Gil’s Arena Celebrates Wemby’s INCREDIBLE Rookie Season
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- Victor Wembayama BLEW AWAY Expectations This Season as Gilbert Arenas & The Gil's Arena Crew celebrate Wemby's incredible rookie season for the San Antonio Spurs, discussing if the french phenom lived up to the hype in his first NBA season and debate how the alien will grow his game and develop in the first stages of his illustrious NBA Career.
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Wemby gone hit MVP DPOY MIP lead the league in scoring block shots and steals all in one year multiple times in my opinion
calling it, first back-to-back ROTY winner! 😂
@@johndilig6719 Idiot.
@@johndilig6719 Idiot
Never seen someone win most improved twice
He’ll never get MIP already too good.
21/11/4/1/4 shooting 80% from the free-throw line this year.
He won rookie of the year and was runner up and defensive player of the year and he has openly said that he was not satisfied with his play this year. Not only that but it has been said that he absorbs and just wants to learn and has a great work ethic. Now he’s going into the summer and one of the most well front offices that know how to develop players. And he’s going to be playing in France with the four-time defensive player of the year as his teammate who undoubtably is going to teach him things. Do you understand how crazy he’s going to be next year?
And add in that his team wasn’t getting him the ball for a stretch during the season
@@trequangregg3209that’s why they need to trade sohan
After the All Star Break, he played 22 games and had 23.5/12/5.5/1.5/4.5 with 34 minutes. It proves his production didn't fall with more time on the floor. With a good PG and more spacing, next season will be something. DPOY and MIP. The draft will say if Pop's tanking was right. Spurs can be a playoff team. No doubt.
@@Ebriel0000000 good point those stats are already his base for the next season. I don't think he's going to make more than 4 blocks per game because players in the league are going to avoid him more and more (they already started tbh). But I'm convinced he'll be above the 25 pts if they get a good PG in the team. 12 rbds and 5 to 6 assists sound reasonable
@@OhDuurhe’s going for 25-27 ppg.
Then 12/5.5/4.5/1.5.
Seems realistic, confident, almost conservative.
Summer NBA training, draft, organic improvement and understanding of the game from him and his young team.
Better team cohesion.
Mentorship from Batum and Gobert in the Olympics.
+3 minutes per game (+10%), and minus the 20 games of experiment/tanking with no PG.
I can see a leap ala sophomore Lebron or Luka.
Oh, and he’ll probably shoot 35%+ on the whole season (which he’s what he was at after the ASB) at the three with better shot selection and training, plus the game slowing down for him with experience.
He ain't finish downloading is crazy 😂😂😂😂😂😂
😅😅😅
Wemby is a REAL UNICORN. If he manages to have a 20 + year career, he will be a top 5 player ALL TIME
If he has a 20+ year career he will be 1st all time
Alien*
Lol, bruh ,half the world is about to get wiped out plus the Russians and China will be invading the USA soon. There are no 20 yrs.
He should've been DPOY too, if you ask me
As a European(🇨🇵) one thing that's underestimated in these convos about footwork in these euro players, is the influence of football on a daily basis from primary school to playing in streets with your friends, specially in the inner cities of paris or ile de france, so the eye and foot coordination is already there...
Yeah that footwork from soccer/football definitely helps major with euro players
Kenyon Martin be having mood swings 😂😂
Single mother homes do that to you
Wemby will break the 100 pt scoring record 💯
Man I was literally saying that if someone can break the record is him
Not if he stays with the spurs, which he will probably do, because this team highly focuses on having every player shooting
There’s a 0% chance that happens. He could potentially become good enough to where he COULD drop 100 but I don’t think he has it in him to shoot 50+ shots in a single game - especially considering that he is on the San Antonio Spurs who are historically centred around ball movement. Although, that could maybe change when Pop retires.
To be honest, I don’t know if the record is gonna be broken anytime soon because if somebody has 80, they’re getting quadruple teamed. Players don’t want to be known as Jalen Rose or Mo Pete (I know they’re good players but Kobe’s 81 kinda tarnished their reputation, especially Jalen)
@@AdrielSilva-SBno it’s Luka wemby won’t score over 60 ever
Not even close.
Not trying to sound cliché, but Wemby is different. He'll be the best player next decade
Not next decade now. He’s already the best player in the top 15
I disagree UNLESS he gains a certain drive! He has a certain hustle on defense he doesn’t have on offense! Once he starts to truly dominate on both sides he’s golden. But for his age n lack of experience I can see him getting there but too many great players currently for him to take over fully! Few better players around him too it’s a wrap lol but bol bol showed everyone he has weaknesses but again he’s still a kid on the league it’s all new
@Spaid44 you say he doesn't have hustle on offense but they missed like 5 to 10 easy looks a game to wemby. If the Spurs get a real PG wemby gon average 8 more points just off the easy looks they was missing. That man would cut and be wide open with a guard behind him and they don't throw him the ball smh. Like he not 7'5
As someone living in San Antonio he embraces the city more than Tim and the other big 3 did,
All he needs is his PG, and we are dangerous
@@ellisjackson17 you mis understand I’m not saying he’s not good on offense, and I agree his team ain’t built to properly utilize him. I’m saying on defense you see how he is no fear all go! On offense if he turned up to the same extent he would be a one man team low key. I know he has the skills to do it but against bol bol for example in certain situations he doesn’t seem fully comfortable on offense on defense it doesn’t matter who in front of him he on go! He seems on offense if he messed up or doesn’t produce a few times it throws him off get me? He has a guards offensive skill set but we see spurts of it it’s not as consistent as his defense which doesn’t fluxuait as much as his offense does
That 6% was a mix of Houston and OKC fans, guarabteed.
Nah chill. Houston fans fw Wemby. That draft night bs was blown out of proportion by the media
Real one
We LOVE them Wemby videos
he's mentality also rare wemby never scared in adversity..the hype over him is skyhigh and the pressure on him is also skyhigh and we all know some clowns waiting on his downfall in his rookie year coz the hype is too high..but he stay focused the whole season play the right way..we all know he will be great the only question is can he stay healthy the rest of his career
K Mart's shook, just imagining Wemby running the league NEXT YEAR... I'mma draft him again 1st round at the next fantasy season!
If Wemby was playing 8 more mins per.
Wemby would be All-NBA in his rookie year
DPOY too
Give them 2-3 years before that team eats every one because this summer spurs has number 4 and 8th draft picks if they choose perfectly omg
Love this channel
Wamba wamba should be Wemby's catchphrase whenever he hears another player complain aka "womp womp"
Gil clearly doesn’t watch games wemby already has the turnaround fade
K-Mart's thoughts about Victor Wembayama in this segment will become a classic piece of Wemby's ICONIC history. JUST WATCH 💯
Wamba Wamba
His first season. He'll be fine!
He'll be more than fine, solid 70-80% chance he's at least a top 20 player all time in 10 years.
Thats a line in my favorite song😂
That lil 🐕 thou!!!😂😂😂
their faces the whole time lol thats fear
Thank you Wemby for shutting up all the haters temporarily. They'll all be after Bronny shortly.
Wemby ending up in SA was a set up 🤷🏽♂️😂😂😂
THE WORLD KNOW THAT
Man It would be amazing if he doesn’t sign that next contract
The best possible place for him and his development
100%
Yeah, but let's be real did you really want the hornets fucking him up
WemBRONyama this summer
If he learns and masters the dropstep or skyhook he’s physically unguardable
I think in March or April or both those months, he was averaging 6.5 blocks plus 1.3 steals. There were multiple games where he was having 7 blocks and then having 9 blocks the next.
Go Spurs Go
“ Don’t worry about tryna get 15-20 points, rather go make 1st all defensive team. Defence gets get you on court & once there, you have to play offence too … “ 💪🏽
- Kawhi Klaw Leonard
Nah imagine a grown ass Wemby clapping for the ball and yelling at the refs😂😂
His stats are even more impressive when you consider that his playing minutes were less than average for a starter
Steph curry n wemby crazy duo I said it first 😏
You said it first in this comment section 😂
Homie acting like he saying something that hasn’t been said a billion times. U not special
For the record when they first had the discussion I commented he will be the leagues all time shot block leader.
Real question...
Why would the league be shilling for small market Spurs?
Wouldn't if make more sense if the league were rigging the draft to send wemby to big market ???
he doesnt need big market team, he has the whole country of france backing him. and big percentage of whole europe.
im here in asia and he is big here already. and also top 3- top4 jersey sales in a rookie year is insane.
SA is a championship city
It's a conspiracy theory with no solid rationale, but these days market size only matters to local businesses. NBA is global, so global market exists regardless of local markets.
@@herbertsilonga7099
Yeah I'm in Australia and he's big here already too.
Do you think the league set it up for Wemby to go to the Spurs ?
@@eddievargas704
Good point. Do you think the nba wanted him there ?
Kno Gil arenas! He knows greatness 2 bad he had 2 many injuries he was 1 of the greatest scorers in the game hopefully that runs off on wemby the next goat!! Go spurs Go!! Spursfan 4life!!
I just hope the Spurs get him the right help soon. Get him a couple of capable pointguards and also capable 3nD wings. Wishing the kid to have a long, successful and healthy NBA career, too. He is humble and seems down-to-earth so it’s not hard to root for someone like that.
He played this season with teammates that hindered him more than helped, as well as having a minutes restriction for a while. Next season he goes nuclear.
To their point, Wemby averaged 4.2 blocks per game from February onward. I think for year 2 his targets should be 15-20% higher than his rookie numbers.
im a spurs fan but ngl they not lying base on gils logic bro im dead lmao
How the spurs always manage to get a big man in the draft but you have to go all the way back to Tim Duncan almost 30 years ago... there was a lot a big men that went 1 since Duncan
I'm glad they all wait for Kenyons words to arrive at his lips from his brain. I think the wires go to his feet first.
Pulling The plug... Taking Funds...!!!
2:09 Winning the 2023-2024 NBA Rookie of the Year Award puts Victor Wembanyama in the same category as both Michael Jordan and LeBron James. But if Victor Wembanyama also wins the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award next year or anytime in the future, this distinction will put him in a category with ONLY Michael Jordan. The only award that LeBron James doesn’t have in his house is the NBA Hakeem Olajuwon Defensive Player of the Year Award because it’s been in Michael Jordan’s house since 1988. Michael Jordan is the GOAT forever. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🥊🥊🥊🥊🥊🥊🥊🥊
Typed all that for nothing 😂
Least Bron nearly doubled the Cavs wins his rookie year in one of the lowest scoring seasons of all time.
Facts. 💯
We all know lebron was robbed of his dpoy
Roty mean roasted meat in french 😂😂😂
Rudy must have watched this before Game 7 🤣🤣🤣
If the sky hook wasn't considered ugly and he decided to train for it, Wemby could score 40 per game
from a french wemby will compile both european humbleness and usa ego to strive be the Number 1 in 20y he would have live the same amount in both really a combined job from both sides of atlantic
Oh yea it was so hard to pick wimby lol
Dude gone get 400 million contract oneday
Imagine if they draft a good PG that’s a facilitator and another big like Zach Eddy they’ll be contenders in 2-3 years
If you want to have an idea of what will Wemby’s level early next year. Just check his stats in the last 10 games ( 27/12.5/6.5/1.1/4.6) His efficiency is still quite low, so this could be the next improvement.
I think that he will finish next year with 32/15/8/2/5!.
he wasn’t nerfed at all when he was created dude can legit quit & be a model too true renaissance man 😭
1st half of the season he played the 4 spot. If he was full time at center, he would've averaged more blocks. Spurs need to get players that will get him the ball.
The first thing I ever said about wemby is his offense doesn’t matter 30 points is 30 points whether your a big or a guard don’t matter how u get it but his defense was gonna be the real sh8t that was gonna make him special.
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Mvp season for Wemby would be 29-31 points with 13 reb 5-7 assist 3.5-4 blocks 1.5-2 steals and the team has to be a top 4 to 1 seed for them to give it to him
One thing no one mentioned is that the league will learn him too, so teams will change, be built to play against him, and the league could change some rules if he becomes dominant like Shaq was.
Every great player this year said no one will be able to stop Wemby! And want to talk about what other Coaches say? No one will learn him because his BB IQ is massively high!
@@jeanloverme6466 The NBA will plan for him more next year now that they know how he moves. IQ is fine, still just one guy. He'll be a problem for sure, but teams learn good players and plan for them. Just ask Joker.
@@user-ky7le9bf2m Watch & Learn! This one is different. We have never seen the likes and I’ve been watching since the mid 60’s.
🏁🏁😂🙏🏻🙏🏻💜💜♾
The only thing that can stop Wemby is injuries. I remember Kristaps Porzingas was looking like the next great Euro prospect before he hurt his legs.
How did he knock it out the park when they won like 22 games? Larry Bird knocked it out the park when his team went from like 30 wins to like 60.
Larry bird was 23 in his rookie sense victor was 19
@@kokushibo6823 so you agree he didn't knock it out the park
Shut your hating self up. These are former NBA players saying he knocked it out the park. They know. Game recognize game. You obviously don’t.
Chet is that you? 😂
@@user-df1sz7sp5h are you trying yo tell me this isnt one of the best rookie seasons oat?
@kokushibo6823 I don't know how it can be with 20 wins. I didn't watch, so maybe without him, they would have won 4 games.
oh shit tim duncan’s coming 😂
who picked the thumbnail wtf lmao
Wemby can make up for Trae’s defensive issues. Only reason Pop would consider a dude like that.
GoSpursGo 😢
Wemby and a healthy Lonzo ball would be a playoff team fs
Good one
If he adapts Dirk one leg fade SCARY SITE😬😬
We all know Wemby should be in Detroit. Adam Silver said fuck that😂
Fadeaway? Wemby doesn't need to fade away lol.
He just needs strength training. He already has literally everything else.
Rashad would be the one disagreeing with all this making yall argue 😂😂😂
Nah Rashad is pro Euro, has a Wemby jersey.
He lived up to the hype but you can kind of understand where the 6% was coming from because he was the most hyped draft pick since Lebron lol
Wait till they realise Wemby is an Euro from the same country as Rudy.
We’ll start getting different takes.
I’m gonna call it now. He’s getting a quadruple double next season as a 20 or 21 year old, and will be by far the youngest to ever do it.
He’s already the greatest player of all time
literally impossible to say about a rookie with zero accolades, he definitely could end up there though
Hold up now, let the young develop first
😮😅
A lamelo wemby combo would be tuff
He ain't coming but Spurs need someone like Mike Conley at PG and maybe a Steven Addams at the 4.
@@user-ky7le9bf2m Conley staying wit the wolves and Steven adams is a center you would have to move wemby to the 4
@@nitoshadow That's what "aint coming" means.
Trey Young, James Harden back court w CP3 and Bronny off the bench
Wamba Wamba needs help. Needs a guard to balance him out
How did he blow away expectations? He was being touted as a future HOF'er before he even stepped on the court
Simpleton, we knew he would be good, just not this good this early
Everybody who thought he would be a great player talked about 2 or 3 years. 3 Months were enough. Now people wonder what he will be after 2 or 3 years. If injuries don't slow him, he will be above what all people could imagine. We can call that "exceeding".
Wemby should have won defensive player of the year. Also next year he making all nba and an all star team. Spurs have 2 picks in the top 10 however this draft class is not good
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if the Spurs draft Edey at #8, the league is actually f**ked for the next decade or longer (barring any major injuries)
Wemby should have been rpoy and dpoy.
Hopefully the Spurs organisation started building around Wemby with solid role players or another star to play with. And hopefully Spurs don’t surround Wemby with trash players for the next 5 years.
LeBron and CP3 otw
Great player. Still would take plenty of other players over him just because of health concerns.
What if Wemby is an actual alien? 🤔
He will score 💯 points.
If spurs draft Rob dillingham=parker 2.0 with 4th pick and nikola topic=manu 2.0 at number 8th pick top two pg's to pair with wemby/spurs or rob dillingham and Dalton knecht at 8th pick if nikola not there two best shooters to pair with Wemby/Spurs❤️💯🔥🙌 watch out New Era Spurs coming 💯🔥
Brandon Jennings validated once again, the Europeans will be your favorite players and take over again, don't be salty
European bigs don’t play with much pressure
Lol
are they not gonna talk mavs beating their mvp😂
Chet and Shay both got played outta ROY and MVP
U can't be serious
There knockedout the playoffs so 😂
This is way better without McCants shouting a bunch of bs about the Spurs/Pop
His form will make his rookie year look like a bust ☠️💯
Horrible takes from Gilbert as usual. Not giving spurs any respect for developing those bigs is crazy
I mean yea but name the last big (that wasn’t Tim Duncan) where the spurs put value into another big an do what there previous bigs or just had a better development over the years
I agree with Gil. David Robinson was a freak and Tim Duncan was solid. I just think pop like international players for their fundamentals. Is nothing to really teach but how to win.
Imagine if wemby was mean 💀
On the court he is look at him vs giannis at the end of the game
VICTOR WEMBANYAMA#1 .. HE WAS BETTER THAN ADVERTISED .. HE'S GONNA BE SENSATIONAL FOR YEARS TO COME ..
To be honest I feel like most generational bigs are expected to average close to 20 and 10 their rookie year.
His length and movement made me expect 3 blocks per game so that didn’t necessarily surprise me either.
His durability seems to be better than plenty thought and is what surprised me the most.
He still didn’t improve the win total though, definitely has a bright future regardless and deserves his flowers.
How many did that in under 30 min a game with 3.5 blocks 4 assist and 1 steal, on a minute restriction every game
@@FTO9797 none, the closest stat line for him is tim duncan but with 10min more playtime
@@herbertsilonga7099 yep! People don’t take the minutes into account , shaq averaged 2 more points in almost more 10 minutes , wemby had one of the best rookie seasons ever and some r still in denial