He's uber competitive. Also, if you notice he came in the league very humble, until he got smacked every single game and never got calls. Now he's pissed. He's going to keep talking trash because he can. He's going to keep saying he's the best because he is.
He also could be playing the long game. He's already a superstar, once he starts getting the superstar whistle it will be even better.
I agree what he's been saying can be a bit jarring at times (especially being used to the subdued approach to these things by our franchise legends), but you just gotta love his confidence. At least we know he better be putting in the work to back all that smack up.
He didn't just stare him down. He POINTED at him.
Why would the Spurs do that? They obviously don't mind paying Wemby the Supermax he deserves, and would be imbeciles to let some extra % payout cloud their judgement and jeopardize the relationship with their franchise superstar.
I cannot wait for Playoff Wemby.
I'm French and I agree ^^
Not starting Wemby totally fucked OKC’s game plan and rhythm. That’s one reason why they did it. Wemby seemed pretty cool with it and the final results speak for themselves.
Steve Nash talked about this in pre-game and pointed out that it was about the minutes restriction and having him on the court at the end of the game. Victor played about seven to eight minutes a quarter for the last three quarters with good breaks to catch his wind and let him be effective.
I second all that!
I was initially annoyed as well with Wemby not starting. Once the 1st quarter was almost done and he hadn't come in I just assumed Vic was a last minute scratch and wouldn't play. I thought the NBA had asked the Spurs to at least announce him as a GTD so people would tune in lol. Mitch knowing he only had 20 minutes of Wemby I can understand the choice to maximize his availability for the 4th quarter. The Thunder certainly seemed shell-shocked whenever he came into the game as well.
I guess we were just used to Timmy’s no comment and little emotional robotic ways. He simply let his play do the talking.
I don't think people disliking cocky, petty comments is being miserable. It is human nature to feel aversion against arrogant behaviour, even if it is from your own people.
It seems like he raised the level up this season with the digs, shades, and braggadocio behavior whenever he gets close to a mic. Why give free bulletin board material? why put so much unnecessary pressure on yourself when you can't even guarantee your availability? I don't get it, is this why he connects with trash-talk, fake-tough extraordinaire like KG and not Timmy? I totally agree with you, he is setting himself up for an uncalled-for, un-Spursy villain arc .
That’s a Nike collection
