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2023 Tank For Wemby Race

Discussion in 'NBA Dish' started by SamFisher, Sep 21, 2022.

  1. jiggyfly

    jiggyfly Member

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    Thats just wrong.

    Funny but wrong.

    I thought OKC was the model franchise, how can they be tanking with god at GM and multiple high draft picks the last 3 years and a max guy?

    Can somebody help me make sense of this?
     
  2. jiggyfly

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    Why is nobody throwing out the Durant comps?

    He looks like a taller, heavier Durant.

    Handles need to be tightened up but my god this dude is an alien.

    He needs to just start using Slim Reaper and piss Durant off.

    He really reminds me of Sampson with that build but he looks more jacked.
     
  3. jim1961

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    Looking at the horses leading this most unheralded race,
    I see the home boys are a half length behind.
    Charlotte, close behind the home buys.

    Thought the Hornets were suppose to be decent? .500 ish?
    At 4-13, they got a strong horse.


    https://www.espn.com/nba/standings/_/group/league
     
  4. SamFisher

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    Wembytank brigade previous members

    Orlando
    Detroit
    Houston

    Warmly welcome:

    Charlotte
    San Antonio

    Waiting List

    OKC
    Utah

    LeBron gave me a ticket:
    New Orleans
     
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    People have.

    He has potential to be better than Durant, which is crazy.
     
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    I swear to god if the Spurs end up getting this dude....
     
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    tHE lAKERS ARE AN ANTHONDY DAVIS ANLKE SPRAIN FROM TANKING AS WELL
     
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    yea they’ll probably give it to the spurs. No one is beating their tanking attempt.
     
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    look at the wolves, featuring an all star team and they 11th in the west!!

    LOLOLOL TANKING IS A FOOLS GOLD

    IT NEVER WORKS!

    ALSO LOOK AT LUKAS MAVS, AND LUKA IS MUCH BETTER THAN WOMBY
    they barely have over .50 record...9th in the west
    keep tanking you dumb losers!
     
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    Sampson was more jacked, in my opinion, but this crazy French dude has a better handle and is a better shooter from deep. I’d freak if we got lucky and nabbed him. He’s going to be great if he can stay healthy. A true unicorn that’ll make Chet look like chopped liver.

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    Sampson was not that ripped in College and I think if Sampson was playing now he would be Wembley because he would be working on a lot more and playing differently, he seemed to be a more fluid athlete as well.
     
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    Sampson was surprisingly strong playing against NBA bigs. They said he spent a lot of time in the weight room and he knew how to leverage to avoid being pushed around.
     
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    They would be tanking on behalf of the Pelicans since they gave their draft picks away.
     
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    I think Ralph Sampson would have been a huge star (no pun intended) in today's NBA. I agree that he would likely have had a bit of a different career path, considering how much the league has changed. I also think that had he suffered the same injury he had from the fall he took in Boston, which led to his other injuries, that with today's sports medicine, he could have recovered and enjoyed a long, productive All-NBA career.

    Not sure how he would compare to Wembanyama, as they seem to be quite different players to me, but I think he would have been as big a star as Wembly might end up being, and quite possibly a bigger star. Sadly, we'll never know, since we can only guess at how good Ralph could have been. Meanwhile, Wembanyama's career is before him.
     
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    His biggest issues were injury. Other than Eaton I am not sure if a 7-4 player has stayed healthy.
     
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    Well at least we still have a top 4 shot at.. WTF how is this happening with a team so bad...?
     

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