Wemby Is Changing Basketball
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The NBA finals are set. The Spurs upset OKC over the weekend to punch their ticket to the final to face the Knicks. Wemby's coronation, it happened on Saturday night. Joining us now to talk about it, as mentioned, NBA writer from The Athletic, Joel Lorenzi, here on the Halford & Breff Show on Sportsnet 650. Morning, Joel. How are you?
I'm good. How are you guys?
We're good. Thanks for taking the time to do this. We appreciate it. So I know that you were covering this Western Conference final thoroughly, very thoroughly for the athletic and at the end. And I know it's hard sometimes to capture these things in the moment. But did you really feel like you were witness to an occasion that you really you went through something there that you saw the coronation of Wembley? I know it's only to the NBA finals, but it feels like that was very significant on Saturday.
No, that's completely fair, especially because I think a lot of people anticipated whoever was going to come out of this series, I think it was widely considered. That was kind of like the NBA Finals itself, right? And it's more of a knock to the East. And I think maybe that perspective changed a little bit just because the Knicks are rolling the way they are. And they do seem to be prepared to bring a little better of a fight than, than previously anticipated. And they actually, like, once you get down a matchup, like, they've given the Spurs a little more trouble than they gave the Thunder over the, you know, course of this past year. But, no, like, it did feel like a coordination, especially because Wimby, there's so much emotion rooted in, like, these matchups for Wimby.
Like, beyond, like, playing against Chet, clearly he had his eyes fixed on the MVP and Shay and like all of this mattered. It was so pressurized and it went seven. Like I think a lot of people probably figured this was such an exhausting series, such a, such an inflection point for him. Like it, it felt a lot like the way when I was covering the Thunder last year, when they finally got over the hump with Denver, like that was an inflection point for them. And this was even bigger. This was a different stage for, This was against a better team. This was against the defending champions. It certainly felt like everything you're framing it to be.
What did you make of how emotional Wemby was in the aftermath?
I think it's a great thing for the league. I do think he's going to become polarizing pretty soon. I see my dog Tim McMahon say that. He's just too great of a player to not draw hate. but he is a very easy player, I think, just as easy a player to love for the emotions, right, because of the care factor, because he's admitting that jealousy and envy are emotions he wields but strictly weaponizes in competition. Like, the guy just cares, man, in a way that, like, you know, and part of this is, I think, team... team functions and team ecosystems kind of breathe and groom some of these guys to like, uh, not be PR disasters and not wield emotions because a lot of these guys don't know how to, uh, whereas Wendy, there's like this emotional intelligence to where he could, he could be all these things and he could show all these emotions and it works out for him.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:18–5:54
2
What impact is Victor Wembanyama having on the NBA Finals?
5:54–6:07
3
How did the Spurs upset OKC to reach the Finals?
6:07–17:13
4
What emotions did Wembanyama display after his recent victory?
17:13–22:54
5
What unique qualities make Wembanyama a standout player?
22:54–48:12