00:00Anthony Edwards comes off the bench. They got 18 last night.
00:03Spurs have a chance to win it late.
00:06Hit the front end of the rim.
00:08Ball falls harmlessly to the ground.
00:10And I don't think anybody saw that coming.
00:13I thought most people thought that the Spurs were going to run right through
00:17the Minnesota Timberwolves.
00:19Obviously, we didn't know until right before game time
00:21that Anthony Edwards was going to be eligible to play.
00:24He did not start last night.
00:26Came off the bench.
00:27Played great, by the way.
00:28Off the bench.
00:30And why don't we give a little golf clap to the Minnesota Timberwolves,
00:33a team that was, we thought, left for dead when Edwards went out,
00:38when DiVincenzo went out, beat the Nuggets in game six to wipe the Nuggets out,
00:44and then the unthinkable.
00:46Go to San Antonio and take you game one on the road.
00:51That's what men do.
00:52That is a statement win for Minnesota.
00:55And I'm not telling you that they're going to beat the Spurs.
00:58But when we start talking about legacy games,
01:01and we're looking at the legacy of great players,
01:03Anthony Edwards is a great player.
01:05That was a legacy spot for Anthony Edwards.
01:08Wemby, I think one day soon, will be the best overall player in the league,
01:13and will retire as one of the greatest players of all time.
01:16Legacy spot.
01:18And did not come up big enough to get the dub.
01:21That's a huge loss for the San Antonio Spurs.
01:24I think you're overdoing the legacy of Wemby at his age.
01:27No one writes their legacy in their young 20s in NBA history.
01:31Very, very few.
01:32You're talking about maybe Magic Johnson and other ones.
01:34But the Ant-Man and also the most underrated coach in all of sports is Chris Finch.
01:40In the NBA, the only team that has been to the conference finals the last two years in a row
01:44going into this year,
01:46believe it or not, the Minnesota Timberwolves.
01:48And now they're three wins away from getting back there for a third straight year.
01:52No one talks about Minnesota Timberwolves coach Chris Finch ever.
01:56He can walk around this place and no one would know who the hell he was.
01:58He's an excellent coach.
02:01Big props to them.
02:02And Ant-Man, they put him on a minutes restriction, 25 minutes.
02:05He got the most out of those 25 minutes, started the fourth quarter,
02:08and that really is what really put the stamp on the game.
02:10Here's what I bring with legacy.
02:12Look, I think Wemby's going to, at one day, be the best player in the league.
02:15I think he's getting very close now as well.
02:17This is a game one you've got to have.
02:19You're the better team.
02:21Anthony Edwards is not starting.
02:22Like you said, minutes restriction because of the boomers, right?
02:26This is a game.
02:30Double-digit favorites.
02:31You don't lose.
02:32Wemby last night had 11 points.
02:36Like you're the Spurs' best player.
02:38Look, I'm a Castle guy.
02:40I'm a Vassal guy.
02:42I'm a Fox guy.
02:43But the entire Spurs team runs through one guy,
02:47and that's Wambayama Mama.
02:49He had 11 points last night.
02:51That's why they lost the game.
02:53That's a legacy spot.
02:55Well, hold on.
02:56He had a triple-double with blocks.
02:59He had 11 points.
03:00No, no, no.
03:01But you can't just erase the 12 blocks.
03:03By the way.
03:04And the 15.
03:05Dominant defense.
03:06He had a bad shooting night.
03:07Cost him the game.
03:08He had a bad shooting night.
03:09Cost him the game.
03:10But that does not do the legacy of a 22-year-old.
03:12I'm sorry.
03:13It does not.
03:14Here's why.
03:15So that's what we're, no, no.
03:15So now, if you say legacy, which you shouldn't, which you misuse him.
03:19Change over time.
03:20No, but you miss you.
03:21He's 22.
03:22Yeah.
03:22Okay.
03:23He's his third year.
03:24What's he done?
03:24He's 22.
03:26What's he done?
03:26He's doing what every 22-year-old does.
03:28Yeah, miss the playoffs.
03:28Including Michael Jordan.
03:29And get embarrassed at home.
03:31Get embarrassed.
03:31That's an embarrassing loss for Wemby.
03:33That's not an embarrassing loss.
03:34Wemby's got to eat that one.
03:35That's a resume builder right there.
03:37No, no.
03:37If you want to say yes to eat the loss because he's the best player, I agree.
03:40Okay.
03:40But to say legacy.
03:42That's a legacy loss.
03:44If he goes on and wins five titles, right, we'll go back, what about that time he lost
03:48one playoff game when he was 22?
03:49No, that's my point.
03:50Legacies change over time.
03:51If he wins five championships, that's his legacy.
03:54His offense was bad.
03:56Your legacy can only exist in the moment.
03:58It's a living, breathing thing.
04:00I'm with you.
04:01If he wins five championships, his legacy will be second greatest winner of the modern era
04:07to Michael Jordan overall, you know, way down from Bill Russell, right?
04:12Yeah.
04:12If he wins five, in the moment, today, not tomorrow, today, Wemby's legacy is what?
04:20The best 22-year-old on the planet.
04:2211 points in game one against a lesser team.
04:25And 12 blocks, though.
04:26Sorry, that's up.
04:27And he's the best.
04:28Nobody's going to remember the blocks, Tyrone.
04:29Yes, they will.
04:30No, they won't.
04:31Yes, they will.
04:32You will.
04:33Nobody else will.
04:34It's a bad loss for the team.
04:36It's a terrible loss for Wemby.
04:37And Wemby has to eat it because he's the best player.
04:40By the way, do you know how many buckets he made last night?
04:42No, with five?
04:43Five.
04:44Yeah.
04:44The greatest player made five baskets in a Western Conference semifinal.
04:50So you've never seen a player have a cold shooting night before your life?
04:52And lost.
04:53Yeah.
04:53At 22 years old.
04:54They better win game two.
Comments