Draymond reveals Wemby initiated bizarre Skills Challenge strategy

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Draymond reveals Wemby initiated bizarre Skills Challenge strategy originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

SAN FRANCISCO – Warriors teammates Draymond Green and Moses Moody kicked off NBA All-Star Saturday night by advancing to the championship round of the Skills Challenge against Donovan Mitchell and Evan Mobley at Chase Center.

Following an impressive round by the Cleveland Cavaliers duo in the finals, it looked like Green and Moody were on their way to another title together.

But the Cavs’ win and the Warriors’ loss wasn’t close to the biggest story of the Skills Challenge. San Antonio Spurs teammates Chris Paul and Victor Wembanyama stole the show as the first competitors by trying to cheat the system.

Instead of shooting the ball at designated spots, Paul and Wembanyama literally threw the balls off the rack as fast as they could.

“It definitely sucked to see them throwing the ball like that,” Green said.

Then came the interesting part as Green gave insight into the whole situation that led to the Spurs being disqualified and had fans booing.

“What I will say is, Wemby walked around the court asking everybody,” Green continued. “They say, ‘Make one or three attempts.’ And Wemby said, ‘Oh, so I just get all three of them up there?’ So he asked. He may not have asked the right people, but I will say, in Wemby’s defense, he did ask a lot of people.

“I heard him ask maybe five or six people, like, ‘You sure I can just throw the ball?’”

The consensus throughout the arena and all across social media was only one man can come up with such a diabolical plan: Paul. It’s in his nature to find any little advantage to win.

Yet it was the 21-year-old, not the 39-year-old, who hatched the idea.

“It was actually a Wemby decision,” Green says. “But he probably should have went with the old vet. When we were practicing, Wemby practiced it a couple times just throwing them. CP was actually shooting them.

“The old man followed the rookie right off the cliff.”

For the Warriors duo, Moody started off the round by perfectly executing three straight bounce passes to complete his first…

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Publish date : 2025-02-15 20:27:00

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