France vs Serbia // Olympic Prep Match // 7.12.24

[ace3g]

Wemby vs Joker

Game starts at 2pm CST.

[Dex]

ace3g too good for the Official thread :lol

[MultiTroll]

TV station(s)?

[adonis827]

yeah where to watch? Is there a free web link eg youtube perhaps?

[ace3g]

Will be on NBA app, NBA YouTube, and NBA.com

[ChumpDumper]

https://www.nba.com/watch/event/france-vs-serbia

Will also be on channel 212 on Roku live.

[DPG21920]

Can’t wait for this. Two damn good teams.

[Seventyniner]

Will there be a replay available somewhere later? I won't be able to watch live.

[ChumpDumper]

Will there be a replay available somewhere later? I won't be able to watch live.

Probably YouTube.

[ace3g]

https://x.com/FRABasketball/status/1811816044731764832

[Degoat]

Good be a good test for France!

[LeBowen]

Milutinov starting, maybe he's coming over next year?

[Degoat]

Milutinov starting, maybe he's coming over next year?

We traded away his rights years ago.

[exstatic]

Milutinov starting, maybe he's coming over next year?

I believe his rights were traded in the Jak back to Toronto trade.

[Dex]

Wemby step-back for threeeeeeeeee

[Degoat]

I believe his rights were traded in the Jak back to Toronto trade.

No it was apart of a big like 4 or 5 team trade, nets landed the rights to him

[LeBowen]

It was a joke. <.<

Anyhow, Wemby continues to dominate, he's going to be the best player in the league in a year.

[Degoat]

It was a joke. <.<

Anyhow, Wemby continues to dominate, he's going to be the best player in the league in a year.

Bad joke tbh <.<

[Chinook]

I believe his rights were traded in the Jak back to Toronto trade.


No it was apart of a big like 4 or 5 team trade, nets landed the rights to him

The Hutchison trade that got the Spurs the Detroit pick they'd later use in the Thad Young trade.

[Gandalf]

Bad joke tbh <.<

It wasn’t bad, that reminds me of the old draft n’ stash era, where the Spurs had the rights to guys who could finally help deliver the back-to-back titles - before they traded Scola away for nothing, and we got to watch him go nuts on the Rockets. Ah, the memories….

[Degoat]

The Hutchison trade that got the Spurs the Detroit pick they'd later use in the Thad Young trade.

Hutchinson that was the name I couldn’t think of lol wasn’t Westbrook involved in that trade to the lakers?

[ChumpDumper]

Wemby's getting pinballed by these Jokic charges.

[KayBee]

Scola thread!

[CGD]

How’s Wembs looking. Just realized this was going on

[LeBowen]

Bad joke tbh <.<

Don't tell me Adam Hanga wouldn't be useful this season.

Jokic is kind of pushing Wemby around, but not that effective.


Somewhat off-topic, but I think Canada's lack of size will cost them and that they won't win a medal because of it.
With FIBA rules, lack of size can't be compensated with shooting on the level it can with NBA rules.

[Arguendo]

https://www.nba.com/watch/event/france-vs-serbia

Will also be on channel 212 on Roku live.
Thank you for the Roku heads up, would’ve been watching on my comp

[CGD]

France looks very beatable.

[Pauleta14]

France looks very beatable.

The best thing that could happend to France would be to get their asses kicked BADLY this game and the next one vs Canada...

Almost a necessity to have any hope of a medal

[Pauleta14]

Gobert is just a horrible player to watch :lol

Even 2ft from the rim he just throws the ball away in the air

[ace3g]

Great help block by Wemby on Jokic.

[CGD]

Gobert is just a horrible player to watch :lol

Even 2ft from the rim he just throws the ball away in the air

Atrocious, and for some reason that team insists running the offense though him. Why?

[Darkwaters]

How’s Wembs looking. Just realized this was going on

France was on the wrong side of the 19-2 run that they've just started to counter finally.

[Dex]

12 pts, 6 rebs, 1ast, 1 blk for Wemby in the first half.

Gobert is picking up cheap fouls and has been stuck on the bench for the majority

[Darkwaters]

Great help block by Wemby on Jokic.

That block was phenomenal

[Pauleta14]

Atrocious, and for some reason that team insists running the offense though him. Why?

The answer in the coach, Collet has a job for life bc of the TP/Boris's generation's results, that were not only obtained DESPITE Collet but could have been a lot more impressive with an elite coach that France never had.

Not only Collet is bb wise a very average coach at best, he has ZERO man management skills nor balls to take tough decisions like sitting Gobert despite his statut bc he's an obvious handicap matchup wise.

I :lmao hard anytime a US journalist like Windhorst talk about Collet as "the equivalent of Pop" :lmao :lmao

[LeBowen]

Wemby wearing #32 makes me think why did he take #1?
I'm sure Sean would've loved it if Wemby took his number and we'd never hear the end of it during broadcasts. :rollin

[spurraider21]

Wemby wearing #32 makes me think why did he take #1?
I'm sure Sean would've loved it if Wemby took his number and we'd never hear the end of it during broadcasts. :rollin
retired

[LeBowen]

retired

Doesn't matter. As I said, if Wemby asked, Sean would've surely given it to him.
#12 is retired and Bruce gave permission to LMA.

[Darkwaters]

Dang, Jokic is trucking people and getting away with it. That's nuts.

[Dex]

France looks worse at getting Wemby the ball than the Spurs did :lmao

[spurraider21]

France looks worse at getting Wemby the ball than the Spurs did :lmao
point sochan might be an upgrade tbh

[cd98]

Teams generally bring their A game against the US, but Team USA is going to destroy this France team based on what I've seen so far. You think the Serbian guards are good at disrupting the offense? imagine Derrick White and Drew Holiday.

[Pauleta14]

France looks worse at getting Wemby the ball than the Spurs did :lmao

Yep, the last transition after the steal was a copy/past from the start of the season...

Silver linning, the hype and expectations will come down on this team a bit

[CGD]

France looks worse at getting Wemby the ball than the Spurs did :lmao

Was just thinking the same. The guard play is suspect.

[rjv]

these French guards are the equivalent to the Maginot Line

[Darkwaters]

these French guards are the equivalent to the Maginot Line

:lol

[Chinook]

France looks worse at getting Wemby the ball than the Spurs did :lmao

I thought they showed it was easy to lob the ball to Wemby and the Spurs guards were just too stupid to not give Victor 30 points per game off simple passes. After all, he's always open.

[CGD]

Wemby still hasn’t excised the cringe worthy post dribbling, I see

[ChumpDumper]

I don't know why Wemby ever goes to the corner

[Ice009]

This French team sucks. Almost 5am here and these guys are freaking worse than the Spurs' players at involving Victor. Fucking terrible guard play. TERRIBLE. I should have have just went to bed, but trying to support Victor.

[LeBowen]

Yeah, Wemby is resorting to low-percentage shots because his teammates can't create anything.

[Chinook]

This French team sucks. Almost 5am here and these guys are freaking worse than the Spurs' players at involving Victor. Fucking terrible guard play. TERRIBLE. I should have have just went to bed, but trying to support Victor.

Why would you be surprised the FNT is worse than the Spurs? Of course they are. A bust like Yabusele is a key player for them. Keldon, Devin, Jones -- fuck, even Sochan, Branham and Champagnie -- they're the best teammates Victor's ever had outside Gobert this FIBA stint. At some point STers are going to have to face reality on the quality of the players on their team. Yes, they can be improved. No, their innate abilities are not the main reason for the team's struggles. They need to grow. They can't skip that reality with a simple trade.

[Uriel]

Milutinov starting, maybe he's coming over next year?
For real though, it’s a shame that we scouted this guy for years, used a first round draft pick on him, he became the best big man in Europe at one point, and yet we still never got him to play a single game for us.

[Dex]

I thought they showed it was easy to lob the ball to Wemby and the Spurs guards were just too stupid to not give Victor 30 points per game off simple passes. After all, he's always open.

I sense the sarcasm.

Yes, Wemby is always going to be the top of the scouting chart for every team. He will see doubles for the rest of his basketball career.

Somehow, teams found a way to feed the ball into Duncan, or Shaq, or Nowitzki, or Gasol, or....the list goes on and on.

I know Wemby is not that prototypical "back to the basket" player...but there were also many missed opportunities by the French team today that mirrored the Spurs woes last season.

[Ice009]

Why would you be surprised the FNT is worse than the Spurs? Of course they are. A bust like Yabusele is a key player for them. Keldon, Devin, Jones -- fuck, even Sochan, Branham and Champagnie -- they're the best teammates Victor's ever had outside Gobert this FIBA stint. At some point STers are going to have to face reality on the quality of the players on their team. Yes, they can be improved. No, their innate abilities are not the main reason for the team's struggles. They need to grow. They can't skip that reality with a simple trade.

I thought they'd focus on getting him the ball in spots he can work, but seems like they're worse at that than I thought at it. Maybe like some of the French fans are saying, that the coach is not very good either. Oh well, it was still worth watching for me. I don't understand why they don't try and play through Victor more. A team game is probably not going to help them win much because their team sucks.

Also, what happened to Hifi (spelling?)? He looked alright to me in the first game. Did he not make the team or something?

Also, I forgot about Mulitinov until seeing him today. I really did think the Spurs were going to bring him over years ago for at least a shot before they traded his draft rights. I guess he must of had a pretty big buyout and the Spurs were never going to give him a big enough contract to get out of it, that is, if they even wanted to bring him over?

[Chinook]

I think people are expecting more from Wemby than he's ready for and underestimate the ability of defenses to guard him. A lot of fans, FNT, Spurs and basketball in general, don't want to accept that and want to come up with explanations that make it someone else's failing and not just Wemby and the players around him adjusting. We're going to see NBA teams have more answers for Victor this year as well. That's normal. He, his teammates and his coaches will adjust. This takes real time, and too many people think being a "true fan" of his is pretending like that's not the case.

[Ice009]

I think people are expecting more from Wemby than he's ready for and underestimate the ability of defenses to guard him. A lot of fans, FNT, Spurs and basketball in general, don't want to accept that and want to come up with explanations that make it someone else's failing and not just Wemby and the players around him adjusting. We're going to see NBA teams have more answers for Victor this year as well. That's normal. He, his teammates and his coaches will adjust. This takes real time, and too many people think being a "true fan" of his is pretending like that's not the case.

You're probably right about that. I know I've gotten a bit carried away, maybe jumping ahead a bit too early without letting him go through some more growing pains and learning first. It's probably not going to be as easy for him as some of us are/were thinking it is. I still have a lot of confidence in him, though.

[Pauleta14]

I thought they'd focus on getting him the ball in spots he can work, but seems like they're worse at that than I thought at it. Maybe like some of the French fans are saying, that the coach is not very good either. Oh well, it was still worth watching for me. I don't understand why they don't try and play through Victor more. A team game is probably not going to help them win much because their team sucks.

Also, what happened to Hifi (spelling?)? He looked alright to me in the first game. Did he not make the team or something?

Also, I forgot about Mulitinov until seeing him today. I really did think the Spurs were going to bring him over years ago for at least a shot before they traded his draft rights. I guess he must of had a pretty big buyout and the Spurs were never going to give him a big enough contract to get out of it, that is, if they even wanted to bring him over?

- He's close to be incompetent

- Hifi got cut by Collet (prob politics, many of us thought he should be a no brainner) and just joined the Wolves summer league team

[Pauleta14]

You're probably right about that. I know I've gotten a bit carried away, maybe jumping ahead a bit too early without letting him go through some more growing pains and learning first. It's probably not going to be as easy for him as some of us are/were thinking it is. I still have a lot of confidence in him, though.

Let's not overeact after a bad (team) game, put Jokic in the same conditions Wemby is and it won't be pretty either with no systems/plays, very poor ball handling or passing and the whole defense focused on 1 player

It's a team game and France has no elite PG or ball handlers and mostly journey men in the roster

France can still have a good tournament if they focus on their defense and simple offensive game but they're really weak on the backcourt and Gobert is mostly and handicap bc of his lack of technique.

[exstatic]

these French guards are the equivalent to the Maginot Line

It still hurts…

[Limguogolo]

Yabusele is a major player on the best Euroleague team and is often the best player in the French team. French team which, for twenty years, has been a nightmare to watch play. A guard brings the ball on the court, stops his dribble at the logo and waits for another player to ask for the ball after fifty screens. And since he takes fifty screens and the point guard has been following him with his eyes for ten seconds, the entire defense perfectly read who the pass was intended for. It is impossible for the point guard to pass the ball, and as he can no longer dribble, the defenders climb high on him, and the team loses the ball. This is the game system reproduced on more than half of the French team's plays for twenty years. And we wonder why this team has never won. The problem isn't Yabusele, it's the idiot who coaches the team. The aim of such a game logic is to pass the ball. So French: we set the table. Forbidden to shoot. Players who shoot in first intention or who take an open shot with less than ten seconds in the possession return to the summer league. And that's precisely what the best French player did this evening: Nadir Hifi, who actually plays for the Wolves. He goes up the ball, he doesn't stop his dribble, he shoots if he's open, he attacks, and he defends like a dog. Everything Collet hates. Roughly speaking, the French team's game for twenty years has been to ask Sochan to play PG and deliver passes to Boris Diaw or Nicolas Batum on the elbow from the logo with his feet stopped. And Boris and Nico never get the ball. "Why it doesn't work, I don't understand. I asked the players to pass the ball, but the ball never get at the 15th stage of my smart play and after all five players proved they can pass the ball first instead of being selfish dunking the ball if they're alone in the paint with no one around." Yes, this is not who we are, the ball doesn't circulate when you play standing and don't attack defense first with dribbles. And yes, you don't win a game when you refuse to raise your arms to shoot. If the cliché that the French don't shave their armpits persists, it's because we've never seen a French player show his armpits in a basketball game. Hands up! "Garçon, un café s'il vous plaît ! - Here I come."

No Hifi, no game. Even Victor played badly trying guard stuff with three defensers around.

[BacktoBasics]

Yabusele is a major player on the best Euroleague team and is often the best player in the French team. French team which, for twenty years, has been a nightmare to watch play. A guard brings the ball on the court, stops his dribble at the logo and waits for another player to ask for the ball after fifty screens. And since he takes fifty screens and the point guard has been following him with his eyes for ten seconds, the entire defense perfectly read who the pass was intended for. It is impossible for the point guard to pass the ball, and as he can no longer dribble, the defenders climb high on him, and the team loses the ball. This is the game system reproduced on more than half of the French team's plays for twenty years. And we wonder why this team has never won. The problem isn't Yabusele, it's the idiot who coaches the team. The aim of such a game logic is to pass the ball. So French: we set the table. Forbidden to shoot. Players who shoot in first intention or who take an open shot with less than ten seconds in the possession return to the summer league. And that's precisely what the best French player did this evening: Nadir Hifi, who actually plays for the Wolves. He goes up the ball, he doesn't stop his dribble, he shoots if he's open, he attacks, and he defends like a dog. Everything Collet hates. Roughly speaking, the French team's game for twenty years has been to ask Sochan to play PG and deliver passes to Boris Diaw or Nicolas Batum on the elbow from the logo with his feet stopped. And Boris and Nico never get the ball. "Why it doesn't work, I don't understand. I asked the players to pass the ball, but the ball never get at the 15th stage of my smart play and after all five players proved they can pass the ball first instead of being selfish dunking the ball if they're alone in the paint with no one around." Yes, this is not who we are, the ball doesn't circulate when you play standing and don't attack defense first with dribbles. And yes, you don't win a game when you refuse to raise your arms to shoot. If the cliché that the French don't shave their armpits persists, it's because we've never seen a French player show his armpits in a basketball game. Hands up! "Garçon, un café s'il vous plaît ! - Here I come."

No Hifi, no game. Even Victor played badly trying guard stuff with three defensers around.
All that wall of text and then you decided to space out the last sentence?

Some Jeff Dahmer shit right here.

[Pauleta14]

Yabusele is a major player on the best Euroleague team and is often the best player in the French team. French team which, for twenty years, has been a nightmare to watch play. A guard brings the ball on the court, stops his dribble at the logo and waits for another player to ask for the ball after fifty screens. And since he takes fifty screens and the point guard has been following him with his eyes for ten seconds, the entire defense perfectly read who the pass was intended for. It is impossible for the point guard to pass the ball, and as he can no longer dribble, the defenders climb high on him, and the team loses the ball. This is the game system reproduced on more than half of the French team's plays for twenty years. And we wonder why this team has never won. The problem isn't Yabusele, it's the idiot who coaches the team. The aim of such a game logic is to pass the ball. So French: we set the table. Forbidden to shoot. Players who shoot in first intention or who take an open shot with less than ten seconds in the possession return to the summer league. And that's precisely what the best French player did this evening: Nadir Hifi, who actually plays for the Wolves. He goes up the ball, he doesn't stop his dribble, he shoots if he's open, he attacks, and he defends like a dog. Everything Collet hates. Roughly speaking, the French team's game for twenty years has been to ask Sochan to play PG and deliver passes to Boris Diaw or Nicolas Batum on the elbow from the logo with his feet stopped. And Boris and Nico never get the ball. "Why it doesn't work, I don't understand. I asked the players to pass the ball, but the ball never get at the 15th stage of my smart play and after all five players proved they can pass the ball first instead of being selfish dunking the ball if they're alone in the paint with no one around." Yes, this is not who we are, the ball doesn't circulate when you play standing and don't attack defense first with dribbles. And yes, you don't win a game when you refuse to raise your arms to shoot. If the cliché that the French don't shave their armpits persists, it's because we've never seen a French player show his armpits in a basketball game. Hands up! "Garçon, un café s'il vous plaît ! - Here I come."

No Hifi, no game. Even Victor played badly trying guard stuff with three defensers around.

:lol

- Seriously wtf, go to the line some time... ^^

- I 100% agree with ur summary. Tbh the excitement to watch Wemby and the hope he brings made me forget how much Collet is a massive hamdicap.

- I'm really worried about the tournament, it could get ugly quick

[Seventyniner]

I thought they showed it was easy to lob the ball to Wemby and the Spurs guards were just too stupid to not give Victor 30 points per game off simple passes. After all, he's always open.

The guards weren't stupid, they were freezing Victor out. Remember?

[cutewizard]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sILqW5gyuQ4

[cutewizard]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myMLcIDePcM

[cutewizard]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEVRz1WAVCE

[cutewizard]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9GU8YWX_xc

[Chinook]

The guards weren't stupid, they were freezing Victor out. Remember?

They were jealous. You could tell by pausing videos and using MS Paint to draft lines between theirs eyes.

[Uriel]

The answer in the coach, Collet has a job for life bc of the TP/Boris's generation's results, that were not only obtained DESPITE Collet but could have been a lot more impressive with an elite coach that France never had.

Not only Collet is bb wise a very average coach at best, he has ZERO man management skills nor balls to take tough decisions like sitting Gobert despite his statut bc he's an obvious handicap matchup wise.

I :lmao hard anytime a US journalist like Windhorst talk about Collet as "the equivalent of Pop" :lmao :lmao
I don’t know, man. That sure sounds like Pop to me.

[Limguogolo]

:lol

- Seriously wtf, go to the line some time... ^^

- I 100% agree with ur summary. Tbh the excitement to watch Wemby and the hope he brings made me forget how much Collet is a massive hamdicap.

- I'm really worried about the tournament, it could get ugly quick
I like jumping to conclusions.

[Pauleta14]

I don’t know, man. That sure sounds like Pop to me.

You guys (I see Drunkford acquiesces) are in an advance stage of hate if you think so... :lol

I'm not shy of criticism towads Pop but you don't realise the muppet France has as a coach.

Just take a momment watching him on the sidelines when u can, just his body language when interacting with the players is either hillarious or depressing

Anyway, silver linning Vic will be back earlier in SA

[Pauleta14]

I like jumping to conclusions.

I tried to find the reasons Nadir Hifi was cut and couldn't find any, do you know why?

He just had a very good summer league debut btw

(I'm so pissed)

[itzsoweezee]

I think people are expecting more from Wemby than he's ready for and underestimate the ability of defenses to guard him. A lot of fans, FNT, Spurs and basketball in general, don't want to accept that and want to come up with explanations that make it someone else's failing and not just Wemby and the players around him adjusting. We're going to see NBA teams have more answers for Victor this year as well. That's normal. He, his teammates and his coaches will adjust. This takes real time, and too many people think being a "true fan" of his is pretending like that's not the case.

If anything, people have been underestimating Wemby. The fact that he put up incredible, historic production, as a rookie, supported by the likes of Branham, Wesley, point Sochan, Collins, etc, says it all.

Wemby plus four competent role players will be a revelation to you doubters.

[Ice009]

I tried to find the reasons Nadir Hifi was cut and couldn't find any, do you know why?

He just had a very good summer league debut btw

(I'm so pissed)

Thanks for giving me a reality check on the French BBall team's coach. I hope Victor can somehow elevate them, but they really do not look good. I hadn't seen Hifi play before that game a few days ago, and I really liked him. I am shocked if he got cut. What team's summer league roster is he on? He hasn't been signed yet to a contract, has he?

[Limguogolo]

I tried to find the reasons Nadir Hifi was cut and couldn't find any, do you know why?

He just had a very good summer league debut btw

(I'm so pissed)
You said it all. The reasons are the same as usual. Collet takes players from the Comsport galaxy. Blast (https://youtu.be/Bnxy7O6RlV4?si=Wnh4Ds12sssB8NsA)had made revelations about the strange financing that had affected the Mets, the agents of all these people and Victor's draft. Obviously, Beaubois, Hifi, Hayes do not have the same agents.

At the line.

Collet gone, it won't be better. The federal authorities seem as rotten as the rest. With the Parker generation, we should not expect better when we know that the man received Heurtel at his show and criticized his sidelining following his participation in a league in a genocidal country; the same Parker will participate with Asvel in a tournament organized in another genocidal country, Israel. Supporting two genocidal countries in less than a year and be yourself financed by Russian money (blocked for many in Ukraine) or by the petrodollars of a Gulf country which is not known to be a democracy either (correction, it's not Bein, but Russian money, again, Skweek), we hit rock bottom. For now, seeing Hifi not being involved in this is almost an accomplishment.


At the line.

I saw his game yesterday, yes, he played like usual (Hifi, pronounced Hi!-Fee). But franchises are too focused on size. Maybe the year next if he has a good Euroleague campaign.

At the line.

Again. Oh, yes, I like it. It's like changing positions when you make love. I'll try.

(Besides, speaking of underrated players, Perrin is off to a good start in his first U20 game.)

[Pauleta14]

You said it all. The reasons are the same as usual. Collet takes players from the Comsport galaxy. Blast (https://youtu.be/Bnxy7O6RlV4?si=Wnh4Ds12sssB8NsA)had made revelations about the strange financing that had affected the Mets, the agents of all these people and Victor's draft. Obviously, Beaubois, Hifi, Hayes do not have the same agents.

At the line.

Collet gone, it won't be better. The federal authorities seem as rotten as the rest. With the Parker generation, we should not expect better when we know that the man received Heurtel at his show and criticized his sidelining following his participation in a league in a genocidal country; the same Parker will participate with Asvel in a tournament organized in another genocidal country, Israel. Supporting two genocidal countries in less than a year and be yourself financed by Russian money (blocked for many in Ukraine) or by the petrodollars of a Gulf country which is not known to be a democracy either (correction, it's not Bein, but Russian money, again, Skweek), we hit rock bottom. For now, seeing Hifi not being involved in this is almost an accomplishment.


At the line.

I saw his game yesterday, yes, he played like usual (Hifi, pronounced Hi!-Fee). But franchises are too focused on size. Maybe the year next if he has a good Euroleague campaign.

At the line.

Again. Oh, yes, I like it. It's like changing positions when you make love. I'll try.

(Besides, speaking of underrated players, Perrin is off to a good start in his first U20 game.)

Also what I'm afraid of, same symptoms than in football, federation full of incompetents protecting their lifelong garanteed job. Depressing country tbh

Like in football France has one of the biggest potential in europe, the most licencees, the most elite ethletes ... and the worst leaders

- Yeah I'll check on Perrin, thx

- "at the line" not necessary but I appreciate the intention ^^

[Pauleta14]

Thanks for giving me a reality check on the French BBall team's coach. I hope Victor can somehow elevate them, but they really do not look good. I hadn't seen Hifi play before that game a few days ago, and I really liked him. I am shocked if he got cut. What team's summer league roster is he on? He hasn't been signed yet to a contract, has he?

He's on the Wolves roster and had a decent game yesterday, very active

No idea about his contract situation but my guess is he's trying to get one

[taps]

Wrong thread.

[Big Empty]

Its why we need a big center to help againt heavy centers that can bulldoze wemby. Even Sengun could. Wemby is tall enought to play center against teams that dont have a dominiant center but against the teams that do, he’s just too light with no low center of gravity or strength to deal with them. We need that 7’0 ft 280 lb center we can bring off the bench.

[Pauleta14]

Its why we need a big center to help againt heavy centers that can bulldoze wemby. Even Sengun could. Wemby is tall enought to play center against teams that dont have a dominiant center but against the teams that do, he’s just too light with no low center of gravity or strength to deal with them. We need that 7’0 ft 280 lb center we can bring off the bench.

Segun didn't, he got blocked 4 times in the same game by Vic who not only was injured but was left on an island by Pop propably (hopefully) as a teaching experiment.

We definitely need another big but mainly for when Wemby is on the bench and occasional matchups

Some of you wait the 1st opportunity to bring back your old narrative, like Chinook and his "throwing lobs is the most difficult technical skill in basketball" theory :lol

Wemby is fine and Jokic even avoided him the whole game last time they met in NBA, he's getting better and learning with each matchups

Interrnational BB is just a bit diff with less space than in NBA and Vic has a very average roster aroung him and an incompetent coach.

The French NT has no established systems or plays, no identity, it's a total improvisation all the time. The only way they win historically is thx to defensive intensity and individual exploits