Chop It or Drop It: Questions about Wemby, Mavs’ defense & Zion in the Dunk Contest?! | NBA Today

Chop It or Drop It: Questions about Wemby, Mavs’ defense & Zion in the Dunk Contest?! | NBA Today

We’re going to have a round to chop it or drop it here chop if you want to discuss drop it if you want to move on got it all right let’s stick with Victor wanyama the Spurs Dylan Brooks had wemi locked up for stretches in that game

Leaving some questions is he still maybe adjusting to the physicality of the NBA CH chop it or drop it absolutely I’m going to chop it it’s the Houston Rockets getting the win now I know the Spurs were coming was it off of back toback they were not their legs were not

All the way there but Shang goon having what the Rockets have been in the gutter lately they had some moments vers the Suns but coming back shang goon he was someone that a lot of people said could potentially be a Darkhorse candidate for Allstar he did not get it but he did

Continue to improve the footwork the finishing the passing watch out for him years to come yeah got to love it oh look wiama had a bad game right I mean but he still finished with seven blocks yeah that’s for him he had a bad a bad

Game for him in that space look there is still a rookie wall there is still when you get to that point in the season where you’re fatigued you’re tired you’re seeing it in little bitty spots across the season the dude is having an outstanding year I don’t think I don’t

Think Dylan Brooks had anything to do with that physicality I don’t I just don’t think it’s a physicality of the he he had five turnovers in the second half it’ll be fine back I think Dylan Brooks was like you know what I’m going to be

Physical with it let me try that he got another player of the month let’s go to Luka DOD in the Dallas Mavericks put up his fourth straight triple double but the Mavs have lost three of those games giving up an average of 100 30 points during that stretch Richard chop it or

Drop it the MS have some defensive issues we got to chop this up mainly because they have the roster in my opinion this is probably the best team that Luca has had in my opinion there it is that’s what we but it’s it it’s he’s doing so many things offensively but

Offense isn’t your problem and my question my thing is this if you’re a great player and you’re trying to win games even if you’re a player like Luca who’s a average defend defensive player yeah you’re putting up 30 you’re doing this but if you really want to win games

If you want to win championships that other end of the floor whether that means you’re getting on people whether that means you’re you’re going over matchup whatever you got to do to figure it out he has been outstanding on the he’s been MVP level on the offensive end

On the defensive end their team is just just well he said I don’t know after the game he didn’t say but he did say straight up I don’t know about the when he was asked about the defense last night it’s not a great sign for the map

No that’s not a great sign when you’re best player and you know future everything is like I don’t know I had 35 well he need to figure it out I mean there we go the Mavs the Mavs have done everything they could every single off season at the trade deadline to make

Sure they get the pieces around Luca what Luca has to do is he has to get off the ball a little bit more let Kyrie get to cooking let these guys feel good offensively so they can actually want to play defense on the other end like if you’re touching the ball offensively

You’re going to be engaged defensively well there was a whole lot of offense not so much defense for the Pelicans in Toronto 41 Point win for New Orleans Zion I mean you see he was throwing down alley oops he was blocking shots he was dishing out dimes he was everywhere he

Was absolutely and I love to see what the Pelicans have done and I know a lot of people are like oh you guys are just now talking about the Pelicans no they’ve been operating quietly and they’re going to look good come the future what it was his comments after

The game that got people talking I got to do my part and make the allstar game if I’m in the allstar game I’ll do the dunk contest but if I’m not not doing it you two look a little bit I want to chop it I want to chop it I I I look

This way for a good reason the Pelicans fans Have Been Waiting to Exhale okay I’m Waiting to Exhale and now they can when you hear Zion talk about you know actually wanting to make the allstar game game next year I understand we got to get through this regular season and

Get through the postseason but the fact that he’s engaged should be a plus for everyone especially in the organization that’s that’s the only thing that matters with Zion right his health is two things his health and him being engaged when him speaking like this it sound like he’s engaged that’s a great

Thing for the Pelicans well and this is the thing about about Zion he should be an Allstar he should be an Allstar every single year should he be an Allstar and in the dunk contest yes oh yeah well hands down yeah but I don’t care who you

Are I’m not showing up just to do a dunk contest on a Saturday night and killing my All-Star break I’m not doing that if I’m in the All-Star game then I’m doing that’s where they want they want the superstars the guys that are in the dunk contest they want them to be the

Allstars so if he makes the All-Star game I’m glad he would show up in the DK contest but be an All-Star be a 10 time All-Star he’s that good again the threshold for me was being Awards eligible I think he was on track for that this year I mean it might have been

Quieter because that’s sort of how they wanted to do it do their work in the dark so that it comes to light now it’s in the light I love it we want our stars in the dunk contest and we also need him for the game in the All-Star game so

It’s a win-win scenario and I think this is a team that is really going to surprise some people come to play we don’t need anybody for that allar game that allar game we would I would love it’s the only time you get all stars on the floor yeah I agree with you like

We’re not just going to give up on that I’m not saying giving up on the all no no no no let’s clear I’m not saying give up the allar game I’m saying you watching that I’m saying watching we need that need that need a Victor wanyama in the game because he can’t

Help but be competitive in literally every single thing that he [Applause] [Applause] does

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