Transcript
Justin Varier (0:00)
Foreign. Hello and welcome to Group Chat. I am Justin Varier, and joining me, Rob Mahoney. The great Rob Mahoney. Does that honorary title come with, like, a sash or maybe like the key to the east side of Los Angeles?
Rob Mahoney (0:28)
I think you have to tell me because you literally just made it up. So what are you giving me?
Justin Varier (0:32)
I've heard that on many a podcast.
Rob Mahoney (0:34)
Come on. Come on.
Justin Varier (0:35)
You're. You're great.
Rob Mahoney (0:36)
I am merely regular Rob Mahoney here to talk today about some unfortunately irregular NBA teams. But it's that point in the season, Justin, you know, we got to dispense with these teams that we're not going to be talking about for a while.
Justin Varier (0:48)
That's right. We're going to be talking about the Western Conference edition of our say One Nice Thing series. We did the Eastern Conference team, the bottom five in the east on Monday. We're going to do the bottom five of the west now on here on Thursday, just you and I. But first, we got to talk about something that isn't bad. We got to talk about something that's potentially historically great already, which is Victor Webanyama, who last night put up 41 as if it was nothing. I think for a while now, we've kind of talked about the Wemby come up. He's made multiple leaps, it feels like, in the season, making a real run for MVP and is very proud of the fact that he is very much in the thick of this race. We'll talk about that, what, probably next week or the week after, we'll make our actual picks. My thing last night that really jumped out to me is like, I almost feel like I can't miss a Wemby game at this point. It's becoming very Steph Curry prime. Like, where it's like, this is appointment viewing no matter who he's playing against.
Rob Mahoney (1:49)
Yeah, I mean, he has something similar to Steph in just a weird, counterintuitive way where when you would watch Steph play, I would say, especially when he's really cooking, whether that's in his prime or kind of one of these later career games where he just absolutely goes off. There's that, like, background feeling of at any point he could spring around a screen and get a three. Like, he could be open. It doesn't matter who has the ball, doesn't matter what a possession looks like. At any moment, something exciting could happen. And Wemby, I feel like, brings a lot of that same high drama to defense. And it's like if he's on the floor. We've seen him cover so much ground. We've seen him block a Kevin Durant turnaround. We've seen him blow up things at the rim. We've seen him take away three pointers. Like, it feels like he can get to anything. Anything. And so every time I'm watching him, it's like there is a step factor of like, could an amazing play happen at any time? And also kind of a Yanis factor as far as like, how much ground he can cover very quickly and what looks like a layup could suddenly be a dunk. I don't know how you tune out on this guy. I don't. I don't know how you would, you know, whatever you think of him as a player or the spurs and their contending chances, it feels like as a, as an aesthetic product, Justin, as if as a basketball experience, he should have kind of a universal approval rating. The Ringer NBA show is brought to you by FanDuel. The NBA post season is here and FanDuel knows the only thing better than watching your favorite team win is winning along with them. FanDuel is the best place to bet the teams, players and plays during their playoff run. Build the same game parlay or try live betting and jump in after tip off. Don't forget, with FanDuel you get paid instantly when you win. Download the FanDuel sportsbook app now and play your game 21 plus in select states 18 plus for DC, Kentucky or Wyoming a gambling problem? Call 1-1-800, gambler, call 1-887-897777 or visit ccpg.org chat in Connecticut.
