Player The unfortunately low-ceilinged Shaolin monastery of Victor Wembanyama

MannyIG said:
He came back in and played. Mitch said that was a good sign. If this was a playoff game he'd 100% have stayed out there but why push it. He'll be fine. EVERYONE is playing with all kinds of bumps and bruises at this time of year. I'm not even pressed as long as there's no ligament/bone/joint injuries. This was some kind of a bruise/contusion.
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IDK I'm a little worried with how he looked walking off the floor last night.
 
Any award eligibility concerns are secondary.

Obviously I'm most worried about his availability for the playoffs. But I'm just as worried about how he'll look with a "nagging" injury. He doesn't have a great track record of playing well hurt tbh...god forbid he also falls into a bed of flowers, then we're really screwed.
 
every time i see these stretches of wemby catching 3-4 lobs over the course of 2 minutes i think back to all the times in the rookie year we'd point out he was open for lobs but teammates were simply not finding him
 
spurraider21 said:
every time i see these stretches of wemby catching 3-4 lobs over the course of 2 minutes i think back to all the times in the rookie year we'd point out he was open for lobs but teammates were simply not finding him
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Well, if they had found him, we wouldn't have the players that are throwing lobs to him this season.
 
spurraider21 said:
every time i see these stretches of wemby catching 3-4 lobs over the course of 2 minutes i think back to all the times in the rookie year we'd point out he was open for lobs but teammates were simply not finding him
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Sochan hit the Coyote 5 times a game during that stretch tbh.
 
If the update comes from national media like Shams or Haynes, then you know it's gonna be bad. Those guys would love to see the Spurs get some bad news tbh.
 
NBA Today just had an update and all Shams reported was that "the Spurs are not anticipating this to be a significant injury" and that there is optimism in the Spurs organization.
 
100%Duncan said:
I used to say I didnt agree with sitting out actual healthy games because what if he actually got injured for real later on…
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This has always been my stance.

Snake Eyes said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/2041356496995336243
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I wasn't able to watch the game real closely last night. Is Steph saying he left the game to check on Vic?

spurs2112 said:
I'm 50/50 on the rule. It has its positives and negatives. The league has for whatever reason to many healthy players sitting out games. At a time when theyre making a ridiculous amount of money per season it just a bad look and hurts the fans who pay big bucks to see them play. The rule helps in that regard. On the other side it also makes players who should probably take time off for a injury try to play to meet the quota risking further injury. I've always said if you're healthy enough to play you play if you're not you sit. There is no reason for healthy players to be sitting as there is no reason for injured players to be playing. And I mean a real injury. Something that could get worse if you risk it, not some little boo boo. Maybe they should add some more exceptions to the rule. Injuries are part of the game and I think Silver should understand that. If a player gets a serious injury or break something they shouldn't be penalized for not playing because they physically can't. Maybe in those scenarios you can count the miss games differently. For example if you miss 3 weeks, 10 games it only counts for 5 games because of the severity of the injury. I don't think sitting players for rest should happen though. I mean at the end of the day most players are playing like 30 minutes a game. Thats not really a lot in my opinion. We are talking about some of the most fit, athletic people alive. On back to backs just let them play the minimum if they really need the rest that bad.
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I agree with you what you said, but I don't like the rule at all. It's up to the voters to decide. If the guy was legitmately healthy and say games during the season, surely the voters can decide whether or not that player is worthy of MVP.

In Victor's case, there's been games he's sat out when he could have played. Victor needs to step up in those situations and tell the team he's playing. Not go along with the bullshit sitting out games when he's healthy enough to play. It's going to cost him yet again. The Spurs are the ultimate team at neutering your awards.

LeBowen said:
Let's not pretend Spurs didn't play it extra safe with the calf situation and then also DNP'd him as a precaution against both the Nuggets and Clippers.
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Yep, exactly what I just said above. The Spurs sat him in games he could have played and Victor went along with it. If he loses the award again, it's partly his fault for listening to them.

rjv said:
or potentially 60-62 games, if a player had the right to petition to have between 3-5 games 'excused'.
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If we're going to have a stupid games limit rule, I said it earlier in the season, it should be between 25-30% of games, so rounding up 62 or 58 games (I think 58 personally).

I still think the best method is no limit and it just needs to be up to the voters to decide if a player's sat games when healthy (for example if the player played 50 games, but it looks like he sat games when healthy, don't vote for that guy to win MVP), then they just shouldn't vote for that player.

Anyway, I don't care that much about the awards. I now know Victor and other players do (early in the season I didn't think Vic did, but now that he's flat out said he does, well, I guess I got my answer), so I guess I gotta respect that. I only care about trying to win the Championship and playoffs/finals MVP (regardless of any awards - For example, Kawhi may have won finals MVP in 2014, but TD was the best player throughout the Western Conference playoffs, so deep down I know he was great even if he didn't win some kind of award for it. Overall, for the entire playoffs, TD was the Spurs' best player followed by a debate between Manu and Kawhi - Kawhi might have been the Spurs' third best player through that whole playoff run). I would think TD was secure enough to know how good he was during that run and didn't need an award for validation.

I just want Victor to be healthy for the playoffs. That's all I care about. If he really is fairly injured/not healthy enough to play. I don't want to see him trying to play 20 minutes in one of these last games of the season. F@%k these awards and making injured players think about having to play games because of them.
 
Danny Green just argued that "total minutes" played should also be considered, rather than just games, for postseason awards. not that this would have helped Wemby any. lol
 
I don't think there's any reason to be cliff-jumping at this point. He came back in and played multiple minutes post-injury (even had a nice and-1 + a three) and both Mitch/Castle had fairly positive tones when they addressed Wemby in post-game interviews.

The likelihood that this is an injury that would impact his availability for the playoffs seems pretty low. I know we all want to see him get DPOTY and all-NBA, but that's honestly a secondary concern IMO...and from the resident armchair doctors on Twitter it seems like this is more of a pain tolerance type thing anyways. Even if he's not 100%, there's a chance they'll just trot him out there as a decoy to get the minimum minutes requirement and then rest until playoffs.
 
tearsofmorningdew said:
Im hoping this is media using “x rays negative” as a colloquialism for more-advanced imaging. Don’t want any surprises

Nvm didn’t watch until now he said “more tests” today. No way he couldn’t have gotten more imaging last night wondering if Shams is just blowing hot air
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Yeah "Later today" When it is later in the afternoon already.. Last night he had all the tests done..
 
rjv said:
Danny Green just argued that "total minutes" played should also be considered, rather than just games, for postseason awards. not that this would have helped Wemby any. lol
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I've heard this mentioned the past few days by the media, but this argument doesn't help Victor at all.
 
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