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Jeremy Sochan in his G League Debut:
- 24 PTS
- 9-13 FG
- 3-4 3PT
- 0 TO
Deserves to be in the NBA!
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Victor Wembanyama recorded his first pentagami last night and erased 6 that had stood for decades…
Bob McAdoo’s 52/22/2/0/7 stood for 53 years and seemed impossible to surpass until last night.
Wemby’s 52/24/2/2/8 game will probably live on forever.
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Jeremy Sochan with the most humble and thoughtful response to his last 10 months or so, from NBA Champion (Knicks) to a standard G-League contract (Texas Legends).
- Drafted 9th overall by the Spurs in 2022, Sochan was a focal point of their early rebuild.
- 2025–26 season, his role diminished significantly as San Antonio restructured their entire rotation around Victor Wembanyama.
- 2026 Trade Deadline, the Spurs officially waived him, making him a free agent.
- February 13, 2026: Sochan clears waivers and signs a rest-of-season veteran minimum contract with the New York Knicks.
- June 14, 2026: In a poetic twist, the Knicks face Sochan's former team, the San Antonio Spurs, in the 2026 NBA Finals. The Knicks win the series 4–1. Sochan plays in the closing seconds of Game 5 to officially win an NBA Championship.
- Off-season (2026): The Knicks decline to retain him and he is a free agent once again.
- August 2, 2026: Sochan signs a one-year, non-guaranteed training camp contract with the Portland Trail Blazers.
- October 17, 2026: Despite his solid preseason tape, Portland waives Sochan just ahead of opening night.
- October 24, 2026: He enters the G League player pool and is selected No. 1 overall in the 2026 NBA G League Draft by the Texas Legends
His response:
“I think the way I grew up, my family, my parents; it’s always been like that. I could look at it negatively (the Portland situation). But when I look back at that situation, I think the two months I was there, I grew a lot. I was healthy throughout the whole training camp, preseason and open gym.
So I think that was a blessing.
When we got into preseason games, the minutes I got I think I used them to the best of my ability. I had good games.
So what would be the point of being negative and angry for getting waived?
Of course, you can look at it as that’s the NBA and I have a contract. But at the same time I have good momentum. So, why would I hold weight on something that I can’t control?
And instead, be in this moment and do what I can do and keep that momentum going.”
He shared during the Texas Legends media day, that this opportunity with the G-League could be the biggest blessing of his career.
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Victor Wembanyama on why he wanted to come to San Antonio:
“Because of the franchise. Because of the history. This is where I belong.”
🩶🖤🩶🖤
Thank you to @60Minutes for this interview! 🙏🏻
#GoSpursGo #PorVida
Victor Wembanyama on being unique and not having someone to help pave his path:
“It is a difficulty that I face, yes, but I know I’ve signed up for that. I know that it’s lonely up on the mountain top.. I wouldn’t want it to be different.”
#GoSpursGo #PorVida
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Steve Kerr says Gregg Popovich was so good at delivering bad news that he could bench you and somehow make you feel good about it
“Gregg Popovich was the best I’ve ever seen at delivering a bad message in a really good way. He took me out of the rotation as a player one time, and it was all very matter-of-fact, but I knew how much he cared about me. The way you deliver a message, I’ve never seen anybody as powerful as him, because he could tell you you’re being demoted but make you feel good about it.”
“The way he would do it was with genuine compassion. ‘Hey, I know this is tough, but we’re going to take you out of the rotation. You stay with it, and here’s why.’ The clarity is really important. It can’t be, ‘Hey, just keep your head up. You’ll be fine.’ It’s got to be, ‘Here’s why. I’m going to play him because we need somebody to do this right now.’”
“He would do it in a way that could also really be jarring, make you realize, ‘I’ve got to be better. My approach has to be better. My attitude has to be better.’”
“And I realized then that coaching is not just encouraging and saying, ‘Hey, you know…’ You have to be honest with people at difficult times. But the way you deliver the message is everything. I’ve prided myself on that skill that Gregg Popovich showed me.”
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San Antonio Spurs star center Victor Wembanyama is known as “the Alien,” a nod to the combination of his supernatural size and supernatural basketball skills. This Sunday, he sits down with 60 Minutes’ @jon_wertheim.
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We mourn the passing of Patrick Stewart, who inspired countless individuals at NASA (and beyond) to boldly go where no one has gone before.
ALT Image description: A packed, sparkling starfield captured by our Hubble telescope — with strange new worlds potentially awaiting. Credit: ESA/Hubble and NASA, R. Cohen
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Less than 50 players in NBA history have both 600+ blocks and 400+ three-pointers in their careers.
Victor Wembanyama just hit 600/400 in his 186th game.
After Wembanyama, second-fastest to 600/400 - Jaren Jackson Jr. in 291 career games.
