Will Wemby’s rib injury SPARK CHANGES with the 65-game minimum rule? 🤔 | NBA Today
The NBA Today crew discusses San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama’s rib injury, along with how the 65-game rule is impacting end-of-season awards.
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In Wemby case for two years….he is DPOY HANDS DOWN!!! But I feel players should play because the load management BS "LeBron did" is a problem for fans and NBA as a whole. But when it's obvious like Wemby DPOY c'mon. But I definitely agree with players have to play!!! And with Wemby he wants to play and wants the awards. WEMBY is also MVP EASY. HE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PLAYER IN LEAGUE FOR HIS TEAM!
Get your weight up
He would have been better off going back into the game for another 4 minutes and just standing around instead of having to play another game and having to reach the 20 minute threshold
The whole point of the rule change was because Embiid missed so many games and yet he still won the MVP over Nikola Jokić? How many players didn’t play enough games and yet was still voted as all stars and all team NBA.
Availability is the greatest ability. Make it 70 games if anything.
Perfect time to end conferences and go 62 games, 32 teams
It's an effing bruise. These NBA players are so weak these days. 😂😂
I must be looking at different stats than Tim M. I see Wemby at 63 games, with 61 games of 20+ min. That suggests that he needs TWO more games of 20+ min, and the Spurs have three games remaining.
[EDIT: Okay, Tim M is looking at different stats, and his are correct since they include the NBA Cup Finals.]
One of the reasons Wemby is so good is his alien body. The injury occurred because of his alien body. The contact with PG13 was at Wemby's upper arm and shoulder. He twisted in a way which caused the injury around his left ribs, halfway down his ribcage. Fundamentally, Wemby is not strong enough for the physical level of play. He needs to bulk up, just as Giannis did. We've known this since he was drafted. He should not get an exception for not having done what he needed to for his body.
Since this is the 'Kawhi Rule', it would be fitting if he doesn't reach the minimum.
Y'all loving on a 7_4 at the rim….wayyyy tooo much…I THINK HE SHUD B A LIL BETTER cuz of his size… and y'all start by say " WEMBY IS …OMG"….stop it y'all stop it HE….7 4
Make it 62 you miss 20 games you shouldn’t get mvp
They need to keep that same energy they had with Ant
No they wont just for him nope
70 games to qualify for the awards and big bucks. Fans are already missing out on players slacking off
If the awards end up going to the bench players, that defeats the purpose of the award. It no longer represents what it’s supposed to. Lower the minimum to 60
The 65 game rule should only apply to close contenders of the award. If the award is already deemed as won by a player unanimously, (like Victor for DPOY, Luka as first team all star), then a few games below 65 is rendered moot.
65 games or 1,625 minutes (25×65=1,625) throughout the season 👍
Put Wemby in for 20 minutes against Denver for the last game of the season. Let him run up and down the court and jack up a couple of shots.
Being a durable human being is a skill/ asset just how shooting is or athleticism is.
If a player shoots 50/40/89 for a season we dont give them the 50/40/90 honor.
Make it at least 65 games or 2000 minutes to be eligible – job done
65 games is good. The best ability is availability. This guy keeps bringing up Lebron who plays in blowouts to stat pad and is a role player. He must be on the Klutch payroll. The goal is to play more games not minutes, dummies.
While we're at it, lets add 7 more refs, change the uniforms to include bibs, put the players in baby strollers and have the refs push them around.