Was there ever a time when you got in trouble with your wife because of your job? “(In 2012,) I was a beat writer covering the Portland Trailblazers and one of my childhood friends was getting married. At this time, Nicolas Batum was a restricted free agent. He was trying to get to Minnesota. His agent, Bouna Ndiayem, who happens to be the agent for Victor Wembanyama, gave me a call and wanted to go on record. This is ten minutes before the wedding is about to start. I’m not in the wedding, but I have a second-row seat. Ndiaye says that he was basically trying to force his way to Minnesota. ‘We don’t want Portland matching (the offer sheet). This is where Nicholas wants to be.’ “This was big news. So here I am, second row in a wedding, and I’m on my laptop interviewing the agent. I’m typing right there. I broke my story during the wedding. My friend Aaron brings it up from time to time, but he understood. My wife, she did not forgive me. She’s sitting there next to me feeling awkward because everybody’s looking at me.” -via Awful Announcing / April 19, 2024

According to JJ Redick, who recently appeared on 7PM in Brooklyn with Carmelo Anthony & Kid Mero, explained why the NBA Rookie of the Year frontrunner wasn’t one of those players. “There was a Drake concert in Austin and he got asked to come up on stage because Drake was doing that with a bunch of NBA guys this offseason. And Wemby was like: Can my teammates come up on stage with me? Because they are going to be at the concert with me. And Drake’s camp was like: No. And he’s like: Then I don’t want to do it … What 19-year-old kid doesn’t want to go up on stage with Drake?” -via For The Win / April 18, 2024

ClutchPoints: Reporter: “Victor Wembanyama has done staggering things… Do you think you should be ROTY?” Chet Holmgren: “I feel like that’s a loaded question… We’re both having great years… I think the voting is in the eye of the beholder.” 👀 (via @boardroom) pic.twitter.com/03zx0nXj1r -via Twitter @ClutchPointsApp / April 18, 2024