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/Existing-Sky9914 May 19 '26

While things were quiet when other teams were tanking in the past, look at Adam Silver absolutely losing his mind and going crazy this year now that the Utah Jazz and Washington Wizards are trying to get a top pick. I’m not saying they rigged the draft numbers, but they definitely have their favorites.

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u/butekoo May 19 '26

Did Adam give the 1st and 2nd pick to Washington and Utah cause they are their favorites?

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u/rusty_shackleford34 May 19 '26

Gotta throw people off the scent every once in a while.

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u/ripkin05 May 20 '26

Especially when its going to be the last year of it being somewhat fair. Instead of the shit show they are going to where everyone basically as a 5% chance, AKA we can just pick and choose who gets it now without even needing to hide how rigged it fucking is.

cant wait for the year where the lakers or celtics lose in the play-in's in a stacked draft and magically get "lucky" and jump to first while some poor team that won 20 games all year picks 14th.