Hour 2: Is It Fair to Question Wemby in Big Moments?
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🗓️ 11 June 2026
⏱️ 43 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Right everyone, this is not a drill. It's finally time to get match ready. We're bringing the big summer energy. With the incredible prices at ASDA, get ready for the match with a 55-inch sharp Roku, UHD TV, roll back from £348 to just £242, and get two for £20 across 20 different packs of beer and cider, like Corona and Budweiser. That's Asda Price. Selected stores in line, subject to availability, Corona 12 times 330 mil, Budweiser 15 times 440 mil. Exclude Scotland and Wales, Asda Express and small stores. See azda.com slash small stores. You don't want to miss this tomorrow. That guy right there. Maybe you've heard of Omet Johnson will be live in studio to go one-on-one with Stephen A with the Knicks on the cusp of ending their title drought. Tomorrow, 10 a.m. Eastern, you know where right here on ESPN. All right. During the break, we had a little bit of a discussion. Earlier, we were talking about who's more to blame on the Spurs. Is it perhaps De Aaron Fox in the point guard, or is it maybe Wemby the big guy? |
| 0:57.3 | Well, these two went to the Rolodex in their phones, and watch what happened. |
| 1:02.4 | I said, yo, don't come to me about the defense. |
| 1:05.3 | I understand the defense. |
| 1:07.9 | What spoke that game yesterday? |
| 1:09.3 | Was it the defense or the point guard? The poor general, to calm the waters? I put that on Deer and Fox. I would say, you got to manage the game. Hello? Hello? This is Chris Paul. This is Chris Ball. Yeah, the Spurs game. Hold on. Go ahead. What Rondo say? Hello. That's all I'm trying to say, see. |
| 1:45.7 | It was, he said, he said it was a combination of both. I don't want to hear that. He said it was a combination of both. That's what he just said. Hey, no, appreciate it. Get back to work. Boy, I love you. I'm going to call you later, all right? He said it was a combination of both. So we both right. It never ends here. |
| 1:46.9 | The Morris twins are here now. |
| 2:17.5 | This is what they're doing in the break. The conversation cannot just end. To see y'all, baby. Now we're all coupéya. Now we're all coupéya. So if I know you two got a lot of people on your phone. If things goes off the rails, you can phone a phone. I just want everybody to know. Usually we wouldn't do that, but you know, they didn't say anything because Big Perk was right. They basically agreed it was all of that, but I wanted everybody to know that that was the point God that I was talking to, you understand, educating us. And Rondo ate two damn slots and a damn slot. They're a champion. and one of a great boy, God. I'm like, two Hall of Famous. Like, excuse ain't two damn slots. Ain't a damn slot to say a champion. |
| 2:35.6 | One of a great boy cards. I'm like, two Hall of Famers. Like, excuse me, they would know. Point guard. We ain't just talking, you know. We steal in the knowledge. That's what we do. All right. Let's get back to the game. Here we go. Tough loss for Wemey and the Spurs, giving up the greatest comeback maybe in Spurs history. |
| 2:38.4 | Here's the Spurs back to the game. Here we go. Tough loss for Wemmy and the Spurs, giving up the greatest comeback maybe in Spurs history. Here's the Spurs star after the game. |
| 2:43.7 | Listen to this. I don't know about the emotions, but it was painful. Of course. |
| 2:53.1 | It feels like we're missing. We work too hard and give up our leads, you just as simple as that it's just it just hurts what's going through your mind right now what's going through my |
| 2:58.2 | mind right now i think it's going to go one or two ways one of two ways and a bad one and a good one |
| 3:04.2 | and i know the bad one would be giving up the good one would be getting getting stronger through this, getting more together. And I know this is what we're going to do. All right. Let's remember game two, Wemby struggled down the stretch. The turnover, missed shot. We remember it falling down essentially. Then last night, the two missed free throws. Now, I feel this is like this is a fair |
| 3:24.7 | question. Is it fair to question Wembe in big moments? Does he shrink a little bit in those |
| 3:29.5 | moments? Keith? I wouldn't call it shrinking, but it's just the light is bright. These are young |
| 3:35.1 | players. I know we talk about Wemby, he's one of the best players that ever played the game. I know |
| 3:39.9 | that that's thrown around because of his impact on the game today, but you know, you give him praise |
| 3:46.1 | when he play well, you got to criticize him when he play bad. All great players are criticized |
| 3:50.9 | in tough moments and for women to have as bad of a game late in the game like he did yesterday |
| 3:57.1 | and not be able to close it. I mean, you have to put it on him. He's, I would say, in the next 10 years, we'll be one of the guys that's the face of the NBA. So when things like this happen, it comes down to him. I mean, they could say DeAren Fox did some things at the end of the game, but Wimmy's the best player. He's the leader of the team. He has to make plays late in the game for them guys to win. Where was he in the fourth quarter last night, Marcus? Let me take a step back. I would disagree with the leader of the team. I think Darren Fox is the point guard. I think he is the one that needs to put guys in the right position. He's the oldest |
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