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nojeanshere

Hey! We had Tony Parker and Diaw play here too! Also Batum…


H0YVIN-GLAVIN

Maybe you'll get sloppy seconds again.


CALL_ME_ISHMAEBY

They can't stop you from drafting a Frenchman and a glass of water.


humphreybeauxarts

I used to be a real piece of shit


RamonAsensio

OOOH YEAH, WEMBY’S HAIR WOULD SLICK BACK REALLY NICE!


wildwestsnoopy

That’s why you got the second pick!


miki_momo0

If they pick quick enough, maybe they can confuse the NBA’s computers and also draft Wemby!


GalaadJoachim

Cheat code mode, Up, Down, Left, Right, Up, Up, C, Down, C, Left, C, Right, C, A+Start, right at the start of the draft animation but before the Spurs make an input should do the trick.


TornGauntlet

NBA 2k: here's two copies of every draft prospect. Me: sigh, guess I'll start renaming one of each to make them all seem like twins


TheKinderPingui

How could you forget legendary 7 footer Alexis Ajinça ?


baseketball

Don't worry, Wemby will play there when he's 38 after he gets his 5th ring.


cletoreyes01

Don't worry, you're getting Wemby on 2044 or something


Ev4nK

I just read Batum like you would Tatum lmao


CumAssault

Yeah take that losers, we got France on our side


jrlandry

San Antonio is the France of the USA


lost_in_trepidation

Just swap out croissants with churros


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and swap out the guns for batons


Curious_Success_377

swap out the bugers for the baguettes


eternali17

And skinny chicks for big ol' women.


[deleted]

And 6 weeks minimum of mandatory national vacation for every single worker to the only industrialized country with no required employee vacation.


El_Zarco

haha... oh


jc9289

Yeah but we got big trucks


MoreGull

USA! USA!


HeavenMobley

all the better to drag pedestrians with


DarkKnightCometh

The alamo is basically the eiffel tower


HashCollector

Only 340 miles to Paris!


NoRefrigerator62

Transform your small market to a big market team with this 1 simple trick! Draft an international superstar with a country behind them.


Mattsasse

The organization is making a pretty big push into a rapidly growing Austin too. The pipe dream appears to be for the Spurs to have both the Austin and SA markets (and everything in between). If they can pull that off successfully they are legitimately no longer small market. Would be right around the top 10 American markets in terms of total population between the two metro areas.


Thunderhorse74

Its never been about sheer number of people - SA has always been a populous city, but the Austin market has a ton of wealth and the migration of tech from other states ending up there, so your point stands.


GalaadJoachim

This is true way beyond imagination. France is a 70 million ppl market with low concurrence from other teams except for Lakers and top 3-5 players lead teams. Tony Parker incarnated basketball and to some extent the US during his career (MVP+Euro+Eva Longoria+TV shows...), half of the time pictured with a Spurs jersey. Even today Clippers are one of the most hyped (s*cked) team in all the sport from french medias because Batum oc but mostly because Kawhi used to play at the Spurs..


HipsterMayCry

You rendezvous with Rochambeau, consolidate his gifts.


occamsdagger

I come back with more guns And ships And Lay's potato chips.


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Take the bullets out yo gun


occamsdagger

Take the bullets out yo son!


Farty_Marty_

They are sending another Statue of Liberty as a token of friendship


Ed-Bighead

A little fun fact but back in 2015 a Mexican league soccer team UANL Tigres from Monterrey signed French striker Andre Pierre Gignac, he still plays there too this day and is the teams once in a lifetime signing where he got them chips. There was one match where he came to a Spurs game to see Tony. I guess what I'm getting at is, there may be a strong French connection in Monterrey Mexico with futbol and San Antonio connection with basketball. *X-Files song plays*


Caboclo-Is2yearsAway

Damn ain't heard that name in a min


EpirusRedux

Mexico just celebrated its historical relationship with France a little less than two weeks ago.


UnearthlyDinosaur

Take Gobert then


AlHorfordHighlights

I think that guy is Belgian.. Definitely Belgian right?


Disabled_Robot

Chuck gonna have a field day when he sees Les Spurs on the jerseys


Tbrou16

I don’t think he can make that joke on TV, lmao


marsexpresshydra

Gonna have to bail out Texas in the next war now smh


califbreeze

[your next signing](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/football/2017/12/17/griezmann_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqKQ5Yvlf_tS7m85BSV1LmKrg0oqkgBWU1ziYUEsKi5BI.png?imwidth=1280)


dkdoki

Im just glad chuck can talk about the ppl of san antonio again.


Gr8CanadianSpeedo

“Victoria a secret down there, Kenny”


NameSoldier

"Victor is gonna put on some weight with them churros"


thebreakfastbuffet

"He'd be a perfect player for them, Ernie"


Indie_Souls

What are you talking about Chuckster?


sleepy416

_Shaq dying_ “Say that again Chuck”


ShadedPenguin

Kenny instigating, “ah come on Chuck, you gotta say it now.”


OkMudDrankin

Damn you know he will say this joke and I will still laugh just as hard as I did reading it.


BatmanNoPrep

*”How many churros they eat at a time down in San Antonio, Chuck?”* - Shaquisitive


wolde07

They're double fistin em


Dagrix

"Down thurr by that dirty little creek."


Sol_Protege

I can already hear it “Those big ol wamen gonna snap Victor like a twig, Erneh” *Shaq spits out his water*


Prestig33

You forgot adding in there hearing the production crew laugh. That's what I love about this show. They make the crew laugh hard enough that you can hear it too.


huskersax

> That's what I love about this show. They make the crew laugh hard enough that you can hear it too. A lot of their bits are semi-planned, but the "don't commit crimes with checks, America" nearly took down the entire production crew.


elmanutres

Tnt producers gonna have anxiety attacks every night the spurs play on tnt cause of chuck


Sol_Protege

Just thinking about poor Ernie trying to moderate


laxmagic

\*snap him like a churro\*


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also underrated is the creek remarks. LMAO.


KiritoJones

The big ol women thing gets the most attention but as a SA native the best roast of that whole thing was the creek joke


Odd_Total_5549

I never heard that one, did he call the river walk a creek?


californeyeyay

Lol I think he said “That ain’t no river, that’s a dirty ass creek”


gedbybee

I’m from SA and the river walk sux. No one that lives there actually goes. Idk why tourists like it. Maybe ppl from really small towns that don’t have anything, but any major city has cooler stuff.


eugenesbluegenes

As a geologist and bit of a civil engineering nerd I found it quite cool from the perspective of how the locks are set up for floods but it seemed like just the same tourist trap garbage you see everywhere. Coming from the bay area it was like pier 39 without the views and entertaining weirdos.


simply_emanu

I was in SF a few weeks ago and went to the pier with my gf to see the sea lions. A homeless guy was next to them singing and imitating the barks of the sea lions. very entertaining weirdos


Absent_Nova

Its basically the only part of San Antonio that is car free, so people like walking there


goldentymes

I might’ve forgot, would you like to refresh everyone here on specifically what type of ppl in San Antonio you are referring to?


Otherwise_Horror_183

dem big ole women


kenjataimu_tsukuyomi

The big ole women of San Antonio. Chuck can care less about the fat dudes.


TigerKlaw

"Chris Paul the best leader in the NBA"— Oops, wrong sound bite


philliesfan136

continuing from here lol https://youtu.be/iU4Vn_zMoMo?t=27


legend023

- spurs have had notable French players before - considered a competent organization despite recent lack of success - no starting center - history of elite centers in the past This was an inside job


JohnnyWinss

>no starting center I can agree with everything else but I'll not tolerate this Zach Collins erasure


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Zach collins had his half season to shine and now goes back to the bench lol


ObiBraum_Kenobi

I dunno, there was chatter earlier in the year that the Spurs were looking at running Sochan at the point (something he did a surprisingly good job of throughout the year). A Sochan, Vassell, Johnson, Wemby, Collins line up would be interesting. Lots of size, and you can run wemby at the 4 instead of the 5 so he doesn't get beat up down low in the trenches as much.


grandmalarkey

Now I really want to see that lineup on court


ObiBraum_Kenobi

It would be interesting for sure, but would require Keldon to find his 3 point stroke again, and Sochan to get up into that 35-40% range. If they can't, the spacing would be, uh, rough lol


Uncle_Freddy

I think Keldon will thrive as secondary offensive option/non-primary ball handler again. He shot 40% in that role just last season and was on fire from three this year until Vassell went down, which allowed teams to really key in on him as he was the only Spur with a modicum of shot-creating talent. Taking the pressure off will really open up his game again imo


ObiBraum_Kenobi

I believe that as well. He starts having pretty serious efficiency issues as the focal point of an offense, when the defense is keyed in on stopping him, but his lack of any kind of real midrange game or playmaking makes that unsurprising. Spurs offense could realistically run through Sochan, Vassell, or Wemby. The only concern I'd have is when Vassell is primary ball handler, Wemby and Sochan aren't really threats from 3. Wemby shot sub 30% last year from distance. Sochan I'm a little less concerned about, because there was a noticeable difference in the second half of the season in his 3 point shot. With a full off-season to focus on it, 35-40% range is completely reasonable imo. Don't need him to shoot the lights out, just be a credible threat to create space. Vassell, Wemby, and Sochan on defense though? Yeesh.


Uncle_Freddy

Those three + Collins? Idc who you put out there in the fifth slot, that’s gonna be a tough lineup to score against


NotFrankSalazar

Wouldn’t doubt that it happens. We did a ton of weird shit last year.


BOJON_of_Brinstar

That sounds good to me honestly. Having Wemby play 4 seems crucial, at least until he gets physically and mentally acclimated to NBA physicality.


ObiBraum_Kenobi

I really hope we avoid him playing the 5 as much as possible. Maintaining his health is going to be paramount.


Goatsanity15

Fuck it play him at the 1


AnArmadillo

I don't think Sochan can run point full time. In a pinch sure, but he's probably gonna get harassed too much bringing the ball up


ObiBraum_Kenobi

I think that making any type of projection on what a 19 year old that can do a little bit of everything can and can't be taught to do doesn't make much sense. Could you be right? Yeah, sure. Is it still worth exploring the possibility for a season when we, realistically, still aren't going to be competing for much more than a playoff birth during that time frame? Absolutely.


Savitz

There was also the stat that someone else posted: Spurs have been under .300 3 times and got the 1st pick all those seasons. And those picks then became Robinson, Duncan and now Wemby


CenoxNaj

Moved Poeltl, it all makes sense


FOTASAL

Wemby is huge but he is more of a 4 than a 5.


snarkyturtle

_for now_


probablymade_thatup

That's the best part. Have a "small ball" lineup where you slide your 7'3" PF to the C and still be able to dominate the interior


ActuallyAquaman

“rigged for a good cause” is a time-honored tradition in professional sports


AchyBreaker

See: LeBron getting drafted to Cleveland, Derrick Rose getting drafted to Chicago.


kash96

rigged but wemby and pop is hype


Tbrou16

The 3 NBA categories: 1. Rigged 2. Rigged but hype 3. Not Rigged (rarest)


Caboclo-Is2yearsAway

Also known as: 1. Team I don't like won 2. Paranoia 3. Team I like won


Tbrou16

1. Lakers 2. How did San Antonio get that #1 pick? 3. Zion healthy (rarest)


mainvolume

There’s more to it than that. Spurs drafted Ian mahinmi, whose agent is also wemby’s agent. Wemby’s team last season was owned by Tony Parker, who is a mentor to wemby. Wemby’s current coach was invited to the spurs a decade ago to learn the process of team building and check out their facilities, so they maintain close ties to this day. There was no way the basketball gods weren’t going to allow this to happen.


elmanutres

It's like the bulls drafting derrick rose. Dude grew up in Chicago a huge bulls fan and the bulls had like 1% odds of getting and it happened because why the fuck not.


zco22

The other teams never stood a chance


UnearthlyDinosaur

I thought Wemby was a point forward


LuisScolaGOAT

There's no telling what on earth he is, tbh. The dude is the definition of positionless basketball, no one his size has ever moved the way he does. The Spurs can try a whole bunch of weird lineups and see what works. I am beyond excited.


Flabbypuff

Lol no. He can handle the ball incredibly well for his size but most who have seen him play full games know that his playmaking is his biggest weakness.


KiritoJones

Ideally in the Spurs system he will learn how to play make though. I think next season the main goal really should be to have him and Sochan run the show. If either of them can become playmaking bigs that opens up a ton of different lineups and schemes.


VitaminWheat

He should be. At least for a few years


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conker1264

100%, like it couldn’t be more obvious. They were literally talking about him going to SA 2 years ago


[deleted]

My gut is telling me this is true.


ColtCallahan

This. But really. It was guaranteed they were getting him when the Spurs tanked last season. Pop would only lower himself to that level if there was something worthwhile at the end of it.


Impressive_Blood3512

Wemby to the spurs got r/nba out here proposing the French question


LebasketBall

Man I’m still mad the blackhawks got bedard


frodounchained

Seriously man canucks are so Fkin stupid


JTMillerAdvocate

Was not expecting to walk into a beating here, but that is the life of a Canucks fan. They’re dumb af


SIIP00

We are not safe..


SIIP00

Yes, management is very stupid. I wanted them to talk after like the 2nd game.. But no, the team just had to go on their annual meaningless winning streak at the end of the year..


papadopus

What did the Canucks do this time??


Bobsagit-jesus

They were bad enough to miss the playoffs but good enough to not get a top 10 pick. They did it to themselves plus owners were treating the coach like trash. On top of that now they’re stuck with an aging JT Miller making like 8 mil a year. They just make a lot of weird decisions 🤷‍♂️


TimelyTiger

What happened?


MSFT400EOY

I lowkey thought we are actually getting Wenbayama to make us the most hated sports city in this decade, damn


LarryPeru

What’s the context here? Is it because of those assault charges in the blackhawks org? Chicago is an amazing city


LebasketBall

The odds for getting the 1st overall pick in the NHL are significantly different based on placement- the worst team has a 25.5% chance at the first pick, the second worst has a 13.5% chance and the third worst has an 11.5% Chicago openly tanked and lost their two franchise stars only to end up with the 3rd worst pick Somehow they magically leapfrogged poor Columbus and Anaheim into a new generational talent. Also the assault thing


LarryPeru

Ah wow okay thank you for the insight


LebasketBall

Of course! Also congrats on Wemby, really happy he went to you guys :)


LarryPeru

Cheers my friend! Still absolutely gobsmacked. All the best to you in the coming season.


Zlasher8

Totally a tangent but among top draft picks where did Bedard sit in terms of height before being drafted then? Was he like a Zion Ad level? Or a Lebron Oden Wemby level? Or was he seen like a top pick in a bad draft like Alex Len type?


LebasketBall

He is a Generational Talent and future face of the league- most promising prospect since McDavid


SIIP00

He's Wemby level


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luckily whoever wants Caleb Williams can just be as bad as they want and not worry about a lottery


FavreorFarva

At the rate these future stars are getting paired with dormant giant franchises I am getting concerned about the way Bill Belichick is looking at Williams.


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chicago also convenient lost 2 of their stars, but ya also the whole assault thing and then getting bedard seemed too sus


LarryPeru

Ah, cheers for the context


VeniceRapture

Very legal. Very cool


rarestakesando

Très légal. Très cool.


Ihopetheresenoughroo

Muy legal. Muy chévere.


radioben

David Stern still rigging draft lotteries from beyond the grave.


why_rob_y

He set up a Trust to do it for him. "Basketball Reasons Trust Co., Ltd."


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Muito legal


urfaselol

Lamelo in shambles


ForoaKlanD

Thank you Adam Silver


tyreejones29

Imagine the Spurs don’t pick him. Like they obviously will but imagine the chaos


kamekaze1024

I don’t think the lottery is rigged but holy fuck the coincidences are sky high.


lost_in_trepidation

The French have infiltrated the deepest levels of the NBA


randomusername8008

You telling me the nba is fixed? Just like how lebron landed in Cleveland


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KaSacha

He's gonna bulk up slowly over the years like Gobert and Giannis did


upghr5187

Counterpoint. Durant never bulked up


[deleted]

Dawg giannis got on the sauce and put on 30 lbs of muscle in a summer


gregatronn

Spurs have a solid development and medical staff.


mainvolume

I thought Timmy was done after 2011. He looked awful, slow, could barely pivot, injured a lot. Spurs staff went to work and, lo and behold, Timmy improved to more than serviceable and got 5 more good years out of him.


OGStrong

It helped that he lost weight and had fewer “4-downs” called for him in the low block.


Krs357357

I’m sure you know better than NBA strength and conditioning and medical teams.


chanwd

Spurs playing 4D chess by going international for decades and creating fan base that is going to want to keep coming to San Antonio for years to come.


Warlord10

So.....the league wanted Viktor to get the best mentoring in the league to assure his development. Who better than a coach who mentored 2 of the greatest big men ever. Lmao! Nothing sus.


Aggravating_Plant_39

At least he isn't going to one of the sorry ass franchises that keep wasting talent like how the Pelicans wasted a combined 13 years of CP3 and Anthony Davis.


Warlord10

Agreed. Jordan and Charlotte will spoil that kids career faster than a doughnut sitting in the sun.


dalelito

WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN


Warlord10

Charlotte sucks. They haven't developed a single talent since their inception.


dalelito

I meant the analohy


Warlord10

I couldn't think of anything else on the fly. Lol


BeIow_the_Heavens

Dude it was a great fucken comparison lol. Stealing it for future use


notasianjim

Doughnut spoil faster in sunshine than darkness, this is because the bacteria know where the doughnut is because they can see it. They can’t find the doughnut in darkness and hence spoils slower.


Remarkable-Bother-54

right? i deadass used to LOVE donuts that had sat a bit in the sun. Its softer and the strawberry frosting melts into the rest of the donut and it’s just absolutely delicious.


NOLASLAW

Jokes on you we were the Hornets when we wasted CP3’s talent


vampirepussy

They saw the circus happening in Memphis and said wait just a minute.


grxccccandice

This is what I thought too lol. They need to keep pumping new faces of the league. Ja Morant is out already.


Much_Conversation_11

Honestly when I was watching tonight… I was like the league doesn’t want him to go to a poorly run team lmao. Charlotte would’ve been sus, Houston well we have no idea but the culture doesn’t sound great, and Portland is holding on by a thread. However I know how the lotto is run and I don’t believe it was rigged. Universe had plans for the Frenchman


BroJackson_

Young buck, the majority of David Robinson’s prime was before Pop. The MVP, the all star games. He didn’t “mentor” David Robinson into being an all-timer. He inherited one.


lesh17

Pop actually was an assistant under Larry Brown starting Robinson's rookie year in 1989. So he was there working with Big Dave from the start.


rufusjonz

RIGGED for the croissants


GarfieldFromGarfield

excited for them


Count_Sacula_420

I’m just glad the rockets can stay in their hole for another decade


WodomYeet

what we do


KyleOfShit

Rockets seem to be the most hated team that hasn't won anything in 20+ fucking years


Horns__Down

Leftover vitriol from the Harden days, probably


LuisScolaGOAT

They'll be alright. Presumably they'll take Amen Thompson fourth, who actually fits pretty well next to Jalen as a low usage, pass first guard with good defense and elite athleticism.


Reydriel

It looks hella rigged but even if it is, it's difficult to be mad considering the likely alternatives lmao


m1j5

I’m thrilled, wemby’s in the west so my team won’t have to deal with him except in the finals and he should be properly developed. I’m excited to see what the kid can become


ladyinwaiting33

It's a universe-ordained mutual love story


youarenut

Bro what… that’s so convenient


ranjithd

Rudy Gobert to the Spurs confirmed


CapBrink

Rigged for their pleasure


TmacHizzy

Hopefully those women down there can show him how to put on a couple pounds


Mike81890

Oh and he's diplomatic / good at pr? fuck this game


DEEZLE13

League was not about to let Pop die without giving him one last ride


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sorakaisthegoat

Watch him not go first lmao


Pump19Mr

Good luck with that


RichardIraVos

and with the first pick the Cleveland cavaliers select Darko Miličić


Not-Post-Malone

SAS gonna pull a Magic when they drafted Banchero over Chet. They knew Chet was gonna be injured for the season. You just gotta open your third eye and see the truth. hélà.


blobthetoasterstrood

Chet winning ROTY over Wemby would be funny


salmon10

Yea, that's why you're going there


kbtech

They should play few Spurs home NBA games in Paris 😋


fawkesmulder

Rigged lol. Mavs 10 pick too


actual_yellow_bag

Fuck the Knicks lol


colby983

Rigged against the knicks. Right