The Timberwolves are emerging as a potential destination for Giannis Antetokounmpo, and the Bucks would reportedly seek Jaden McDaniels, Naz Reid, Terrence Shannon Jr., and Minnesota’s two tradable first-round picks in return, per @sam_amick & @eric_nehm
“The Timberwolves, meanwhile, are also seen by some as an emerging option for the Bucks. While Antetokounmpo is known to prefer a trade involving a team in the Eastern Conference, league sources say the Bucks are interested in what Minnesota has to offer. If the Timberwolves want to get into the mix, league sources say the Bucks would want a package including Jaden McDaniels, Naz Reid, Terrence Shannon Jr. and their two tradable first-round picks (No. 29 in this year’s draft and their 2033 pick).”
(Via https://t.co/NT0odlxSCw)
Make him elbow Naz in the neck and give him a flagrant 2 and eject him from the game but before he leaves put the camera on him not knowing what a flagrant 2 is making him look innocent. Don’t suspend him for the next game, instead, make it seem that he only did what he did because the Wolves players were being dirty and hurting him and were bullies. Promote the next game as some kind of redemption story about a man that was wronged and seeking revenge on wrongdoers. Make him drop 27 17 and 5 in a big Spurs victory.
I don’t dislike Wemby! And if the Spurs get there, I’ll be rooting for him in the WCF.
But the way the media has framed what was objectively the worst moment of his brief & brilliant career & a stunning moment for any superstar (ejected from a playoff game!), has been galling.
This game being framed as some return of a wronged hero RE: Wemby, rather than a guy who was very fortunate he wasn’t suspended after wildly flagrant elbow to an opponent’s throat is just wild to me.
I’m not sure what I find more outrageous:
Wemby (who once upon a time said he studied the rules of the All Star Games Skills Challenge!) pretending he didn’t know a Flagrant Two gets you ejected, or his coach justifying the dirtiest/most dangerous play of the playoffs.
Come on.