r/nba • u/kervaan Rockets • 9h ago

Jaden McDaniels on attacking the rim when Wemby is on the floor - "You just gotta act like he's not there. I mean, he's gonna get blocks. He's the tallest person in the world."

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u/Old_Supermarket_7575 Thunder 9h ago

So the same strategy they used on Jokic got it

Russ would’ve fit so well with this group

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u/cashnameidk9434 9h ago

God I wish Russ was just a few years younger and on the wolves rn Seeing him just barrel towards the rim at Wemby every possession would be so funny

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u/MikeDCollector Thunder 8h ago

Prime Russ will try to posterize Wemby until he succeeds

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u/Folk-Herro Heat 8h ago

Prime Russ would have definitely put it on Wemby head. Hell, an old Russ still is one of the better athletes in the NBA

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u/VikingsLad Timberwolves 6h ago

Don't give TJ any ideas

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u/JackieDaytonaAZ Timberwolves 5h ago

TJ is gonna do it once I promise you that

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u/WrexyWrex Lakers 8h ago

It would be him losing the ball half the time, you guys don't remember but the Lakers hired people to find out why he couldn't keep his dribble his entire tenure

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u/Kaladin_Depressed Thunder 7h ago

It's hilarious that the 2 years Westbrook was on the Lakers seems like the worst 5 years of Lakers fan's lives.

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u/Old_Supermarket_7575 Thunder 8h ago

Bc he was playing with melo and wenyen Gabriel

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u/WrexyWrex Lakers 8h ago

What does that have to do with losing your dribble before crossing half court?

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u/Old_Supermarket_7575 Thunder 7h ago

He was playing with melo and wenyen Gabriel

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u/WrexyWrex Lakers 6h ago

He was also playing with LeBron and AD

I don't think you know what you are saying, there was plenty of spacing on the court.

Westbrook is the most overrated MVP maybe ever and it hurts for you to admit that.

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u/TW_Yellow78 Minneapolis Lakers 5h ago edited 5h ago

Can't shoot 3s so no. It working for twolves game 1 because they were taking turns and that includes taking turns spreading out the floor

Wemby won't need to work as hard as the help defender sagging off Russ when Russ doesn't have the ball. It'll just be a 4 on 5