Jared Weiss

1-on-1 with Wemby: Victor Wembanyama’s blood clot threatened to take away almost everything he held dearly. It also lit a fire within him to expand his world. Months later, he found himself standing in front of Big Red and the captains of his passion project that he hand selected, delivering the first PowerPoint presentation of his life. From tears to puke to cheers, this is the crazy story of Wemby and the Jackals, the NBA’s first ultras fan group. Wemby wanted to build something bigger than himself. It became so much more. New Wemby exclusive on @TheAthleticNBA theathletic.com/6966415/2026/0…

It's fascinating how having Wemby out there allowed the Spurs to double team everyone on the floor for the Suns on Phoenix's final possession and force the Suns to call timeout. Then the Spurs did a good job of leaving Fleming wide open to force the inbound there and have Vic foul him just in time to put him at the line, where Fleming missed both FTs. Now the Spurs get the final shot down 1, all because Victor's presence allows the Spurs to double anyone and not worry about what happens on the back side.

In tonight’s WembyTF™️ (still workshopping this) Victor missed a layup and then while apparently falling over in the opposite direction, he somehow jumped back toward the rim and put back his own miss. This concludes another episode of WembyTF, sponsored by Newton’s 1st law.

Ari Gold at the spurs game looking to sign Wemby

@AndrewKSchlecht @MikyBerra Love to you and Amy, you are world class people

My wife Amy was recently diagnosed with breast cancer and starts chemo therapy tomorrow afternoon. We have felt really encouraged by our community and feel God’s presence through it all. Pray for strength for her and she starts this journey. We believe she will have complete healing, but it will be a long road. I’m thankful for all that have reached out in support of her. Please pray for her + my boys and I through this process

@Matthew_Tynan It’s West Point but for weed

Wait what is High Point??

Why Victor Wembanyama is the NBA's MVP - even if he doesn't win the award, at @TheAthletic nytimes.com/athletic/71304…

There is no way the 65-game rule should still be there next year. It is clearly a terrible rule and as I have said all along, it will have a big negative impact on long term legacy when great players have emptier award resumes because they played like 6 less games than someone not as good. Guys dropping out of the MVP and All-NBA race because they are just short of an arbitrary line that their competitors are just above is BS.

The Milwaukee Bucks have approached Giannis Antetokounmpo about getting shut down the rest of this season, per league sources, but Antetokounmpo remains uninterested in such an approach. On the uncomfortable situation in Milwaukee, at @TheAthletic: nytimes.com/athletic/71281…

@lyfeisfy101 The spurs clinched the playoffs like 4 months ago

@JaredWeissNBA 3-5 wins and spurs clinch playoffs, correct?

After a 9 year drought, the Spurs have reached 50 wins. They are 18-2 since the start of February as Wemby and Castle have gone on a tear.

Wemby’s response to the Spurs’ first 50-win season in nine years: “There’s growth. There’s still not enough. I want to get at least 60 to balance out my rookie season.”

There have been a few fouls against the Clippers tonight where the replay showed it to be pretty clear swipes on the ball

Wemby just rolled his ankle stepping on a teammate’s foot, but popped back up and gave a thumbs up to the bench

We've focused a lot on how much Wemby has improved over the course of this season, but Steph Castle has had just as much of a glow-up. He's shooting 38.6 percent from deep since the start of February, but his understanding of how to use his euro step to open up his playmaking is also taking a big leap forward. He just had a play where he Euroed himself out of the lane on purpose to open up a wide-open shooter, stuff that is just really impressive foresight from a second-year guard. And his offensive rebounding is insane when he's got his motor humming. He is such a complete player now that his shot is coming along.

Dylan Harper remains out with a calf contusion for the Spurs’ game at the Clippers tomorrow, while Luke Kornet is out with right knee soreness.

respect to everyone who stayed silent … i’m not that mature lmao

@alexismorgan I thought it was 10 minutes tbh

@JaredWeissNBA It was 4 seconds but it felt like a lifetime 😭 he smiled knowing how it would be perceived and there was no reaction from the room, he had that follow up answer READY

Victor Wembanyama: “The inflammation in my body is basically down everywhere, except for one place.”

@alexismorgan I was halfway through my calculation on whether I ask a follow up when tom stepped in to be the hero

@JaredWeissNBA The silence after that was insane lmao