'This is what basketball is ALL ABOUT!' 🗣️ Stephen A. PRAISES Wemby & Giannis | First Take 

When Giannis sized up Wemby and hit his 2nd 3 in a row, I knew this game was going to be a classic

Giannis and wemby did justice to basketball 🏀, one of the best duels in a long time , new generation vs older generations stars , awesome

Big Man have once again established dominance in the NBA and it's MARVELOUS!!!

Steven A needs to put some respeck on that man's name it's WEMBANYAMA

Wemby behind the back dunk and block on Giannis. Wish he could’ve took the last shot to tie the game. But he is nothing short of special

Giannis the MVP this season. Wish the media would realize that too.

I agree with you 100 per cent on Giannis. The boy is the epitome of a superstar. He brings it

GIANNIS IS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME TALENT TO WATCH….SURREAL

Wemby is only 19 - and didn't even play in the Euroleague ! He is still incredibly rough (although improving quickly) yet already THIS great. He is definitely the best rookie this season (as an individual player) and should be voted as ROTY.

Every time SAS has to praise wemby, he bring someone else in the conversation « yeah but scoot, yeah but Chet, yeah but Giannis » He was a skeptical from day one, and can’t get over it

Giannis is my favorite after Kobe retired 😮😮

I'm a new fan and Wemby is probably my favourite player. Watching him and Giannis compete was a treat I feel like as NBA fans we should pinch ourselves.

Wemby had that on 26 mins

This is the first time SAS praised Giannis this long.

The most entertaining games I watched on TNT last night thus far in the season. Awesome basketball 🏀 👌🏾 🎉🍾

Both games last night were 🔥🔥🔥!

Giannis had the BETTER night, but Wemby had the more impressive night imo. We know Giannis can do this at this point in his career in the middle of his prime. A rookie shouldn’t be putting up these types of games against this level of competition. It’s not a better performance, but it sure is more impressive

Giannis is amazing. He’s in the absolute prime of his career and played 40 minutes. Wemby just turned 20 yesterday and played 26 minutes. But ya Chet is the ROTY when he has an mvp candidate spoon feeding him.

How is a rookie battling the best player in the league and going crazy on 25mins not more impressive

Giannis Jokic Embiid Luka Shai Wemby All not American which is crazy. Really shows how the league has changed itself with international players.

Wemby got 27 9 and 5 blocks in 26 minutes. Adjust him to the same minutes as Giannis, he'd have 42 14 and 7 blocks... on his 20th birthday... against Giannis... Wemby is the story.

Stephen A is dropping gems this segment! This is what the NBA has been missing, stars going at it on both sides of the floor in head-to-head matchups. It's great to see these young guys embrace the challenge, the future of the NBA is bright

Giannis, Wemby, Chet, Embiid, Jokic ... what a wild amount of talent we have in the NBA, at some crazy sizee. 😂😂 Giannis starting to hit 3s, I LOVE it. He never stopped working on his gameee! And hopefully people can see the hard work he puts in every year. Many NBA players come into the NBA skilled, and dont work on anything to improve individually. I love that we have players like this in the NBA to this day. Super talented league. And then we got the younger guards doing their thing too. 😎 This year's playoffs should be great fun. And the next 10 years at least of NBA basketball, is going to be real intense. 😎

Glad to see Brian windhorst, he's the best ESPN hire

Wemby is a rookie. Incredible

Giannis and Joker are MVPs. Nothing they did surprised me. We just had Wemby step up the challenge. This guy was a teenager a couple of days ago. Let that sink in. And if the spurs had an All Star PG he’d have an even bigger impact. AND he only played 27min

Giannis, Victor, Nikola, Joel, and Chet, we’re looking at a big man era all over again! History is repeating itself. Are we getting closer to re watching a guard take over a big man league like only one man has been able to do it? Probably not but we hope so!

Yesterday was a banger fr 🔥

Yall need to all vote for Wemby in the AS game

I especially liked how both guys and teams put up a FIGHT🔥

Honestly, Wemby is much stronger than holdgrem. More points, more rebounds, more counters, more assists and all this in less minutes on the court. He's breaking 20-year-old records for rookies, he's realizing perfs that only robinson managed to achieve as a rookie. How can they name holdgrem rookie of the month? And don't tell me his team is winning, it's not thanks to him but more thanks to shai gilgeous alexander. No, wemby is definitely better! But not American.

This game felt like the first time Rookie Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played Wilt Chamberlain on 10/29/69 and Kareem had 23/20/2 in a loss to Wilt's Lakers and Wilt finished with 25/25/5. Giannis is still 4 years younger than that Wilt Chamberlain was but giant vs giant superstar feel is back in the NBA!!!

2 foreign players going harder than our Ballers 🤷🏾‍♂️

There is no way he still doesn’t know that his name isn’t WembanyaNa.

Hell yeah!

When Wemby gets stronger and more developed it's over for everyone

Wemby did this in 26 minutes

Giannis is the MVP honestly

All facts Stephen A. It was a great game and the play spoke. Passion.

Learn how to say his name first… Gianis was mouth breathing in that game… Wemby is a beast

Wemby blocking 6’11, 250 pouhd Giannis like he’s just any ole body was crazy. Rookie season 🤯

it’s not “wembaya-na”, it’s wembaya-MA!

No one mentions the minutes

Return of the Giants! This is exactly what the NBA needs again but gotta start banging down low more.

Stop saying WembyNYaNA🤣🤣🤣..It is a Congolese name, say just like it is written...Victor Wanyama, Victor Wembanyama

Wemby has really stepped up to the challenge against most the elite Bigs this year, Wemby vs AD was crazy and Wemby vs Giannis was a classic! Can’t wait to see my boy in 3 seasons

i tihnk its a great W for european basketball, this combination of big men with skill going back and forth on both ends of the floor like an old school american style rucker park classic showing inside out games and going down to the wire is the symbol of the hybrid coming together of 2 basketball worlds in 1 game. amazing.

The big man is back!

Must have been the toughest thing in Stephen A's life, praising two foreigners.. in the SAME segment!

last night was a great day for basketball fans

Wemby has 10 years to be 29 years old let sink in a little

When the hell SAS will give some players the common respect by pronouncing their name the right way??!! 🤬🤬🤬🤬

Stephen A cappin saying that Wemby's averaging 19, 10, and 10 lol. Giannis is still the best player in basketball imo. People are choosing to ignore that he's averaging 30+ ppg shooting 61% from the field, even prime Shaq didn't do that.

the impressiveness is correlated to the expectations of the player so I can be made at Wemby topping that poll.

It’s a big man league now I love this

Stephen A the expert thinks Giannis might be good at basketball

WembaYANA ! Tell’em Stephen A

If Wemby was playing like star rookies back in the day and he was the focal point he'd be putting up numbers like never seen before as a rookie

Wembanyama is better than Chet in every stat, on a worse team, in fewer minutes. Wemby is better.

So how good does Wembanyama need to become before the media pronounces his name right?

This game starting to become dominated by GIANTS

Giannis was the same size as Wemby when he was a rookie, but he didn’t move the ball or attack the rim like Wemby. Give Wemby a few years to gain some muscle like Giannis. Wemby is gonna be a beast in a few years(injury free 🙏🏼)

Where SAS got the "yana" from? 😂😂😂 Bro kills me everytime with his names pronunciations

Stephen A is right on that.. that’s why I hate that none of the pg guard each other.. all these great pg in the league and none of them guard each other.. it started with Steve Kerr hiding Steph Curry on defense btw

My guy never ever says Wemby’s name correctly 😂

It's WembanyaMa SAS.

Is SAS mispronouncing foreign names on purpose? WembanyaNa, DonciCK? He gets all those American typo-like names right …

We talking about Bol2x. We talking about Bol2x (Iverson voice)

for god sake his name is WembanyaMA not WembanyaNA

I really appreciate SAS reminding everyone who forgot that giannis shows up every single night. He doesn’t take nights off. He doesn’t back down. He doesn’t worry about looking cool. He does his job and then some. Who else does that? On both ends? Who? 3 steals and a block on top of 44/14/7 68%… mvp

Acting like Giannis played wayyy better than wemby shows that YOU didn’t watch the game. Look at the minute difference between them, that’s gotta mean something right? The impact wemby had on the floor was just as good if not greater than when Giannis was out there

In 5 years it's going to be over for the league once Wemby fills out his frame.

Ohh brother

Why is Stephen A continuing to mispronounce WembanyaMA!!!!!

Marcus should talk nba on this show once nfl season is over

Wemby might get a 10 block game dudes a menace, I think his stamina is a problem, conditioning like Giannis did over time could help but right now he isn’t top 20 yet

more like the continuation of the Euroleague rivalry...?

Giaanis is MVP frontrunner

Giannis is a GOON😅😅😅

Football has left a ton to be desired this season, honestly this football season is and was garbage! Basketball has changed this year! No drama with NO PLAYERS OR COACHES! Just dudes hoopin and trying to get better! This year has definitely been an improvement for the NBA

Like the Bird and Magic days . . .

i lol'd when sas proclaimed that playing bball for 37 mins a day makes him a superstar. its funny when you think about it

Gianni's needs to hit more 3s

Remember Wemby doing these numbers on limited minutes.... took shaq and robinson no restrictions for their rookie numbers

Wemby only played 26min...... NUFF SAID 😂😂😂 It's not even close 💯💯💯

SAS - get his name right! WembanyaMa

I think if Wemby was allowed to play 36 minutes then tge Spurs would've won

It’s wembanyaMA, not WembanyaNA

It's WENBAYAMA not WENBAYANA, Mr Stephen A. From a french fan

Put things in perspective a 19 year old with limited minutes in his first year against a MVP champion. Yanis couldn’t afford to be outplayed however the young man shined. Smith is pointing out the obvious. Yanis is suppose to do that.

Each team make a plan to avoid Wemby in the paint! I never see that and i'm 46 years old.... and regardless of he is the best blocker in NBA. Nobody make a plan to avoid lopez, it's even incounscious for the nba players

He is only Roy candidate to okc fans eyes ONLY!!!

Is he saying Wembanyana at times?

Wemby ala Víctor Wemb Doom.

Tell it A

Imagine hating on a 20 year old kid 😂💪

Everyone is calling him Wen Banyana

What about Jabari Smith Jr.? The Rockets are winning even Alperen Sengun. Come on they gotta get they flowers 💐 too

"Webeyana"

Bro it's not Wembanyana...It's WEM-BA-NYA-MA!