‘MVP-like’ 🗣️ Inside The NBA reacts to Victor Wembanyama’s 40-piece vs. Mavericks + Cavs vs. Knicks

‘MVP-like’ 🗣️ Inside The NBA reacts to Victor Wembanyama’s 40-piece vs. Mavericks + Cavs vs. Knicks

[Music] I got 12:17 Eastern time. We out of here at 12:30, Kenny. We ain’t the first night too. They ain’t going to sleep here. I can dare on tea. You will be out of here at 12:30. We welcome you everybody inside the NBA on ESPN presented by American Express. Uh Ernie Johnson O’Neal. No, I said Victor uses a lot of Yeah. Kenny the Jed Smith and I know we looking at Charles Barkley. What you looking at, Cletus? Well, me and K is just having a debate. 40 or 45, you wouldn’t be a gift shack. Well, we we also said if you you had a draft of the all the greatest big men of all time again, you’d be you slide down to this big fella. I’m just saying. No, I don’t. Hey, women would have been shooting at me would have been dotting your eye, bring you outside legs, step backs, been on the bench. You know what’s crazy about y’all? I’m not known for defense. He can score. Listen, he can score all he want. But hey, why stop and defend yourself? Come on. Stop pushing his buttons, man. 20 years, man. Whip it. You can’t guard Whim out that three-point line. I’m not known for defense, but you know what? I’m known for eating French fries and French toast. I I would say our our first night here on ESPN has been a lot of fun for us. It’s been awesome. Things have gone. Tron, baby. # run. Things have gone almost perfectly with the exception of one little episode with the Chuckster. Uh, take the glasses out of the uh case and I broke my glasses. Broke those bad boys right in half. I’m glad you broke them. I can’t see. Are those the big oversized? They’re not oversized. They big for my I can’t even see. America, you look like a frog. Look at that. No, these are mine. I got to go to rest of the night without the look of dismay on your face as you realize. I can’t even wear them. Send them some new ones. Hey, um, try this. I can’t even see, Shaq. Try this. Looking like a frog. Here they are. Told you look like a frog. People, come on. You need some uh I need some gaffer’s tape. Need some duct tape. There you go. I give you that was a fresh sample. I wish my wish my grandma was here. She have me some duct tape. Yep. You know, black people in the hood always got duct tape. fixes everything. Yeah. You break a chair, put some duct tape on it. You tear your ACL, put some duct tape on it. You know what? My dad was the same way with three in one oil way back in the day. No matter what happened, three in one oil when he had you blind. Let me impersonate somebody. Hey, you know what? We’re going to be back on Thursday as well. That Ernie, that’s today. I know. We’ll be here today. We’ll be here tomorrow. We can’t even say tomorrow. We’ll be here today. We’ll be here at 6:30 for an hour pregame show. And I have and I have some new glasses by tomorrow. Finals rematch. Thunder and the Pacers followed by the Nuggets and Warriors. Not double dip on Thursday. Y’all got beds in the studio. We could just stay here. She Ernie, this was impressive about this young man right here. Yes, it it certainly was. Victor Wimyama and the the debut of number one pick Cooper Flag. Hey, if you got any any any point guards at home, the M need one desperately. Oh, that would have been a sensational way to get his first points, but it didn’t go. Davis followed it up. Wow, Victor. Oh my goodness. Like I said, at halftime mix it up very well. Taking it to the hole. Listen, a high percentage shot for a 7 foot five person,000%. Yeah, you know, last year as they as everyone mentioned on the telecast that he shot so many threes. He only took uh less than a handful of threes. He was averaging like five to six last year at times and and he is really getting to the paint. Great ball. He playing with more aggression, Kenny, too. Your head, you know, give me that boy Shaq. He might be up to 47 on you. Be on the bench in the first. That’s Wow. Oh, that might be 48. Sean Kemp right there. Sean Kemp. You heard the ooze and a from the from the crowd in Dallas. Well, men, hey, this is the one though. Hey, cuz this was after a block, Ernie. And then you say, “No, that wasn’t after the block. This was just like trying to block it.” My bad. That’s AD he’s working on there, boys and girls. 75. He’s supposed to do it. Stop it. We can’t even give a man a compliment in the back. Ernie, we getting yelled at every time we went ooh on Monday. Who was yelling at us, Chuck? Shaq. Oh, okay. I’m just saying it was 60 to 51 at the half. Lower the intensity of your celebration. Flags jumper. Give me that. Oh my god. Now watch. Now watch this. Shack. This is you. Shaq. Shaq. Skate. Put him on Shaq. Got him. Oh my god. Come on, Shaq. Oh, you never seen a seven foot do that. No. Kevin Durant. Shut the hell up. Another one. Kevin Durant. Kevin 611. Oh, that’s right. Ball. Tell him. Cut it out. Kevin Durant does that all the time. Oh, give me something, Cooper. Oh, this was nice. Flag. 10 points, 10 rebounds. Flag mom and pop flag. They’re like, get out, man. Get out, son. Oh my god. Oh, how many now? Get my son off the point. Maybe he can play better. 40 points, 15 rebounds, three blocks on that right there. They win it 125-9. Shout out to the Shout out to Ron Harper, man. Know how many turnovers he had? None. You were absolutely right. Uh, so 40 15 and no turnovers. There’s the You did it three times. Yes, man. I silent. Shout out to the great Moen. Shout out to the great Mo. I love you, Dad. I miss you. I’m just saying. No, I’m saying this. When you did it, we did the show. Yeah, we did. I watch the show. She went watch the show. You own them, folks. Ernie did, but y’all did. You only You had the game. Some haters. Ernie was a congratulator. Y’all some haters. And who am I impersonating? Shaq trying to go Wimby. No. See, no. No, no, no. I’m joking, man. SP now. Come on. Let me go. All right, man. You got a smile out of him. Okay. Here’s what I want from y’all. All right. Now, Victor’s performance in one word was amazing. Spectacular. Well, that was true. Okay. Vic forgot the question. Victor’s performance in one word, championship. MVP. Like that’s more than one word, fool. MVP. Can you follow directions? Oh, this going to be good here. This going to have some serious hater. Normal. Average sha like expected shack shack like numbers. Dominant. Dominant. Very good. Frightening. Frightening. I mean, he’s Yeah, it’s scary. He said he, you know, he said he was working his summer. We throw it off. Oh, getting band beaten. Oh man, now I didn’t see Luke. I was joking. Luke Stevens, we don’t know who you are. You can’t joke with my big man like that. Consequence, man. Luke, let it go. All right. Oh, I was getting ready to say something. Here was game one of our double dip. Oh, that was too slow. There go to the Favors in the East and New York nicer. Both teams right there. Oh, whoa. I never seen a little guard do that before. Oh my Oh, he stole it. Ever seen somebody steal? Oh, and he laid it up. Okay. All right. Opens up. Oh, Rob. Oh, and one Rob. I got disconnected. Rob, see talking to audio Rob. That was a good pass. He’s came in. He came in and did a great job. Tyler Kolic. Yeah, secondyear guy. Played in half the games last year. Really? Yeah. Okay. We didn’t I remember that. Oh, good pass. That’s always 16-2 Cleveland run. Every time New York was able to create space. Cleveland came back at him. Oh, look at You got to get the Knicks, man. They played at a much faster pace. I worried about their defense. It reared his ugly head in the third quarter when they gave up 37 points. They uh they finished the first half 21 to7 for that 15-point lead. Donovan Mitchell comes out and has 21 in the third quarter. Wow. At eight at the half. And now 8583 and now the Cavs have taken the lead on the three by Mitchell. Oh, okay. I see you, Donovan. Game was tied at 87 in the fourth. Cat down low and then Miles McBride deuce. Tell you what, when they get heart Aaron Judge the great Aaron Judge. Yes indeed, man. He’s unbelievable. They stepped through cat. You know, I tell you what, man. when the Knicks get them other hard and Mitchell Rosenback. They’re going to be one of the deeper teams in the league. Clarkson’s a nice pickup. Clarkson there and uh Oh, Lonzo. Lonzo Ball. Okay, Lonzo pick up for Cleveland. I think it’s a great pickup. I think Ball going to really help them. He’s on opportunity. They say he’s on the minute restrictions. I think he going to make that when when they take Garland out the game. He’s going to really help the the cab. That’s a great pickup by uh I forget his name, the general manager. Garland still out with the toe. Colobby Colobby you’re talking about. That’s a great pickup. So So the Cavs who started last year 15-0 will not do that this year as they lose the opener at New York 119 to 111. Uh Brunson had 23. OG Anobi 24 and 14 on the night and the Knicks take the opener at home. Uh here’s the deal. If you’re if you’re a Knicks fan and you’re looking uh for another positive out of this one last year, you remember they did they got nothing out of the bench last year under 22 points a game off the bench. Got 35 tonight. You know, as much as we love Tom Chippo, he’s a terrific coach. Uh I love it. Love just a basketball lifer. Ernie, the the NBA season, especially the way the game is played today at a much faster pace, you can’t play five or six guys because they’re going to wear down. And uh Tibs, as great as coach been, he hasn’t adjusted. You got to play your players uh because it’s just impossible. Go ahead. Well, the Knicks has shown by tonight that they have kind of picked up where they left off. You know, the the one thing that I think Chuck said it at halftime, are they going to have a defensive pre presence that Tibido had because at times they can win games strictly on playing defense in the last five minutes of a game and they could stop you. Uh, but having Josh Hart possibly come off the bench with Jordan Clarkston creates a a very two guys who would start on like 80% of the teams in the NBA. So now they So now you got McBride, you got those two. Yeah. But but Clarkson and and Hart are special and unique players. Meaning Clarkson is an unbelievable one-on-one opportunity scorer. And Josh Hart can play multiple positions for a guy being 6’5. Reminds me of a guy that I used to play with named Mario Ellie. Yeah. Who can play different positions and only be 6’4, 6’5 at his height. You impressed by the Knicks tonight. They did what they were supposed to do at home. You know, I don’t I don’t celebrate good teams. I celebrate great team. Listen, they’ve been good for a long time, but at some point you have to say, you know what? I’m tired of being good. I want to be great. What they did last year does not apply to this year. They did what they supposed to do at home. I’m still not impressed. They still have to show me that they’re a championship contender. Show you that. Making it to the finals. And I know it’s We got to wait all the way there. Yeah, we do. I mean, so, you know, you’re not going to give them any credit as the year goes on. They played well and they did what they supposed to do. They won their first home game. Listen, Bruntton and Cat, those guys are monsters. I I actually want them to make it to the finals, but I’m not going to overexaggerate over one game. I I do think this is a very interesting year in the East. Like the Knicks and the Cavs, they’re favored. I I don’t think When’s the last time we ever been said the Knicks were favored in the East? I don’t know if it’s ever been a while. Patrick been a while. Uh at least Patrick Yu and the great Patrick Yan back to those days. But they are the favorites in the East in my opinion. And I’m going to tell you, they’re not favorite. They’re going to the finals, brother. You wrote it on the board. Uh, no, I wrote it on the uh on the uh post-it note. Yeah, after you said it earlier tonight. 119 to 111 is your final. Um, Charles, after the next commercial break, we should do need some of those. Uh, Oh, yeah. Oh, I’m back, y’all. We already got them. I’m back. I am. I’m back, y’all. Thank you, Mick. Thank you. I can see it’s a great look. You know, there is a big guy who has some special moves. Hey, hey, between the legs, you know, acting like y’all ain’t never seen it before. It’s got that. Wait, just what? Wait, what? Ain’t no weight. Wasn’t that in the warm-up vlog? That’s all. Yes, it was. But it still counts. Just change the intensity of your celebrating. You act like you ain’t never seen it before. That’s all. That’s all. They don’t call me the dundada for nothing. Nobody calls you that. You call me that dumb. Call you the dumb dumb. They call you the dumb dumb dumb. Hey, how about the Sixers and Celtics? How about my Sixers? What your boy do tonight, Chuck? Huh? What your boy do tonight? Not a lot. Celtics with no Jason Tatum. Tyrese Maxi lit it up in this one. But this is the story. VJ Edgecom Scott Drew been holding this kid back. Scott Drew can’t coach. He been holding this kid back. Bang. Say BJ, I got you out of Baylor. See how you play. He had 14 in the first quarter. Uh, keep your eye on that. It’s Joel Embiid’s only bucket of the game. One for nine. One for nine. Yep. How many points he ended up with? He uh ended up with four and three. Hey, let me tell you something. I’m telling y’all, if Embiid can play in Paul George because the Sixers, man, they are loaded. His son Maxi, he had 19 in the second quarter. Philadelphia 5751 at the half. Well, Jason Tatum. Yes, indeed. At least you got the Patriots and Mike Rabel. Boston up nine going to the fourth. Oh, nice. Simons, the former Blazer with no Tatum, no Parzenas, no Drew Holiday, but VJ Edgecomb wallto-wall. That a young man right there is I like him a lot. Maxi, that’s a foul, man. Maxi had three in the first quarter, then went nuts the rest of the game. VJ was in high school two years ago playing against my son. Christ Kelly and then uhoh Edgecom two with Philadelphia nursing apoint lead. PJ, you got to come on now. This this first game had a little bit of everything for him. Oh, I know. That’s good. Oh, iron guard. and um and got you off the hook. But tell you what, how’d Jaylen Brown not touch the ball in those last two possessions? That’s a good question, Ernie. 117 116 Philadelphia 76ers. Ernie, it to Philadelphia. I was asked a thousand times this summer about the Sixers. I said, I can’t even give you a fair prediction on the Sixers because listen, as much as I love Edgecomb and Maxi, if Embiid and Paul George can’t play, the Sixers can’t they’re not a contender. you played. He only gave you four points. Well, that I mean, he’s on a minute restriction. I don’t care. Now, look at this. 34 points in that debut. The most since Wilt in 1959. [Music]

During the Inside the NBA on ESPN debut, Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith, Ernie Johnson and Shaquille O’Neal react to the San Antonio Spurs’ win over the Dallas Mavericks and the New York Knicks’ win over the Cleveland Cavaliers during NBA Opening Night.

0:00 Spurs vs. Mavericks
7:32 Cavaliers vs. Knicks
13:58 VJ Edgecombe scores 34 in debut

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