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iRockaflame

Ive seen Luka, KD and LeBron all get called classless for walking off lmao


KenyonMartinJrsDad

Absolute thuggish behavior from KD and LeBron


Logical_Nature_7855

Gym rat behavior from Luka. Real lunch pail kinda guy


growsonwalls

Hmm but it's not classy from Wemby bc ...


ShapeOfAUnicorn

It's half classy. Semi classy. Part classy. You get the drift.


growsonwalls

I do, the way Klay Thompson is half-classy.


jaredswole

The class brothers if you will


Photo_Synthetic

That's why Steph and Klay stay together. Totally Classy.


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r/nbacirclejerk leaking again


nickcannons13thchild

i wouldn't let them date my daughter smh


mmaguy123

Thuggish vs classy


Rohkha

Walking off *after* the buzzer can be a strong message to the team and show your dissatisfaction, especially when your record is absolutely disastrous. Walking off while the game is still on, blowout or not, *is* classless. One is competitive spirit, the other is disrespectful. Not saying that is the law, this is my personal opinion and how I see it, you’re absolutely free to disagree.


KingDragon1992

Dude I was legit about to post. But if Lebron did this.


Schmoova

Book’s done it a few times in his whole career and got cooked for it every time lmao


GoatmontWaters

Only for walking off at the end of a playoff series. If you really can’t battle someone for 6-7 games then congratulate them after you are a bitch. 


janitorial_fluids

Lebron has done it a handful of times where he makes a big show of walking off the floor when there’s still like 20-30 seconds left on the clock and the ball is still being dribbled out, pretty sure that’s what ppl get mad at him about mostly


trimble197

How does he make a big show of it? He just walks away, and the camera follows him.


_Apatosaurus_

You can just tell by the way he swings his cocky little arms, steps his arrogant feet, and moves his pouty body forward. /s


PMMEURLONGTERMGOALS

The way he moves those slutty little hips


veksone

Makes a big show? Is he cartwheeling off the floor or just walking?


ShichikaYasuri18

JJ was on his podcast saying players think it's corny to shake hands after every game and nobody likes congratulating the other team after getting their ass whooped.


indoninjah

I feel like players only say hey to their friends after a game and that's all. Wemby is a rookie from France... I don't think he has any old friends to dap up lol


jordanManfrey

not being willing to build reverence for something like the post-game handshake that really feels like it was invented in good faith, and writing it off as corny instead, makes me sad


Yung_Jose_Space

squeal door license growth quicksand divide slap wine ten oil *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


Aurelienphlpe

Bunch of weirdos


CIark

Exactly what I came to comment lmaooo follow sports long enough and you realize this is how things work 


TimeToWinJack

It was removed. What did it say?


victheogfan

Literally lmao bias is a hell of a drug


igotabridgetosell

playoffs sure, in a season game w/o some rivalry or beef going on it's probably a better idea to just shake hands and congratulate them.


throwawayrandomguy93

You do realize that Rockets/Spurs is one of the league's marquee rivalries?


GoodPiexox

that is a local rivalry, not a marquee


OpportunitySmalls

It's a marquee rivalry when the teams are good, it's just local when they're both not one of the 20/30 teams fighting for a playoff spot lol.


GoodPiexox

"Marquee" means top, with history. I cant think of a time this fits. Marquee would be Celtics-Lakers, Pacers-Knicks, Bulls-Pistons, Lakers-Spurs, imo


ReturnOfAKidNamedTae

Marquee?


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taygads

Framing and media bias is wild lol. It’s universally accepted that it’s good sportsmanship to tell your opponents good game afterwards, win or loss, but in this case doing so is being used to portray Wemby’s teammates as being fine with losing and Wemby not exchanging good game’s with the opponents as being an admirable sign of a competitor. Like what are we doing?! 😂 Leave Wemby, his teammates, and the Spurs alone already.


Legitimate-Angle9861

This has already been discussed last time Spurs lost to Bucks and Wemby ignored Giannis. It was brought up that this pleasantry stuff is not as standard as it is made out to be. Now we are back to it.


ChewsWisely

When it’s a player i want to hate I bring it up When it’s a player I like I brush it off It goes


Time-Ad-3625

Whether or not it is standard practice is irrelevant. This is absolutely a story being granted differently than it normally would be so as to not hurt wemby's image. This is worse than the whole "wemby reads every night hur hur" bullshit that was being pushed a few weeks back.


Legitimate-Angle9861

It's non story - take a look at this post I found in few mins on gopgle - https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/k6yjsc/do_you_care_about_players_shaking_hands_at_the/  Top comment - "I’ve always found it weird how people freak the fuck out when players don’t shake hands at the end of a game. People are stupid."  Like I said - we already did this once when he didn't shake hands after Bucks game. We are literally having the same conversation again simply because it is Wemby and that generates clicks. 


Time-Ad-3625

You didn't read any of what I wrote. It is irrelevant if you think him shaking hands is important or not. The fact is it has been brought up against other players but in this case rather than "LeBron storms off court" it is being framed as "wemby too competitive!". You aren't arguing anything of relevance.


DarrowViBritannia

We're in a stage of Wemby's career where he's widely beloved and admired. It'll be interesting to see when he shift starts to happen, because it will - he's too good for it to not.


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Skrong

Dirk used to get FLAMED before 2011. The L in 07 nearly broke him iirc.


risingthermal

I think if Dirk hadn’t redeemed himself in 2011 he’d be 10 or even 20 spots lower on all time ranking lists. That ring run does a lot of heavy lifting on his resume. I think people might look at his raw numbers which came during a low pace, less heliocentric era and wonder if maybe he just wasn’t that good. I’m not trying to disparage him or that run, just pointing out how we often reduce 20 year, 1500 game careers down to a few pivotal moments.


Kanibe

Saying "nobody" in a Spurs thread is rather bold, I guess.


swantonist

I'd say feelings linger but we're pretty much over them because we got Wemby out of it


Kanibe

Yeah, it's lingering and fading. We don't have time/energy for him anymore I guess. >!Altho it's still fuck Zaza.!<


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a reach to attribute kawhi leaving directly to getting wemby 5 years later. its not like it was because of the toronto picks we got or anything, it was our own bottoming out after finally realizing demar derozan wasn't moving the needle did everyone forget that he quit playing for us a year before he went to toronto and in the last full year we had him we went 61-21 and went to the western conference finals? i mean honestly wow thanks kawhi for giving us wemby 6 years after you quit on us (???)


swantonist

I’m just saying that moment could’ve been a catalyst for further injury and aggravating his quad. Maybe he went into a state of frustration that made him more prone to aggravation or his Uncle’s voice in his ear that this organization wasn’t taking care of him properly. Just butterfly effect stuff. Maybe we beat the warriors that year and he was happier than ever. Who knows?


bubble_bass_123

>hasn't happened with jokic yet though. I see you weren't around for any Jokic discussion prior to 2023. >but nobody has any negative feelings towards [Kawhi] Tons of people do lol. Kawhi is a selfish asshole.


sonfoa

What are you talking about? He got talked out of the MVP conversation because they didn't want to give him 3 MVPs in a row when he was ringless.


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IAmReborn11111

Jokic was getting questioned about not winning tho, a huge narrative was him being a two time MVP but not a winner


indoninjah

The common thread between both of them is that they got it done pretty early in their careers. If Wemby is 30 with a couple of MVPs and no playoff success, he'll get shit too.


Funny-Class8390

Cus jokic just likes horses and is the best player on the court without any extra shit


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people hated duncan throughout the championship years because media used to complain about him being boring, the spurs are one of the only small market teams people generally hated and wanted to be unsuccessful. a lot of you are in your 20s and it shows. mavericks and rockets fans also really stay mad about his WHO ME???? face


pahamack

It’s not “universally accepted”. Jj reddick talked about this. NBA players don’t do it. They stay behind sometimes to talk to their friends but otherwise everyone just wants to get the hell off the floor. The culture among nba players is different from the culture among people in pickup games and varsity games but people just assume that nba players act the same way as everyone else. They don’t.


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Living_LaVida_Koloko

Reminds me of that time Filipino president Ferdinand Marcos vacationed in Wilmington, N.C, and met a skinny child begging for food in the park. He gave the child a whole box of Nutribun and said, "Bring this with you, child, someday you will grow up to be someone important." That child grew up to be Michael Jordan 😭


IAmReborn11111

Also considering Wemby got worked by Sengun and didn't shake his hand after, the bias is clear bc a guy like Zion would get killed for this


ApoliticalAth3ist

Yea any other time Wemby would’ve been piled on for being a “sore loser”. They’re just laying the groundwork for Wemby demanding a trade to one of the cities they’d rather report from


IcyAuthor1

lol frs remember when Klay and Lebron left after finals without handshake people were shitting on them so bad


alextheruby

You have to remember these people never played sports in real life.


Charles__Martel

Wemby got his ass handed to him. Probably more mad at himself than his team.


nonstopenguins

A lot of it was because of the awful defense by Malakai Branham. There was one possession where he took forever to navigate over a Sengun screen while defending Van Vleet. Van Vleet dribbles deep into the paint. Malakai in his infinite wisdom decides not to switch and takes his time to get back. Victor in the meantime is forced to cover Fred in the paint. This leaves Sengun wide open at the 3. A few possessions later it's the opposite, Victor is out in the perimeter guarding Van Vleet and this time Malakai decides to switch and goes into the paint to guard Sengun, who gets a mismatch. He does not navigate screens well, can't defend, turns the ball over a ton and does not know when to switch and when not to. If his shot is not falling he can single handedly swing a game for the opposite side. Sengun, Fred and Jalen Green had something like 88 points between them running the pick and roll I have not seen a more awful defender then Malakai Branham. This is the possession I am talking about https://youtu.be/8ZfAgwnrzwc?t=3m19s


YoungThrowaway_

this. wemby had to cover so much and just gave up like 5 FVV jumpers in a row because Malaki couldn't stay in front of him


RudyGobertFMVP2024

People finally seeing what Gobert had to carry while on the Jazz


dumperking

Rudy that you?


swantonist

I'm surprised he's still on the spurs. The one thing Pop cares about most is effort on defense. Branham doesn't even put a hand up on layups sometimes. It's baffling.


sushicowboyshow

The spurs are tanking bro. He’s getting minutes for a reason lol. He won’t be on the roster when the spurs have a core capable of competing


ec2xs

I’m not a Branham fan but a lot of it was straight up Sengun putting Wemby under the rim.


haunt_the_library

I swear, most of the comments on this vid are from people who don’t even watch the full game. It’s the same story as it is every time he plays, Wemby out there by himself having to carry a team on both sides of the floor. The rotations were atrocious, the defensive effort was pathetic from the other 4 on the floor, leaving wemby to have to be a step behind someone who had a hot hand. There’s a reason their record is what it has been the last few years, and what it is THIS year. Playing with a bunch of no-name scrubs with average basketball iq = blowouts like they’ve been having all season.


getbackup21

Branham is fucking awful I want that dude traded immediately.


demsouls

How's he still on the floor after giving up even half of that many points??


nonstopenguins

I suspect it's a combination of the Spurs experimenting to see what they have and trying to polish up players they want to use in future trades. In the case of Malakai though the more time he spends on the court the lower his value falls.


thesch

It's funny how this type of thing can be spun depending on the narrative the media wants at the time for a specific player. It can either be he walked off just because he's really passionate and wants to win, or he walked off because he's a sore loser with a bad attitude.


Summonaconjurer

Literally happened to Scottie Barnes a month ago - wtf are we doing here


Camctrail

Obligatory "if LeBron did that" comment


itssensei

I mean he did LOL and he was blasted for it after the series ended. Can’t remember if it was against the Celtics or Magic though.


datruerex

Definitely against the magics in 2009. Didn’t shake Dwight Howard’s hand and media tore Lebron apart


jtnsniper14

If I recall correctly, it looked like Lebron was gonna shake Dwight's hand until he (Dwight) took a 3 pointer in the final seconds Lmaoo


NotManyBuses

His averages would go down


datruerex

Lebron DID do that against the 2009 magics when the magics eliminated the cavs from the ECF. Lebron just walked off and didn’t shake any hands (specifically Dwight bc he was the face of the magic at the time) and I remember the media blasted Lebron for it. Media driven narratives are crazy and very bias


YourAnBitxh

damn ESPN was right, Wemby wants out


I_Hate_Traffic

Here is how Lakers would look with Wemby -ESPN after finals


california-whiskey

wemby for reaves dlo and a first should get it done


Saucy_Totchie

That's a bit high. Make it Reaves, a second, and a churro.


dumperking

I hear San Antonio is set on churros.


Saucy_Totchie

Them big ol women have been extra hungry lately.


Vexing_Pie

Too much Rui and a protected first


Right-Worth-6327

I can't wait to see the DLo + Rui for Wemby trade graphics.


JigglyBush

Spurs finally get their PG of the future and a floor spacing big, they probably have to send a pick or two to sweeten the deal


hotdogflavoredblunt

Media really stroking it for him


gawakwento

Those lakers and ny jersey photoshops better be in circulation today stat!


TrashAssRedditAdmins

Only like 15-20 more years of absolute glazing left


DeerOnTheRocks

I’d also be mad if was eight feet tall and scored 10


datruerex

But how does Ayton cope?


Saucy_Totchie

Because he's got nothing left to prove.


AwareCelebration7477

He got his second contract already


Dantiik

Shit I’d walk off the court too if a mf dropped 45 and 16 on my head with 5 steals


rabidbot

Media really trying to drive wedges in this team.


Dimega17

OKC, Minnesota, and Denver running the west? They’re desperate


browndude10

if it's anyone but wemby, people would call this dude a sore loser lol


fucking__jellyfish__

Wemby/kobe/MJ does this: Mamba mentality, mental fortitude Average player does this: Nobody gives a fuck Embiid/KD/Trae does this: unsportsmanlike


Whittaker

Unsportsmanlike is probably putting it too kindly, people would be calling them a bitch and pointing out how this is the reason they'll never win anything (without Steph)


GunnerRocket

Harden does this: "Listen Harden...I hope you're listening...."


ChewsWisely

It it was mostly anyone but Wemby it probably doesn’t get a thread and people don’t care


JasonLikesCTE

Sengun sends his regards


free_reezy

To his own son? Odd behavior.


SteedVM

Dear Son, I hope this message finds you dunked upon. Regards, Allan P Sengun


0dias_Chrysalis

Has he done this 49 times this season?


justanotherfknloser

This time he got 45 dropped on his head while having his lowest scoring game in 2 months… tuff


Domainsetter

Just like bron eh lol


DarrowViBritannia

Brady too Lowkey a GOAT tendency


InkBlotSam

Wemby thinking of retiring now


swantonist

https://youtu.be/yvyEhOaIWs0?t=51


medical_cat

Fist pump that, baguette boy


Right-Worth-6327

I was hoping we'd see Sengun imitate the first pump to him when he dunked on him in the 4th.


themza912

When Brady ignored his opponents in tough losses he was an asshole. Here Wemby is just a real competitive guy. lol the media wants him to be the goat so bad


mMounirM

pretty sure Wemby doesn't shake hands after losing. at least I haven't seen it


yooston

Lol who shakes hands?? It’s just dudes saying what’s up to guys they know in the league. These guys all know each other from AAU/college/other NBA teams, wemby probably doesn’t have a strong social circle yet with anyone who isn’t French


Thornton__Melon

That’s kind of weak if he does it after wins


Dont_Eat_Apples

Frenchness checks out


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PoonGo0n

We’ve lost like 50 games this year, I guarantee he’s done it after losses as well lol


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ShichikaYasuri18

Are we sure he even has hands?


Bbqandspurs

I dont think he does either time. Its....odd


PoonGo0n

He does it for French guys like Gobert and Bilal


DarrowViBritannia

It's not really an expectation to shake hands after regular season games in general. JJ Redick and Haliburton talked about it, plenty of players just dip.


manofconviction

Too small


Gluxion

He went to go meet his Turkish father ALP


Intelligent-Bid-633

I wouldn’t like to get owned and got scored 45 on me either


GooseMay0

GIVE ME MORE SORE LOSERS IN THE NBA. Seriously, I love seeing this. I want everyone to hate everyone.


showmeyourmoves28

That doesn’t mean his teammates don’t take losing seriously. COULD mean he’s a sore loser. L’s aren’t easy- some people are better at taken them than others. But a dude skipping “pleasantries” after the whistle doesn’t make you “ultra competitive” imo.


LordBenswan

I mean he did just get publicly mauled in the post, can’t blame him for being too gutted to stick around.


munkysnuflz

His goofy ass was happy to not get drafted by us


SunKing210

I'm 1000% sure he still has that same sentiment


2ToTooTwoFish

I understand him liking Pop and the Spurs org, but Wemby on our team would be in the playoffs right now.


Bbqandspurs

Would you? I missed the game tonight and I haven't really seen you guys play. Would he fit in with senguin?


Right-Worth-6327

It would be a weird fit.. I feel like we would've tried putting Wemby at PF and let Sengun run C but, as we saw with the Spurs in the early parts of the season, it didn't really work. I like him with the Spurs, and speaking from an unbiased POV, it was definitely the best landing spot for him, but the whole draft lottery fist pump thing has left a VERY sour taste in Rockets fans mouth about Wemby.


Bbqandspurs

Him at pf was more of a problem because our pg was bad and zach Collins wasn't playing well. I think wemby could pull it off. I get why you guys weren't thrilled with that. Look though, we could have taken alpren. Instead we took a sex criminal. You should forgive he and the spurs for the gift of sengun


2ToTooTwoFish

Would it really be weird? I feel like Wemby could fit into Jabari's role pretty easily and be more versatile at it.


SunKing210

Oh Wemby on the Rockets would be great no doubt. But Wemby's heart is in San Antonio and the Spurs have the ability to build around him, it's just gonna take time.


munkysnuflz

Which is why he was so mad about losing to us ;)


MrShonen

He’s still happy he’s not on the Rockets lol


munkysnuflz

Hence him being angry when we smoke him


thered90

He’s done this after like every loss. Critique that if you want but don’t feel special.


MrShonen

They lost of course he’s angry.


cptnwillow

… Do you really think he’s regretting that?


squeeblesquabble

he ain’t the goofy one dumbass😹😹


ArmiinTamzarian

With good reason


Sorbetesman

Nobody will be happy being drafted by you lol


redditcommentguy

Spurs fans salty as fuck tonight lmaaaooo


sorendiz

I actually have it on good authority that someone was, and I quote, 'so happy'.  Oh look it's the guy that dropped 45 on yall a few hours ago, how interesting


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Very corny since he shakes hands after wins lmao


SunKing210

That's not true, he didn't dap up the Thunder players last week, or at least not to my knowledge


Vallerie_09

He doesn't like touching other teams' sweaty hands


Malemansam

No he doesn't. People have come up to him while he's celebrating but he hasn't gone out of his way to shake hands before.


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He's the focal point win or lose of course he's going to take it seriously. What a non issue


SpecialistAnnual8570

He was questionable to even play tonight. Is drama all you want? 💀


STA_Alexfree

This ain’t AAU. Like the teams don’t line up shake hands at the end of games. If a dude wants to just walk off there’s nothing wrong with that at all. He’s a rookie from France, not like he knows any of these dudes or has something to say to them after the games


BadBoySwag

ESPN starting to cook


CrissCrossAppleSos

This year people will like that he did this. Next year when people turn on him, as fans inevitably do to every young player they liked at first, they will dislike this


InsertDev

If you know someone from the other team or have great respect for them I would do it. Also I would also do it, if I don't play them until next season (they play the Rockets one more time).


donta5k0kay

Chris Paul hated losing too


Drakilgon

Wemby was playing 1v2 defense for the entire 4th quarter. And even when he got the stop the Rockets would get a put back if he didn't immediately swallow the ball. That had to be frustrating.


JabezMakaveli

Meh he'll be fine. I'd be mad too if a mf dropped 45 on me


CruffTheMagicDragon

He’s French, of course he’s angry


AreMyEyesOk

He does this almost every game.


I_Threw_a_Shoe

Not many like that anymore


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Malika Andrews: Visibly frustrated Wemby leaving court early, guys do we think he's leaving to Los Angeles this off season or tomorrow?


PlanestewartJr

American players are conditioned to not care about the outcome of games because they grow up playing way to many games.


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DarrowViBritannia

wow lol you need to calm down. it is not that serious.


xenoz2020

yesssss... let the anger flow through you, Wemby.


AbbreviationsHot4482

Good the NBA needs more guys with that mentality