NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and San Antonio Spurs phenom rookie Victor Wembaneyama put on an awkward, awkward performance at the NBA All-Star Tech Summit in Indianapolis on Friday.
The two are about to debut the NBA’s new automated intelligence feature, NB-AI, and their bizarre skit begins with Silver asking Wenby what his favorite basketball movie is.
“Well, I like the French movie ‘Hoosiers.’ Coach kind of reminds me of [Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich,]Wenby answered. (Related article: ‘Guys in Cabo’: NBA coach of faltering championship contender blames team’s lack of focus)
He then ordered NB-AI to play the Hoosiers, and the French dub of the timeless classic film played on the big screen.
“Um, Victor, uh…this is actually an American movie. Part of it is based in Indiana. Part of it was filmed right down the street here,” Silver said. joked awkwardly.
“Um, no, definitely French,” Wenby replied.
Adam Silver and Wenby Unveil NB-AI at NBA All-Star Tech Summit in Indy – Now you can use your voice to enable “movie mode” to make live NBA games look like your favorite movies became pic.twitter.com/NItNQSvyTC
— NBA (@NBA) February 16, 2024
The 7-foot-4 center then requested, for reasons completely unknown to anyone, that he wanted to “watch an NBA game like it was a Spider-Man movie.”
“NB-AI, make Pacers games look like they’re in a Spider-Man movie,” Silver ordered.
The program then displayed a strange cartoon cutscene of the Pacers playing basketball in a cartoon-style video.
The NBA released a cutscene of its new “NB-AI” technology at the NBA All-Star Tech Summit in Indianapolis, Indiana on 2/16/24. Screenshot/Twitter/@NBA
What these have to do with basketball is anyone’s guess. But it shows me one thing: These two should stick to their day jobs because they have no future as actors.
