Victor Wembanyama Has Arrived | The Ryen Russillo Podcast

[@benbutler9282]

"it wasn't really that impressive it just looked unfair" lmao true

[@danielstaystrong]

Perfectly put. He looked like an adult playing with little kids

[@TheBlackAmbassodor]

@@19eightyforeisnow😂😂😂😂

[@edwarddelgado2114]

Hater! You wouldn’t say that if he was on your team and you know it

[@williamharris7849]

@@edwarddelgado2114 in case you can't tell. Russillo loves it, he's not hating at all.

[@craigmoore9194]

You wouldn’t say what you said if he wasn’t on your team. It’s all subjective.

[@DD-sr9xm]

Congrats to all nba commentators who say “wem-ban-ya-ma” properly. Well done RR, A+

[@markpage9886]

Names are harder than you think. It's admirable sports casters try so hard to pay respect to Nigerian, Greek, French, Chinese athletes. Here's an English name: Taliaferro. You're right: it's pronounced TOLIVER.

[@tans1151]

@@markpage9886ok? Wembanyama is phonetic and pronounced EXACTLY as it’s written tho. It’s embarrassing hearing the GSW and Suns commentators butchering his name

[@Chase0The0Bass]

Like others have said it's not yard to say, it's phonetic for english speakers. After a few drinks I find myself just saying Wemby though lol.

[@silewis9396]

Wembanyama shouldn't be hard, as said before you can read it phonetically. 4 syllables. Some people who struggle with names I find so dumb and ignorant. Like why do so many people write Porzingis with an a? Its written on his jersey and on the screen of the TV so many times.

[@craigmoore9194]

Glad to see my nba 2k11 player finally getting the notoriety he deserves.

[@Bewbscueser]

I'm so psyched for Wemby! This era of the NBA is stupid loaded with great players. I'm a lifelong Bulls fan and my team being the low end mediocre doesn't dampen my excitement for this season with Wemby being the main attraction. What he did last night was electrifying!

[@BakedJake27]

As a lifelong Magic fan, basketball is certainly one of those sports where you can still enjoy other teams/players when your team isn’t performing well

[@GeronimoPlaz]

​@@BakedJake27I hate watching other football teams, but yeah I like to watch other basketball teams.

[@dimitrijetucovic1307]

It's not loaded with great players, it's over inflated with points and the defense is non existent.

[@petehaglund8840]

@@dimitrijetucovic1307there are a lot of great players

[@dimitrijetucovic1307]

@@petehaglund8840 Not more than any other era in modern times.

[@jamesh7469]

As a lacrosse guy, the Wemby backspin strip on KD resembles something called a "rusty gate check" , which is an advanced defensive move to strip the ball The only difference is that in lacrosse the defender uses a 6 foot long stick to do this, and Wemby can just do it with his arms. Truly a different species of human

[@marckristian81]

Is that similar to the rusty cork screw? That's a move I learned during my time in Tijuana.

[@GeronimoPlaz]

The Big Baguette

[@WhelmedButReady]

Most of the time, we see a headline of "insert player has arrived" usually 2/3rds of the way through the regular season, in their first playoff run, or even a few years into their career. The fact that Wembanyama is getting people to say this when his NBA career is barely 2wks old tells me that the next 15 or so years is gonna be something special.

[@whoknows20232]

the amount of respect for wemby on this podcast is unreal ... we'll listen to this in 10 years and will have all the respect for russillo

[@ecobean3440]

There hasn't been 1 highlight of any player on the Spurs other than Wemby all season and preseason long. But I must state the kid is nice. He's a cheat code for the NBA.

[@benstrachan3418]

Excellent analysis thanks. I wish the NBA would allow your access to highlights so these could accompany the analysis.

[@SatishVenkat1]

Don’t think NBA is stopping him. Just needs post production processing.

[@MrMajani]

Excellent breakdown of just how good of a situation Wemby got into. That's one of the big unseen factors in determining a player's ceiling

[@19eightyforeisnow]

Absolutely true, many potentially great or very good players have been left to rot on the vine of bad teams/ coaching.

[@nervinokaras]

And Wemby has a very high ceiling❤... literally!

[@jaythompson5102]

Ok so I'm a total basketball casual but I think you hit on something big here Russillo, and that is the fact he gets off-ball mis-matches and then literally anybody can throw it up in a 10ft area around him and he'll catch it and dunk it over anyone. Feels like there is something that could break the NBA here.

[@Nr4747]

Kind of true, but in the NBA, you still need to set those situations up when the defense is set, with pick and rolls or nice cuts by Wemby - which he does beautifully.

[@jamesonnegri5862]

Both good points

[@t4d0W]

Well he has to get the open lane to even get that tall pass for an alley-oop. But its a matter of how much better him and his teammates read defenses to get those positions consistently and attempt to convert something like that. Because even a 3 point shot with nobody really boxing Wemby out is an alley-oop attempt or a putback waiting to happen.

[@andrewyouv]

1:00 The Suns broadcast thought everything was a foul, unless it was the Suns.

[@Pegasus_p12]

Ironic considering the amount of times Wemby obviously got fouled and it was a no call.

[@sQrin]

I'm watching on League pass various games , and the Suns broadcast crew, are hands down, the worst in the league , that one guy is like some drunk homer watching from his couch, the stupidest homer comments. I always have to mute them, they're embarrassing.

[@rogb7770]

@@sQrinthey sounded like divorced grouches

[@taliafrost4657]

They're so bad. They were bitching about Jones drawing a foul without actually trying to make the shot, which I think is a legitimate criticism, but not when you have Devin Booker on your team.

[@toddessary4283]

First time viewer. Nice work, man.

[@CorbeauNoir]

Ryen looks like Michael Prince from Billions, he even sounds like him! Unbelievable!

[@desertedham37]

this mf is the definition of a unicorn.

[@t4d0W]

Yeah Wemby's body/movement/instincts redefines defensive recovery all on his own. Many lengthy rookie defenders will get burned defensively because veterans will just know how to finesse them to some degree to get past and drive hard to the hoop. Except with Wemby even by 2-4 steps trailing will stick out his treant ass limbs get a piece of the ball. Its going to be crazy when he picks up on small stuff like knowing when to stick out his arms in space when helping on defense to deflect a pass. Or if his hands get fast enough he can poke at ball handlers who aren't good defending their dribble from long angles.

[@andrewshandle]

Vic's lineup numbers with and without Sochan on the floor are pretty crazy. Pop needs to move Tre Jones into the starting lineup ASAP and staple him to Wemby, having a real PG on the floor with him at all times needs to be the top priority. Sochan seems like a great team mate but for whatever reason those two just don't work on the floor at all, and Wemby and Jones have been one of the best duos in the league.

[@kb5509]

He's learning a whole new position, I think they're just testing it out.

[@arturoramirez883]

You don’t know what you’re talking about in the last two games Sochan has had 14 assists with only 1 turnover, this is their 5th game EVER and Sochan first season ever as the point. Sochan defensive versatility is so good that it trumps Tre Jones playmaking, we saw it last night Booker was cooking Jones early in the fourth until Sochan came in and Booker disappeared in the late fourth quarter. When you have a player that can guard Curry and Lillard on the perimeter and players like Lebron in the interior at an ELITE level you have to start him

[@andrewshandle]

@@arturoramirez883 look at his lineup data at BB-Ref. This shit is freely available, no excuse to not look up stuff before saying people are wrong. Sochan kills spacing. Sochan + Wemby are -16.5 pts per 100 possessions. Sochan doesn't have one 3 man lineup in the positives, and only one 4 man lineup, and only 18 minutes in total where he was in the positive. He's -55 for the season, and doesn't have a single game with a positive +/-. Sochan's on/off is -28.1 per 100 possessions, that's a disaster. He needs to be on the bench as the guy who subs in for Victor, not playing with him.

[@andrewshandle]

@@kb5509 Victors development needs to be top priority, not Sochan's. Putting victor with an actual PG gives structure and has been insanely successful so far too. Sochan on the court with Wemby has been a disaster so far.

[@karlanthonymargate7362]

If Ricky Rubio is available, the Spurs should get him. Good vet to help a young team. He did wonders on a very young Utah team. Did the same with the Suns and then Cavs

[@PjORourkeflyelyfe]

As long as he’s healthy, he will be a threat to any team.

[@blackkcinamacritic]

WHOOOOOOOO VICTOR

[@jazzprincemusic]

He’s unfair. He’s incredible

[@catscanmeow]

its cool that wemby probably grew up watching tony parker, so now he gets to play for that team

[@Jonteponte71]

He played for Tony Parkers team in France two years ago :)

[@carlosqdeguzman]

Would've loved for a B roll of the clip as he was telling the game clock time so we can appreciate it better :)

[@nayeemazam2874]

Even with Kawhi(say what you want about what happened with his injury) Spurs developed him so well. If Spurs don’t trade for Kawhi and he stayed with Pacers in 2012, he would not be the player he became. With Pacers, they had Roy Hibert and Lance Stephenson at the time. Under their influence, who knows what Kawhi would have become. Definitely not the player he is now.

[@JalenRawley]

I wonder if this is what it was like to see young Kareem. Not saying Wemby is the next Kareem or anything, but this whole insanely huge plus athleticism thing. You just throw the ball up in his general direction and he's the only guy that can get it, and you know hes gonna get the bucket.

[@Boitumelo84]

Wem-ba-nya-ma

[@Blankco908]

Bill Russell 2023

[@marckristian81]

The look on Book and KD faces said damn, first round exit.

[@Watchingvideoslikeu]

2 years and he’s the best player in the league

[@HKim0072]

As a Ws fan, I’m petrified having to face him.

[@jamesh7469]

Draymond is just gonna try to beat him up, and if he injures Wemby I want him sent to China immediately

[@EM92401]

@@jamesh7469Dray can’t have anyone threaten his husband LeBron legacy

[@zanemoore1808]

@@jamesh7469 LAMO. Naw he hurt Wemby send him to Serbia

[@David-iv6je]

Well, Spurs are not contending yet and probably not next season. And the Dubs have only a year or two left.

[@dimitrijetucovic1307]

@@zanemoore1808 Why Serbia, what the fuck?

[@tonyholmes9024]

Now Nba players kno how the rest of us feel

[@benjamink7105]

"I really got into the Magic and Jazz."

[@tjjohnson1981]

Wemby just got his 2k ratings upgraded to 99

[@nbryan512]

At times it looked like his teammates didn't want to pass him the ball. Especially Sochan

[@maxdubs222]

Another generational big for the spurs smh

[@jamesbenedictsolenominoza6384]

Rusillo, it is unfair!!! He's from Space Jam. My goodness!

[@danr154]

Sidenote: god utah needs a real point guard soooo bad.

[@de1738]

Wemby🎉

[@geechiedan68]

It's weird to see a dude go from looking like a baby deer tripping over his limbs to him defending step for step in kd 30 feet from the basket in like 3 plays.... Dude is an alien I do think the spurs are gonna make sure they hit the lottery this year just to get one more young player then really go for the playoffs/play in next year

[@spursfan1775]

...i think wemby could get 35+ points at least 5-10 times this season...

[@DonGivani]

Easily, I think also a 60 points game versus small teams

[@discowolf25]

As a wolves fan- I can’t fuggin wait for Jaden to guard him.

[@Biz613]

He looks like a 13 year old dunking socks 🧦 in his laundry basket 🧺

[@mark11967AD]

Not feeling this micro analysis. Hooray you understood the minutiae of the game. It’s boring. That alley oop where Victor is facing away from the basket but yet flying towards the rim for nearly a no look dunk was insane. It’s the kind of unprecedented awesomeness you see from the next great superstar. And there it is.

[@mca217]

The scary part is that he's not even completely acclimated with the NBA yet. What until he can dictate how the defense defends him instead of reacting. Yikes

[@josephmatthews7698]

They just gotta embarass him a few times and he'll come back to Earth. Right now hes not afraid to try hard because it pays off more often than not but i see it in young guys all the time. He gets embarassed a couple times become a meme on sportscenter for a night or two and he'll stop trying as hard stuck in his own head. But even then he'll still be a generational talent lmao 😂. Dudes ridiculous.

[@mrbasketball1712]

its like watching a freak show

[@WK23]

This dude sounds like JJ Reddick

[@patfarget-nm3mt]

equipped with a brain you mean? talking about the game, and thus avoiding crazy comparisons with 2nd category players like Bol Bol, or asking Wemby how to say churro in French even though it's not even an English word but Spanish to say donut??

[@WK23]

@@patfarget-nm3mt his voice literally sounds like jj redicks. But yes they're both extremely smart and analytical when it comes to the game.

[@benjamink7105]

The Suns broadcast thinks everything is a foul.

[@ValyrianPrince]

First positive nba video I’ve ever seen from this guy

[@kb5509]

Bizarre take mate

[@dimitrijetucovic1307]

So you've never watched his videos?

[@ValyrianPrince]

Mostly only complaining about player power

[@DonGivani]

Haha, there thousands tubes about ' the NBA is in trouble'. You must be living on Pluto

[@Zilla702Killa]

Glad the celtics didnt get his ass ❤

[@ddave7026]

Or Tim Duncan 😂

[@shane1899]

Phoenix is rubbish

[@macadon041]

1st

[@jonathansykes4986]

Who the heck is James Wiseman?

[@mitchking4800]

Odd how Garnett never got a DPOY while he was covering the 1-5 in mostvof his time in Minnesota. It was only when he went to Boston and had lost much of his speed and agility that they finally decided to give it to him smh. He had limitations then but still a great player.

[@twilitezn]

It's crazy that from 1995 - 2016 Garnett AND Duncan combined for only ONE DPOY award...

[@silewis9396]

​​@@twiliteznYou can thank a couple of more limited offensive players for that - Mutumbo & Wallace. They accounted for 7 DPOY awards in this period between them. I always liked Camby too and he only got one.

[@withalittlehelpfrom3]

@@twilitezn all these years later I'm still amazed Duncan and Pippen didn't win even one. I'd lake them over juat about any DPOY winner not named Hakeem Olajuwon, and even then!