Wemby vs. The World
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Good morning and welcome to the NBA Daily presented by Amazon Prime for January 12th, 2026. Coming up, the Wolves get a big win over the Spurs, but Wemby had a pretty good weekend. We'll talk about that. The Nuggets win without Jokic again. And we're going to check in on the West. Are the Thunder still the favorites? Good morning, everybody. Good morning, guys. Hope you had a good weekend. You guys were busy all weekend. Spent a bunch of time in the arena all weekend, huh?
Yeah. Yeah. A little bit of doing some work, doing our job.
What happened in the Timberwolves vs. Spurs game?
What's that like?
What's that like? Doing our jobs. We're locked in. We're locked in.
It's very funny when I get ready for this show and I have Xena doing Warriors postgame on on the television while I'm like typing up my notes and waiting on Xena to show, you know, like. Yeah, it's a lot of fun for me. And then S is just, I guess you're just going to watch Raptors Sixers for the rest of your life now. Look, it's a great game.
Why are the Thunder considered favorites in the Western Conference?
If it's like anything like tonight, why not? That's pretty good. We'll talk about that game in a minute. Guys, we got to start with the game of the weekend, and that's the Timberwolves and Spurs on Sunday. It was the second night of a back-to-back for the Spurs, okay? So we'll just start with that caveat. But they started out this game on a 16-0 run. I mean, they did not look tired at all to start the game. The Wolves clawed back into this game. Big run that started at the end of the third quarter. They were down 16 points with a minute and 12 left in that third quarter. They came back, get the win on an Anthony Edwards game winner over Victor Wemenyama. Poetic. As we've been talking about the Wolves, man, they are now 16 and six since Thanksgiving.
That's the best record in the NBA over that stretch. They got a big win here over the Spurs. You know, they beat the Thunder. I mean, this team is for real and they always step up against these big time opponents.
Yeah, it's funny because you look at their record and they're about 500 against teams better than 500. So they're staying afloat. But like you said, they're beating the good teams. Like if you beat the Spurs and Thunder, that means you're in good position. And the one stat I would bring up is there are five teams right now in the NBA that have a top 10 offense and top 10 defense. And usually, folks, when you have that, you're in really good shape when it comes to the postseason. Very, very good shape to make, at the very least, a long playoff run. It's the Oklahoma City Thunder. It's the San Antonio Spurs. It's the Houston Rockets, who we'll get to in a little bit. It's the Detroit Pistons. And it's the Minnesota Timberwolves.
The Timberwolves have looked excellent, like you said, since Thanksgiving. And, yeah, it's the offense clicking. It's the defense clicking. Rudy Gobert is having a very good season for them. They look really, really good right now.
I just love the fact that Anthony Edwards and Julius Randle have continued what we saw last year. I mean, Anthony Edwards has that. He started rough, right? He had a rough shooting night to start the night last night, but then he ends up hitting that game winner in front of Wemby.
How did the Nuggets perform without Nikola Jokić?
It was poetic, right? Well, it was not a game winner in the time. It was still 17 seconds left or so.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
You can see that he's really grown in his poise. I think Gobert mentioned postgame that in that, he probably would have taken a step back last year, and he actually went to the basket on that point. And then you see Julius Randle, how much of a tool he's been for them. Not only, we could talk about the offense, right? He had 15 points, eight rebounds, great, okay. But defensively, we forget this guy is massive. Like he was the guy that was also like, I don't know, stonewalling Wemby in that last play that forced that clanker. And that's what you want to see. And we know that Wemby doesn't necessarily, when he gets physical with folks, that's when his game gets a little bit off balance. And that is exactly what you want to see out of Julius Randle, not only being the offensive juggernaut that he is in organizing thing, but also kind of being like a defensive clutch guy.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:09–0:43
2
What happened in the Timberwolves vs. Spurs game?
0:43–1:11
3
Why are the Thunder considered favorites in the Western Conference?
1:11–3:15
4
How did the Nuggets perform without Nikola Jokić?
3:15–5:37
5
How are the Timberwolves performing this season?
5:37–12:38
6
What role does Julius Randle play for the Timberwolves?
12:38–21:27
7
What impact does Victor Wembanyama have on the Spurs?
21:27–25:14