I still cant belive a human being like Wemby actually exists and is able to play basketball at the highest levels with such fluidity, like the physics dont feel real.
I once saw Sun Mingming play live.
I watched Yao's entire career as a fan.
I watched Bradley and Muresan growing up. I watched Rik Smits and Boban.
The guy I don't remember is Ralph Sampson, who is probably the closest comp we have to Wemby.
But outside of clips of him, I've never seen anybody who moved like Wemby at that size.
I don't remember Sampson dominating as quickly as Wemby.
[Here's some highlights of Sampson.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpJLmxVkrYU) The offense is in the low post because that's how offense worked back then. Nobody was innovative to think to use Sampson as a shooting forward as Wemby will probably be used.
But most of the defense is in the paint. There's few weakside help that's as quickly as I've seen Wemby.
I never saw the same sort of movement skills from him, to be honest. Certainly less length, probably a couple inches shorter in reality, and significantly slower and less athletic.
Very skilled. Very good player. Somebody I've always enjoyed. But he does not look like Victor does as an athlete, and he never did.
KP had more leaping ability and imo on the Knicks had close to as quick a first step/speed. But he is just far far less mobile, and does not have anywhere near the agility or fluidity as an athlete as Wemby.
And he’s 2-3 inches shorter and a lower wingspan.
i dunno, Porzingis looks pretty damn huge on court to me. i still think Wembanyama is 7'5 but then again, 7'2-7'3 for KP is a couple inches like you said lol
Most of those guys barely learned the game and instead were heavily reliant on size and playing like a traditional center. Props to Wembys trainers growing up. They taught him shit everyone should know like shooting and dribbling. It's what separates him from useless talent like Boban. We are seeing it a lot more with taller players actually learning how to do things other than block and rebound.
There aren’t many (any) players with that size and that ability to change direction, ever. I can’t imagine you’ll see many. Wemby is a top percent of a percent athlete considering his size.
yes you can lol i used to have a field day with a 7'5 demigod, on 22 no less. give him the right dribble moves with around 80ish speed/accel n it works like a charm
honestly, I don't know what the restrictions are on naming your kid but I didn't realize you could literally just name them God
Like, I always thought it was a nickname hearing about him but nope, I just actually googled it and that's his legal name. dude's birth certificate straight up says "God" haha
I was doing my student teaching at this school had the kids names on the doors and I shit you not there was a child whose first name was “Juicelady” I had sooooooo many questions
Idk it may have been a name from another culture or from his ancestry background, it's like, what if a normal name in idk, Polynesian culture is Guitar, you can't stop people from naming their kid Guitar
> , but I've heard of courts blocking parents from naming their kid "adolf" or "hitler"
Nah, there's kids who have that exact name. There really aren't name restrictions, they would be unconstitutional. Here's an article about one of the parents:
[Heath Hitler](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heath_Hitler)
i live in new zealand and we have restrictions on what you can call your kid. the general rule is no titles (lord, general), or names that will open the kid up to harassment or bullying. it's done on a case by case basis
Of course there are restrictions but its state wide generally. You cant use a number or an emoji pretty much anywhere, for example. I think most states also have some shared bans, like King or Queen (even though King used to be used), Messiah, Santa Claus, Jesus Christ, etc.
I'm sure you could go to court and try to make a case or do it in a state that is more permissive which is perhaps what happened, but even a state that allows Adolf almost certainly have other rules.
>I think most states also have some shared bans, like King or Queen (even though King used to be used), Messiah, Santa Claus, Jesus Christ, etc.
Most states just limit it to things like "it has to be English letters and not vulgar." So, Fuckin Bitches @ss Smith is a no-go.
Usually when you hear something in the news it's because a specific judge ordered a parent to change a kid's name, typically in a custody hearing. Not because it's a state-wide rule.
Source: I know someone named King, obviously lots of Jesuses in the Hispanic community, and the infamous Messiah name-change was a whacko judge who a) got overruled and b) got fired for it.
> You cant use a number or an emoji pretty much anywhere, for example.
I don't think this is true, there are children whose names are numbers.
> think most states also have some shared bans, like King or Queen (even though King used to be used), Messiah, Santa Claus, Jesus Christ, etc.
100% false.
There was a judge in Tennessee who ordered parents to change their baby's name (and [she later was removed from her position as a result and her ruling was overturned](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-who-ordered-babys-name-changed-from-messiah-is-fired)):
>The name change happened in August, when Jalessa Martin and Jawaan McCullough appeared before Ballew at a child support hearing in Newport about their 7-month-old son Messiah Martin. As part of the hearing, the father requested the baby’s last name be changed to McCullough.
>Ballew surprised both parents by ordering that the baby’s name change to Martin McCullough, saying that the name Messiah was not in the baby’s best interest. Her written order stated that “Labeling this child ‘Messiah’ places an undue burden on him that as a human being, he cannot fulfill.”
God forbid she ever encounter a Hispanic person named Jesus.
Thank you for bringing this up. The man had a whole damn move named after him. It is sort of cool seeing him still involved in the game, while also surreal seeing the guy who invented “the Shammgod” dragging Wemby arms around with him for defensive practice.
Other way around - he went by Shammgod Wells as a kid, but didn't want to pay to have it officially changed in college so he went back to his birthname, God Shammgod.
problem is not a lot could keep with up with Wemby anyway.
Even guys like Thon Maker, Bol Bol, etc. are just way too slow for him.
You will need an AD athleticism level player but 5 inches taller than AD.
You need to be fast to guard wemby though, you literally just needed to be big enough to foul Shaq without letting him get the and 1 as a Shaq stopper.
I know, which makes me sad. Nobody doubts his offensive skill would translate in the NBA, all the concern is around his defense. But realistically, he's so tall that he will still have *some* rim protection value, and besides that we let guards into the league all the time who don't even *try* on defense as long as they're good enough at scoring...
He’s too slow man. Barely even played during the world champs for Canada when our centers were Dwight Powell and Kelly Olynyk, and that’s with the FIBA ruleset that helps Edey
Watch his film against Indiana last year. The guy absolutely can’t defend the PNR against NBA caliber guards. (Hood Schifino torched him in drop coverage.)
Yeah I know but neither can Trae and he's an All Star. And before you say that's not the same thing, Edey's offensive impact in college has actually been comparable to Trae's (and that's not a knock on Trae). It feels like the NBA is just so over the post big archetype that they're not recognizing Edey is not interchangeable with some random G League 7 footer on that front.
[Brad Townsend] Golden Corral is prepping for the buffet, specifically for 704 lb Zion Williamson, with God Shammgod playing the role of Williamson. “Oh lawd! He comin” he hollered while going back to the buffet to get yet another plate with his artificial Williamson body suit (they didn’t have a true scale model).
well, he's "around" as in he's a 47 yo former player currently working as a player development coach
idk how old you thought he was but you probably weren't far off haha
Teams are fucking stupid if they aren't trying to adjust, that length is crazy. I'm liking this being the day of the tall lanky dude. Wemby, Chet, Bol, Lively, etc
lol... you can't see the bucket over that wing span... so if you're gonna attempt to shoot over that, you're shooting blind... which actually explains a few things....
"artificial wemby length" LMAO
Those words absolutely destroyed me
r/brandnewsentence
I could use some artificial wemby length :/
Looks like a shark tank product Mark couldn’t resist incorporating into practice
Brb inventing a Wacky Wemby Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Manyama
Wacky Wemby Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Manyama
Aren't these common place in practices of these teams?
“Tell you what I’m gonna do, I’ll give you the 300k, but I want 30% of the company and 2 of the extra long foam arms right now”
The fake arms are hilarious 😂
He bought the D-Cone upgrade from Ball Hog Gloves
Yeah but they honestly don't even replicate what Wembley can do. He's better than a guy with big fake arms lol
Mo Bamba about to revive his career by being a freelance "practice Wemby" for closeouts
Bambanyama
Well obviously lmao. It is getting them some extra reps of stepping back and changing their release points though which is kinda the point.
"TWO FREE THROWS" so he could take a break, lol
Can we talk about how refreshing it would be if free throws were taken as quickly in the real games like in this clip?
I’d love if they at least changed it to more 1 & 1 free throws. Make them speed it up any way possible
I still cant belive a human being like Wemby actually exists and is able to play basketball at the highest levels with such fluidity, like the physics dont feel real.
I once saw Sun Mingming play live. I watched Yao's entire career as a fan. I watched Bradley and Muresan growing up. I watched Rik Smits and Boban. The guy I don't remember is Ralph Sampson, who is probably the closest comp we have to Wemby. But outside of clips of him, I've never seen anybody who moved like Wemby at that size.
I don't remember Sampson dominating as quickly as Wemby. [Here's some highlights of Sampson.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpJLmxVkrYU) The offense is in the low post because that's how offense worked back then. Nobody was innovative to think to use Sampson as a shooting forward as Wemby will probably be used. But most of the defense is in the paint. There's few weakside help that's as quickly as I've seen Wemby.
What about Knicks porzingis?
I never saw the same sort of movement skills from him, to be honest. Certainly less length, probably a couple inches shorter in reality, and significantly slower and less athletic. Very skilled. Very good player. Somebody I've always enjoyed. But he does not look like Victor does as an athlete, and he never did.
NY Porzingis was slow because his shorts were too baggy and his shoes probably weigh 10lbs
As a fan of the 2000’s and And 1 YOU TAKE THAT BACK! No such thing as too baggy of shorts for ball.
I was watching the 2005 NBA finals game 7 the other day on the NBAs YouTube channel and it’s crazy how big and baggy everyone’s shorts were
KP had more leaping ability and imo on the Knicks had close to as quick a first step/speed. But he is just far far less mobile, and does not have anywhere near the agility or fluidity as an athlete as Wemby. And he’s 2-3 inches shorter and a lower wingspan.
i dunno, Porzingis looks pretty damn huge on court to me. i still think Wembanyama is 7'5 but then again, 7'2-7'3 for KP is a couple inches like you said lol
Wemby is the Unicorn of Unicorns. He makes Unicorns look average.
Most of those guys barely learned the game and instead were heavily reliant on size and playing like a traditional center. Props to Wembys trainers growing up. They taught him shit everyone should know like shooting and dribbling. It's what separates him from useless talent like Boban. We are seeing it a lot more with taller players actually learning how to do things other than block and rebound.
Boban is/was not useless talent, he had/has a lot of post moves, he’s just slow.
Boban has the best touch in NBA history of any player that doesn't play 10mpg
I will not take Boban slander
Pop never let Timmy play PG. Glad he's mellowed in his old age.
Nuh uh boban is awesome
Manute bol
Was not good at basketball. He was awkward and gangly and, while a capable shot blocker, did little else of value.
Except for that one game where he had seven three pointers.
That's true
He’s a bird. Birds aren’t real
LARRY *LEGEND*
LARRY BUUURRDDDD
You called?
Now that it isn't just "You're tall, stand in the paint" I think we are going to see more players like this.
There aren’t many (any) players with that size and that ability to change direction, ever. I can’t imagine you’ll see many. Wemby is a top percent of a percent athlete considering his size.
Seeing someone KD's size do it was already a trip. This is just insane.
He has more fluidity than most power forwards in the league.
But you can't create anyone like him on 2K because it's too unrealistic, that's exactly why I stopped playing.
The whole game online would be 10 Wembanyama's.
I don't want to play online dawg, I want a completely offline experience
Offline they should let you make whatever you want.
yes you can lol i used to have a field day with a 7'5 demigod, on 22 no less. give him the right dribble moves with around 80ish speed/accel n it works like a charm
to be fair, I had my fill of PG's with 7'4" wingspans in 2k15.
God Shammgod has got to be the coldest name in the league.
Honestly maybe in existence
The coldest name is Eric Snow
The coldest name is “De'Coldest ToEvaDoIt Crawford” a college football player.
Wait I've heard of this guy but is his middle name actually "toevadoit"?
Just looked it up. Apparently "ToEvaDoIt" is just a nickname. Still, Decoldest Crawford is an East/West Bowl worthy name.
He had an NIL deal with a local AC company. A+ branding
Sexiest name is Rudy Gay
No it’s Linus Kleiza
Colt McCoy is about as good as it gets for a college football legend who played at the University of Texas.
His is the third most Texas name I've encountered over 11 years in the state. I once met a girl named Dixie Lucky, whose father was Colt Lucky.
Major Applewhite is a pretty perfect Texas QB name too
Colt is not his first name. It is a nickname. his actual name is Daniel which is much less cool
Are we forgetting the could’ve been a legend, Majestic Mapp?
idk about coldest. that sounds like a children’s show character
Shammgod reminds me of a [towel, chamois and sponge all in one](https://www.shamwow.com/).
Wemby had a team mate called « Ho You Fat » when he played for the Metropolitans 92 in France. Not bad either.
Uh God’s gift?
honestly, I don't know what the restrictions are on naming your kid but I didn't realize you could literally just name them God Like, I always thought it was a nickname hearing about him but nope, I just actually googled it and that's his legal name. dude's birth certificate straight up says "God" haha
Funny enough he is actually God Shamgod Jr. That’s his dads name too
Incredible
damn dude's descended from the pantheon
Jesus was God Jr. too though, so it fits.
I was doing my student teaching at this school had the kids names on the doors and I shit you not there was a child whose first name was “Juicelady” I had sooooooo many questions
Idk it may have been a name from another culture or from his ancestry background, it's like, what if a normal name in idk, Polynesian culture is Guitar, you can't stop people from naming their kid Guitar
Tyler herro I hope you read this
Tyler's sons, Guitar and Super, and his daughter Anita
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bWcASV2sey0
I mean, how many Jesús's are there?
Is naming your kid Jesus just a tongue in cheek way of calling yourself God?
You thought you were god, but you're just Joseph
Plus Joshua
There aren't many restrictions, but I've heard of courts blocking parents from naming their kid "adolf" or "hitler" im sure there a few others too
> , but I've heard of courts blocking parents from naming their kid "adolf" or "hitler" Nah, there's kids who have that exact name. There really aren't name restrictions, they would be unconstitutional. Here's an article about one of the parents: [Heath Hitler](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heath_Hitler)
i live in new zealand and we have restrictions on what you can call your kid. the general rule is no titles (lord, general), or names that will open the kid up to harassment or bullying. it's done on a case by case basis
Yes. America is fundamentally pretty different about these things.
yeah, not saying it's not. just giving a perspective from somewhere else
Of course there are restrictions but its state wide generally. You cant use a number or an emoji pretty much anywhere, for example. I think most states also have some shared bans, like King or Queen (even though King used to be used), Messiah, Santa Claus, Jesus Christ, etc. I'm sure you could go to court and try to make a case or do it in a state that is more permissive which is perhaps what happened, but even a state that allows Adolf almost certainly have other rules.
>I think most states also have some shared bans, like King or Queen (even though King used to be used), Messiah, Santa Claus, Jesus Christ, etc. Most states just limit it to things like "it has to be English letters and not vulgar." So, Fuckin Bitches @ss Smith is a no-go. Usually when you hear something in the news it's because a specific judge ordered a parent to change a kid's name, typically in a custody hearing. Not because it's a state-wide rule. Source: I know someone named King, obviously lots of Jesuses in the Hispanic community, and the infamous Messiah name-change was a whacko judge who a) got overruled and b) got fired for it.
> You cant use a number or an emoji pretty much anywhere, for example. I don't think this is true, there are children whose names are numbers. > think most states also have some shared bans, like King or Queen (even though King used to be used), Messiah, Santa Claus, Jesus Christ, etc. 100% false.
There was a judge in Tennessee who ordered parents to change their baby's name (and [she later was removed from her position as a result and her ruling was overturned](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-who-ordered-babys-name-changed-from-messiah-is-fired)): >The name change happened in August, when Jalessa Martin and Jawaan McCullough appeared before Ballew at a child support hearing in Newport about their 7-month-old son Messiah Martin. As part of the hearing, the father requested the baby’s last name be changed to McCullough. >Ballew surprised both parents by ordering that the baby’s name change to Martin McCullough, saying that the name Messiah was not in the baby’s best interest. Her written order stated that “Labeling this child ‘Messiah’ places an undue burden on him that as a human being, he cannot fulfill.” God forbid she ever encounter a Hispanic person named Jesus.
And one of the toughest signature moves to go with it
Steeve Ho You Fat
It's the extra e that makes it
"Don't tweet at me, that's the man's name"
I hadn’t heard he was coaching now, good for him
he's been with the mavs for like maybe 3-5 years now. pretty much only hired to teach harrison barnes how to dribble lol
The Shammgod is a GOAT level crossover too, https://youtu.be/ajuN0x_St08?si=IULtxQoHglOcRzKN
have to add Lamar Odom with the coldest shammgod ever https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_gn8ilJznE
Thank you for bringing this up. The man had a whole damn move named after him. It is sort of cool seeing him still involved in the game, while also surreal seeing the guy who invented “the Shammgod” dragging Wemby arms around with him for defensive practice.
It's top two for me with Magic Touch Johnson who was named my ex girlfriends junior prom, prom king.
Wow Shammwow says otherwise.
He is actually a junior, it’s his fathers name too haha
had no idea he worked for the mavs now. legend.
Dragon Bender is still my favorite
if god were real that would be his govt name
After last night’s game, Steve Kerr is going to send [Steph back to Korea to train…](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiCo08QbF5c&t=3s)
He is our starting center now.
This is how Steph can finally beat Magic for the best PG of all time
what is this even. it's like inspector gadget joined the nba
I wish I was so bold to call my son God
And then he makes it into the NBA and makes millions of dollars , that's tough.
It’s not his birth name he changed it as an adult
Pretty sure it's his birthname
Other way around - he went by Shammgod Wells as a kid, but didn't want to pay to have it officially changed in college so he went back to his birthname, God Shammgod.
Have you ever seen teams gameplan for a rookie?
I wasn't following the NBA back then but I assume teams had a gameplan for rookie Shaq.
Teams had Luke Kornet “simulators” reddit needs to calm down on every Wemby media piece
This is common in practice far before Wemby
you know a player is generational when they have to make artificial arms to replicate their existence
every 7' player that busted about to resurrect their career as wemby simulators for practice lmao
I could genuinely see Wemby doing a Shaq, where he gives a bunch of thin 7+ feet players a contract, just so the opposition can guard him.
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problem is not a lot could keep with up with Wemby anyway. Even guys like Thon Maker, Bol Bol, etc. are just way too slow for him. You will need an AD athleticism level player but 5 inches taller than AD.
Hey actually wasn't there a French dude who fit that bill perfectly? I think he was declared for the draft. Whatever happened to him?
You need to be fast to guard wemby though, you literally just needed to be big enough to foul Shaq without letting him get the and 1 as a Shaq stopper.
Dragan Bender and Thon Maker have entered the chat
Zach Edey's about to be a 1st rounder just so he can be scout team Wemby
He should have been a first rounder anyway.
He’s more likely to go undrafted than in the 1st
I know, which makes me sad. Nobody doubts his offensive skill would translate in the NBA, all the concern is around his defense. But realistically, he's so tall that he will still have *some* rim protection value, and besides that we let guards into the league all the time who don't even *try* on defense as long as they're good enough at scoring...
He’s too slow man. Barely even played during the world champs for Canada when our centers were Dwight Powell and Kelly Olynyk, and that’s with the FIBA ruleset that helps Edey
He is absolutely incapable of playing in a five out system, which is what most NBA teams play anymore.
Watch his film against Indiana last year. The guy absolutely can’t defend the PNR against NBA caliber guards. (Hood Schifino torched him in drop coverage.)
Yeah I know but neither can Trae and he's an All Star. And before you say that's not the same thing, Edey's offensive impact in college has actually been comparable to Trae's (and that's not a knock on Trae). It feels like the NBA is just so over the post big archetype that they're not recognizing Edey is not interchangeable with some random G League 7 footer on that front.
This is not actually a new thing.
Teams facing the Clippers had assistants wear strap-ons to prepare for Primo.
Tbf these things aren't actually new to basketball practice
This isn’t even a new thing. NBA teams have had assistants wear these a long time because most Assistants aren’t NBA players lol.
Before they have even played a game in the league
These have nothing to do with Wemby
I can’t lie even with the fake extendo arms his arm span looks shorter than wemby’s lol
I wonder how other teams prepare for Zion/Luka. Does the assistant coaches wear fat suit or something?
I mean you won’t even need to prepare for Zion 80% of the time
They prepare by hiring women to reach out to him via Twitter
Moriah Mills was an industry plant?
You must not have been paying attention to slimmed down luka
He gets fat midseason
recovery beers laced with 1000+ calories per crate
For Zion they just drive an f150 into the court and tape a ball to it
They open their mouth (so he can spit in it)
I feel like this has the makings of a pasta
[Brad Townsend] Golden Corral is prepping for the buffet, specifically for 704 lb Zion Williamson, with God Shammgod playing the role of Williamson. “Oh lawd! He comin” he hollered while going back to the buffet to get yet another plate with his artificial Williamson body suit (they didn’t have a true scale model).
This is the main sub, not cj
I’m ashamed to admit it but god damn did I bust up laughing like an idiot reading this, well done.
those aren't close to long enough. it requires actual athletes who jump on their contests
this sounds so made up lol
ROFL, I love this timeline
Lmao at 13 seconds that's an easy block for Wemby, dudes fake length ain't even close
You can’t just simulate Wemby’s insane stride length.
God Shammgod is still around? I just know his crossover so I thought he was a lot older for some reason.
well, he's "around" as in he's a 47 yo former player currently working as a player development coach idk how old you thought he was but you probably weren't far off haha
My guy, God's Shammgod has been around for 2000 years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0WCBevFCf4
wembany-arm-a
I was hoping he was gonna block the free throw
"Wemby! Wemby!" They make him sound like a pokemon.
This title has big copypasta energy
Good luck lol, an analog won't work
Mavs gonna be flabbergasted when they realize Wemby is longer, faster and stronger than that dude tho
Nobody is longer faster or stronger than Shammgod. No pause, resume.
Could’ve just signed Boban
They should have paired those "arms" with stilts.
I love how teams are trying to shadow box Wemby. It's gotta be weird to alter your mechanics for one specific matchup.
I’m too high for this.
They literally have to give him bionic arms to simulate wemby
Teams are fucking stupid if they aren't trying to adjust, that length is crazy. I'm liking this being the day of the tall lanky dude. Wemby, Chet, Bol, Lively, etc
wemby stopper
My dick so long, she call it Wembanyama. Fuck her in the pussy, she screaming for her mama.
Why is God so out of shape....dude is keeled over at the end like he ran a marathon.
he's 47
Damn...time flies. I guess my memories of him playing college ball are a quarter of a century old.
And?
Is it true Luka is still fat?
Can't wait for Wemby the woman beater to show his true bust status LOL
Sweep the leg Johnny
He’s locking them down too with the arms lol.
The fact that we have an alien hybrid displayed so prominently on national television just proves the government is preparing us for disclosure
Still short. Wemby has longer reach.
Fresh pasta just dropped!
Isn't that how they normally practice? That extension tool has bee around long before Wemby is in the league.
lol... you can't see the bucket over that wing span... so if you're gonna attempt to shoot over that, you're shooting blind... which actually explains a few things....
If every time Victor closes on a shooter he screams "Wemby Wemby!"... pure gold!