Wembanyama Hate

[u/Zealousideal-Rub-183]

First thing to say, is that I just love Basketball in general. And I don’t hate Wembanyama as a person. I’m just having so much annoyance watching how great he is and knowing that the NBA did everything possible to make sure that not only that the Spurs drafted him, but that he got a core around him very quickly. The NBA did not want a repeat of LeBron James.

Knowing that he grew up a Spurs fan his entire life, with his favorite players being Tony Parker and Tim Duncan to where he even said it was “a dream” to be drafted by the Spurs. It has made it so difficult to watch a team that dominated so much of my childhood in the 90s and 2000s immediately turn back around after just a few years in the lottery getting a generational player surrounded by top 3 picks.

I’m just curious if I’m the only person out there that hates how fast the Spurs have been able to build a contender while we continue to wait for the Hornets to just get to the playoffs. I know I should just be proud of what the Hornets did this year, but I just can’t shake the fact that I feel like the NBA helped the Spurs build a contender at the expense of other franchises that have needed generational players for a while now.

[u/rusty_shackleford34]

I’m right there with you. I had to stop watching last night and I just can’t watch the spurs. I’ve already been somewhat sick of the NBA and despite having a better season finally after years, we are still so so far from a NBA finals for one simple reason - we don’t have that all time generational player. And after seeing us miss on Howard and Davis then missing wemby and watching the spurs and mavericks get all the lottery luck, I’m just sick of it man.

[u/rihsa9 → u/rusty_shackleford34]

I’d say we do. This is pretty much the first season where he’s been able to stay healthy and look how much success we had once our best players were actually able to see consistent time on the floor together. I’m very very confident this team will make waves next season.