Chris Mannix

Cat is a full-fledged power forward slash center who is comfortable going to the basket.

He's a 30-year-old man.

Chet Holmgren's in his early 20s.

Chet Holmgren is still filling out his frame.

He's never going to be as big as Carl Towns, but he can get 10, 15 more pounds on that frame.

But more than anything, it's the mental part of it.

for Chet Holmgren.

Like, Towns looks at Wembanyama and says, I'm going right at you.

Does not hesitate for a second.

Chet Holmgren and looks at Wembanyama and looks like he saw a ghost.

Yeah, Paul.

I think you're right.

A guy like Carl Anthony Towns, he actually thinks he's as good or better than Wemby, whether he is or not, but he believes it that way.

And Holmgren felt like he was done before the halftime.

It felt like he was receding back and trying to stay out of the moment.

Well, Holmgren, I would compare it to a professional boxer that goes up against someone that kicked their butt in the amateur ranks a lot.

This matchup with Wembanyama has been dating back to international tournaments.

They have a history there.

And while Chet's teams have been successful in some of these tournaments, Wembanyama has been the better player.

So I think Chet's got it in his head that he's just not on that level.