Best of NBA News Part 1: Steph Curry signs 10-YEAR DEAL with Chinese brand Li-Ning + PARALLELS between Wemby and Tim Duncan's age 22 seasons + SGA's MVP season a FAILURE?!

**Shannon Sharpe** (0:00)
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Parallels between Tim Duncan and Victor Wembanyama, first playoff run are insane. Twenty-two-year-old Tim Duncan, first playoff run, beat the Blazers, beat the Wolves, defeated the Lakers, his rival was Shaq, beat the Knicks in five games in the NBA Finals. Wemby beat the Blazers, beat the Wolves, defeated his rival, Chad, facing the Knicks in the NBA Finals.
That's scary.
No, it is for real. It is for real. I think, you know, seeing San Antonio, because I don't think we thought San Antonio would be here this fast. No, we thought they're going to probably be another year away. Because we talked about it. We talked about it. I said, Joe, you remember OKC. They got upset by the Mavericks, came back the next year. So I was thinking, Thunder, do it, and then they come back next year. Absolutely. And for them to be on the biggest stage right now, man, this young team is so scary, bro, that like potentially seriously, fellas, I don't know if they could keep all those guys together because, you know, everybody going to want to get paid. But it's hard to construct a team like this, to have all this talent on one team. So I figure in about two or three years, yeah, you're going to have a lot of these key pieces gone. But the core, obviously, Wembanyama, Castle, Harper, I guess, Vasell and Champagney, like, they intact for the next at least decade. I'm just being realistic. You know, they're going to get people hell for the next decade, for sure.
I think their core three is Harper, Castle, and Wembanyama. Yeah. Yeah. And I know they would like to keep Vasell. I know they'd like to keep Champagney. I just don't think it's going to be possible. And I think they're going to probably end up moving off of Fox. Cause Harper is too good to keep on the bench. Joe, you can't keep him on the bench, Joe. Nah, he is. You look at tonight. You remember that overtime game, game one? Yeah.
He, and I love Fox. Fox has been amazing. This last game, it showed you why they got it. Yeah. You just can't keep all those guys. You can't. It's hard to have all that talent on one team. It's just too much. And you right, I'm looking, hey, if I'm the Spurs at some point, Dylan Harper is going to be my star. He got to. Hey, hey, hey.

**Chad Johnson** (2:55)
When would that be, Joe?

**Shannon Sharpe** (2:56)
It probably going to be next year, Ochocinco.

**Chad Johnson** (2:57)
When would that be?

**Shannon Sharpe** (2:58)
Yeah. It's going to be either next year or the year after. He ain't got more than two years there. I can see a scenario when it's happening now, because you got a great situation. Fox, you can learn from a veteran player. Fox is still unbelievable. But this kid is, Joe, I can't keep him on the bench. I can't. I think you can play both of them if you just want me to be honest, which it's hard to play three guards, Joe, even though you got Wemby and that kind of hurt him a little bit. I mean, because when you play three guards, you've got to have a conscience like, hey, we got to hit the glass. We got to. We talked about this with the Dallas Wings. When they play a Reek and they play Beckers and they play a Fudd. Yeah.
It's tough. It is. It is. But it's a, and I think the thing, you can keep teams that come up together as long as they understand the pecking order. I don't think there'll ever be a situation. I could be wrong. You don't know what mindset is. Is that Harper Castle think there are better than Wemby. That's when you run into problems.
I don't think they're going to run into that. I think they understand the pecking order and they know by having him, he makes the game so much easier for those guys. How was that pecking order in LA?
Hey, how was that pecking order in Cleveland?
Hey Joe, I mean, you think NBA wouldn't happen now? I'm listening. Go ahead, Phil, say it. Tell old Joe now about this. Because you were the rider at the time. What? What you talking about? With the Lakers, when they won three championships in a row, how did that pecking order? I know. That's because you got, but that's because you got two damn Alphas. You got two damn Alphas. How you fake Castle? Do you not fake Castle, fake he's an Alpha? Did you see this, man? Dylan Harper had to, come on, come on, bro. Come on, bro. Come on, bro. Hey, come on, bro. And you need that. And you need that, bro. You need that from him, but what I'm saying is, I think they understand how unique Wemby is. Man, they ain't, you ain't gonna, if he on your damn team, he gonna be option one.