No, THANK YOU! Truly a honor to wear the 💜💛 while trying to continuing the greatness & legacies that came before me! Hope I made a few proud during my stint. 🙏🏾🫡👑
@XanderZayas is a true champion! We gave the fans their money’s worth. Much respect to you & your team I hope you’re healthy & everything is ok blessings to you & your family. You’ll be back better!
LeBron James admits there’s one signature Kevin Durant move he wishes he had in his bag.
Interviewer: One skill or trait from the other guy, what would it be?
LeBron James: Steph’s jumper for sure. And KD's pull-up hesi left in transition. Give me that.
Kevin Durant: The hesi left is undefeated. I'll take KD's footwork, and I'm going to take Bron's IQ. Being able to single-handedly control the tempo and flow of a game for 48 minutes is insane.
Stephen Curry: My athletic ability?
Kevin Durant: Yeah, that's the first thing. (Laughs) With Steph, I’d say the quick twitch on his jump shot—setting his feet so quick coming off screens. And Bron is ambidextrous; he can finish any way with his left. I wish I had that English with my left hand..
@NajiChill I think Bud is the only one who can beat boots but Bud box so well that Boots dont fight him the same as tn. Ppl don’t understand styles makes fights. Boots THOUGHT he had Xander beat and got careless. Bud wouldn’t be in same position as Xander from round 1 so he dnt get careless
@AdamsBoxingShow What’s ur thoughts on ppl like Vergil and Bud saying oh you’d see what would happen against me. I don’t think he boxes the same against those guys. He felt he had Xander beat early so he got careless. Great performance tho watched it live brother!
can’t believe I’m forced to defend a fkn Spur but the narratives around Wemby rn are just flat out stupid. the truth should matter.
first, the run he just took the Spurs on was awesome.
35pt debut (franchise record), a 40/24 game. 3.5 stocks/gm. +21.6 on/off differential (hilarious)
led one of youngest teams ever to the Finals.
took down the defending champs.
led for 75% of the Finals & blew it - meaning more than anything they controlled their own destiny & capped themselves.
this narrative that he’s now a permanently scarred failure who’s legacy is cooked is hilarious.
22 yrs old. He, along w Castle & Harper, will only get better. They’ll absolutely be back.
Second & imo most important - in no world is Wemby a ‘dirty’ or immoral player. he had bad moments & lost composure, yeah. but if you think some shoves or elbows somehow makes him this unethical rotten thug of a player - *you* are soft (& delusional)
Nothing done by Wemby was anything different than moments we’ve seen from Jokic or Giannis. not even sniffing the depths of Draymond’s greatest hits.
the man is an 8ft 150lbs slinky being thrown around by earth’s greatest athletes. a body thrown at him every moment to counter his length (if you’ve played even JV level ball you’d understand).
Freedom of movement restricted. a man in your jock every step down the floor. that constant contact builds, frustration simmers, you go to make a basic play like set a screen, you flail, frustration pops, elbows thrown. it happens man it’s the nature of the sport. almost every Wemby flagrant was some run of the mill elbow or shove, called or not called - & fans act like he’s out there drop kicking knee caps or hammer fisting groins (wut). it’s a contact sport man tighten up.
I’d actually love for someone to clip together some Wemby footage showing how defenses are guarding him, the amount of contact he deals w on avg plays, how frequent & constant he’s fighting for position. at least give some context to what he’s battling against every time down the floor.
and last, his quotes & off court behavior. He’s a bit arrogant, likes to wax poetic & give genuine answers vs canned responses. I personally don’t mind it. I’ll take that vs chatgpt script responses all day. most of the stuff ppl crying about is heavily misquoted or out of context anyway. but what is it ppl want? we ask for confident, “real” Superstars & when we get it we cry that it’s all performative. listen to the full answer, stop letting the one sentence posted out of context in the caption form reality.
i’m gonna go throw up now for spending this much effort defending a Spur. but it had to be done. anyway you want to argue it, Wemby has been great for the league. he’s everything these ‘bring back the 90s’ advocates could dream for & if no one wants to defend him, I’ll take a minute to. what he just did these playoffs was genuinely incredible & he deserves the fair credit.