Wemby’s ANCIENT Training Is About To UNLOCK His Game

Wemby’s ANCIENT Training Is About To UNLOCK His Game

wimyama was in the midst of winning defensive player of the year likely making an allNBA team before his sophomore season was cut short by a blood clot in his shoulder wim is expected to make a full recovery in time for the start of next season uh but the Spurs big man is spending a portion of his off season getting his mind right by going on a quest for enlightenment let’s take a look you see it uh these images recently emerge of Wimi rocking a shave head while embarking on a 10-day Shaolin Temple retreat in Jangzu China uh retreat includes meditative silence learning kung fu routines practicing deep breathing exercises and dining in silence so 21 years old Wimia show maturity far beyond his age that man and embrace being more than just a hooper dining in silence don’t say nothing godzilla godzilla that’s going to always be That’s just going to No it’s just going to always be funny when there’s a when there’s a black man in China it’s just just funny it’s always going to be funny when there’s a black man just that tall it just you know from when he was a little so so what do y’all think about Wimby spending his off season training with Shaolin Monks you rolling with it yeah that’s what he chose to do man that’s feel if he feel he’s making himself better mentally physically spiritually then got to roll with you can’t question somebody that’s doing something for themselves right you know so shout out to him man for trying something different that he hasn’t before and or I don’t want to know if he has we don’t know but would you do a 10-day retreat with Shaolin Monks why not you would yeah why not okay I got great news for you kenya underdog actually decided to front the bill we’re going to send you to China you will spend 10 days in meditative silence well you got to run that up listen you got to run that up with the miss [ __ ] what y’all sign me up for y’all got to talk to her wait we are bringing her to We are bringing her to it you got to sign You got to talk to her y’all got to spend 10 days i can’t say one word you got to explain that to the sevenyear-old right daddy going where and I can’t talk to him i can’t see him facetime no no we ain’t they say cash can come too okay how long do you think you’d be able to last in meditative silence who him oh y’all thought he was doing it right now who him oh that shit’s impossible two two three five minutes yes two three five no video games you’re going to say two three five days no there’s no Netflix and no nothing no I can I can you can’t silently watch Netflix you can watch sit there for hours and not say nothing but I got I got to do something i just got something to do don’t put me in the hole so no no no i don’t want to enter the dragon wow sure what do you think about Wimby taking time in this off seasonason only 21 years old obviously looking to bounce back from that uh season ending blood clot in his shoulder training with Shaolin monks in the heart of China big trouble in big China not right i mean you know to each his own if it Why are you laughing each but do you think that would be something you would be able to do no okay like I’m not knocking it but it’s you know it’s not it’s not for me i enjoy the quiet like I really I I enjoy the quiet but I don’t have to do that to enjoy it i understand but could you You don’t think you could no a couple days a couple days yeah like what do you do just sit there no they pray and they said they for a couple days i mean too somebody’s talking it ain’t just Are they talking the kung fu i mean as long as there’s movement yeah they all Yeah yeah yeah all that i thought that was move and then the voice comes yeah and then the voice comes in what are you doing and the voice comes in and says “Finish him.” No I couldn’t that’s the only thing do it do it the But Mr in all sincerity do you see Wimi out here doing this wimi a different type of dude plays chess said his goal is to be the the best human being possible so when you see him taking these steps obviously folks on the physical but also the mental side of the game yeah and I think where the world is right now with social media you know I don’t see nothing wrong with him you know taking some time off from the world uh just to get your mental right and you know get ready for the you know next season and things like that so like Ken said I like it it’s about growth and it’s about you know spiritually and things like that so good for him man at 21 what does it think Rodney 21 years ago oh he went on the OD cuz he’s young like the Hayawaska joint yeah that’s Yeah that’s I know Sebastian probably would know but yeah Sebastian honestly would would know no I I I don’t have to do it but yeah so 21 years yeah no it’s it’s things of that nature right sat in silence some people go hiking some people some Yeah yeah i mean it’s it’s it’s to improve you know his himself the game you know his profession right understanding discipline for the most part you know especially at that age cuz I know most of his peers and 908% of his peers is they not at the uh they looking for the day party yeah they not at the temple right oh they had a temple they had a temple not that one this comes with them spending dollars slapping hat they ain’t that ain’t that temple another another way to enlightenment another path there are several paths to enlightenment so somewhere at the Shay Club that’s amazing discipline for that age so Ken like you mentioned 2023 Aaron Rogers went on a 4-day Fortnite darkness retreat yeah yeah so it’s [ __ ] like that that people spending time in a dark silent room with no light sound or distractions allowing for self-reflection and contemplation yeah that’s what solitary confinement is in prison yeah another is another type of darkness yeah and that seems to go way left absolutely every time i’m going to be worse when you let me out right yeah that would that you talk to some [ __ ] that’s been in there yeah they gonna be Yeah i’m going be worse when you let me out this [ __ ] cuz you’ve been had me in here for three weeks feeding me through a slot like an animal all right but let’s shift this over uh to the Spurs spurs have a solid core Wimby Darren Fox Rick of the Year Stefan Castle Devin Vel to name a few along with the second and 14th picks in a loaded 2025 draft uh there reports they could be in the market for another superstar with names like KD and Giannis being mentioned as potential options the KD rumors are starting to pick up a lot of steam but even without that what’s the Spurs ceiling with a healthy Wimby next season wimby in his third year obviously the second season cut short is Chris Paul a um free agent yes he is i would like if without Chris Paul I it’s still going with where it’s going to be but I would like Chris Paul another like cuz he’s a facilitator man and it makes his job easier learning the game and being having somebody like that voice there if you can add a Kevin Durant to that fray then having Chris Paul really doesn’t matter i’m just saying then you can get anybody to fill that role cuz you have that voice and that that person there with KD but no but Wimb is going to be him man he’s uh superstar in the making um everything is there lined up on the floor off the floor so fashion from his game to things he’s doing now yeah so Spurs also have some wiggle room with with the salary cap i think they got like $143 million committed damn that’s not But they got No I’m saying they got a lot to play with no they got they can go do whatever they I’m saying mean they got Yeah yeah for sure they got a lot of capital to go play with were they in the playing game this year they were they just missed it no they weren’t not in the playoffs no like Ken said if they’re healthy for sure they’re still in this high playoffs for sure you got a bunch of young talent in there you know if you can keep if you can get KD though yeah spurs were 3448 last season finished 13th in the West but built upon the previous I won 22 games the year before so 34 and 48 34 but that’s because of the Spurs yep that’s the only reason yeah he missed a lot of time i think they’d be in play i mean they won 38 or 34 34 so we feel like get some was it 48 gets them in the playing game so playing game all we would have needed was 39 wins mavs were 39 five wins five oh yeah they getting it for sure yeah we feel like this is a playoff team and they get a top three pick number two and number 14 two and 14 two and 14 they can package that or keep it keep it go get some pie so this is like I said next year deion Fox is going to be he has another year with him they got another year to play together i forgot you know what i take that back they don’t need Chris Paul chris Paul okay sorry yeah they got Castle and Fox um all season all season they got W back healthy harrison Barnes what is is he a free agent um um Vas Deon Vel so they got in with a So the thing about it now like I explained in the draft now the way the land the way NIL has laid the landscape of it is out you can go get a guy that’s ready to play right now you can go get you a 25 year old 24 year old i’m saying you can no those are the ones that stand in college but you know what I’m saying is some that’s going to be can’t stay no more but that’s what I’m saying you didn’t tap that [ __ ] no this is No no this is last year i think it already ended a year ago we got a 27 year old on our team but yeah that’s on y’all team but that’s all the people tapped his eligibility yet there’s some dudes that didn’t tap the eligibility already they ain’t got no more that’s what I’m saying they can go get one of them dudes that’s ready to play right now that’s what like tapped it already 27 certain dudes going to stay absolutely but you going to get somebody that’s ready to play right now where you won’t miss a beat that that’s learn fast able to pick up more different system because he been in [ __ ] five different systems for the last five years he didn’t have to learn on the different coaches and he ready to play right now so that’s the beauty of being having the second and the 14th pick or you can package the [ __ ] up and go there’s no I don’t even know if there’s any or you go get your Kevin Durant there’s no juniors that’s in the top what 20 right now in that pre-draft let me see the mock drafts i got it pulled up right here just like they picked 89 dog nobody expect them to pick 9 last Yeah it’s a lot of a lot of freshmen there’s a lot of them juniors one it’s always like a junior sitting back cuz the junior can get four or five million now i dig it some of them not all of them some of them n I’ve seen them play [ __ ] averageing eight i’m 3 million [ __ ] like I’ll take you over a freshman like Yeah they will take you over freshman out here that’s a lot of money that’s why fresh a lot of freshman get the [ __ ] out of college yeah they like 23 2 looking at CBS mock draft the first junior or seniors now to like the 15 16 pick which is cool yeah but might they got 14 yeah they can get young and get a get a with that 14 pick yeah yeah they can do both or they can trade or they can package them up and trade them and go and go get you they could they could be they can be like Houston and make a big jump yeah go get you a easy money sch sniper but it all it all matters about or do you even need that superstar some more savvy events on the to make the playoffs i think just a healthy win a healthy Wimby in his third year I think they can make the playoffs a healthy Wimby makes a big difference absolutely they make the playoffs for sure you add you add a efficient player like that to that freight where he doesn’t like so you can add him and it doesn’t change what you do offense it doesn’t affect the pieces around him because he’s so efficient right so it’s you just add him and plug in place he’s like the perfect fit to Yeah yeah that’s what I’m saying yeah any team he’s the perfect squad yeah like you know you’re going to get that 27 KD yeah he’s the perfect any basketball team cuz he’s going to go out there [ __ ] and go 11 for 15 and just and it looked and it looked good too so like we mentioned Wimby last season front runner to win defensive player of the year before injury obviously has to hit that 65 game minimum to be eligible we feel like if Wimby plays 65 or more games next season he’s a lock to win defensive player of the year he was a lock to win it this year right okay but defense getting better you know his defense is getting better cuz he’s getting older and he now he out there learning some kung fu [ __ ] too oh my god so by year three the game is slow it’s going to be it’s slowing all the way down for him man cuz he’s played a lot of basketball up to this point it’s slowing down for him so he’s they’ve been doing it the right way and they’re going to put more on his plate offensively they’re going to put more on his responsibility defensively so so I want to talk about that because we talk a lot about the game slowing down but for all y’all like remember as a he was a as a rookie basketball player said he won as a rookie that’s how great his defense was for his peers you be like “Yeah you won that one dog.” And then you know sophomore year he’s you know leading so you already can tell just just the defensive side is going to be a monster yeah cuz he can get his reaction time and he get the shots they can’t nobody get to like that’s with that wings span and his reaction time and understanding the game so I just it’s like me figuring college basketball out by my senior year right like come I wish [ __ ] would come in there like anywhere around this [ __ ] like y’all looking for me like people search so you when you get this now this is the biggest thing they searching for him cuz he’s a problem out there man you get around that rim you looking for him he changes the way teams attack the rim the way your offenses play like he he affects all of that because he’s able to cover so much ground and he’s so active so n they Yeah so something for all y’all on the couch and you talked about the game slowing down as the season go but what is what does that really mean for you seeing things easier understanding better understanding how to kind of manipulate the game all of that you said all of that you said dissecting the play before it happens right knowing movements and certain actions and seeing it beforehand and you disrupting it before it happens and like getting steal like they trying to throw a flare you seeing a guy going to set the screen instead of you calling the flare out you go for the steal it’s [ __ ] like that right when you start understanding guys tendencies that you’ve played against multiple times like so it’s it’s that like him playing against Joel Embiid again like Joel won’t like it’s [ __ ] like that okay he does this move he going to pump fake I went for it last time so I’m I know now he’s going to move this way I can cut him off and I can still get to his shot so it’s little things like that that you pick up along the way that slows down for you cuz you’re you’re a rookie you’re you’re a dear in headlights y you out there that [ __ ] you going for every pump face you want to be you eager to do you doing you jumping around you movements and all that so people take advantage of that so now he that won’t be a part of it so and Sher how about yourself when do you feel like the game slowed down for you was it college obviously you were a little bit older when you got into WNBA but uh I don’t think it was college i think for me it probably was not at the end of my career but halfway and and not just on the defensive end to Kenyan’s point i think for me it was more like offensively also because when you’re a rookie and you’re younger like you just going you have no fear you trying to get to the basket every opportunity and for me when the game started slowing down like even though my my body was like you you can’t do some of the things you used to do when you were younger and my mind I was like “Yeah you can girl go just go try it.” But you understand that what you’re able to do as you get older and the game starts slowing down you have to be able to you know instead of attacking every time you got pull up jumpers and um just your your mentality like your mindset is very different when the game slows down to you and you see it from a lot of God bless you you see it from a lot of different um perspectives instead of just one which is I’m just trying to get to the basket and score every time and then Gil how about yourself winning that game finally slowed down for you you felt like you were unstoppable probably 2000 probably 20067 like right before I was getting right before I got injured i remember my high school coach hit me and said “It looks like you’re starting to get bored out there and you’re about to start doing some um extra stuff on your shot right?” You know like you can tell like a player who’s figured it out right just the basis became so easy they start doing pump fake pump fake pump 360 wait till two people like when they start doing that to challenge themselves i can score on you but I’mma wait for the double to come then I’mma do the same move right so you know when you start watching you know when you get to a certain level you done seen the same person 12 to 16 times right so you start to understand the manner you start looking at the you know u the what’s her name sheet the scouting report right you don’t you don’t know he likes to go left he likes to go left right the first time you seen he likes to go left you didn’t understand it he done blew past your ass three games doing the same Then eventually start picking up on people’s habits understanding like all rights right they started off they going to fake throw it this way and then they coming back back door so instead of you running with your man you just stay redit all right I got that steel so you know um over time understanding the game understanding the nuances understanding the refs right mhm and understand how to adjust your game to how different refs ref instead of cussing they asses out each day cuz they unfucked it you start understanding their pattern okay he like ‘8s basketball he likes um fast pace he likes close games so you start understanding once you start understanding all of it doesn’t like me yeah he doesn’t like me he does not like me hey how you doing right no yeah and you know you so you don’t get your emotions into the game because you understand all of the elements of it you become a master of the game itself cool so Wimby averaged 3.8 blocks per game last season led the league was the most since Allonzo Morning averaged 3.9 blocks per game back in 1999 so we asked the chat two polls a cast member most likely to go on a Shaolin retreat kenyan led the pack with 39% of the chat vote followed by Mr b with 38% gil you got 15% cheryl gave you 6% but I think it’s because you said you’re not really about that Shaolin monk retreat life i like to just get in my closet and pray and fast that’s my Okay sage i Yeah Sage sage yeah so it was a play like um I think it was 03 D Way rookie year and it was a play for game they ran a pitch back it was a double i’m supposed to be guarding the double over on the left side of the court and they I know they ain’t running to play for dude coming off the double man d Wayade took it out he getting the hand back and I went and grabbed this [ __ ] out the air for game y grab [ __ ] off the backboard i’m like why wouldn’t you guard like I saw this before man like they not running that play for him over there man so that’s the [ __ ] Wimby going to be like he’s just going to be disrupting [ __ ] so we asked the chat “Is Wimby a lock for defensive player of the year next season if he meets the game’s minimum 80% of the chat says yes it should be 100.” I’m sorry chat but that’s [ __ ] up to the the fact that he did come in he came in first first last year and got hurt first first this year literally if he’s not in the game and he don’t have 65 I don’t see how he doesn’t win it moving forward for the next 10 years damn m you’re going to have to just be like “Yo hey listen let’s just vote against this nigga.” Yeah let’s just vote against him because at this point this doesn’t even make sense like you win defensive player of the year eight nine 10 times straight because he’s going to have the blocks he’s going to have the rebounds he’s going to deflect [ __ ] like I mean it’s just just the game itself and we will see if he has the bald head or if he grows some hair back after his 10day retreat but let’s keep this moving we’d like to thank Cash App for sponsoring today’s podcast

Victor Wembanyama’s ANCIENT Training Is About To UNLOCK His Game according to Gilbert Arenas as Gil & The Gil’s Arena Crew react to Victor Wembanyama training with Shaolin Monks this offseason and discuss how the San Antonio Spurs’ superstar putting a focus on his mind and body will change his game this season. They also debate the Spurs’ ceiling with a healthy Wemby this season and predict a huge offseason ahead as the team looks to surround their phenom with 2 lottery picks and a potential free agent signing in Kevin Durant or Giannis Antetokounmpo.

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