Raymond Felton on Max Kellerman comments about if Brunson was on the Thunder they beat the Spurs:
“What the fu*k are we talking about? You still missing JDub and Ajay Mitchell. So, put it to you like this if you put Shai with the Knicks they win, if you put Jalen Brunson with a healthy OKC they win. So that’s what I’m saying, what he’s saying just don’t make any sense you can flip flop both of them guys to either team if they’re healthy they’re winning. Period hands down nothin to talk about. OKC didn’t win against San Antonio which they still took them to game 7 by the way. 2 main guys was out, 2 of their main guys was out. Period what we talking about.”
(Via @ToTheBaha)
"I have to go with OKC. ... Sometimes the best team doesn't win, and [that] was the case this year."
@Keefmorris picks the Thunder as the NBA champions for next year 👀
Draymond green calls out the media and fans for moving the goal post for the San Antonio spurs young players and Victor Wembanyama for not shaking hands and saying sportsmanship is overrated but will call for him to be suspended if he does something unsportsmanlike
Joe budden goes crazy on Victor Wembanyama 😡for his attitude and his lack of respect for refusing to shake hand with the New York Knicks . Joe says the nba ain’t going to check him for that because they have weird a fixation on making him the face of the nba because he’s French
Nick Young says Wemby is soft for not shaking hands after the game:
“Let’s keep it real, Wemby is a soft baby. He’s a cried protected, baby. Everybody protecting him because he didn’t fu*king shake hands we all making excuses for this sh*t. He’s a crybaby, bro. He got more responsibility then everybody in the league according to some people he hasn’t took losing well at all, he out there trying to hurt motherfu*kers pushing people heads down, elbowing people he’s whining like sh*t every where we go and we still protect this man.”
(Via @GilsArenaShow)
Bro did all that dirty ass shit to Jalen in the series, showed them no love, no respect after the fact, said they were better the whole time, was an arrogant French prick the whole series, walked off without shaking anyone’s hands & ppl are surprised by this…
That man is right, FUCK WEMBY
Can’t wait to talk about Wembanyama today in The Arena, 2:30-4:30 E: Crybaby. Sore loser. No clutch gene. No handshake. Most overprotected. Fake tough guy. Sent teammates after McCain, Brunson. Disappeared late in all 5 Finals games. Premature arrogance. Alien? Earthling.
Wemby elbowed Isaiah Hartenstein
Refs called a foul on Hartenstein
Mark Daigneault challenged the call.
Refs reversed the call, but gave Mark a tech.
Wemby shot free throws anyway.
Sam Presti on the physicality of the Playoffs and the “hit” that Victor Wembanyama allegedly put out on Jared McCain, using Mason Plumlee and Bismack Biyombo:
“We weren’t complaining. We just want to know what the rules are.”
Sam Presti on SGA bucking what NBA fans say they hate: He plays both ends of the floor, never complains and moans “he has three technical fouls, none for complaining he got one for waving a towel in support of a teammate” said he “plays every night so you can’t get him on that” and the next one is he has brought the mid range back to an art form so he isn’t a guy that is just launching 3s. Then the other one is these guys are totally inaccessible, well the guy signs 400 autographs before every game. Based on those narratives, he would be doing them right. So if we are just talking about trying to draw fouls, well every other great player tries to draw fouls. And only 2.5% of those fouls were challenged. 4 of them were overturned.
Sam Presti on coaches complaining about SGA’s whistle during press conferences:
“It used to be, you get up there, you talk about your own team. Now everyone gets up there and talks about the officials and they discredit the other team.”
(via @okcthunder)
"I don't think the Thunder have a Wemby problem. The Thunder had a health problem."
Boogie Cousins says OKC was more affected by injury than the Spurs superstar in the WCF 🗣️
@MichelleDBeadle | @boogiecousins | @ChandlerParsons | @TeamLou23
Another regurgitated false narrative is OKC & San Antonio were built similarly through tanking.
OKC missed the playoffs 3 years:
#6 Giddey (traded for Caruso)
#2 Holmgren
#12➡️#10 Wallace (play-in)
Spurs missed the playoffs 6 years:
#11 Vassell
#12 Primo (play-in)
#9 Sochan (play-in)
#1 Wemby
#4 Castle
#2 Harper