My thoughts on Chris Paul to the Spurs
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- Опубликовано: 24 авг 2024
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Bro still can't pronounce Victor's name correctly
He calls Wembanyama "Wembyana". I wish people who have a problem with the name would just stick with "Wemby". If Steven A already knows but doesn't care, then that's just disrespectful.
On purpose a la Barkley
He did say his name wrong and (Stephen A Smith) is a so called professional asking ESPN for 25 Million A Year and can't pronounce a Professional Basketball Players name correctly fumbling at the mouth.
I like this move for Stephon Castle to learn from an OG
At this point this is disrespectful to not saying someone’s name correctly for so long 🤦♂️🤦♂️
He still says ''Luka Donchick,''
Yea it’s pretty crazy how paid professionals can’t pronounce names of superstars. I understand if it’s some young role player whose name isn’t mentioned much .
The only names he doesn’t know how to pronounce right are Europe players!!
@JG-mg3if Nah, he doesn't pronounce African names well. Wembanyama is an African name. It's a Congolese name.
@@wisdomenake242 He does it all the time and not only with African or Eastern Euro players. I heard him few times saying Pelinker instead of Pelinka 😄
One year later and Stephen A STILL can't say the second 'M' in Wembanyama😂
Is it intentional?
Can't say Luka Dončić either - can only say Luka Dončik 😂
Flight calls them Wet Bananas and Donakik 🤷🏾♂️😂
Just call the Guy Wemby for Gods sake. 🤦🏻♂️
😂 "Everyone knows it's Wemby" - Rob Parker
Wembanyama is the real deal
@@PIP-cw7qe yepper
Perhaps Chris Paul has accepted that ring-chasing is not what he wants to do. Instead, helping develop a future MVP is a better legacy for him at this time. Just as he did with SGA in his second year.
No, he can play he just needs to stay healthy for a whole season to get his body going.
championships are cheesy as heck. most of these sporting leagues are rigged to once extent or another
@@SavingSoulsMinistries championships generate $$ for those teams/players, CP3 with 2 rings /2 FMVP would make so much more $$ off court he wouldnt need big contracts
@@UnconventionalReasoning CP3 wants to make an impact, he can still play and isnt playing second fiddle to nobody, he hated his time @ GS .
SAS you Can’t even say his name right. Have some respect
It's not that serious call the police 😂😂😂
@@user-se7hf3vm3vit’s actually concerning the dude is basically a journalist.
Don’t tell me that every white journalist can pronounce his name but somehow he can’t.
That’s always always the same who get away with being disrespectful.
That's typical of Americans and their education system 😂😂😂
He pretends to be smart or he’s pretending to be dumb or both
Americans have a natural disposition to botch foreign names... it's uncanny
You get paid to talk. You know how to say his name Stephen A.
You don’t get paid for your opinion yet you still give it 🤔
@@Peewyld cringe but good try
@@JOGuac you cringe at the truth 🤔
@Peewyld an opinion is saying "this video was boring". I gave a fact saying Stephen A doesn't pronounce Wemby's name right. Just like everyone else is. Hop off weirdo.
@@Peewyld Glazing racist Stephen.A os another level mate
I'm sure CP3 could have gone to the Nuggets, Sixers, Knicks etc and chased a ring.
I admire the dude since he's going to a basketball situation that is beneficial for the team even though there is little chance for a title.
He’s been ring chasing since he left the clippers I think he gets the notion that he’s not winning a chip and rather just help younger players
I mean as a ring chaser he would have gotten 10-15 minutes a game. In the Spurs they get 25 minutes a game and actual importance
Knicks hell no
@@Banga267 hes gotten traded every time lmao not his choice where to go
@@anders8096 right? this was the first time he left in free agency lmaooo
Chris Paul did turn around a Phoenix Suns team in one year. This spurs team is a lot more raw but if wemby keeps improving and Paul can stay on the floor, a play in or a low seed isn't surprising to me
SAS, just say Wemby and save yourself the embarrassment.
Lmao.
With Paul’s track record they will make the playoffs. And he’s gonna get big fella the ball no diddy. He’s gonna advance these young men’s careers.
😂😂
He for sure will be helpful. But idk about playoff come on. Maybe be by play in but really we shouldn’t hope so much in 1 year
@@romanvercier3556 It'll be fun to watch either way
I agree play in @ 9/10 seed at best..I Love my Spurs but they didn't really do crap again in the off-season. @romanvercier3556
Spurs have always picked good veteran players. The media makes San Antonio look like a waste of time. The media along with ESPN only likes the Lakers and Boston. Give every team there props
Great take by Stephen A SNith
Excellent move, CP3 is a well respected seasoned professional and future Hall of famer and being able to mentor the young Frenchman will be a blessing.
Forgot the Lakers circus 🎪 and do something of sustance.
Set aside Smith's refusal to pronounce "WembanyaMA" correctly (clearly intentional at this point), does he even know that RC Buford isn't the Spurs GM anymore? Yes, he still has input, but Brian Wright is the one ultimately working these transactions. Also, I think Chris Paul is also considering his life after playing is over, and if coaching is something that he wants to pursue (and he's such a live-eat-breathe-sleep basketball head, I think it is), mentoring under Pop is the smartest, best thing he could be doing, and shows how serious he is about it.
Chris Paul is going to average 17 assists a game
"Say my name" !
"You're WembanyaMa"
"You're god dam right"!
It’s YAMA BRO NOT YANA!! Playing playing!!!
Stephen…. It’s “WembanyaMA”. Not “WembanYANA”. You can say it correctly with some practice.. :)
Tbh, every americans say it wrong with the A in wembAnyama, you have to say to first A like the two others, french pronunciation 😉
I'm a Spurs fan now lol
Everyone else got it right by now.....this jive turkey still saying WembanYANA lol. As far as Chris Paul is concerned, I am indeed surprised he chose the Spurs. But it's refreshing. He's had a great career and must obviously see an incredible opportunity to play with Wemby and have a role in his development.
I would love to see him play one year then be Pops’ lead assistant resulting in a championship all because of his mentoring VW and the rest of these young bucks, matter of fact he can be a player coach till that happens which should be sooner rather than later with him on the team
SAS just call him Wemby….. 2nd CP3 is simply not ready to give up an NBA paycheck. Pop is doing him a favor bringing him onboard. 3rd Spurs are gonna tank again this season because next year’s draft is supposedly really deep with potential star power. This is most likely Cp3’s last season
Spurs dont need to tank. Spurs already have 4 first round picks next year
@@r33th Still need to have their own pick in the first round.
@@r33th plus they wanna be in the top 3
@d_83nov78 Spurs are past the tanking phase. They will try to make the play in or possibly playoffs next season. Moving one of our 4 first round picks up in the draft is not worth throwing a whole season for. Spurs are already getting multiple first rounders next draft regardless
People can make issues out of anything, like pronunciation of a name
Wemby finished his rookie season before Stephen A Shit learned to say his name right.
Spurs will be Good 🏀
Can people learn how to say Wem-Ban-Yama correctly instead of muttering his name every time
please call his name correct....is it really that difficult ???? YAMA....YAMA
I'm not surprised that he can't say his name, it's the same guy that said a football team should kick a field goal on 3rd down so if they miss it, they can try again on 4th down
When is Zion and Ja Morant coming back to the NBA?
People forget that the Suns were extremely close to winning it all a few years back.
Wish Lakers could have got him. Tired of DLo. Need a pg that can dribble, playmake, and defend. We don’t have any those things. DLo was our best shooter last year but he doesn’t do anything else. Honestly would rather keep Vincent over Russell because Vincent can shoot at a decent percentage and is a smart help and pick n roll defender. Honestly at this point, trading for Trae or Donovan is unrealistic. Would love to get Tyus Jones, Collin Sexton, or even Dennis Shroeder in a trade. We can’t continue to depend on Lebron at age 39 to be our point guard.
"Need a pg that can dribble, playmake, and defend"............CP3 can't do none of those things at a high level anymore.
"DLo was our best shooter last year but he doesn’t do anything else".............DLo was easily the best PASSER/PLAYMAKER in a lakers uniform not named LeBron James.
"Honestly would rather keep Vincent over Russell because Vincent can shoot at a decent percentage and is a smart help and pick n roll defender."...................Naw. I like Gabe but outside of defense, DLo is still the better option at point. When Gabe played, he was non factor offensively.
"We can’t continue to depend on Lebron at age 39 to be our point guard."...................Y'all don't. He plays off ball most of the time.
As bad as y'all want DLo gone......it's kinda challenging to replace his production because he was easily the 3rd most impactful player on the team.
..........casuals.
@@artmessiah83 Did you not watch the last season? Lebron and AR were the primary ball handlers. DLo is not a bad player at all, he is just a catch and shoot corner player, which is still effective. But he is not the one running plays besides when he gets into those occasional floaters and pick n rolls with Davis. And Chris Paul is not done yet, he will have a great effect on Wemby. Of course Paul didn’t look the same behind Curry, he played less minutes and was in a different style of offense. Warriors move the ball a lot and it doesn’t stick in one player’s hands. So Paul, being a great playmaker and passer, didn’t really fit that style. Spurs is a much better fit for him.
@@davidparks4835 yes I did……and from what just read, you didn’t at all.
-Most of Dlo’s 3s were on the move, pull ups that he created.
-the only time AR was the primary handler is when both lebron and DLo is NOT on the floor and when he did do it, he was terrible at it. AR is naturally a SG that occasionally cosplays as a PG whenever Dlo and LeBron are on the bench.
-no he did not run plays….but neither did Lebron or anybody else. One of Darvon Ham’s main critiques as a coach was his lack of running plays. The players mostly created the action.
-dlo's job wasn't just shooting 3s. His job was to help LeBron run the offense. Shooting 3s just happen to become his main thing because he was their best shooter by far.
-The Spurs did not sign CP3 to win games or become contenders. They signed him to help develop Wemby. He's still a brilliant basketball mind but reality, he's now a veteran backup PG on MOST teams.
@@artmessiah83 Look, I love your passion. But you are wrong. Just because DLo dribbles the ball up the court doesn’t mean he’s running plays. And Chris is a starter on many teams. It’s just that no one in their right mind would start someone over Steph. But I do agree that Reaves is not a good ball handler. I like his ability to draw fouls when he’s running the offense but he gets too many turnovers. You are right about that.
They're definitely winning next year. Wemby is going to be three times as good as his peak last season, with a way better team of vets and young talent. It's happening.
Chris Paul. The Man that wins in a losing effort.
As a Spurs fan, all I can say is...this is another sign that we are tanking next season!
Just say you are new to basketball
Spurs going to he playoffs this year
Chris Paul just said this almost word for word in the SA press interview an hour ago. I wonder if he watched Stephen A?
Chris Paul would probably not be playing behind Harden, theyve played together before already, lineup would probably cp3 harden kawhi Derrick zubac
Lest not forget CP3 was the president of the National Basketball Players Association from 2013 to 2021.
Also, has also been selected to 12 NBA All-Star teams, 11 All-NBA teams, 9 NBA All-Defensive teams, & to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team.
He'd also be looking out retirement with Lebron soon looking at those numbers despite a career low in points this past season.
Chris Paul effect may not reflect next year YET but I'm telling you in 5 years picking up his brain now is a very BIG ASSET.😊
CP3 will get a ring. As a coach. Under the Pop tree.
Fire Stephen A Smith. He pretends to be intelligent, realizes he’s not, then starts yelling
It’s a mentorship role he knows that. Pop communicated ahead of time it’s the spurs way.
How will their opponents prevent Wemby from shooting 60% and CP getting 20 points and 20 assists per night? What kind of defensive scheme could they possibly employ and not get roasted?
Wemby is going to benefit big time playing with CP3 this upcoming season.,
You don't think he's there to take over as an assistant coach once he retires and possibly the head coach once pop retires 🤔
When SAS talks I “Yahna”
CP3 gon average 20 assists per game this season 🤣🤣
I'm very interested to see CP3 and Wemby hook-up, I think they will make it easier for each other
Win Bin Yama
Spurs need another veteran star to move the needle if not they’ll just add maybe 8-10 more wins than last yr
Harrison Barnes............
@@sevvenalphaomega6698 nah they need better than that
I think Spurs could be a playoff team this year and be contending in 3. Victor is going to get so many lobs with a proper PG.
You can’t say you want CP3 to compete for a championship and in the same sentiment wish CP3 went to the Clippers.
I see lob city 2.0 happening. I don’t see anyone stopping wemby from catching alleys.
CP3 will be waived by SA in February to sign with a contender. Is a win win for both.
😂 Spurs didn't release the back end of the rotation just to cut cp3 in February.... He's here to play teach and compete.
SAS acts like players should call for his approval before doing something...I guarantee Chris Paul doesn't give a crap what SAS thinks about where he signs.
CP3 is being brought in as more as a mentor for Wemby, Castle, and all of the young Spurs. He should definitely be starting and getting more opportunities than he did with the Warriors but I also think the Spurs will trade him to a contending team at the deadline for more draft picks/younger players. Even just half a season of Chris Paul will be paramount to the development of the Spurs' youngsters
Man we going to the playoffs this year watch we will win 50 games
If Spurs can get some competent shooters, Spurs can make some noise with Wemby n CP3
I think this is his transition into coaching ….6ers hoping for a mid season trade/late season buy out pick up
Chris Paul in LA again would be cool 💯 good luck to him on his new Journey in SAS
This makes them a playoff team and they can reach the conference finals instantly
This is a win win, this was the ONLY team where Chris was gonna be the starter or let alone get a good run of minutes. No one is expecting them to go all the way. As long as they improve and we see improvement in players, that's all that matter
Chris should have went back to Phoenix
Yeah they needed a point guard, but I think at this point he just wants to guide this young team to success and provide insight and wisdom at this point.
Worst deal ever and I am sorry for wemby 36 years old and a kid who does not have no strength, old man who doesn’t have any strength. What is the plan here make no sense. Last year they beat them because they don’t have men in the team. Don’t have the power to resist grown men.
Should have gone back to the Clippers
Spurs didn't get CP for Wemby. They got him for others guards, so Chris could show them how to pass the ball to Wemby.
It’s gonna be cool to see S.A !
It's sort of sad watching Chris Paul jump from team to team chasing that ring...
I need a nap.
“WembanyaNa” drives me crazy
People forget that cp3 was all nba 2 years ago
Hes 39 Steve wtf are you expecting? His championship window has closed. Hes at the mentor stage now and has been for like 5 years
He literally led a team to the finals in 2021 and then won 64 games the next year in 2022, a lot of people are gonna be surprised by San Antonio next year
@@JordonDuncs oh you mean when the entire western conference got hurt?
@@jaahnnnwell he could just sign a minimum contract with a contender to try to win a championship on someone’s bench but personally when Hall of Famers win titles like that it doesn’t make me rank them any higher all time because anyone can do that so I like him going to the Spurs and helping Wemby more than the idea of him ring chasing.
@@jaahnnn CP3 got hurt in the 2015, 2016, and 2018 playoffs when his teams had legit chances to win it all so it goes both ways. Injuries come with the territory
@JordonDuncs 2021 was way more than usual tho. Joe Johnson was Celtic that season bro
CP3 is an excellent fit can teach everyone a lot now they need to try get another top 25 player hopefully.
I wonder if he’ll spend the end of his career learning to coach from pop? Would be nice to see him win a chip as a coach when he couldn’t as a player
I feel he's assuming defeat by going to the Spurs. He's giving up on a championship run. Also Chris is known for his mouth which can be good OR bad for the Spur's young talent. This can blow up quick.
This could be good, even if he gets hired on there coaching staff. CP3 a great mind in basketball
Winning matters. CP Zero rings might become a hero if he manages to squeeze 1 in (playing with a generational freak) - but this Point God crap needs to stop.
He’s still a HOF
We need to stop being quite so fixated on winning.
Yup how you a god with 0 rings
He went there for the big ol' women!
CP should of went to the Nuggets or the Celtics or even the NYC
CP3 shouldn't have gone to the warriors in the first place, 🙄 I hope he gets a ring before he retires wish he had gone back to LA to play with Tlue
I think Cp3 will have above average numbers because he has the experience and so much attention is on Wemby, it's free game, spurs need , DeRozan or Lauri, one more decent Vet and it's game over for the league 🎉🎉🎉
Harrison Barnes............
@@sevvenalphaomega6698 Yeah great pickup tbh
If Paul can stay healthy ? He’s gonna reopen the fountain of youth for himself playing with Wendy and company . Healthy ? He’s perfect for Wemby
“Point God”
Wemby is different, I don't think the cards for San Antonio are settled. CP3 is in a great place, money settled ( no state income tax). He's about to mentor champions.
WEM-BAN-YAMA……not YANA
Wembanyama is the next Goat
Ur the Goat
cp3 will probably play 40 games and end up in a coaching position soon. spurs will probably win 30 games next year. brian wright cant draft worth a squat so all those picks wont matter.
Great pick up For the Spurs they needed a hall of fame point guard and they got him now, Always been a huge Chris Paul fan since he was on the Hornets tearing shit up,. 🥷🏾🍾
How the hell can't he say his name. Wem Ban Yama
21 ppg
10 rpg as a rookie
Spurs are smart if we get one more key player it’s over for nba
Harrison Barnes............
It actually did happen bruh. He lost with the Suns. Probably won’t ever get back
I'm a die hard spurs fan, I get the chris paul signing, but ow can someone in chris paul who hasn't won anything ever do anything
This is Bias bcoz SAS=SAS
San Antonio Spurs=Stephen A. Smith😂😂😂😂😂
Spurs need one more key player watch us win it
Harrison Barnes............
Who won the title last year dude? A young team with not a ton of experience. Dont ever count out Pop and the Spurs.
I love this move but I thought Greg pop was this all time great coach, he couldn’t get those guys to play a bit better like PASS THE BALL TO WEMBY?
He can. Wemby has been there only one year and just because CP3 is there doesn't mean that pop is going to be doing nothing.
@@Skeeters-sweater yea but unless they intentionally tanked we’ll be saying cp3 helped him not pop
SAS,is a black; Skipp Bayless😮
Wemby finna get the ball and avg 30 with CP as PG