'This is what basketball is ALL ABOUT!' 🗣️ Stephen A. PRAISES Wemby & Giannis | First Take
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ธ.ค. 2024
- Brian Windhorst joins Stephen A. Smith on First Take to praise San Antonio Spurs' Victor Wembanyama and Milwaukee Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo for their competitive performances in the Bucks' narrow victory 125-121 over the Spurs.
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When Giannis sized up Wemby and hit his 2nd 3 in a row, I knew this game was going to be a classic
I was very surprised when Wemby held his own when Giannis backed him down and went for the stuff tho
@@Disxreetfr ngl I thought wemby was gonna be on highlights for the wrong reasons and ima fan of wemby
@@Disxreet That was a beautiful Block but Giannis came right back again and dunked it while Wemby ran into 7ft 300lb Brook Lopez wall. Wemby will be that guy in the NBA in 4 or 5 years but make no mistake Giannis is the greatest player in the world right now. Wemby is averaging under 20ppg on a terrible team and struggling to win ROY meanwhile Giannis is in a battle for his THIRD MVP Trophy.
Literrally at the end of the game when they had scores all their points
@@Wallyworld30jokic is better than giannis
Giannis and wemby did justice to basketball 🏀, one of the best duels in a long time , new generation vs older generations stars , awesome
Big Man have once again established dominance in the NBA and it's MARVELOUS!!!
Agreed. I can go down to the park and watch 6 footers shoot 3s. I want to see these larger than life super humans. The game is in a great place right now on that front.
I call this game the "Godzilla vs Kong" game!
@@Demion83you can watch them shoot 3’s and not make anywhere near as many as nba players will make
@@topnotchtajmahal7216 With layup packages and handles those park guys couldn't even dream about!
Jokic, Wembanyama, Giannis, and Chet are all killing it. You still can't ignore Steph, SGA, or Luka though.
I agree with you 100 per cent on Giannis. The boy is the epitome of a superstar. He brings it
Steven A needs to put some respeck on that man's name it's WEMBANYAMA
Wemby behind the back dunk and block on Giannis. Wish he could’ve took the last shot to tie the game. But he is nothing short of special
The block wemby had on Giannis was tough. They were going at it. Let them be physical. Let them complete.
@@rlm78iii that block was toughhhh. Giannis tried to bully him and wemby still made a play
Giannis the MVP this season. Wish the media would realize that too.
Forget about Giannis being mvp again in a small market when there’s Jokic the media darling
He should've won MVP last year. Was #1 seed and had top 3 stats, yet no one mentioned him. The same will happen this year.
@@JudeGill-tl8poVoter fatigue, Giannis should 100% have more than 2 mvps but it won’t happen
They aren't going to let anyone catch up to lebron in MVPs
@@jacketgggod7777 100% agree. He should have 3 at least. It is crazy to think that only 3 guys have been the top 3 every year for the past 6ish years. The last 2 years each of them have had HISTORIC seasons one way or another that would have easily won if it was a different year. We are watching history with Giannis, Jokic and Joel every single year.
GIANNIS IS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME TALENT TO WATCH….SURREAL
I'm a new fan and Wemby is probably my favourite player. Watching him and Giannis compete was a treat I feel like as NBA fans we should pinch ourselves.
Wemby is only 19 - and didn't even play in the Euroleague ! He is still incredibly rough (although improving quickly) yet already THIS great. He is definitely the best rookie this season (as an individual player) and should be voted as ROTY.
He just turned 20
Chet holgrem should be the ROY, complete player!
Yes he played Euroleague with ASVEL in2021/2022 before leaving for Mets 92 for the 2022/2023 season.
@@Mr1niceguy4uyeah but his team is much better and he’s playing with a all nba player as well
@@hybrid8557 ok and what, that just adds to his case as he aint getting as much touches as wemby
Every time SAS has to praise wemby, he bring someone else in the conversation « yeah but scoot, yeah but Chet, yeah but Giannis »
He was a skeptical from day one, and can’t get over it
Same with every Euro player, always had biased opinion on them. He did the same with Luka and Jokic.
I honestly don't know why. Just give guys props. Foreign players are dominating. If anything he should be pushing the idea that American players need to step it up. It's likely not changing in this coming draft either. Sarr and Topic are also foreign and likely going 1st and 2nd.
Bruh get used to it, he was doing the same with Giannis
Cuz he doesn’t want to admit being wrong. He literally said scoot Henderson will be better than wemby. Never forget that.
The most entertaining games I watched on TNT last night thus far in the season. Awesome basketball 🏀 👌🏾 🎉🍾
Just imagine that it was on NBC
This is the first time SAS praised Giannis this long.
Giannis is my favorite after Kobe retired 😮😮
Giannis had the BETTER night, but Wemby had the more impressive night imo. We know Giannis can do this at this point in his career in the middle of his prime. A rookie shouldn’t be putting up these types of games against this level of competition. It’s not a better performance, but it sure is more impressive
We've seen Wemby put better numbers against this level of competition already, so of course he's capable. He put up 38pts-10reb in just his 5th game against KD & Booker. He put up 29pt-9reb-4ast-4blks against Gobert & KAT. He put up 27pt-9reb against Sabonis. He put up 22pt-11reb-4blks-6stl against Joker. He put up 30pt-13reb-6blk-3stl against AD. The kid can hoop, it's not a surprise at this point.
@@lazzi2462 we know he can, that’s not what it’s about though. Giannis as a superstar in his prime is expected to perform like this against a team that’s as bad as the Spurs right now. Wemby is a rookie which no matter how much hype is around him, isn’t expected to perform at the same level right now. He *can* but with him being a 20 year old rookie, I’d argue it’s the more impressive game, but obv not the better one
Giannis on 2nd night of back to back was more impressive.
@@HowzitMan96wemby is amazing because of no fear mentality and he showed up to the max potential he has. Giannis is amazing because he doesn't give a break about its a rookie or not, i will go 100% every time just like Russell Westbrook does
Lol nope. Giannis 44 STRONG points on 68% efficiency on the 2nd night of a back to back on the road after playing the fastest paced team in the league was more impressive.
By a long shot. Giannis barely missed. He sent a message. And he also dished out 7 assists and hit back to back 3s to win that game.
Wemby had that on 26 mins
Giannis had 44 on 39 mins, relax, 14reb 7assist
Easily could've had 37
And Victor in 26mns 27pts /9rbds and 5blks...
Giannis is amazing. He’s in the absolute prime of his career and played 40 minutes. Wemby just turned 20 yesterday and played 26 minutes. But ya Chet is the ROTY when he has an mvp candidate spoon feeding him.
Yea that's wild... Wemby definitely is ROTY especially if he keeps playing on this level and his teammates pass him the ball which they are doing a little better at that recently.
You obviously don't watch Thunder games - Chet has insanely efficient shot creation w/o Shai already, & his elite rim protection & defence is not "spoonfed". Sure he benefits from a cohesive system unlike Wemby but folks need to give Chet credit.
@@AidanXavier988
Chet gets credit, Wemby is just the better player and honestly it’s not close
You need to actually watch Chet play and see how effective he is for his team and defense. Chet might be a DOPY with what he's been doing.
There ain’t a single team game planning for Chet cmon now don’t be delusional
Both games last night were 🔥🔥🔥!
Really
GSW made it 🔥. 🙌
Stephen A is dropping gems this segment! This is what the NBA has been missing, stars going at it on both sides of the floor in head-to-head matchups. It's great to see these young guys embrace the challenge, the future of the NBA is bright
Dropping gems? This is the same guy that said scoot Henderson will be better than wemby. Stephen a is an absolute clown
SAS is a Clown count how many times he says Wemby's last name wrong? He keeps saying WembanyaNa when it's actually WembanyaMa. We are 35 games into the season and this clown still can't pronounce Wemby's name right.
@@derekw1267You dont seem to be bright. Thats what clowns suppose to do. Entertain the crowd.
Giannis, Wemby, Chet, Embiid, Jokic ... what a wild amount of talent we have in the NBA, at some crazy sizee. 😂😂 Giannis starting to hit 3s, I LOVE it. He never stopped working on his gameee! And hopefully people can see the hard work he puts in every year. Many NBA players come into the NBA skilled, and dont work on anything to improve individually. I love that we have players like this in the NBA to this day. Super talented league. And then we got the younger guards doing their thing too. 😎 This year's playoffs should be great fun. And the next 10 years at least of NBA basketball, is going to be real intense. 😎
Giannis
Jokic
Embiid
Luka
Shai
Wemby
All not American which is crazy. Really shows how the league has changed itself with international players.
The league will be ran by international players once bron retires …… dudes are already paid they don’t have the fire like players back in the day just load management
@@Short_mambaa as if your Bronbron ran the league. stop capping you glazer
and tells you about the current gang, criminal culture permeating in the NBA.
Wemby got 27 9 and 5 blocks in 26 minutes.
Adjust him to the same minutes as Giannis, he'd have 42 14 and 7 blocks... on his 20th birthday... against Giannis...
Wemby is the story.
Glad to see Brian windhorst, he's the best ESPN hire
How is a rookie battling the best player in the league and going crazy on 25mins not more impressive
Giannis and Joker are MVPs. Nothing they did surprised me. We just had Wemby step up the challenge. This guy was a teenager a couple of days ago. Let that sink in. And if the spurs had an All Star PG he’d have an even bigger impact. AND he only played 27min
Giannis, Victor, Nikola, Joel, and Chet, we’re looking at a big man era all over again! History is repeating itself. Are we getting closer to re watching a guard take over a big man league like only one man has been able to do it? Probably not but we hope so!
Honestly,
Wemby is much stronger than holdgrem.
More points, more rebounds, more counters, more assists and all this in less minutes on the court. He's breaking 20-year-old records for rookies, he's realizing perfs that only robinson managed to achieve as a rookie.
How can they name holdgrem rookie of the month? And don't tell me his team is winning, it's not thanks to him but more thanks to shai gilgeous alexander.
No, wemby is definitely better!
But not American.
Wemby is a rookie. Incredible
He is 7'4 7'5 and always wanted to be a shooter and dribbler . I just don't show respect to a guy that tall that's too much to his advantage he taller than what the NBA consider tall and that's crazy
@franklinrodriguez6697 funny how you really don't understand nothing about today's basketball 😂
@@Holdemnicely6969
And the basket is not a sport for the dwarf.
@@christopheb.6121 if you only knew how much I know but aye type away
@@Holdemnicely6969 What's the exact height at which you stop respecting a player?
Wemby has really stepped up to the challenge against most the elite Bigs this year, Wemby vs AD was crazy and Wemby vs Giannis was a classic! Can’t wait to see my boy in 3 seasons
Don't forget Wemby vs KD
This game felt like the first time Rookie Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played Wilt Chamberlain on 10/29/69 and Kareem had 23/20/2 in a loss to Wilt's Lakers and Wilt finished with 25/25/5. Giannis is still 4 years younger than that Wilt Chamberlain was but giant vs giant superstar feel is back in the NBA!!!
When Wemby gets stronger and more developed it's over for everyone
There is no way he still doesn’t know that his name isn’t WembanyaNa.
It's M at the end, not N
Tell Reggie Miller that too 😂😂
@uzibitch1 that's what tnnawar said.
There is a public for that sort of things in America, apparently. They think it's funny to treat others like that. Sadly.
Yall need to all vote for Wemby in the AS game
Yesterday was a banger fr 🔥
Wemby blocking 6’11, 250 pouhd Giannis like he’s just any ole body was crazy. Rookie season 🤯
Bro is 7’4 he should be blocking those😂
@@BUCKS12 Then why are Tacko Fall, Boban and Bol Bol not blocking Giannis in primetime?
@@BUCKS12 he’s a fkn twig lol
Giannis is the MVP honestly
Bro haven’t seen Luka playing Basketball
@@lulsavage3342 And you haven't seen a guy in Basketball history to score 31 points with 60+% FG... Literally noone. If he ends up with that stat in the end of the regular, then this will be a crime to not give him the MVP.
ykb
@@0nePieceGeneration and he plays D....
Learn how to say his name first… Gianis was mouth breathing in that game… Wemby is a beast
last night was a great day for basketball fans
Wemby did this in 26 minutes
If Wemby was playing like star rookies back in the day and he was the focal point he'd be putting up numbers like never seen before as a rookie
2 foreign players going harder than our Ballers 🤷🏾♂️
That’s ashamed and it’s been like that for years now and for us Americans it’s embarrassing they care about basketball more than the American players do
Basketball 's IQ is higher in Europe, we don't make showtime players, but team's players
@@jaysouthmusic8230damn straight n it’s mind boggling
@@christopheb.6121
It's not just qi basket that's highter in Europe, we're going to have to do something about it.
All facts Stephen A. It was a great game and the play spoke. Passion.
I especially liked how both guys and teams put up a FIGHT🔥
Must have been the toughest thing in Stephen A's life, praising two foreigners.. in the SAME segment!
Giannis showing why he deserved another most valuable player award or two
it’s not “wembaya-na”, it’s wembaya-MA!
no...
i tihnk its a great W for european basketball, this combination of big men with skill going back and forth on both ends of the floor like an old school american style rucker park classic showing inside out games and going down to the wire is the symbol of the hybrid coming together of 2 basketball worlds in 1 game. amazing.
Stephen A cappin saying that Wemby's averaging 19, 10, and 10 lol. Giannis is still the best player in basketball imo. People are choosing to ignore that he's averaging 30+ ppg shooting 61% from the field, even prime Shaq didn't do that.
I think he just stuttered
No ones ignoring Giannis’ greatness bro.
Stephen A literally said he walked away from the night with a new found appreciation for Giannis
Giannis is cool and all... but his shooting % should be high, he basically just runs into people and dunks on every play
He simply dominates, period. His team has a legit chance to win a game as long as he's playing
Is SAS mispronouncing foreign names on purpose? WembanyaNa, DonciCK? He gets all those American typo-like names right …
It’s no doubt on purpose. He does it on purpose, he’s always had this weird agenda against foreign players and discrediting them. Somehow he can’t properly pronounce names, but will continuously use long fancy elusive words and properly say them syllable by syllable
He has a speech impediment.
@@Ivan-yq6ikshut up you make no sense
It's part of his schtick. He's very intelligent and could easily learn correct pronunciation but it's better for TV if he is openly disrespectful about it.
Same as why he goes so deep on certain guys, dumb US fans love the hate and disrespect. SAS could only be successful in America, no other culture promotes and rewards hate on camera like the USA.
@@dbutta2496 I mean he’s not wrong. SAS have had said euro players can’t be the face of the nba, which is ridiculous. The best player , regardless if there American or not can be the face of the nba.
Wemby has 10 years to be 29 years old let sink in a little
No one mentions the minutes
Return of the Giants! This is exactly what the NBA needs again but gotta start banging down low more.
It’s wembanyaMA, not WembanyaNA
I really appreciate SAS reminding everyone who forgot that giannis shows up every single night. He doesn’t take nights off. He doesn’t back down. He doesn’t worry about looking cool.
He does his job and then some.
Who else does that? On both ends? Who? 3 steals and a block on top of 44/14/7 68%… mvp
Hell yeah!
Stop saying WembyNYaNA🤣🤣🤣..It is a Congolese name, say just like it is written...Victor Wanyama, Victor Wembanyama
Shouting out my Congolese people ❤
He is doing it on purpose. That's how foreigners are treated in America.
It’s a big man league now I love this
The big man is back!
the impressiveness is correlated to the expectations of the player so I can be made at Wemby topping that poll.
Stephen A the expert thinks Giannis might be good at basketball
When the hell SAS will give some players the common respect by pronouncing their name the right way??!! 🤬🤬🤬🤬
he didnt even want to credit the kids game and brought up chet lol, the game is all about giannis vs wemby.
Giannis was the same size as Wemby when he was a rookie, but he didn’t move the ball or attack the rim like Wemby. Give Wemby a few years to gain some muscle like Giannis. Wemby is gonna be a beast in a few years(injury free 🙏🏼)
So how good does Wembanyama need to become before the media pronounces his name right?
They still butcher Antetokounmpo. So I guess it doesn't matter
It's simple: the Americans are so far ahead of the Europeans in terms of basketball that they don't want to give the titles to European players, and what's more, they're not only skimming off their names. If logic is respected at the end of the year, jokic MVP, Gobert DPOY and Wemby ROY, forget the Americans, Europe takes center stage.
It takes awhile. A lot of media and fans still don't use Gianni's last name.
This game starting to become dominated by GIANTS
It’s almost always been. Don’t let these 6’3 and under athletic guards fool you. NBA has always been a tall man’s game.
As it most often has been historically, since the days of George Mikan. Bill Russell... Wilt... Kareem... Hakeem, Ewing, David Robinson, Shaq... Tim Duncan... really the post-prime Shaq to Giannis/Jokic ascendance period (roughly '07 - '18) has been the only time in NBA history that's been dominated almost exclusively by guards and wings.
In 5 years it's going to be over for the league once Wemby fills out his frame.
WembaYANA ! Tell’em Stephen A
Football has left a ton to be desired this season, honestly this football season is and was garbage! Basketball has changed this year! No drama with NO PLAYERS OR COACHES! Just dudes hoopin and trying to get better! This year has definitely been an improvement for the NBA
Wemby only played 26min...... NUFF SAID 😂😂😂 It's not even close 💯💯💯
Acting like Giannis played wayyy better than wemby shows that YOU didn’t watch the game. Look at the minute difference between them, that’s gotta mean something right? The impact wemby had on the floor was just as good if not greater than when Giannis was out there
Stephen A is right on that.. that’s why I hate that none of the pg guard each other.. all these great pg in the league and none of them guard each other.. it started with Steve Kerr hiding Steph Curry on defense btw
My guy never ever says Wemby’s name correctly 😂
It's not funny. It's tragic.
Marcus should talk nba on this show once nfl season is over
Wembanyama is better than Chet in every stat, on a worse team, in fewer minutes. Wemby is better.
Wemby might get a 10 block game dudes a menace, I think his stamina is a problem, conditioning like Giannis did over time could help but right now he isn’t top 20 yet
Put things in perspective a 19 year old with limited minutes in his first year against a MVP champion. Yanis couldn’t afford to be outplayed however the young man shined. Smith is pointing out the obvious. Yanis is suppose to do that.
Remember Wemby doing these numbers on limited minutes.... took shaq and robinson no restrictions for their rookie numbers
Bro at least try to say Wembanyama the right way
Where SAS got the "yana" from? 😂😂😂
Bro kills me everytime with his names pronunciations
We talking about Bol2x. We talking about Bol2x (Iverson voice)
SAS - get his name right! WembanyaMa
Giaanis is MVP frontrunner
i lol'd when sas proclaimed that playing bball for 37 mins a day makes him a superstar. its funny when you think about it
for god sake his name is WembanyaMA not WembanyaNA
I think if Wemby was allowed to play 36 minutes then tge Spurs would've won
Why is Stephen A continuing to mispronounce WembanyaMA!!!!!
He doesn't want to look too fancy.
That poll proved its not about basketball.
3 good nights from stars and the worst statistically and only one who lost was most impressive? Lol
GA put up 44 and 14 in a dub
Jokic was 13-16 from field with a game winning 40 ft three at the buzzer.
Wemby had 27 and 9 on 10-18 shooting in a loss and he was most impressive?
Lol ESPN promoting this kind of stuff is why most ppl only watch occassional YT clips and not the full shows anymore
Kind of make sense, the expectations for Wemby are lower than the other 2 being a rookie.
@@antoineb7648 the expectations for Wemby? All I've heard for last three years is how this kid is most talented prospect ever and has GOAT potential.
29 and 9 on 10-18 shooting institutes "most impressive" for a guy that's supposedly best rookie talent ever?
If he had 40+, ok maybe in a loss but wasn't even best player in a spurs jersey last night. Was exciting and fun to watch of course, love watching Wemby, but he wasn't more impressive than what Jokic or GA did last night in wins.
How many guys lead a 18 pt comeback in final 6 minutes on road against GSW and cap it off with a 40 ft buzzer beater? That's impressive even if you name is Michael Jeffrey Jordan 😂
This is why LeBron will never be my goat because he wants those SUPERSTARS that was playing last night on his team. SMH
It's WENBAYAMA not WENBAYANA, Mr Stephen A. From a french fan
Lol. Its WenbaNyama, NOT Wenbayama... coming from an American lmao
@@maurygoldblat8982You're right, my bad
It's WembanyaMa SAS.
Giannis is a GOON😅😅😅
He is only Roy candidate to okc fans eyes ONLY!!!
spurs wouldve had this game if wemby wasnt on minutes restriction
Middleton was also on a first half restriction, to be fair. He wasn’t allowed to play in the 2nd half so he didn’t risk his knee.
Each team make a plan to avoid Wemby in the paint! I never see that and i'm 46 years old.... and regardless of he is the best blocker in NBA. Nobody make a plan to avoid lopez, it's even incounscious for the nba players
Stephen A the same guy who said scoot would get ROY 😂😂😂 Wemby hater
Like the Bird and Magic days . . .
Is he saying Wembanyana at times?
Gianni's needs to hit more 3s
all 3 of them not from the U.S.
I have told people that in the game of basketball, whoever is the best player on the floor, he or she, susposed to impose their will.
My mantra would be: I'm fixing to drop 50 on you tonight and there's nothing you can do to stop it!
Wemby only played 26mins otherwise his stats would’ve been then same as Gianni’s
What's needed is that when the Spurs meet the Pistons, pop make Wemby play 36min. If they do, he'll score the game with a quadruple-double at 30-10-10-10 mini.
And be the first rookie to do so.
The debate will then be folded.