Player The unfortunately low-ceilinged Shaolin monastery of Victor Wembanyama

[JingleJangleJingle]

oh no now we have to pay him more.

 

[BatManu20]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2013335370251878480

 

[ace3g]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2013382650812059997

 

[wEmBoY]

It looks like wemby will not win DPOY this year.

 

[tearsofmorningdew]

It looks like wemby will not win DPOY this year.

Why not, barring time missed?

 

[DAF86]

It looks like wemby will not win DPOY this year.

Only way that happens is if he doesn't hit the 65 games mark.

 

[wEmBoY]

Why not, barring time missed?

He’s not blocking shots the way he did the past 2 seasons

 

[scott]

He’s not blocking shots the way he did the past 2 seasons

He is still 0.4 blk/game ahead of everyone else and voters do more than just read the stat sheet (usually)

 

[tearsofmorningdew]

He’s not blocking shots the way he did the past 2 seasons

who is winning over him if he hits 65 games? Surely not gobert or Chet lmao

 

[Exstatic]

He’s not blocking shots the way he did the past 2 seasons

Players are terrified of going into the paint. He is 100% winning DPOY if he plays 65 games. He bends the floor on defense like Curry does on offense.

 

[Ice009]

He’s not blocking shots the way he did the past 2 seasons

Surely the voters know that players avoid going at Vic for the very reason to not get blocked. Edit : Exstatic said it best a second ago.

 

[DAF86]

He’s not blocking shots the way he did the past 2 seasons

You sound like the 90's. Media members now look at other metrics like pts allowed On vs Off. FG% allowed while guarding a guy directly. And, most important of all when it comes to Wemby, % of drives allowed when on the court vs off the court.

Tl;dr: Wemby is winning DPoY unanimously if he plays 65 games.

 

[wEmBoY]

Allright, hope he wins it

 

[Mugen]

The only reason Wemby doesn't win DPOY for the next 10 years is games missed and voter fatigue tbh. He's the most impactful defender in the league by a significant margin. FOH with that Chet bullshit

 

[wEmBoY]

Chet might have a chance this season tbh

 

[SpursFan86]

Fun fact: after tonight’s 7/12 performance from deep, Wemby is now shooting 40% from 3 this season.

He’s 16/27 from 3 over the past 3 games Just absurd that a 7’5” guy is doing this sort of stuff.

 

[wEmBoY]

Fun fact: after tonight’s 7/12 performance from deep, Wemby is now shooting 40% from 3 this season.

He’s 16/27 from 3 over the past 3 games Just absurd that a 7’5” guy is doing this sort of stuff.

He might start playing like last season where he shoots 9 3s per game and forget what he learned from hakeem last summer. Lmao

 

[The Ballsbreakers]

He might start playing like last season where he shoots 9 3s per game and forget what he learned from hakeem last summer. Lmao

Not like he's been implementing whatever Hakeem taught him.

 

[wEmBoY]

Not like he's been implementing whatever Hakeem taught him.

Yeah he’s not implementing it in his game or he didnt learn anything from hakeem. He’s still playing like durant wannabe with occasional pts in the paint.

 

[DAF86]

If you are gonna brag about playing "pure and ethical" basketball, you can't be getting T'd up for flopping, tbh.

 

[Mugen]

Ethical flopping tbh

 

[onechance87]

If you are gonna brag about playing "pure and ethical" basketball, you can't be getting T'd up for flopping, tbh.

Swear seen jokic,lebron and other still with obvious flops as well trying to get a call.Yet havent seen them or others get a tech.

 

[BatManu20]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2013414328418934985

 

[spursparker9]

Not like he's been implementing whatever Hakeem taught him.

Wemby did apply. Only in the first game against Mavs

 

[Ice009]

Swear seen jokic,lebron and other still with obvious flops as well trying to get a call.Yet havent seen them or others get a tech.

This is exactly what I was thinking. What I said about Victor must rub people the wrong way may be one reason for it. They've done some stupid flops over the years and I've never seen them get a tech (maybe they did, but I doubt it).

https://twitter.com/x/status/2013414328418934985

Wow. That are insane numbers in the minutes. He's maximizing his minutes like no other (I wonder if there's ever been a superstar put up those numbers in those kind of minutes?). Mitch is darn lucky Victor is so good, otherwise, this minutes restriction could have cost the Spurs games (well it did cost them at least one game, so I should say, it could have cost them more games). If Victor wasn't this insanely efficient, this minutes strategy might not have looked to good for Mitch at all.