Wemby with some pretty big trash talking after loss

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Everywhere

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Does he plan to life some weights because what I saw was him getting pushed around a lot.

Meh. Jokic may be the best big of all time when it’s all said and done and he couldn’t get it done. And USA was pretty awful for 3Qs in that one.

Need to learn how to eat some more sandwiches and drink some milk.

That's not going to happen..

Not statistically wise...

Not championship wise either..

Joker is going to 1 of the best and won't pass Kareem nor Wilt in stats..

Won't catch Kareem with 6 regular season MVPs...

Won't pass Kareem or Russell or Shaq in rings...

Has to catch Hakeem in rings .

What other centers are above him in rebounds,blocks,assists?

He isn't even guaranteed to get out of the West....

Yet his fans claimed Denver and Joker would dominate the league after 1 championship appearance....

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“I’m learning, and I’m worried for the opponents in a couple of years.”

In FIBA or the NBA?

“Everywhere.”

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well, he's gonna have to stop being such a pussy when the game gets physical if he wants to dominate... the key to beating Wemby is to get physical with him, he can't handle it.... he resorts to stepping outside, where he can make shots, but he's not nearly as effective, and his height doesn't count for as much as inside.

too bad Lebron ruined the sport so that no one wants to play basketball anymore in this country

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Does he plan to life some weights because what I saw was him getting pushed around a lot.

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Agreed. Watching him repeatedly settle for mediocre 3s/long 2s in the second half was very telling. He did not have the strength or energy to keep going at the US bigs. Being so damn tall actually hurts him there because his center of gravity is so high that guys like Bam who are much stronger can just get under him and never allow decent post position.

The catch is that I doubt his body would be able to handle a lot of extra weight, it’s the curse of guys who are that freakishly tall.

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I don't think Wemby is going to put on too much weight.

The whole physical development plan with him is based in sustainability. Wemby has basically had every meal and workout specifically tailored for this since he was like 14 or 15.

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In the meantime, though, Wembanyama is supposed to be getting plenty of sleep. The athletic trainer hired this season specifically to care for him, Guillaume Alquier, waits for text messages every morning to get a report on how long the player slept. They don't rely on technology to track it; Alquier records it manually.

Alquier wants Wembanyama to get 10 hours a day but will live with eight or nine. Jeremy Medjana, Wembanyama's veteran Paris-based agent, also wants sleep updates and, frankly, would prefer at least 11 hours. Medjana manages his schedule diligently to clear time in the afternoons for naps.

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If there's one thing Alquier cares more about than Wembanyama's sleep, it's his feet. Protecting the feet is vital for big men in the NBA, and there's perhaps few others on the planet with the type of long, arched and narrow Size 21 feet that Wembanyama has.

"We have unbelievable experience working on how to avoid stress [injuries], how to avoid them with those long feet," said Ndiaye, who has represented numerous French 7-footers during his career. "This is something that you have to work on. And we have been setting up a special program on Victor, on his feet these past three years. ... We have been working very specifically on his body to make him safer, and with a different approach."

Since he was 15, Wembanyama has been working to align his knees and learn how to land to soften the load. But his out-of-the-box techniques these days draw a crowd.

With shoes and socks off sitting on the floor, Alquier has him crawl on his fingertips and toes in an effort to strengthen his core. Then there is the big toe: Alquier spends a lot of time working on the big toes.

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On off days, following his team practices and after he naps, Wembanyama spends two hours every evening with Alquier. Wembanyama uses weights but not for the direct purpose of slapping on pounds. Adding weight is a sensitive topic with Wembanyama and his advisers.

Wembanyama has a slight build, officially listed at 230 pounds, and it's already a discussion point for scouts who have watched him closely. For some, it will be an automatic reaction to insist he needs more bulk once he arrives in the NBA. But it will not be a priority, and it is a nonnegotiable item for the Wembanyama camp.

It was backed up strongly after Wembanyama spent 10 days training in Germany last year with Holger Geschwindner, known for his decades of work with future Hall of Famer Dirk Nowitzki. Geschwindner begged the French teen to ignore the coming calls for him to add too much weight because it might risk his career.

"The weight will come over time, you know, but the focus on weight is -- it's a mistake," Ndiaye said. "I'm 100 percent sure on that. If you put too much weight too quickly on Victor's body -- it's not going to last. For sure. He will be injury-prone."

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Sarr wasn't the only frog drafted

He didn't even go #1