Yeah, five blocks last night. That skillset, at that age, and that height. Without meaning to sound hyperbolic, has the NBA ever seen this before? Lebron was great at 19, but he didn't tower over the rest of the field.
Not to diverge too much on Wembanyama (I agree wholeheartedly he alone is thread worthy), but the bolded is a bit overstated.
I’m too young for that, but I remember being a kid and watching the 1971 Finals with Kareem and wondering how anyone could ever beat that team and that player. Anyway, early but similar vibes.
I get so nervous looking at those little chicken legs supporting all 7'4'' of him. Pessimistic take but I'll give it til December before he's down with some kind of lower body injury.
Point taken about how good he is (and I'm ready for the thread too), but it's basically unprecedented for one guy to be a 2017 Dubs-level "don't even bother" juggernaut.
Agree. Although I get that the thing that has people jizzing over Wemby is the extra 6 inches of length he has even on those freaks.
Ok. Then I feel stoopid. But I think that any "Celtic" forum should be limited to...you know..Celtics. my bad otherwise from a member who doesn't come here often.
Pretty much all of us here are more than just Celtics fans, and love basketball/the nba in general.
Have you, I dunno, considered that who the Celtics play is -also- fair game? They can't play themselves, after all.
Ok. I give. But I think the thread should recharacterized as "Celtics-NBA" because a "Celtics Forum" is too misleading. Just my don't-come-here-often 2-cents worth. I'll go away now.
Ralph Sampson makes sense. I remember John Thompson saying something about how Ewing was an actual center who played inside, and who cares if a 7'4" guy can handle the ball or shoot from outside since that's what your smaller guards are for.
Wasn't KG's true height more like 7-1? Still less than Wemby, but not quite as much.
Yes, I'm thinking more of the wingspan. It's that 8-foot shit that is getting people blocked on the perimeter over and over....from impossible starting positions. l
Don't leave....come around more often then. There is a lot of fascinating stuff discussed around the league which is indirectly connected to the Celtics. We discuss opposing teams, opposing players, opposing coaches, opposing GM's. When the Celtics play against these teams the reader, and even contributors learning as we go, have a greater background on that particular Celtics opponent.
Agreed.
100% this, really enjoy listening to the opposing team feeds.
This has been answered ad nauseum. We do not get enough traffic on the subforums to justify creating sub-sub forums for them. People wouldnt go to those parts of the site, it would just fracture those conversations out and ultimately lead to less conversation.
Yeah, I don't think it's too hard to figure out. Okay, the baseball forum looks a little different, but that's fine, because apparently the traffic justifies that. I think the mods do a pretty good job here.
Wild that the length difference between KP and Wemby is the difference between a big guard and a center.
This is a great tip. My favorite random announcing game from last year was listening to the Hornets announcers absolutely gush over Robert Williams. Like a parent delighted by the actions of their young child, I was almost embarrassed for them.
Canadians have a really weird Napoleon complex going wrt basketball, and it comes out hard in those Raps broadcasts.
