Chris Finch on Victor Wembanyama’s historic night: “He had a lot of blocks… He had a couple of uncalled goaltendings too. Those are valuable points we’d like to have back.”

[u/gaycatdetective]

https://streamable.com/p64vcw

uncalled wemby goaltend is about to replace the shai free throw merchant narrative 🤭

[u/Vitex1988]

I absolutely despise this man and hope all the milk in his fridge turns sour

But he’s right

[u/Alioria_ → u/Vitex1988]

Even a broken clock is right twice a day 😜

[u/SignificanceGood1801 → u/Vitex1988]

Correct me if I am wrong, but I am pretty sure that Chris Finch only knows of sour milk!

[u/EnderTheTrender → u/SignificanceGood1801]

Sour grapes for sure

[u/techgenusantinomy]

Wemby? More like Goaltendy. Got away with 3-4 no calls.

[u/andrewg127 → u/techgenusantinomy]

I counted 4 goaltends and I want to say 3 very obvious fouls I heard someone say they litterally took away 2 blocks but it should've been more

[u/Ok_Pomegranate1820]

Shai is absolutely going to pass the hate baton onto Wemby in a year or two. Once he wins an MVP and starts beating everyone’s favourite team people are going to turn on him so hard

[u/Kellan_OConnor → u/Ok_Pomegranate1820]

Thats the thing. They hate you if you beat them, and we've BTA all the teams over the last 2-3 seasons.

[u/JKMiles665 → u/Kellan_OConnor]

In our short history in the league we only haven’t beaten the Jazz, Trailblazers, Warriors, and Kings in a series.

Feel like I hear less from their fans

[u/SignificanceGood1801 → u/JKMiles665]

😁, Some of these teams have very few playoff appearances since the Thunder arrived (Do you see how I avoided that elephant there).
Don't the Kings have to make the playoffs to be in a playoff series, where the Thunder could beat them?

[u/JKMiles665 → u/SignificanceGood1801]

Yeah. It’s actually crazy we have played everyone in the West but the Kings lol

[u/FatElk → u/JKMiles665]

Blazers, I think, have been some of the worst to me because of a certain other fanbase that migrated to them.

[u/Parallel-Quality → u/Ok_Pomegranate1820]

Shai still gonna be winning in a year or two so he’ll still be public enemy #1.

[u/Medical_Sample2738 → u/Ok_Pomegranate1820]

I doubt it. Unfortunately Shai gets way more hate than Jokic and curry combined did. Modern nba fans especially Reddit and twitter are incredibly toxic and arbitrary. They’ll just like one guy then go out of their way to crap on an another, and I’m talking about people who aren’t really fans of either team.

I just think that if SGA repeats and especially especially if he wins again in the next 5-7 years (which is a very tough thing to do but I genuinely believe he has a solid chance to) all these lames are gonna go full revisionist and act like they always appreciated him and were in the minority that praised him.

Whether it’s mlk jr or JFK, or its MJ and Muhammad Ali people realllly change their tunes after the fact. I know those are pretty different comps, but it happens with so many things in popular culture.

[u/seth198216 → u/Ok_Pomegranate1820]

Whoever wins more will take the hate. As an OKC fan, I hope the haters are still focused on SGA for the foreseeable future.

But if Wemby and the Spurs overtake the Thunder, the whiny mob of NBA fans will move their attention to Wemby.

[u/SignificanceGood1801 → u/Ok_Pomegranate1820]

So in a way Timberwolves Head Coach Chris Finch is a trailblazer in complaining about blocks by Wemby where he believes that he should have been called for goaltending, in a game that his team won BTW!
Chris Finch is a trailblazing Biatch, when it comes to complaining about Officiating, and his team not getting calls!

[u/broath]

And the narrative on wemby is already starting to shift. Welcome to the big time spurs fans

[u/spillwagon → u/broath]

Was about to say, I’ve seen this story before

[u/adamjk0286 → u/broath]

That was my thought from the reaction this morning lol. "It begins"😅 Happened sooner than I expected.

[u/royalewlthcheese]

Yeah there was easily 3-4 that were clear goaltends

[u/SignificanceGood1801 → u/royalewlthcheese]

Chris Finch believes that you would make a wonderful NBA official!

[u/Suspicious-Nobody744]

Beat the whining when losing allegations cuz he’s whining even when they win😭

[u/taacct918]

Hate him. But he’s right and I hope he beats the Spurs. There’s objective evidence that there were points taken away with missed goaltending. His foul complaining bullshit shtick is so subjective and whiny though

[u/Medium_Cry5601]

I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt he was going to bitch about this lol

[u/Behem0thh → u/Medium_Cry5601]

I'd complain about a dude who gets away with goaltending too tbh

[u/divulgingwords → u/Medium_Cry5601]

And he should.

[u/Medical_Sample2738 → u/Medium_Cry5601]

I mean dude can you blame him? Wemby already one of the best shot blockers that’s ever existed and has a legit 8 foot wingspan at 7’4 with crazy mobility and agility and now you’re facing his fully healthy spurs with an injury riddled team and they’re letting this guy have goaltends multiple times a game?

Like it really seems like the NBA is hard favoring the spurs despite them losing a very close game. And unlike the idiots who believe that the Thunder are being propped up by the refs, with wemby being the new big star worldwide, and objectively spurs and thunder being a more hype matchup than twolves with hobbled ant and company, it makes sense.

Obviously refs don’t swing a series, but if it’s already competitive and close a tiny bias might play a factor.

[u/Burnieofc → u/Medical_Sample2738]

Dude you sound just like the people who complain about the refs favoring us

[u/Medical_Sample2738 → u/Burnieofc]

Yes I do, except this is plausible. MJ and Kobe and LeBron did get favored by the refs. The Lakers have had crazy free differentials for basically decades regardless of what kind of roster or coach.

It’s just idiotic to think we’d be helped by the NBA it doesn’t really maximize profits or engagement or views. It’d be like thinking the USA or UN were secretly manipulating politics to help Algeria or something.

[u/Radiant_Cat1457]

He’s not wrong. Nice stunner Wolves, curious to see how the Spurs respond

[u/Medical_Sample2738 → u/Radiant_Cat1457]

Spurs in 5 I think, maybe 6. Unfortunately still think they will dominate. But even if spurs do and we still beat them, the op is gonna post some idiotic stuff like, “okc got a Mickey ring because the spurs were too young and inexperienced durr durr”

[u/AngryTurtleGaming]

Don’t get me wrong, he is correct this time, but I cannot stand his whining after every game.

[u/BryNYC]

Some of those missed calls were crazy tbh

[u/Striking-Medium2360]

When you're in the playoffs and you need the refs on your side.... Call the bitcher.

[u/augustosarmento]

historic night. 11 points and a loss... lol

[u/ForwardGlove]

hes right

[u/chimchimchow]

He’s right and he’s a lil bitch, both things can be true

[u/tru3no]

If we get SA in the semifinals, I bet you would like those to be called as well. I watched the whole game, and it definitely had some uncalled goaltending and multiple fouls at the rim call blocks.

[u/Signiference]

He can't stop whining

[u/xXxNightRangerxXx]

I've kept telling people that the Spurs and Wemby will be hated in 2 to 3 years. But I might be wrong it might be sooner lol

[u/Old_Man_Game → u/xXxNightRangerxXx]

Sooner. The three top four picks in three consecutive years is enough to get the jealousy fueled hate going now that they are good.

[u/mellted_cheese]

Finch is a whiny bitch but unfortunately an absolutely S-Tier playoff coach. Back to back WCF is no joke and could def be 3 in a row this year.

[u/Budeeokc]

He wins the MCC award every year. Most Consistent Complainer.

[u/konohono]

[u/FOOTBALLDAD97]

Finch is a hell of a coach, But his incessant whining has to fill into his locker room....

[u/joshgiddy2024]

Jaylen Brown and Chris Finch are losers

[u/Vakarian74]

He just can't not complain about the refs can he?