Burner

The hate that Wemby is getting as a 22 year old insane. This guy is universally hated throughout the league and tbh… he hasn’t really done anything wrong… (Yes, your favorite player has done something questionable/dirty before too)

We need to talk about the officiating during the Finals. It’s not just that the refs gave Wemby a license to play dirty. They gave him a license to play dirty against the superstar who eventually beat him—almost singlehandedly—to close out the Finals. When the Spurs fell behind in that series, I think it became clear to Wemby that his only chance of winning was to send Jalen Brunson to the locker room.  As a Knicks fan, this is atrocious. The refs let our boy get beaten up like a piñata. He could have gotten hurt. But as a basketball fan, this is also just terrible for the game. I get that the league has to protect its assets. But guess what. Jalen Brunson just proved to the league that he is an asset too. So to Adam Silver, I say this: Jalen Brunson better get a different whistle next year.  Because he earned it. It doesn’t have to be the same level as Wemby. Just protect him and don’t let him get beaten up like he’s some no-name guard. As a start, how about you give Wemby a flagrant for this, and suspend him for the first game of the season. Send a message across the whole NBA: show some respect to Jalen Brunson.