Been thinking about this. It's not about hoops, but it is about a hooper.
Give Wemby and his marketing team major credit.
For three or four years now he's been saying yes. Access. Interviews. Riding the subway. Playing chess. Living with monks. Voiced geopolitical takes. Stunt-y or not, doesn't matter.
I think reporters have been starved of actual access from NBA stars for a long time. From LeBron to Jokic, you only got the few crumbs that the player and his sneaker brand and his agency wanted you to have. Then, journalists (and talkshow hosts) would have to make a meal out of crumbs. (Crumbs that often came with strings attached.)
Wemby's kind've bucked that trend. So now that he's got the biggest stage of his career, those same access-starved reporters (who also, fwiw, tend to align with his politics and disposition) have got stories, angles, and the "superhero" they've craved to cover.
Whether Wemby's genuinely that guy or just plays one really well, I don't know. But from a media and marketing standpoint, he and his team ran their long play about as well as we've seen it run in a long time.
Salute.
Drake Maye’s celebrity softball game is Sunday at Polar Park.
Mike Vrabel will coach Team Patriots, which features Maye, Will Campbell, Megan Keller and Zdeno Chara.
Josh McDaniels will coach Team Sox, which has Christian Gonzalez, Dave Portnoy, Matt Rife and Julian Edelman.
I will say I’m not a fan of tattoos. Just the way I was raised and how I am. I find it more than coincidental that Roman Anthony is now tattooed up as an MLB player. I wonder why that is? Is there a person who influence him. IMHO, that is Jarren Duran who I think is a terrible leader and influence of this team!
Don’t hate me for the take, but if Roman has all the time in the world to get inked up with needles, why exactly can’t he play baseball again? I thought he had a bad pain tolerance. Hmmmmmm.
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Just this week:
Rafael Devers - 5 homeruns, 16 RBIs
Dustin May - 10 inning no-hitter
Kyle Harrison - 2nd 17k game this year
Vaughn Grissom - Go ahead GS
It’s Wednesday.
Knicks path to the finals:
1st round: CJ McCollum led Hawks team
ECSF: Sixers with Embiid not even 100%
ECF: historically bad Cavs defensive team that quit on themselves
They benefited greatly from being in the weaker Eastern conference.