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- Victor Wembanyama is expected to go 1st-overall to the San Antonio Spurs in the 2023 NBA Draft tomorrow night. Nick Wright, Chris Broussard, and Kevin Wildes debate what’s Wembanyama’s floor and ceiling.
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It’s been 3 months AND BRU HAS FINALLY FOLLOWED WILDES!!! 🎉😂😂😂This is the greatest sports show of all time these dudes are hilarious
💀💀💀
i kinda wanted the joke to keep going 😭😭
Hey now, can’t do that to Inside the NBA just yet.
Noo I wanted thr gag to keep going 😂😂
that bit had me dying
"That would make me not draft him" 😂
I lost it when he said that 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I rewinded that like 8 times 😂
@@naklovesjesus3204 I rewatched it a few times, too, lol
@@garrysingh8116 Yeah, cause he meant that with everything 😆
@@TC-gx3qn
Yea man the laugh and joke was just too contagious.... Not to mention even though I like PGs game.... I wouldn't draft dude if he thought PG was the GOAT either 😅
"15 years, thats a long contract for me." - Wildes. 😂
I didn’t catch that at first 💀
We hope they're still doing this in 15 years.
Dude is so freaking funny 😂
The little side comments always gold lol😂😂😂
ahahahahah goat
Imagine seeing the report that you fell in the draft because you said Paul George was the goat 😭
That would cause the next man up to say they think KAT is their GOAT, because nobody is trying to go to SAS.
Deserved tbh
He is gonna fall in the draft
To be fair jordan is still (not majority) still part owner and that dude will def take it personally.
Brandon Miller need to be sent back to college, he clearly learn nothing.
“PAUL GEORGE THE GOAT!?” Na fr I’m with Brou on this one 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Wow! Brou was spitting. “Would like him not to be the Goat” stunned him 😂
I had to stop watching to look at the comments, Brou hit hard with that one.
Yea you know how Lebron Fans get insecure when they feel there are threats to Bron’s GOAT case , they already hate MJ , ofcourse he dont want Vic to be the GOAT
Saying this guy will be the goat when he hasnt played a single game
@@moneyman4740nobody in world history is more insecure than Jordan fans
@@jamiethomas5849Nahh Lebron fans are the most insecure like their idol. The self imposed king who calls himself the anointed one 😂
No Denver Nuggets talk Mike Malone must be having a heart attack right now
Bro beating his wife rn
Big Facts
Lol, it's because Denver is a great team but they are not box office as the term is coined, they are just not exciting, maybe it will change if they continue to make waves but as an exciting team they are not that. So I can see why people don't have them onnthe top of their topics, no one is tuning in to hear about Denver lol.
He’s readying another Radom shot at LeBron so he can get talked about again.
@@chasingfelix3609 lol true lol
I’m so mad I couldn’t catch the show live today, would’ve loved to have seen the moment Brou finally follows Wilde
I agree with Nick on this one. People need to stop setting up these guys for failure when they don't meet ridiculous expectations. The problem with putting someone's "ceiling" as the GOAT is that much of that is dependent on stuff that has nothing to do with the player being considered. Otherwise, we would just assign the GOAT automatically to whoever eon the most MVPs, since that's something they have control over.
Even players dont have control ove the MVPs. Its 99% times the best player on the best team. You have to win a lot as a TEAM to be even considered an MVP. There have been numerous seasons by Kobe, Bron where their stats were off the charts but they didn't win MVP because they didn't win enough or were not the top 2 seed.
@@panic_diver Good point
yeah but they then make declarations about a player’s legacy after every single game
But usually the best player in the league makes their team so much better that they do get a good seed in the playoffs and that helps them become the mvp tho. When was the last time a guy should have won mvp that didn’t make the playoffs? That doesn’t happen. Theirs never a mvp on a 6 seed cause the players on the 6 seed don’t have ridiculous seasons usually. Usually the top 3 seeds have a guy that played better than the rest of the players that season.
@@mr.fukk12If Luka had a better team he could have won over Embid. Jokic was the MVP when the nuggets were the 6th seed just a couple of seasons ago, lol. Anyway I disagree with a lot of what you have said but dont have time to have an internet argument and address it all as its getting late. Have a great night. Peace
We never seen anything like him before. I believe it’s too soon to project potential GOAT if he stays healthy. Let’s see how he competes in NBA for a full calendar year then return to the question. Development, health and IQ need to all be elite to be in the GOAT conversation.
Not throwing a shade but if you're to name the top 5 smartest NBA players of all time, I don't think you'll mention MJ.
@@tomzd99 MJ was an elite defensive and offensive player. He knew how to get his. As far as the IQ in regards to functionality within a team, he had Phil for that. Wemby has Pop. One of the reasons why I don’t have a problem with anyone calling LeBron the Goat because he has been the most adaptable player of all time.
@@vembix no one's talking elite defensive or offensive stuffs here. MJ is not one of the 5 smartest NBA players ever and he's considered the GOAT. So Wembanyama doesn't require elite IQ to be the GOAT. QED.
@@tomzd99 you don’t consider intelligence on offense and defense having anything to do with IQ, this is where we differ. Agree to disagree
Sound analysis
Dude is a freak of nature but he aint better than Luka at his age cmon now. Luka was a MVP (regular season and finals) and won both FIBA and Euro titles as a lead star. Wemby has more potential due to his size and skill but accomplishment? Nah fam. Luka was better at that same stage
Luka doesn’t play Defense
@@Antonio-er1gu and?? He was winning MVPs n titles in europe
Luka was surrounded by a much better team only 1 person had nba experience on wembys team and 1 other guy has nba potential Luka was on one of the premier Euroleague teams so they could get whoever they wanted and had the money to back it up, for example wembys club played against Monaco who is also one of the better euroteams and had a payroll 10x more
@@Sqeaky6969that means Luka was so good that he played in a very good team and was better than everyone else. That actually proves his point
@@Ballinho97 no that doesn't mean that. Wembanyama was offered a contract by the same exact team, they were willing to bend over backwards and do whatever he wanted. that was the problem he wanted to go to an organization who would push back and not let him be in a situation where he got his stats but he wasn't gonna help him develop and set him up to win
Do NOT break this show up! I don't want Nick to work with Skip if it means ending FTF, which is my favorite sports show.
Let's hope FS1 is smarter then that.
Oh my god Nick and skip would be unwatchable. They can't put someone who is as smart as Nick or brou in the same room as skip for that long without people realizing how stupid skip is or that it's all an act
Where you getting that info from
I hope Brou found his page but forgot to follow so he still doesn't see his tweets. Gotta keep the bit going!
It’s more likely he’s Kristaps Porzingis than the GOAT
In my country there is a saying:"A kid doesn't know how heavy 300 kg are"
And what country is that?
@@Lootroq sounds like a John Wick proverb so I'd guess Belarus.
@@RD-zx6py Serbia.
AD over Dwight?? We got to stop this
Exactly
A healthy AD ? Absolutely, he’s more versatile defensively can guard all 5 positions if needed and he’s light years ahead of Howard offensively
It closer then you think but I’m taking Dwight as well, 3 dpoy’s and he took his team to the finals beating lebron which is something AD has never done.
No way possible!! Dwight couldn’t shoot but AD resume still don’t compare!
As of now Dwight has done more, and has been more consistent. Prime Dwight was a force that ad has until now never been.
He has confidence like Kobe. Hopefully he can be one of the greats like Duncan and Kareem.
imagine chris is right and he actually ends up being the goat. i mean i didn’t even think about that. dude is built like a superhuman basketball arch type thats NEVER been seen before
@@kendrickpfaff4805 would be amazing considering he would have to surpass greatness like MJ, Magic and Kareem
According to Chris that's a disappointment
I wish Wemby the best, I hope he has a long, successful career. But I actually can't fathom how these conversations are seriously being had before the man has played a single second in the NBA. Chet Holmgren suffered a season ending injury trying to defend a LeBron who was going easy, before the season even started, he's built similarly to Wemby, you can't see him if he turns sideways. I'm not familiar with really any other basketball league outside the NBA and based off the 15 second clips of him playing there I've seen its hard to really get a good grasp on the difference in talent and athleticism, its safe to say the NBA is the elite of the elite, so who's to say his game just doesn't translate as well. Brou saying the ceiling is GOAT is blasphemous lmao.
Thon Maker, Bol Bol, Kaminsky, Porzingis, etc… what they all have in common? 7ft plus and skills set similar to Wembanyama. They never became superstars tho for many reasons. All of their build were the same too. It’s going to be tough to assume Wemby will be the best player 🤷🏽♂️
Luka was a euro league and a Spanish league mvp, that’s the second and third best competition in the world… The French league is not on that level and unlike luka he didn’t win nothing team wise. Maybe wembanyama is the better prospect, but Luka was a real super star in Europe at 17-18 years old. it’s not even close really.
If he stays healthy through out his career he could be one of the greats when everything is said and done, he appears to be an intelligent person and willing to learn and having Tim and the Admiral close will for sure help him a lot. And he's gonna be playing for pop that's also a plus
This show is great!!! Keep it up fellas!
This show is amazing, keep it going fellas!
The floor is the roof; the ceiling is the ground
I'm glad that Brou did say "say something outside of a possible injury" because that's the only point Nick has.
Absolutely with Brou on this. Jordan is definitely the GOAT to me but I'm 100% pulling for Wemby. If he doesn't get there, he doesn't get there, I doubt he even cares. But it'll be fun to follow this kid's career, the hype just makes it more enjoyable. Nick's definitely worried about this dude. You can be concerned for how the media sets these kids up for failure all you want, but it takes nothing to say "hey, you're right Brou, I hope he gets there." He acted stunned when Brou said he has a real shot at breaking top 10, I think that says a lot. Can't wait to see this kid on the court for the Spurs!
something tells me he got a good piece of humble pie coming his way 🤣
When Bruh said his ceiling is goat, the way Nick said "okay" says it all
What? Wembeyama did not have a better season than Luka in Europe. Ask anyone that has actually seen games in europe
That's what Nick said.
Can he play one game before we determine his ceiling?
I think top 5 is on the board but in todays nba wemby would have to create another dynasty in SA to vault into the goat convo with guys that have 4+ rings and a bunch of finals appearances
"that would make me not draft him" LMAO ded
hyperbolic prognostications laying the ground work for hubristic vitriol
Never hear much about the guys drive and ambition, how bad does he want it ? That will be what makes him great in the long run , and good health.
His ceiling is dirk 😅but they definitely setting him up for failure i hope it stays healthy but cmon 7’5”
Kid reminds of kriztaps.."the unicorn". Hoping the best for him but we gotta wait and see. Everybody dont feel out like Giannis did
GOOD STUFF
GREAT TAKE ,
Than you Nick, when i saw the thumbnail, my first thought was he doesn't have any pressure on him, but the media has pressure on themselves because they need him to be great otherwise they will be wrong, and y'all know how these media guys hate to be wrong lol
Based on that list of #1 picks, he should be ahead of AI, so Top 4, if healthy.
I can't say he will be better than Shaq or Duncan, but he should lead a team to a title, which would make him #4 on that list. Shaq was the best player on 3 Championship teams
He’s not even as good as Luka was at his age, these expectations are ridiculous
@@jaden5843Kobe Bryant was not as good at 19 as luka was. I really don’t think that’s a great metric.
@@Irie_k Kobe is the exception not the rule. He was 17 going in to the NBA, totally different era/situation.
@@jaden5843 the point is how good a player is in their teens isn’t something you can just hold fast to. There’s a long list of guys in the league right now that were better at 19-20 than guys like Giannis and kawhi. Jimmy butler too. It’s not that important. People are observing the skills he has and his build and are projecting from there which is a lot of what you should be doing rather than assuming how good players are at 19-20 is just going to scale up. Tyreke evans at 20 was better than all the people I mentioned at 20, by a wide margin.
Luka doncic at 19-20 is better than the vast majority of nba prospects at 19 ever. Saying because someone doesn’t stack up to that, that we’re setting ridiculous expectations is unreasonable. Flatly. Not everyone has to be luka out the gate, the vast majority of players aren’t.
If you wanted to create a GOAT player from scratch. Take the 2000 version of Shaq and have him shoot 70% from free-throw line.
Why stop there? League average is like 76%? Give Shaq 80% at the line and it'd be a wrap
@@JESS-CH That makes sense. Nevertheless, if Shaq makes 70%, it's still a wrap.
That's wemby hack of wemby not gonna work ❤
They way NBA been hyping him up had his games on the app all season he better drop 40 points and 20 rebounds in his first game
God bless you Wamby 🙏🙌👏🏼
Saw a doctor on here talk about this yesterday. The concern is physics and the amount of torque applied to his limbs given his length. Big men and injuries are always a concern.
bro the background laugh at 8:30 got me😂
it would be hilarious if the spurs didn’t take victor 😂😂😂
BROU FOLLOWED HIM LOVE IM CRYING 😭😭😭
Bro, it’s been a long time since I cry laughed in response to a show but my god, this made me lose it 😂😂😂
6:00 no, you would design a 6-5 to 6-7 player about 215-225.. kobe, jordan, penny, dr j, vc etc…
"Would you like him *not* to be the GOAT?" - A good question for anyone about any subject where they've already decided the apex has been achieved.
Historical show where Brou finally followed Wildes?
I somewhat understand what Nick is saying. If he is healthy a lot of people will honestly just shove him into the top 10 players ever within 5 years. Essentially is what I think he’s saying
He finally followed 🔥🔥🔥
With all this hype surrounding Wembanyama, Pop's gonna load manage him though. Don't wanna break them acl/knees with his play style.
Wildes is the G.O.A.T best takes, intros,stats
I love this show man😭😭😭
Guys, “SKINNY UP” is gonna be everyone’s battle cry after they manhandle that baguette in the paint 😖😍😬😜 hope he does become strong enough to play a long successful career
He not better than Luka at that age cmon man
I would agree with Nick and Chris .Sooner or later we will need the next face of the NBA.
In his 1st 3yrs I hope wemby is always heathy and show willingness to work on his post/mid range games. Cause we got shooters but they cant get open or create their own shots...
Imo Goat convos a bit much for him, i watched bron rookie season GOODLAAAAWD did he balled outta control!!!
I understand the injury point. Wemby's body needs to adjust to the NBA grind. I just hope he won't be injured easily because that would set him for a biggest disappointment
Wemby has mostly been injured in his career. You're spreading some false narrative, it would be a disappointment or a surprise, if he keeps getting injured in the NBA.
Never thought I’d say this but I agree with Nick on this one.
Brou started following Wildes. Best day ever 🤪🤪🤪
This is the funniest thing on TV right now 😂
If I was the Spurs. I would sit Victor Wembanyama for this year. For him to get stronger. He's either going to be the next Ralph Sampson or Shawn Bradley. R.I.P
Did KD get stronger?
KD is wire ree strong. Do you think Victor Wembanyama is ready for the physicality of the NBA? @@soda8736
The media has lost it this guy is Bol Bol with the media in love with him.
People have been reverse engineering Jordan's protectionism since Kobe won his first chip.
I haven't enjoyed a show as much as this since the Best Dam Sports Show Period.
This is the best sports show on tv.
How is he that different from the Holmgren kid in OKC?? You telling me 2 or 3 inches makes him that much different. They are the same player imo.
Brou writing down Wildes twitter handle on his hand when their is paper right in front of him 😂
They don’t understand what “floor” is.
What they answered was “what is the worst scenario?”
The worst scenario is that he don’t stay healthy.
Wilds smiling at Broussard talking about the ceiling like he didn’t just say Wemby was gonna play like Shaq is hilarious. Wilds has no idea what he’s talking about he’s just comic relief.
They just say he’s 7’5?
He is currently listed at 7’4 in the league draft guide, so yeah. Would almost be half a foot taller than Kevin Durant. He himself says he’s 7’3, some other sources have him at 7’5 we won’t know until he has an official measurement in like a couple months
@@Irie_kHe's 7'3 barefoot. Anything above that is with shoes.
Everyone forgets Darko.. but as a Pistons fan, how could you!? We could've had Wade, or Carmelo... but we chose Darko... If healthy... that's the floor.
No title with melo
@@joedon-hb4nlChauncey was a great leader. In Denver, him and melo went to the WCF vs Kobe. If the pistons draft melo than he starts at sf, billups running the show with a better team than Denver.
He would learn championship pedigree and prioritize championships.
@@riseabove2207 he was a shot chucker inefficient shooter who didn’t make any of his teammates better. Ben Wallace already came out and said we wouldn’t have won if we woulda drafted melo
Didn't people freak out the exact same way a couple years ago when Trevor Lawrence said something similar about not feeling pressure about going #1 in the NFL draft?
As a Spurs fan, he will be the 🐐😊
WEMBY 3pt would be irrelevant , being 7"5 STANDING in the corner or running iso plays isnt practical , hitting the occasional 3 would be a plus but nothing more, he gotta dominate in the paint offensivly and defensevvily
Agreed, and he has to learn Kareem's skyhook or dirks one leg shot in the mid range.
That will make the goat.
Goat played with 6 of those
This might have been the funniest episode
He's Shawn Bradley with a better jump shot and handles. Bradley was going to be the greatest thing ever and the same thing happened to him that has happened to every guy over 7'2. Injuries because they can't take the physicality of smaller, stronger centers.
Paul George about to catch some strays 😂
I truly believe that wemby has all the tools to be the goat. But i also feel that after season 2 or maybe 3 that we will know his full and true potential and the spurs organization is the perfect place for him to shine.....The spurs will have 9 to 10 championships b4 wemby retires a spur. Go spurs
AD at number 5? Thats just crazy. He might be #10 but no way top 5 best.
Yet, Nick had NO problems when people were saying similar things about Zion (a guy who actually is always hurt, and has none of the skillsets or height of Wemby)
People were comparing Zion to Blake griffin. Didn’t hear anyone say he could be the Goat.
It's fair to have injury concerns with Wemby. He basically has the exact same build as Chet Holmgren. Just tall and skinny. People were having these same discussions about Chet last year... and look what happened. He suffered a season ending injury. This has nothing to do with questioning Wemby's skill level. It's purely a question of can he bulk up and stay healthy?
@@victoryturnip1381isn't Wemby more naturally muscular?
Man, Wemby will close up shop the first time Zion shoves him into the 5th row after he slightly bumps him
@@martingartner2341 mans shooting like crazy off-court 💦
Nick has a problem with people thinking Wemby could be one of the greatest, but that’s all he’s been saying about Luka every year of his career. That’s the real problem. First Jokic leaped him, and now comes Wemby. How Is Luka gonna be the guy with those two and Giannis around?
I feel like some of y'all have never felt pressure to be anything in your lives based on what you feel a teenager should be expected to live up to. This is so much to throw on someone. If he plays like anything less, this conversation will go sour so fast
You guys and the producers should get a bump in your contracts just for milking that Twitter bit. It has been not only incredibly hilarious, but quite smart too.
Broussard is right for his range though. Floor is a total bust and ceiling is GOAT. That doesn't take much off the table.
Its amazing how bad the teams pick their players if this is their top 10 no1 picks in the past 30 years.
We gotta stop putting AD in these top rankings. Look at where it got to. He got in to the top 75 greatest players which is ridiculous!
TEACH HIM THE SKYHOOK!!!! Kareem 2.0
The disrespect towards Tim Duncan is insane. Orher than Jordan - his career and game stacks up pretty well vs anybody. No real flaws in his game
To b w the goat 🐐 a ton
Of things has to go perfect
An injury free career is one of those things and with his height being so tall he’s going to have so many career injuries
I think there are 3 body type GOAT archetypes. MJ, LeBron and Shaq.
Wemby's ceiling could be more like better version of Porzingis/Anthony Davis, provided he's healthy and has good work ethics.
Nick has a point...Wemby is ridiculous..but there isn't a great durable history for players above 7'2
"Paul George is the GOAT?!"
🤣🤣🤣
Glenn “Big Dogg” Robinson was solid too. No MVPs but he had a solid NBA career.
Ironically, Glenn didn't have that dog in him.
Welp looks like his ceiling was higher than even they thought. Not sure why Nick always thiught it was so crazy
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