Spurs-Thunder Game 7 could be start of the Wembanyama dynasty
Nekias Duncan and Steve Jones Jr. discuss the league-wide ramifications of Game 7 between the Spurs and Thunder. Check out the full conversation on “The Dunker Spot” and subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , YouTube or wherever you listen .
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This being Victor Wimbanyama's first playoff run, and it is a Western Conference trip in which he pushed the defending champions, either pushed them to seven or beat them in seven to get to the finals.
Like, that is a, this is a league, this could be a potentially league-shifting game seven.
Like, this could officially just kick off the Wimby era in earnest.
NBA first team, DPOY, all-defense first team.
We are now in the finals, and then we are matching up with the New York Knicks who have had success against the San Antonio Spurs.
Like, this should not be an auto the Spurs are getting it done.
But either way, like, he has a chance to win a title in his first playoff run.
And, like, what does that mean when you consider this is probably, if not the worst that Wimby is ever going to look in a postseason s- in a postseason, at the very least in terms of what he has to process and things that he's seen, this is the least inexperienced he's ever gonna be in this setting.
You have to deal with him for a very long time.
He's on a rookie scale contract still.
Dylan Harper on a rookie scale contract.
Stephon Castle on a rookie scale contract.
Carter Bryant on a rookie scale contract.
Like, the Spurs are just kinda here, almost independent of what happens in this game seven.
And then you look on the other side, it's OKC.
Hey man, this is the back, the back run for you.
If you get this done, even if you do get this done, you have the Spurs breathing down your neck.
Like, oh, we have to deal with them for a very long time.
Like, what does that mean for OKC from, like, a team building perspective once they hit the off-season?
Whether they win game seven, lose game seven, whatever.
You now have to account for, we're probably seeing them in the second round or the Western Conference finals every year or every other year.
Like, this is huge.
Which it, you know, I'm already excited about the prospect of a game seven.
But, like, what this can mean for the West and for the NBA at large is exci- it's hard not to get amped up about it
