Victor Wembanyama Mega-Thread - For all your Wembanyama needs!

[atlantabbq99]

VW has a slow first step, his crossover is not that quick, but besides that, he is basically good to elite in every other metric of the game.

For a skinny guy, i'm even impressed with VW's strength in the paint, which is something I've always criticized Chet being weak as he would get bullied in the paint consistently in college.

I know this has been said before but he defiantly could be a rich man's Durant.

[Pachinko_]

Who was the last foreign player who enjoyed the city and playing there?

Internationals generally stay put where they're drafted if their team doesn't trade them, think Hakeem, Yao, Dirk, Manu, Giannis etc. That obsession with LA, that's an American thing.

I always shake my head when Americans say Detroit or smth like that is small and crappy market, dude, in comparison, every city with an NBA team in America is a huge metropolis. Wembanyama playing in a town with 66K population, it might not even have mall or theater, but yeah, hes gonna find Detoit unlivable?

Yeah it's not just that, if you've ever lived and worked in another country you know it's a giant PITA to settle down, the language barrier, the lifestyle, family, new friends etc. Find a good school for the kids and bring your parents over and the level of difficulty goes up 100%, last thing you want to do is start over. Of course if the pay difference is millions you'll make it all work, but as a superstar you'll generally get paid the same or better by the team that drafted you, so they tend to stay put.

By the way I thought the Mets are based in Boulogne, in Paris?

[UcanUwill]

Internationals generally stay put where they're drafted if their team doesn't trade them, think Hakeem, Yao, Dirk, Manu, Giannis etc. That obsession with LA, that's an American thing.

I always shake my head when Americans say Detroit or smth like that is small and crappy market, dude, in comparison, every city with an NBA team in America is a huge metropolis. Wembanyama playing in a town with 66K population, it might not even have mall or theater, but yeah, hes gonna find Detoit unlivable?

Yeah it's not just that, if you've ever lived and worked in another country you know it's a giant PITA to settle down, the language barrier, the lifestyle, family, new friends etc. Find a good school for the kids and bring your parents over and the level of difficulty goes up 100%, last thing you want to do is start over. Of course if the pay difference is millions you'll make it all work, but as a superstar you'll generally get paid the same or better by the team that drafted you, so they tend to stay put.

By the way I thought the Mets are based in Boulogne, in Paris?

Well, it is 10 minute drive from Paris with no traffic, so yeah, I guess you can say he lives in Paris. In America, with traffic and everything, lots of people used to drive an hour or even more to arena (or work).

[Pachinko_]

I always shake my head when Americans say Detroit or smth like that is small and crappy market, dude, in comparison, every city with an NBA team in America is a huge metropolis. Wembanyama playing in a town with 66K population, it might not even have mall or theater, but yeah, hes gonna find Detoit unlivable?

Yeah it's not just that, if you've ever lived and worked in another country you know it's a giant PITA to settle down, the language barrier, the lifestyle, family, new friends etc. Find a good school for the kids and bring your parents over and the level of difficulty goes up 100%, last thing you want to do is start over. Of course if the pay difference is millions you'll make it all work, but as a superstar you'll generally get paid the same or better by the team that drafted you, so they tend to stay put.

By the way I thought the Mets are based in Boulogne, in Paris?

Well, it is 10 minute drive from Paris with no traffic, so yeah, I guess you can say he lives in Paris. In America, with traffic and everything, lots of people used to drive an hour or even more to arena (or work).

Yeah I thought I drove through Boulogne on the way from CDG airport to Trokantero but I might be mistaken, I've only been to Paris once in my life

But man, if he's coming from Paris (especially as a French guy coming from Paris) I suspect every city including Detroit and LA and everything in between will look like the armpit of the earth to him LOL

[big-shot-ROB]

Who was the last foreign player who enjoyed the city and playing there?

Internationals generally stay put where they're drafted if their team doesn't trade them, think Hakeem, Yao, Dirk, Manu, Giannis etc. That obsession with LA, that's an American thing.

I always shake my head when Americans say Detroit or smth like that is small and crappy market, dude, in comparison, every city with an NBA team in America is a huge metropolis. Wembanyama playing in a town with 66K population, it might not even have mall or theater, but yeah, hes gonna find Detoit unlivable?

Tbh most USA cities are crap compared to Europe. The size of them doesn't change the fact that they're huge areas of small houses, you need the car for everything and downtowns are pretty much just tall buildings.

Pretty sure NY is the only place an European might be attracted to. LA is just plain ugly, let's be real.

The only logical reason while Europeans tend to move less is we are, in general, less nomad and kean to moving 5h away in general.

[_jin]

Why Detroit would be bad? They have a good thing going over there

Who was the last foreign player who enjoyed the city and playing there?

Internationals generally stay put where they're drafted if their team doesn't trade them, think Hakeem, Yao, Dirk, Manu, Giannis etc. That obsession with LA, that's an American thing.

Yea that's a big difference that's often overlooked when it comes to drafting US kids versus EU kids. If there was an American clone of Victor in the same draft, it'd still be safer for all the small market teams to pick Victor because you know he won't ask for a trade 5 or 6years later to a bigger market. In Europe markets dont exist, people dont even understand that notion, countries are tiny and there's just a single market in each of them.

[HangTime]

they need to fix the system.

Once you're officially eliminated from your conferences the top 10, you have to actually have win, to get better odds. Also, you're own pick can't end up in the top 4. IF you happen to have winning combination top 4 pick, you'll be slotted into 5,6,7, or 8, depending on the rest of the results.

IS there site that shows when teams were officially eliminated from the play-in tournament? Each team would have different amount of remaining games, and that's what can keep thing competitive through out.


If you end up as 9 or 10 in your conference, you'll be placed in the middle of the lottery, better in season record between the 9s will be slotted 6th and 7th, the 10s will be slotted 8th and 9th, in the pre-lottery portion, based on overall record. So if this was last season.

If anyone can fill this in, that would be great. Some teams might have have been eliminated with 30 games left, some might have been eliminated with 2 games left.

A 2-0 would be better 29-1.

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6) Cavs
7) Thunder (Via Clippers)
8) Hornets
9) Spurs
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[Whole Truth]

Flatten the odds 1-10/12, make 10/12-14 no mans land.

[duppyy]

Wemby to lakers, Silver already licking his lips at the thought.

[kieferli]

So far Orlando, King , OKC & Houston are doing great tank job I think King end up will loss the most

[ArksNetsSince99]

So far best odds belongs to the Nets via sixers , currently 0-3 and we own their 2023 FRP

[KillMonger]

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[NO-KG-AI]

Who was the last foreign player who enjoyed the city and playing there?

Internationals generally stay put where they're drafted if their team doesn't trade them, think Hakeem, Yao, Dirk, Manu, Giannis etc. That obsession with LA, that's an American thing.

I always shake my head when Americans say Detroit or smth like that is small and crappy market, dude, in comparison, every city with an NBA team in America is a huge metropolis. Wembanyama playing in a town with 66K population, it might not even have mall or theater, but yeah, hes gonna find Detoit unlivable?

The Frenchman gonna love the French Quarter and French Market when he finally lands home in New Orleans.

[bravor]

From what i remember reading from him, Batum enjoyed Portland. Though since they are not tanking, that means they are out of the topic. Both him and Diaw enjoyed Charlotte as well (but its a really small city for US standards).
If i had to chose one big city in the states that is euro friendly (for the living style), i would pick Portland. Including for the weather, the environnement, the people etc.

There is one point that is not mentioned here but that might be an issue for him. As dedicated as he is to the NT (never missed a campaign baring injury/covid), some franchise (Dallas, OKC, Memphis, couple more) would be bad fit since they generally dont want their int prospect to play overseas during summer (unlike SA, Hornets, Portland, Toronto and some more, rest being neutral i'd say).

Anyway, the season is long, we will see where he lands (#1 or not). Let's say i wish him to land in a franchise that has some serious references for developing bigs. Even though, i am hoping he can end up in Indy. As the sort of a revenge for Pritchard (PA made a major mistake sacking him even if he wanted Durant most likely).
Plus i would like him to be in a franchise with a lead guard that plays on both ends, and Haliburton is one of them (more like one of the few who does it)

[Dennis 37]

Wemby to lakers, Silver already licking his lips at the thought.

That's just cruel. Would have done it, but you beat me to it.

[Wolveswin]

Wemby to lakers, Silver already licking his lips at the thought.

That's just cruel. Would have done it, but you beat me to it.

Lakers have a 0.0% chance at Victor.

[remi_222]

Who was the last foreign player who enjoyed the city and playing there?

Internationals generally stay put where they're drafted if their team doesn't trade them, think Hakeem, Yao, Dirk, Manu, Giannis etc. That obsession with LA, that's an American thing.

Yea that's a big difference that's often overlooked when it comes to drafting US kids versus EU kids. If there was an American clone of Victor in the same draft, it'd still be safer for all the small market teams to pick Victor because you know he won't ask for a trade 5 or 6years later to a bigger market. In Europe markets dont exist, people dont even understand that notion, countries are tiny and there's just a single market in each of them.

yes we do understand the market : Mbappe just signed with PSG for 88M/yr ...

[Michael Jackson]

Wemby to lakers, Silver already licking his lips at the thought.

That's just cruel. Would have done it, but you beat me to it.

Lakers have a 0.0% chance at Victor.

Not if they can convince Silver to dissolve the Pelicans and then there is no pick swap.

[Curmudgeon]

My simple solution to tanking is to deny luxury tax distributions to the teams in each conference with the worst records. Maybe a one-year denial isn't enough; make it three.

[Exp0sed]

Internationals generally stay put where they're drafted if their team doesn't trade them, think Hakeem, Yao, Dirk, Manu, Giannis etc. That obsession with LA, that's an American thing.

Yea that's a big difference that's often overlooked when it comes to drafting US kids versus EU kids. If there was an American clone of Victor in the same draft, it'd still be safer for all the small market teams to pick Victor because you know he won't ask for a trade 5 or 6years later to a bigger market. In Europe markets dont exist, people dont even understand that notion, countries are tiny and there's just a single market in each of them.

yes we do understand the market : Mbappe just signed with PSG for 88M/yr ...

that's not really an indication of anything..
Arab oil Billionaries trying to buy legitimacy and influence and paying way above market prices just because they can, does not really a market make