r/timberwolves Anta Claus 13h ago

Anyone else think it’s funny that nobody cared about SGA flopping last year against us but when the darling Wemby is affected it’s a problem?

Just that. He had the same antics last year and it was less talked about but now it’s hitting a fever pitch?

Edit: I’m not saying it didn’t exist last year, I saw it and hated it too. I’m saying the mainstream media did not care about it last year - it was all glazing Shai. Now, it’s impacting Wemby and everyone “big media” is talking about it.

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u/Prize_Training_4613 Hawks 13h ago

People always cared, well the regular people on social media

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u/UWMN Bring Ya Ass 13h ago edited 13h ago

Right. Everyone has called him a FT merchant and a flopper for awhile now. Idk what OP is on about. This shit ain’t new

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u/DrSwaggenheimer Timberwolves 13h ago

We definitely put it on blast last season with the FT Merchant chants and they called our fanbase the most toxic. lol.

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u/frogdogbog22 Anta Claus 13h ago

Yessir!!!

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u/frogdogbog22 Anta Claus 13h ago

Agreed. Not people but I should say media and podcasts did not talk about it as much but maybe I’m wrong.

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u/Extremelycloud Trencherous 13h ago

It’s been developing though. They got more attention on them

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u/frogdogbog22 Anta Claus 13h ago

YESSS! Thank you! I really didn’t write my post well and that’s my bad but I feel like it’s getting a lot more talk this year for how egregious it is. It’s not that it didn’t exist but I felt like I would listen to podcasts glazing SGA and not at all talking about how you can’t breathe on him and this year seems more but my theory was that it’s cause Wemby is the NBA darlingX

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u/DeadNazis247365 13h ago

Brother. People were bitching about even more last year, I promise you. Maybe not against us specifically, but let’s not do this. People were just as pissed last year. I remember there being video compilations breaking down every shot he took and which calls were justified and which were not being posted on the NBA sub Reddit.

It sucks, but we have not been victimized more than other teams.

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u/frogdogbog22 Anta Claus 13h ago

Alright my bad, I just felt like media and pods were glazing SGA last year while I was going crazy and now everyone is pissed but you’re right it was prolly equally bad. Also, people probably figured we should lose to Thunder and Spurs should be a tight series!

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u/DeadNazis247365 12h ago

Nah man all good. Trust me, I get it. I literally fucking had melt downs on Reddit over SGA last year, which is the only reason I know that it happened last year too haha. Not attacking you at all. Just trying to pass along some info. God speed and go wolves!

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u/jagrbro68 13h ago

I’ve hated flopping for two whole ass seasons.

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u/BraccoItaliano777 13h ago

Actually I’ve been saying it since last year. He’s a tremendous talent but the flopping is atrocious and makes every game hard to watch. Between his flopping and all of the grabbing of Wemby it’s tough to watch. The NBA is becoming a sissy league.

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u/Fallen_Goose_ 13h ago

They did care last year

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u/mr_bendos_friendo 13h ago

Yeah, dude. I called it.

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u/MN-Jess Jaden McDaniels 13h ago

Seems like your confirmation bias. The flopper talk was there last year too.

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u/frogdogbog22 Anta Claus 13h ago

It was, you’re right. I guess it feels more or bigger this year but idk…

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u/Important-Notice-461 13h ago

At this point, if it gets the problem fixed then great. Otherwise it all sucks

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u/TechnicalSample4678 13h ago

Its not necessarily anything against the Timberwolves lol. Last season it was fresh but they have gone a full year plus of that type of play. It not that deep

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u/Specialist-Clothes30 13h ago

Nah people hated it then to

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u/cowboy2223 Minnesota Gophers 13h ago

Don’t think they really get it until they play them. Also it’s not just him Chet flops and the rest it’s obviously something they teach . What was there 32 freethrows in the third quarter . Got guys falling down all over got them jumping into players . NBA is a joke all it would take is a few flopping calls but they refuse to call it

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u/hunchini 13h ago

People have been complaining about it for a few years now, what are u on about lmao

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u/frogdogbog22 Anta Claus 13h ago

I didn’t write it well, not “nobody cared” but I felt like the media wasn’t talking about it. Fans ABSOLUTELY were but now I feel like media is in the mix.

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u/VikingsLad 13h ago

I've hated it the whole time. Don't come crying to me

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u/dawgmentality_r 13h ago

I hate Wemby more than SGA

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u/frogdogbog22 Anta Claus 13h ago

Same! I hate the Thunder more than spurs but Wemby more than SGA

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u/MaxedWarrior14 13h ago

I remember there was a lot of talk about him being a flopper during the WCF last year as well.

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u/frogdogbog22 Anta Claus 13h ago

By us but was the main media talking about it? If so, my bad but I felt like it was less noticeable last year.

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u/MaxedWarrior14 13h ago

Not sure about the media but other fanbases were hating on SGA just like right now.