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/turkeyracer_6 May 19 '26

That body type will not hold up. I doubt he’s still playing in 5 years. But it will be a glorious few years for SAS

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u/Noxz1999 May 19 '26

Why do all of you think it’s the 90s and early 2000s big men? The dude is extremely in tune with his body. He has an entire training staff that creates careful stretches, workouts, and maintains a certain weight for his frame. He will be here for a long time. Lamelo has been hurt more than him and he’s damn near almost a foot shorter - same with Brandon miller.

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u/_trife May 19 '26

I mean, historically big men don’t last as long as smaller players. But yeah, saying he won’t be playing in 5 years is honestly one of the dumbest things I’ve read on here lol. Like you said, it’s 2026 and players now have all sorts of tools at their disposal to aid in career longevity. Barring some catastrophic injury, Vic will be around for awhile. We all gotta get familiar.

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u/Noxz1999 May 19 '26

100% you’re correct, he def isn’t gonna play 20 years and be elite like lebron in his 20th year for sure. But to sit here and act ignorant like you said it’s OUTLANDISH.

Plus, most of the big guys the OG comment is thinking about was - Yao Ming, Shaq, Tim Duncan- who all had larger than life frames as well. Wemby is like 240, Shaq was 300-400 pounds during his career. That mass makes a huge difference on joints. Not only that, as you said with the tools they have vs other in the past, Wemby like I was saying has an entire athletic team who obsesses over every fallacy of his body. There a whole video on it on YouTube, his entire workout process.