JD

Yes, I think it was just guys trying harder.

Whether it was USA Team 1 or USA Team 2, Stars, Stripes, or just playing the international team, which was led by Victor Weminyaba, I think the biggest difference from last year, which I thought Game 1 was really good last year before they started going off the rails, literally an hour just hanging out.

Wemby was starting tonight last year.

He was coming off the bench.

That was strange.

But those were those moments in last year's game where he literally was blown by on the perimeter and came back for a recovery block.

I mean, he did that from the get go in this game.

Right.

The number of possessions guys were super scared on the USA side of going near the lane in game one.

to just get out on the perimeter.

You could see it all, the entire game, the entire 12 minutes.

I guess Wemby played 10 or whatever.

It was just fun to watch Victor Weminyama play basketball.

And yeah, it started with him.

Absolutely.

And Anthony Edwards said it twice.

He said it after the first game where they win, and then he said it again when he got his MVP honors after the championship.

Yep.

Wemby said, I'm going to play hard at All-Star Weekend.

And everybody from the U.S.