Tim Legler
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So I don't know that he finds that and turns that around mid-series against a defense this good.
It certainly isn't in a good place mentally as they go and change venues and they go to Cleveland now.
Yeah, he definitely is because there's just never been any player with that level of
of just size, length, with that kind of agility.
So I played with the tallest player that ever played in the NBA, 7'7", George Mirosan.
I played against Sean Bradley.
We know about Manute Boll, Yao Ming, go down the list, Mark Eaton, guys that get to that 7'4 and up range.
None of those guys moved around the floor.
This guy covers so much ground defensively.
He actually, not only the tangible things he does with 12 blocks,
We don't even know how many possessions are altered mentally by a team because they don't process what's in front of them potentially as an opportunity to score the same way when Victor Wembanyama's on the court that they used to.
So there's no even real way to quantify that.
You don't know what a player's thinking.
I just know I've sat courtside calling games, and you can see what looks to be a driving lane for a player or a guy that maybe could turn the corner on a guy and get to the rim
and Victor Weminyama's out there somewhere on the opposite side of the floor lurking, and all of a sudden that's action they don't even look at.
So there's no way to even put a tangible number on that and his impact there.
You know, I do think offensively, I just think it's going to be tough for him to get to a place