Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Gregg Popovich is gonna hammer Victor Wembanyama ass after being asked about the matchup tonight vs Joel Embiid.
Victor Wembanyama will face reigning NBA MVP Joel Embiid for the first time in his NBA career on Monday, and San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich had some fun ahead of the matchup.
“We are going to hammer his ass,” Popovich jokingly told reporters when discussing the big-man matchup. “I told Wemby to stick him, put your butt right in his stomach, back him down over the rim and just throw him through the rim. That’s what you can look forward to … Don’t tell Wemby I said that.”
While the 28-13 Philadelphia 76ers have much higher aspirations than the 8-34 Spurs this season, the first of many battles to come between Embiid and Wembanyama makes the game more intriguing.
“We’re gonna hammer his ass,” Popovich said to the assembled media in Philadelphia. “I told Wemby to put your butt right in his stomach, back him down under the rim, and just throw him through the rim. That’s what you can look forward to tonight. Don’t tell Wemby I said that.”
Despite this, Popovich has a pretty sober view of how things will go on the other end of the floor.
For how promising Wembanyama’s rookie year has been, he hasn’t faced anyone quite like Embiid, who has the ability to overpower him in addition to all the other stuff he’s capable of doing on the basketball court. Wembanyama’s coach is ready for the challenge, though, as Gregg Popovich jokingly — well, at least I think it was jokingly — said that he’s ready for his rookie big man to take it to Embiid.
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