W

 Texas has had it shares of W's, including POTUS 43 George Walker Bush. 

But there's a new W in San Antonio, and he was the first pick in the 2023 NBA draft-   Victor Wembanyama. 

This Guy is Talllllllll

VW is 19 years old. He is at least 7'3;  7'5 in sneakers. He has a size 20.5 shoe and an eight-foot wingspan, just 2.5 inches shy of the human record.  He can touch the 10-foot basketball rim just standing beneath it and raising his hand. If he is 7'5, then he's tied for the third tallest player in NBA history.  And...and as Bruce Springsteen sings in 10th Avenue Freeze Out- this here is the important part- he runs the floor and shoots like a 6'4 point guard and blocks shots from anywhere on the court. In short, he's a generational talent. 

And the San Antonio Spurs have him, drafting him as the first pick Thursday night, despite threats to seek an injunction before Judge Cannon in the SDFL under the "The Miami Heat Must Always Have The Best Player In The League" rule. 

But alas the draft went off as planned, and Heat fans are reduced to waiting for a game seven when they will stream into the arena wearing their silly white shirts and pretending to be life-long fans, much like Dolphin fans, who last went to a game when Ed Newman was blocking Alan Page. 

Think about that for a second.  Alan Page was a member of the famed "Purple People Eaters" Minnesota Vikings defense. He retired in 1977 and was later elected to the college and pro football hall of fames. He went on to a career in law and served as a Justice on the Minnesota Supreme Court. 

Ed Newman played in the NFL from 1973 to 1984 (playing in three super bowls - 1973 (win), 1982 (loss) and 1984 (loss) ).  IF there is film of Ed Newman blocking Alan Page in the 1973 super bowl, when the Dolphins beat the Vikings, and Newman was a rookie, then it may be the ONLY time in profession sports that two future judges played against each other. 

These are the kinds of things we think about that make us the hall of fame blogger we are. 

Meanwhile, we have neglected to comment on the NBA finals. Your Miami Heat lost. 

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