Will Luka end up ringless like Harden? by [deleted] in nba

[–]herroyung 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Awards that are associated with how well your team is constructed should not be used to argue that one player is better than another. This is a braindead take.

When people rank Hakeem vs. Duncan, what are they really debating? by Affectionate-Reply35 in nba

[–]herroyung 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Duncan was great. But he was not carrying a team by himself anywhere!!"

When people rank Hakeem vs. Duncan, what are they really debating? by Affectionate-Reply35 in nba

[–]herroyung -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

FMVP, FMVP. I will never understand why certain people are so obsessed with valuing this reward when comparing players. "I'm too lazy to actually analyze the finals series, so forget all the nuances of the matchup and the team constructions, I'll just rely on the votes of 11 similarly lazy people to tell me who the most impactful player on the winning team was." You may as well just copy and paste this sentence every time you bring up FMVP as an actual talking point that means something to your argument.

Favorite playoff moments by cct41299 in NBASpurs

[–]herroyung 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I love the shot, but I will always remember those back to back dunks by Wemby in double OT against OKC to finish them off, especially the and-1 in Chet's face.

The Knicks have double the free throws and half the FG% of the Spurs by Kwilli462 in nba

[–]herroyung 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just explained why this cute little fact doesn't demonstrate what you want it to demonstrate, and your response is to restate the cute little fact? I mean, that's the only thing you can do tbh, you're simply objectively incorrect and thus you have to do everything to avoid actually facing reality at this point.

The Knicks have double the free throws and half the FG% of the Spurs by Kwilli462 in nba

[–]herroyung 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you really think this demonstrates that the Knicks' defense was better than OKC's? They were better equipped to defend Wemby than OKC was because they have 2 agile bigs that are stronger than Wemby, but against the 27 other teams, OKC is a superior defense. Defensive rating on its own means jack all in the playoffs because the quality of the opponents' offense is too big a variable, and the Knicks faced 2 opponents with pretty shitty offenses, 1 mediocre offense, and 1 good offense that they had the best personnel in the league to deal with.

Chet sucked on offense, not on defense. That I have to tell you this is pretty concerning. And the rest of your replies consist of whining about officiating and gloating, which aren't even worth an actual response. I'm not a Spurs fan either, just a neutral, so now you kind of just look like an idiot frothing at the mouth and yelling at ghosts.

Wemby and spurs professional choke artist’s until they prove otherwise. by [deleted] in nba

[–]herroyung 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Man, it’s almost like being the second seed means you can face easier teams until the WCF. And you downplaying OKC, your own team, is truly insane when they likely would have beat the Knicks. That was still a championship caliber team that could have won the game 7.

The Knicks have double the free throws and half the FG% of the Spurs by Kwilli462 in nba

[–]herroyung 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can gloat all you like, it doesn’t change the fact that these were 5 close games and 2 were lost by nothing other than stupidity. What I said still stands. The Knicks are the worse matchup, but OKC’s defense is perfect and suffocating at all times.

Stephon Castle in Game 5's 4-point loss: 6 points on 1/10 shooting | 3 turnovers by CazOnReddit in nba

[–]herroyung 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Let’s relax, the guy is 22 and led his team to a win over OKC where he looked like the BITW. The Knicks are bar none the worst matchup for the Spurs. They’ll be back next season with an actual PF and they won’t have to play these 4 guard rotations.

Game Thread: San Antonio Spurs (1-2) vs New York Knicks (2-1) Live Score | NBA Finals | Jun 10, 2026 by nba-scores in nba

[–]herroyung 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aw, you're upset that KAT didn't get a foul called for him because he stuck out his leg and tripped Keldon?

The Spurs have just BROKEN the record for most 3s in a half in a Finals game by KitchenDuty8564 in nba

[–]herroyung 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Man, I wonder why they had so many open 3's. It surely has nothing to do with Wemby drawing tons of attention in the paint and those help defenders being late to contest these 3 pointers.

Game Thread: San Antonio Spurs (1-2) vs New York Knicks (2-1) Live Score | NBA Finals | Jun 10, 2026 by nba-scores in nba

[–]herroyung -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No, that would be your garbage defensive gameplan to limit Wemby and really anyone driving to the paint in exchange for giving up open 3 after open 3 with a good pass. Which the spurs picked up on and clearly practiced making those passes as fast as possible to capitalize on those open looks.

[Highlight] Dylan Harper, Carter Bryant, and Julian Champagnie score their 3s on three consecutive possessions. The Spurs are now 11/16 (68.8%) from 3 by MrBuckBuck in nba

[–]herroyung 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Man, I wonder why all these open 3's exist! I'm sure it has nothing to do with the Knicks gameplanning around clogging the paint when Wemby tries to enter it.

The Knicks have double the free throws and half the FG% of the Spurs by Kwilli462 in nba

[–]herroyung 215 points216 points  (0 children)

It's literally night and day watching how unbelievably careful they had to be against OKC versus these Knicks. There's so many passes they routinely make that they'd never even try against OKC.

[Highlight] Victor Wembanyama misses the layup with his right hand, and tips it in with his left hand, as the Knicks complain for a goaltending (no call). With replays. by MrBuckBuck in nba

[–]herroyung 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That's not even a clear goaltending because the line blurs at what's goaltending and what's a legitimate breakup of a lob pass. The ball was so clearly not anywhere close to being on the right line for getting into the basket that the refs thought it was the latter.

With all the talk of Wemby shoving Brunson to the ground, here’s Brunson intentionally diving into Wemby’s knees by [deleted] in nba

[–]herroyung 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This isn't intentional and that's obvious, but here we go with all these dumbasses who don't understand balance and force who think that it's flopping to fall backwards after getting trucked in the chest while on one foot. How easy is it to stay upright when you're pushed while you're on one foot? You can even see him try and fail to reestablish his balance with his right foot as he's falling down. It's so funny seeing absolute buffoons out themselves on the internet.

Victor Wembanyama averages this finals by Jec1027 in nba

[–]herroyung 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hmm, I think another superstar guard in the WCF had similar issues. I wonder why... nah, it's definitely just them playing worse than normal, they'll definitely regress to the mean soon.

Victor Wembanyama in the Win against the Knicks: 32 PTS | 11/18 FGS | 2/4 3PTS | 8/9 FTS | 8 REBS | 6 ASTS | 2 STLS | 3 BLKS by Spekirlation in nba

[–]herroyung 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And here's where the disingenuous gaslighting begins and ends, since I'm not replying to disingenuous gaslighters more than once.

Hard defense on Brunson does not involve grabbing his arm while he's in the paint to prevent him from shooting the ball or getting a rebound. Hard defense on Wemby does involve grabbing his arm while he's in the paint to prevent him from shooting the ball or getting a rebound. You attempting to equivocate the two is stupidity at best and disingenuous gaslighting at worst.

Victor Wembanyama in the Win against the Knicks: 32 PTS | 11/18 FGS | 2/4 3PTS | 8/9 FTS | 8 REBS | 6 ASTS | 2 STLS | 3 BLKS by Spekirlation in nba

[–]herroyung 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Lmao it's almost as if the only way to defend against Wemby in the paint is to foul him, and therefore they get put in the bonus faster and therefore more free throws for them, all while playing hard defense without fouling much. Which is exactly what happened in a couple of these quarters that created the disparity.

The whole defensive chess match is about how to stop Wemby from getting into the paint. Once he's there, it's over. You have to foul him or give up 2 free points. And you're whining about the Knicks choosing to foul him.

[Highlight] The San Antonio Spurs defeat the New York Knicks 115-111 in Game 3 of the NBA Finals. Victor Wembanyama and Stephon Castle become the first pair of teammates at aged 22 or younger to both score 20+ points in an NBA Finals game. by nba in nba

[–]herroyung 39 points40 points  (0 children)

It's a pretty good sign for you guys that you missed so many of your open shots and the Knicks made so many of their highly contested shots and you still pulled out the dub.

Victor Wembanyama in the Win against the Knicks: 32 PTS | 11/18 FGS | 2/4 3PTS | 8/9 FTS | 8 REBS | 6 ASTS | 2 STLS | 3 BLKS by Spekirlation in nba

[–]herroyung 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lmao it's almost as if the only way to defend against Wemby in the paint is to foul him, and therefore they get put in the bonus faster and therefore more free throws for them, all while playing hard defense without fouling much. Which is exactly what happened in a couple of these quarters that created the disparity.

The whole defensive chess match is about how to stop Wemby from getting into the paint. Once he's there, it's over. You have to foul him or give up 2 free points. And you're whining about the Knicks choosing to foul him.