Things Aren’t Looking Good for Chet Holmgren 

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You don’t need clickbait titles dude, we’re watching either way

It's insane how 2 rookies are averaging over 2.5 blocks a game.

Wemby with the 180 No Look blocks is wild

Wemby even better than advertised. The amount of times this guy does something I've never seen before.

I love that ben simmons will forever be catching strays

Sochan was never going to be turned into a PG, it was just to improve his game by forcing him to do the things he's never had to. I know Wemby is our number 1 pick with generational talent but he can't win alone. People seem to forget Sochan is younger than Chet, he didn't play a full season last year and he's already improved so much while always being asked to guard the other teams best player no matter their size or position. IMO the "experiment" worked as you can see the team improving. Wemby still gets winded not being used to the fast paced NBA game (especially the spurs) so he has to sit and it's in those minutes we lost games.. but lately you can see the improvement in pieces like Sochan who took over games when Wemby rested. Pop isn't worried about adding a championship to his hall of fame career, he's busy making sure the young players be the best versions of themselves so they can win even when he's no longer coaching.

Glad you made this video. It gives me just one more reason to get stoked for the future of the NBA. Their rivalry will push each other to great heights :)

Look forward to your videos every week man! Part of my routine now

I really love all the talent currently in the league but 1 thing I miss in the league that a lot of the young guys are missing is the insane competitive edge that pushed guys to accomplish things well above their skill level. I truly hope Chet and Wemby can bring this back to the league. Guys who say “I don’t care where I am and who’s on my team, I will figure out how to win” that we had in MJ, Kobe, Duncan, Dirk. Really missing that from the game

I love the mentality Wemby has. Him and Chet are the future for sure

2023 rookie class is going to go down as a legendary class. The production we have seen out of Wemby and a lot of other rookies this year is something I don’t think I have ever seen. The amount of talent we have seen from guys relatively late in the draft is insane as well. It’s awesome to see Chet compete with these guys for rookie of the year because this class is undeniably so much greater than last years.

Chet Holmgren is definitely a future NBA star, surely competing for the MVP race in four or five years from now. But Wemby is just incredible; as a complete rookie, he is already dominating the NBA (just feel how the opponents avoid the paint when he is playing and how they are coming back in it when he is on the bench); we can see that he is also progressing very quickly (last year in some games of french league, when guarded by experimented big guys, he could disappear during a long time; this year it didn't happen; he brings such an energy in every moment). He still struggle with his midrange shoot but he has taken more than 10 kg since the beginning of the season (his body is currently changing a lot). He explained during an interview that he has some problems with his shoot mechanic, explaining it with his body's changes. But as soon as his weight will stabilize a bit, he should improve his shoot drastically ! And he still need to work on specific moves that he will be able to reproduce game after game without any chance for the defender to block the shoot. As soon as he will masterize two or three "signature" moves, he will become very difficult to play against without trapping him with more than one defender. We just hope that the Spurs team will improve next year as it is currently very low in talents (they should trade Johnson, Mac Dermott, Osman. Vassel is a disappointment this season, hope he will improve). Trae Young would be one of the best player to put in the Wemby's team !!

I am french and huge fan of Wemby. So proud of him. From now I have to admit Chet impress me also. If the race finish today they will have to share the ROY trophy. But season isn't finished yet. We have the chance to witness what will be the most epic and fun rivalry in the coming season. Wemby vs Chet will be like Magic vs Bird soon.

One week it’s over for this nba player then next week it he’s a generational talent 🫠😂

One of the most underrated moved of the OKC last offseason is hiring Chip Engelland as their shooting coach. Chip is a long time coach for spurs, that helps Tony Parker, Danny Green, and Kawhi to a be an elite shooter. This is Chet’s secret of his efficiency. But imagined if he is coaching Wemby.

Hey Casey! I just wanna say love your videos you’ve been doing crazy numbers recently! Keep it up

Chet just scored 4pts, 7rebs in a loss to the Timberwolves. Add that to his back to back triple singles a couple of weeks ago and you know he already lost the ROTY. & Wemby is improving by the day.

I love that he’s not afraid of a rivalry. I don’t mind players being friends off the court. But we need rivalry in this sport.

Thank you for including that dig at Ben Simmons, that is always appreciated and encouraged.

In the end, both these guys are awesome talents. Hopefully the rivalry stays professional - no reason for it not to really.

And what's funny is that Victor is playing almost 2 minutes less than Chet, but is still averaging higher stats. If Victor continues to have higher averages than Chet on less or equal minutes and manages to boost his efficiency by a bit more, he will win ROTY guaranteed. And if he wins DPOTY on top of that, he might be one of the best rookies of all time next to Michael Jordan, LeBron, Tim Duncan, Larry Bird, and Magic.

Just entered ur page to see if theres a new vid and there was😂, always eat dinner with ur vids

These guys are both amazing. I'm happy to see where the league is going. Its refreshing to see 2 rookies fired up to play

You keep me informed, Thanks

I think an interview of Wemby sums it best. He said he is not in the league to make friends with opponents. He has that Jordan/Kobe mentality. When he stared at Chet, you could see Chet avoiding his eyes at all cost. That is an Alpha right there. A Lion staring at his prey. Year 3 of Wemby will be an MVP contender.

Chet is good but Wemby is just a crazy high potential superstar player.. imagine him playing in limited minutes and performing very well

Ben Simmons keep on catching strays 🤣😭

Yo the title of this video had me crazy worried 😳😳

Mildly interesting fact: Rookie of the Year has only gone to a player drafted lower than 6th five times in the last 48 seasons. It's only gone to a player drafted lower than 9th six times since they started giving out the award in 1952-53. Not super relevant here with these two but I thought it was kind of neat. The only rookie of the year drafted out of the top ten in the NBA right now is Malcolm Brogdon.

I think Chet is pretty happy to be #1 seed.

I'm about to start a youtube channel just to be that guy with regular ass zero clickbait titles lol

I like both of these two players, either who win both of them are great and going to be the face of the league when there time comes...

Wemby definitely in the driver's seat for ROY. Chet's numbers have gone down. At least OKC is the #1 seed now.

TBH I have no idea why the race between the two is even a question. Wembanyama is leading all rookies in (per game for all categories) PTS, REBs, STLs and BLKs whilst being 4th in ASTs. A stat record like this has never been done before, aside from maybe Wilt Chamberlain's rookie season (Mans won MVP). If anyone that was American put up such a monster season as a rookie and STILL didn't win ROTY, the whole NBA would come crashing down with claims of being rigged and biased. At this point the only people who vote Holmgren over Wemby are the ones with agendas and disregard the fact that the ROTY is supposed to be an individual exclusive award and not an award that accounts for team records/capabilites such as the MVP, DPOY and Rings.

2:15 "One problem!" I love the way he said this part.

Chet started the season with a higher floor, but after 1/2 way through the season it's become clear as day that Wemby has surpassed him, and obviously has a ceiling that is 2X higher as well. With that being said, he can be the perfect 3rd guy on a Championship OKC squad (Yes, Jalen Williams is/will be the #2)

I'm surprised Chet isn't a flop... He's better than I thought he would be🤷

Jesus, by the cryptic title of the video, i thought Chet had a heart attack or something. Not exactly click bait, but a little misleading and apocalyptic to say the least

Both guys are awesome. Whoever comes in 2nd should still feel really proud of themself.

He was just 2/4 (50%) against Wemby, while Wemby scored 7/15 (46%) on Chet?!?! I think this is a point for Chet. Not only did he score more efficiently in the 1v1 (yes, barely), but he was mature enough to look for the best play, and not the ego matchup.

I know how the rules work but to be honest if you miss a year and you come back your second year as a rookie, you aren't a rookie it's just not fair

since december 8th and the line up switch wemby's per 36 is 29 points 14 rebounds with 5 assists and 5 blocks..

Chet 150+blocks, 150+points, 150+threes. He’s the youngest player ever, to do this⚡️🔥

Man I just love em both, they're so neck and neck. And this is just the start. I cannot wait to see them both evolve.

Chet got the dog in him as he ain’t afraid to challenge anyone but Wemby got a little mamba in him.

I love okc and chets been awesome, but he realistically had mayed a 2% chance of winning ROTY. 1% Wemby got hurt, and 1% SGA and J-dub got hurt. Its a media award, and Wemby was already crowned before he stepped in the NBA. And sinvlce ROTY doesnt have the 65 game minimum like MVP, outside of Chet just absolutely going off after All star break, its over.

It's 100% Wemby. Chet Has PHYSICALLY/MENTALLY been on a NBA team for 2 years. He got hurt guarding LBJ in the preseason. STILL he was in practice and film sessions. Learning MORE. Plus Wemby playing 20 minutes a game. It's not even a race. Chet has a 6ft7 PG on the team

I hope this goes on until the end of the season. This is the best competition I’ve seen so far for the #NBA #ROTY. Gooooooooo #CHET!!!!! Gooooooooo #WEMBY!!!!!.😅

posting this right after okc lost to the pistons 😂

The worst part about this for Chet is that he wasn't even drafted in the class of Wemby but now he will be compared to him every step of the way and eventually Wemby will be a one of a king generational talent, and Chet will be the third best player in OKC

Seeing a rookie play angry and agggresive is the most awesome thing ever.

Wemby has the same fire in his belly like manu had in his day..: a champion fire within

In that Embiid 70 point game, Wemby wasn't even on the floor for half of the made field goals.

Chet shouldn't be eligible for ROTY because having a year to not just bond with the team, but to have access to their staff and facilities, is a completely unfair advantage, and anyone who says otherwise is dreaming. I realize it is the way the rules are, my argument is that the rules need to change. If you get injured and miss a year, then that goes in the tough luck bucket. TBH I was hoping chet would win because only with "the biggest prospect since Lebron James" missing ROTY to a second year player would they consider changing that rule.

It'd be actually dope if both Chet and Wemby win co-ROTY

Holmgren has the advantage of a bursting team, while Wembi is stuck with his tanking Spurs. I think this might also have a lot of impact on both players and there possibilities

I love Wemby's attitude. If he keeps it this way, he will get more better.

3rd option on OKC. I'd argue J Will is our number 2. I assume Chet would love to be rookie of the year, but I feel like winning is more important to him and he's been a perfect fit for OKC.

Chet 4 points against my wolves tonight too he hit the rookie wall, he’ll have a good game now and again but you can see the dawg just isn’t in him right now he’s playing tired and he seemed afraid to shoot

6:21 bro that’s insane dude didn’t even jump he legit can just drop the ball in the basket 😂

Clickbait

People bringing up efficiency and wins as the main point somehow forget about the best point guard, top 5 player in the entire league in SGA being the biggest reason why

What a time to be alive. If both can fulfill the expectations this could be one of the most entertaining rivalries ever. Imagine these 2 in their prime going face to face with each other in the playoffs.

just tonight Wemby did 22 points, 11 reb and 4 ass while Chet did 4 points 7 reb and whaterver, both did 3 blocks. Wemby is above 20ppg while Chet seems to be falling from 17 almost. If I were voting I would take in consideration that Wemby is doing all of that with much less help than Chet, being younger and being first year rookie for real. But hi's french, not American, same as what's going on with Luka and Embbid being trashed by media.

Man I agree with you 100% Wembenyama is so exciting

Wembanyama has benefited from the minutes restriction. He gets winded at the end of 24 minutes. When he's playing 6 minutes at a time, it keeps him fresh. When he plays long minutes, he struggles.

i think his match up with joel is what made him understand dominace

Another reason that I think Chet went down in the odds is cause he's kind of hit that rookie wall, over the past two weeks chet has averaged 12 and 8. Although the blocks are still there, his offense fell off a little.

Man I really hope San Antonio gets Lamelo Ball to run PG 🎉 that'll be a match made in heaven 🙏🏾

I love Victor's fire and passion looking for the competition

how do you compute who is leading?

I really like Chet, but last night Gobert showed him he has some stuff to learn still

I've been watching Oklahoma City all season and the team is definitely using chet homegren differently than they did at the beginning of the season and that is part of why he is struggling. Don't get me wrong, the adjustments that the Spurs made have been great for Wemby and you can tell that he's still is trying to figure out his NBA game, but once he comes to the full understanding of that, he's going to be unguardable and unstoppable. The real truth is that Chet is not in his league.

6:42 Chet just got a boney wemby shoulder in his chest and STILL got the block 🥶

I am glad Chet and Wemby have a rivalry. Who wouldn't want that? Two very high level 7 footers with that skillset? And they are young, so we NBA fans have reason to tune in for quite a long time. I just hope, hope, hope they both stay healthy. It's good for the game.

Wemby is crazy good crazy tho lol he will try anything on the court and that give him a slight edge imo. Chet is very good though don't get me wrong but Wemby can play very aggressive as well he is not scared to take it to the hole.

Chet already had NBA training and experience for a year. He had that extra season to develop while Wemby was a a true rookie. I still love both players and anyone who wins deserves it. Wemby needs a better team around him.

Chet isn't scoring alot despite him being on a better team - he's scoring EXACTLY because of that: second/third option (with shai) vs first...

Funny how Chet is Focused on a ring and efficiency while Wimby just padding stats, lost to Thunder by 30+

this could be one of the best rivalries in the future

Wemby taking this ROY race so seriously and personally shows you that he's cut from the same cloth as MJ and Kobe mentality-wise

Even if Chet wins out in the end, the point has been made: Wemby is WAY better than Chet at this stage of his career, and projects to be a much better player overall.

*Nba player has a few bad games in a row* AM Hoop's Titles : "ITS OVER FOR _______"

Bonjour from France, Amazing video, i always watched your videos when i was unsubscribe, now i am. Keep the good work 👍🏼

You would think Chet has an incurable illness by the title bro chill out lol

Great Video. Well done 👏👏👏💪💪. And wemby is ROY.

“People are saying Chet don’t deserve the award cause he sat a whole season.” Nah, you the only one I heard say that. Matter of facts, what I keep seeing is people talking about how Wemby don’t deserve to be leading the ROTY race and that hype’s the only reason why he is #1 rn.

Wins matter for these awards, especially when it is so lopsided to Chet.

Where's the gambling ad? Thats the only reason I watch your videos!

Trey makes Spurs a serious contender now ! 😳

So stoked wemby got that fire in him freakin love it

Can you do your top ten best nba players of all time next please?

I don't think Chet is allowed by his coach hunting duels that can mess the team dynamics in order to improve his ROTY odds , wemby in the other hand can do whatever he wants his team won't go anywhere anytime soon, that doesnt mean wemby is not better than Chet , apparently he is better , time will tell

What's your ROY graph based on?

I love that these 2 young men are hungry. That's what we need. Enough of talented flip-flopping divas who ain't trying hard enough. Props FR!

Being french I'm a natural fan of Wemby, but I really appreciate what Chet is doing. Although it is based on a very unfortunate injury last season this rivalry can be a blessing for both players, one of those that write great sport history. We're still hardly in part 2 or 3 oF chapter 1 but it looks very promising already. (for me the history started with a FIBA U19 final in 2021, a game which was in the end dominated by.. Kenny Lofton Jr ;p). Last season it was all about "Wemby or Scoot", I don't remember anyone ever talking "wow, that Wemby vs Chet duel is gonna be epic", I think no one thought Chet would start so fit, so strong, so ready.. and if he "benefits" from the defensive attention his teammates get, they also obviously benefit greatly from his presence.

I don't think it's fair how Chet's season is getting downplayed because he's not a "true" rookie. Everyone is acting like he just took the whole year off grinding and playing scrims when in reality he was injured and was rehabbing and getting back to normal. Realistically, he got a few extra months of 0 pressure scrims and practice on Wemby.

As a Spurs fan, the lineup changes helped a lot. I remember at the beginning of the season Wemby seemed very repulsed by the idea of playing center But him and Zach Collims didn’t fit together cause Zach hasn’t been hitting his threes as good as last season. Also Sochan while far from a bad player is indeed a bad pg

It’s not over yet. Playoffs games are a whole different beast playing there 🏀