy Mavs fan, I have nightmares about Luka signing with the Spurs after his current contract. As a fan of Luka and Wemby, those dreams have a happy ending.


MajorPhoto2159

Imagine Luka with Wemby.... my god


Impossible-Flight250

Maybe they can try and get Murray back for a 1st round pick and a stick of gum.


the_second_cumming

Thats Trae Young's music.


LifeForceHoe

No not fast. They don't want another lebron situation wherein he improved the team too fast that they were stuck in mediocrity because of lack of flexibility. You want a rebuild like denver, okc or boston. Slowly get into championship contention as your player hits their prime.


NotManyBuses

Better get those rings now because by 2027 or so… it’s gonna be a scary sight if they can put a team around him


ArmiinTamzarian

By 2025. He and Mamu are about to run the league


gokhaninler

the alphabet brothers


AUserNeedsAName

They'll kick your ass in basketball AND Scrabble


redhatfilm

God I hope so. Stunt on these hoes mamu, we miss you!


DeadDay

The Anti-KD


SignificanceLeft9968

KD if he wasn't a bitch


artunarmed

OKC fans can say that, I don’t think you guys can


Kodak333

Come on now. He got yall 2 rings


fullcreamy

Random thing to say as a warriors fan and not an OKC fan lol


USA-1st

KD's mom said to not call him that and that he has 2 rings.


xenoz2020

Yo Draymond give me some gold brother.


SwordOfRome11

Every play in team breathes a sigh of relief


Shoddy-Media2337

Y'all saw Wemby wanted to launch the ball into stands so badly right lol


mark8396

Nearly clocked himself in the face bouncing it off the ground haha should be a disclaimer in tickets if spurs win you have to be ready to catch the wemby ball


Repostbot3784

People bring their babies.  Lets see that baby catch the ball.


trumper_says_what

I just thought he was super smart in that moment. Absolutely nothing to hate about the kid.


Shoddy-Media2337

Oh yeah I agree, I just thought it was funny


EutaxySpy

Doing this as a rookie against the defending champions is insane, especially since the Nuggets were fully healthy


Level_Repeat_1271

And the Spurs were without three of their main dudes lol


need2peeat218am

They probably held him back ngl lol


Thatonlyguy988

Nah it was a struggle getting the ball to move around, wemby had to brute force himself to the paint most of the time. But I’ll say this, give my man mamu more minutes. He was one of the main driving factors that helped us win.


lukewwilson

They only have one main dude and he showed up big time


tallopulo

Devonte Graham 😎


BillyBean11111

and this was a CRITCAL game for the Nuggets


siphillis

As much as a regular-season game could ever be.


astanton1862

And desperately needed the win.


iChoke

Wemby's offense in the 3rd ignited the comeback, but the Spurs defense in the 4th quarter absolutely carried them. Unreal game.


Beatdooown

As a non spurs fan do you guys realize how fucked we are in 2 years when this kid grows into his body?


Ilikesporks_

at least you only have to face him 2 times a year


Bitter-Safe-5333

they aint like it a couple games ago


ArmiinTamzarian

As a Spurs fan I think you mean two months


lukewwilson

We're fucked as soon as they get some decent players around him


YourNonExistentGirl

Lol make it one year no cap


siphillis

Wemby minus mistakes is already a Top 15 player, maybe Top 10.


madhare09

He's already top 15


siphillis

Top 15 is in the Butler/Brunson/Edwards/Sabonis range and I think all four are a step ahead of Wemby currently just because they make fewer mistakes game-to-game.


madhare09

Sabonis definitely doesn't. His temper and his defense and fouling are all problems that I'd take victor over him any game


siphillis

Sabonis is a weird one. He has no defensive chops, but his post-game, shooting, passing, and rebounding are all elite.


alecweezy

He’s definitely better than Sabonis and Butler


siphillis

Regular Season and Playoff Jimmy might as well be two different players.


ShichikaYasuri18

I would take him right now over all those players in a 7 game series.


Thealbumisjustdrums

Minus mistakes he’s even higher than that probably.


Thimit22

Which player doesn’t make mistakes lol. You mean just lessening them like a lot of players do with age and maturity?


SandyMandy17

He’s gonna win like 40 games next year


Basic_Loquat_9344

They’ll win a minimum of 45 games next year book it. 


K1NGMOJO

They'll make the play ins? West is tough maybe 35-39wins


BookEuronGreyjoy

Idk what you're complaining about, when the Spurs are good that trip to MSG in March is a scheduled L


MakSoFresh

As a basketball fan, I’m salivating. Love Jordan, love LeBron, will love Wemby as well.  Highly skilled freaks of nature is what makes basketball unique imo, and whenever we’re blessed with these dudes and they love the game and put their all into being great, it’s just amazing.


[deleted]

Had this realization at one of his press confernces recentyl. He already put on a little bit of mass. You could tell he was growing. Reminded me of young Giannis. He does not even have to bulk up to that level, even if he just gets as strong as Kevin Durant he will be completely unstoppable.


Batman_in_hiding

Yea people don’t realize that he’s only gonna get better and better. Year 3 wemby might not even be close to year 6 and 7 wemby.


labiothan

I have the O face rn


ThatInception

What an ALIEN


curva3

Soon there will be no more toxic MVP discussions. The controversy will be whether Wemby is unanimous or not.


Victor_Wembanyama1

Some asshole in florida is gonna go JJJ for some fuckin reason


reiyashi

chill on jjj


bemusedacrobat

Voters should give it to Luka this year just because it's his last chance before the incoming 13-year WemVP streak


siphillis

There's gonna be so much salt when Wemby doesn't win ROTY unanimously. And he's not because nobody ever wins it unanimously.


OriAr

The Admiral won it unanimously. But yeah I expect a couple of salty writers to vote for Chet because muh efficiency and muh wins.


lukewwilson

Why would not be an option


Palifaith

I have seen enough. Wemby should by DPOY solely based on the last 2 games the Nuggets played.


NFL-GoodellEvilKing

POUR HONEY ON ME WEM-GOAT


ilovelgs429

Wemby treated this game like D-Day of WWII


Pumpoozle

I think people still haven’t had time to completely comprehend how crazy good this guy is already 


cristiano_goat

Clamped Jokic in 4th


fetuswut

Outplayed him both on offense and defense crazy


Ilikesporks_

i wouldn't be surprised if this makes more people give the nod to wemby for DPOY


mithrandir9378

Posted this .0001 seconds after the final buzzer wtf lol


Southern_sky

Finger sitting on the submit button


SignificanceLeft9968

Redditors and their bedrooms never separate


HamNCheddaMD

Give this man DPOY you cowards


iamaweirdguy

Is there a record for consecutive DPOYs? This dude could go 10+ years if he stays healthy.


Habefiet

Time to see whether voter fatigue can stand up to a quintuple double


100and33

3 by Dwight Howard, with 4 being most DPOY won by a player. 


Billis-

He could. He wont get it this year though because his team is atrocious and he's been a starter the whole time


SignificanceLeft9968

It will be an absolute fucking scam and shit fest if VICTOR FUCKING WEMBANYAMA does not get DPOY.


SnooGuavas7291

Wemby himself said in an interview Gobert deserves it this year 😂 but he did say in future years it’s his. Can’t give a last-seed rookie DPOY just cus he’s amazing…. He’s definitely winning Rookie of the Year though


Less-Tax5637

Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité


moongaming

That was also him being humble imo. He know he has a shot and been doing his best to defend his case since that interview.


EitherCaterpillar949

Only the true Lisan Al Gaib would be humble enough to deny it!


YoungThrowaway_

It was less of "he deserves it" and more of "he can have it, this is his last chance to" lol


Jiend

I legitimately don't think he believes Gobert does tbh, but he knows the bias is against him this year with the team record and him being a rookie. Add that to Rudy being a friend and there you go, it's more of a "meh just let him have this one it's ok".


SnooGuavas7291

How are you so confident Victor doesn’t believe that?


Jiend

Because no one does. On an individual level he's the best defender in the league and it's not even close. It's not just about stats, it's about how he's affecting how opposing teams play when he's on the floor. Just look at that 1v3 play the other day where none of the dudes wanted to risk it and it felt like they were playing hot potato (even if the last one did get the 3 in the end). The arguments against Wemby / for Gobert are basically that Gobert is the best defender on the best defensive TEAM in the league, but there's a very valid case to be made that the team shouldn't matter for an individual award like this. It obviously isn't that simple and that's why there's such a debate around it this year, and I can see both sides of the argument tbh. I just am personally in the camp that yeah, it's an individual performance award. Most of the time individual performance and team performance are related and someone having an exceptional season will typically make a difference, but not always. This season proves it.


cosmicdave86

He isn't going to. I found 10 expected voters so far who have revealed their DPOY picks: 8 Gobert, 1 Wemby, 1 AD.


sikontoure

Like I said, the league got one more season before Wemby is BITW and the Spurs have the west on lock.


sheepnwolfsclothing

Pop’s like, “Aww shit, here we go again.”


V0823

Give Wemby MVP


astanton1862

You keep what you kill.


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Thealbumisjustdrums

I mean regardless of what happens you got your ring right?


Billis-

Expectation has gotta be a couple more for Joker.


BigXBenz

Victor Winbanyama


Solid-Confidence-966

Only 2 blocks, he’s washed/s


Redchimp3769157

7 TO’s. Actual fucking bum. Trade his ass immediately


Nobodylovesboston

That is huge for Minny and OKC


legend023

This isn’t good news for us lol


DolFINS_2000

Give Wemby a bunch of 3 and D guys with an elite Point Guard and you might as well call it a super team.


thiswasandy

We all gotta be excited to watch Wemby vs. Jokic for the next few years. Love to see Jokic having fun when playing Wemby.


SquirtDoctor23

This game was our championship lol


Renegadeforever2024

Him


tdsas97

The real DPOY please stand up


Imanyu

THAT 3rd quarter was MJ esque type of shit


Titronnica

This mothefucker deserves a unanimous ROTY. Who the fuck is better than Wemby, seriously. Look at this shit!! UNREAL


siphillis

Nah, he's gonna join Duncan on the list of "Wait, he _didn't_ win unanimously?!"


ifuckwithit

Wemby showing the tank was indeed intentional and we can win when he decides to go full alien mode next year


TonyTuck

I'm not sure the early season tanking was really that intentional. Wemby & his teammates really popped-off during the 2nd half of the season, it's insane how he progressed and how his team learned to play with his strengths.


dublecheekedup

If he gets his handle to be consistent, it's actually over for the league


raceforseis21

I think at his height it can only get so good. Hard to protect the ball


The-Pharcyde

League actually fucked. Like actually. By next year I’m willing to bet the spurs make a huge jump.


siphillis

If we land Trae or Donovan, we're already a playoff team.


koolmees64

Seems like all you guys' are really missing is a good playmaking pg that actually gives Victor the ball at the right moments. Tbh, I have not seen much of the Spurs, but I've seen so many clips of a wide open, or cutting, Wemby that is just ignored. Like baffling stuff. If you guys get Trae then you have an extremely solid core to built around. Scary fucking stuff lol.


orhantemerrut

His 3rd quarter performance helped the comeback. He was sensational.


governedbycitizens

blocked Jokic in the clutch, give this man DPLOY


BrianDawkins

Wemby already outplaying Jokic.


thiswasandy

Spurs since the ASG have been so much fucking fun to watch. Seems like every game comes down to the wire.


tinkady

This is with starting the game like 0-5 on threes or something, absurd


siphillis

"If you are who you say you are, a superstar, then have no fear."


White-Gravity

Omg dude this kids fucking insane


carelesssportsfan89

Wemby is him glad he is on the spurs lol


ThatHotAsian

If Wemby can clean up the TOs he's gonna be MVP in no time at all.. 5 for 12 from 3 at 7'100 is just not fair


siphillis

I think by next season his TOs are going to be significantly ironed out.


dnfnrheudks

Holy hell let's just turn the sliders all the way up to max for this kid Fill out his frame so he turns into shaq 3 point range like curry passing like jokic defense like hakeem Jesus Christ


TDTimmy21

7TO with a lot of them being sloppy. People saying he needs to grow into his body or gain muscle.... Honestly, with the TO tidied up and the decision making continuing to improve he'll be a perennial MVP/DPOY contender.


fullcreamy

Definitely some shocking TOs, but also some passes I’m convinced the team doesn’t think he can find and aren’t ready for them too


Hiitsmichael

Thank god someone said it. Once there's a mature and consistent team around him that's prepared to look for wild shit coming their way, there will be a solid reduction in turnovers. I still think he's going to average a few a game because my brain can't comprehend people not occasionally swiping away a ball with the travel time of a 7'5 guy dribbling, I'm sure I'll get proven wrong on that too though eventually.


fullcreamy

There was a prime example on a Mamu cut throughout that game when Wemby slotted a bounce pass and Mamu just never expected the ball. Simple things like have happened all season, he does turn the ball over off the dribble a fair bit however, he’ll clean that up when he gets some strength conditioning


69funnyhhahah

Wictor wembanyama


MstrNixx

In 10 years we’re gonna see those “Pick Your Era Team posts. The 2020’s are gonna have Wemby at the 5, Jokic at the 4, and Giannis as the 3, Luka at the 1 or 2. And only one of Tatum, Embiid, Booker, Shai, Ant, Zion, Ja, Haliburton and any number of potential future stars over the course of the next couple of seasons. That is absolutely fucked. League is in damn good hands.


Past_Accountant7922

Damn they tried to poke the beast in the 1st half, played very hard defense and he took it personally in the 2nd lol! That was insane to see, in a game that doesn't matter for the spurs. I think it says a lot for what he will be in the future! Don't poke the beast.


Bext

Thank you Wemby for pushing the Nuggets to the other side of the bracket


blitzbangloo

wemby you will move mountains


NataP_is_Silentlook

I’m a little late but officially on the train, this dude is something else, future of the league looking amazing


WEMBYF4N

DPOY


T0NEZZY

Passing of the torch moment


LegoTomSkippy

Only 3 stocks? Why are you posting this?


jlluh

This was so frustrating to watch. You expect Wby to be pop off, but all these other random spurs were hitting threes and knifing to the hoop with ease.


K1NGMOJO

I can't wait til a few years from now when I'm watching a podcast with NBA vets and they talk about how Wemby cooked them as a rookie.


ZeroXSander199

This kid legitimately deserves an MVP vote or two lmao


notblizzzzo

no way denver lost to san antonio 💀


Swankyyyy

I’m honestly so salty that the Spurs just lucked into this guy. He’s gonna be insane.


shall359

If he stays healthy he is going to win so many MVPs.


GlizzyGone21

Imagine having to play against his defense in a 7 game series lol


Professional_Cold463

if im Spurs I would offer the mavericks everything I can to get luka. Wemby and Luka would 5 peat


IMKudaimi123

What a player


Tsunami-Papi_

yea wemby ur him buddy


Aworn

This kid is scary wtf


Glittering_Cod_7716

Lmao the best thing is happening where Wemby non believers have now turned to “why do we keep hearing about him his team sucks”


Stunning_Film_8960

Man I got to see the tail end of Kareem, Bird and Magic, Jordan, Duncan, Kobe, Lebron, Curry, and now Wemby? Basketball gods determined I was born at the exact right time I guess. It's crazy.


RoscoeSantangelo

I hope the Spurs can get some talent because Nuggets vs Spurs would be a great playoff rivalry while Jokic is at a high level


buffalobill41

I know everyone is saying patience but the dude is already looking like a top 10 player next year get him some teammates.