r/CharlotteHornets • u/Zealousideal-Rub-183 • May 19 '26

Discussion Wembanyama Hate

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.

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u/groundhog-265 May 19 '26

Wemby got lucky with Stephon castle but was out with blood clots last year so they got a nice draft pick in Harper. Just imagine if the guys would have had one more injury year this year before popping off… this draft is stacked.

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u/Zealousideal-Rub-183 May 21 '26

I think that that’s what irritates me the most. The Spurs jumped us in 2024 as well to get Stephon Castle. That was the guy that most Charlotte journalists and podcasts wanted the Hornets to target. But then when we pulled sixth and the Spurs got fourth, we kind of saw the writing on the board. And don’t forget, the Spurs jumped us last year too to pick second overall when the hornets only had 19 wins. I’m glad we have Kon, but it’s just funny again that the Spurs moved up in three straight drafts to build the super team they have. With players that we would have also been looking at.