Got a generational playoff whistle, bricked clutch shots for five games, tried to injure guys, had an objectively terrible offensive series, took no accountability as a leader of his teammates.
The officials missed that close out foul by Victor Wembanyama on Jalen Brunson's 3-pointer.
Wemby was in his landing space and if they called it and reviewed it, it likely would've been upgraded to a flagrant foul. That would've meant Wemby would be suspended for a potential Game 6.
USA. A Mexican restaurant. We had not yet ordered anything, and the food was already arriving.
Chips. Salsa. Unrequested. Free.
I stopped the waiter. "We have not earned these."
"They just come with the table, man."
They come with the TABLE. In my land, hospitality is a debt. Every gift creates an obligation, weighed carefully, returned in the proper season with interest of feeling. Here, the gift arrives before you have even proven you can pay for dinner.
This is not an appetizer. This is a declaration: we trust you. Eat.
I ate with the gravity the moment deserved. And then — I must report this calmly — the basket emptied, and a new one appeared.
"Did we…?"
"Refill," the waiter said. "It's bottomless."
Bottomless. They have wells of salsa. The supply lines of this nation are beyond anything my ancestors imagined.
My friend warned me. "Don't fill up on chips, dude."
Too late. I had accepted three baskets. Honor demanded each one be finished — an unfinished gift is an insult. By the time my actual food arrived, I was a ruined man.
I was not hungry. I was not comfortable. I had been defeated by a courtesy.
Generosity that arrives before the request cannot be repaid. It can only be survived.
I know the rule now. I have made my peace with the basket. One basket. Two at the most.
Who am I deceiving. There is no number of baskets I would refuse. The trust of a nation is in that salsa, and I intend to honor all of it.
Former ESPN personality David Jacoby says he’s grown a strong DISLIKE for Wemby after the playoffs. 😬
"I started drumming up a dislike for [Wemby] this summer and now it's just at a million. I cannot stand this guy. I hate his outfits. I hate his face. I hate his hair. I hate everything about him. He's such a try-hard..."
(via @awfulannouncing)
I told y’all, if the Knicks send a message they can’t get away with it like the Spurs do
It’s a flagrant 1 for the Knicks vs the Spurs have made head contact numerous times and no calls