{"id":135183,"date":"2026-05-21T00:19:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T03:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/mike-tirico-careful-not-to-overhype-victor-wembanyama-despite-being-mesmerized\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T00:19:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T03:19:37","slug":"mike-tirico-careful-not-to-overhype-victor-wembanyama-despite-being-mesmerized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/mike-tirico-careful-not-to-overhype-victor-wembanyama-despite-being-mesmerized\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Tirico careful not to \u2018overhype\u2019 Victor Wembanyama despite being \u2018mesmerized\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>When NBC\u2019s Mike Tirico was prepping to call his first San Antonio Spurs game this season, his broadcast partner Reggie Miller had a message.<\/p>\n<p>As Tirico <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/6Yl3YooEajHRWGrMgpLeq9?si=_I9QH9QYR5CjvGpaTtCgyg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:revealed this week in an appearance on\u00a0The Ryen Russillo Show;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;revealed this week in an appearance on&amp;nbsp&quot;}\" class=\"link\">revealed this week in an appearance on\u00a0<em>The Ryen Russillo Show<\/em><\/a>, Miller told him, \u201cYou\u2019re gonna see things you\u2019ve never seen.\u201d And while Tirico, who is in his first season back calling NBA games since joining NBC, had watched Victor Wembanyama on television, Miller\u2019s warning proved apt.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The dynamic flipped quickly. Calling several Spurs games throughout the Western Conference playoffs, Tirico has tried hard not to make the broadcast into a lovefest for the French phenom. However, Wembanyama has made it hard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUntil you are on the floor with him or in that first row, and you get a sense of the space that he physically covers and takes up, the thing that I am getting almost mesmerized in are the eyes of the offensive players as Wemby is lurking,\u201d Tirico said.<\/p>\n<p>Wembanyama\u2019s presence on defense and the way he helped quiet reigning back-to-back MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has to be seen to be believed, Tirico said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a league where you do, on a hair-trigger of natural reaction based on the extraordinary athleticism of the other nine people on the floor with you, he makes people think and slow down and change what they do, first nature, every other time in their life,\u201d Tirico explained. \u201cAnd that\u2019s the impact that we cannot quantify in a number or in a stat or put on a screen or even see from afar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Even during Wembanyama\u2019s sensational 41-point, 24-rebound masterpiece in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals on Sunday evening, Tirico was still being careful.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery game, I\u2019ve walked away thinking, \u2018Oh my god, oh my god, I don\u2019t want to overhype this, but this is ridiculous.\u2019 And even in the game on Sunday night, I was really conscious of, \u2018Don\u2019t go too far, don\u2019t act like this is ridiculous,&#8217;\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Some time around Wembanyama\u2019s deep logo 3-pointer near the end of regulation is likely when Tirico gave up. Viewers could only hear Tirico offer a delighted chuckle as the ball bounced through the net to tie the game. A short while later, as Wembanyama closed out the game in double overtime with a backward alley-oop dunk, Tirico delivered what is <a href=\"https:\/\/awfulannouncing.com\/nba\/mike-tirico-victor-wembanyama-spurs-thunder-game-1.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:likely the signature call of the Spurs star\u2019s young career.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;likely the signature call of the Spurs star\u2019s young career.&quot;}\" class=\"link\">likely the signature call of the Spurs star\u2019s young career.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s unbelievable!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with Russillo ahead of Game 2, Tirico admitted he basically lost control.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDouble overtime, I just kinda got caught up in it,\u201d he said. \u201cThen you get out, and you realize everyone else is feeling the same thing, and you\u2019re OK.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NBC made a clear decision to link Tirico and Miller to as many of Wembanyama\u2019s games as possible this postseason, and he has delivered. While it is probably smart for Tirico to be mindful of not coming off too biased, Wembanyama\u2019s play this year has made it close to impossible to overhype him, even if Tirico tried.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/awfulannouncing.com\/nba\/mike-tirico-overhype-victor-wembanyama.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Mike Tirico careful not to \u2018overhype\u2019 Victor Wembanyama despite being \u2018mesmerized\u2019;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Mike Tirico careful not to \u2018overhype\u2019 Victor Wembanyama despite being \u2018mesmerized\u2019&quot;}\" class=\"link\">Mike Tirico careful not to \u2018overhype\u2019 Victor Wembanyama despite being \u2018mesmerized\u2019<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/awfulannouncing.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Awful Announcing;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Awful Announcing&quot;}\" class=\"link\">Awful Announcing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/mike-tirico-careful-not-overhype-003012309.html\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\nSee more: https:\/\/theglobaltrack.com\/<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/corinthiames.com.br\/<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When NBC\u2019s Mike Tirico was prepping to call his first San Antonio Spurs game this season, his broadcast partner Reggie Miller had a message. As Tirico revealed this week in an appearance on\u00a0The Ryen Russillo Show, Miller told him, \u201cYou\u2019re gonna see things you\u2019ve never seen.\u201d And while Tirico, who is in his first season [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":135184,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","maa_idioma":"","maa_pais":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[28314,37202,6386,37201,37200,16308,8313],"class_list":["post-135183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ubirata","tag-careful","tag-mesmerized","tag-mike","tag-overhype","tag-tirico","tag-victor","tag-wembanyama"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mike Tirico careful not to \u2018overhype\u2019 Victor Wembanyama despite being \u2018mesmerized\u2019 - 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