Drake is set to perform an intimate concert at Harlem’s famous Apollo Theater: The performance will take place in November to an audience of 1,500. Details have been kept mum about the upcoming performance, however, it comes as part of a series by SiriusXM.
“Drake will perform at the world-famous Apollo Theater in New York,” read an announcement. “The exclusive SiriusXM concert marks the first time that Drake will perform at the iconic theater.”
Not only will it be Drake’s first time performing at the Apollo, but it will also be the first time a rapper has performed as part of the SiriusXM series. Drake’s performance at the Apollo will take place on November 11.
It appears the only way to attend is by winning tickets to the show. Fans can win tickets by listening to SiriusXM’s Sound 42 channel on the SiriusXM app from now until 11 p.m. EST on October 26. The app will then present a pop-up message on how to enter. Winners will be selected randomly and notified after the entry period by email.
Drake launched his Sound 42 station on SiriusXM last year. This past June, he premiered his radio show, “Table For One” on the platform.
“I called it ‘Table For One’ ’cause more times when I really need to lock in, focus, I always get a table in whatever restaurant to myself,” Drake said in an announcement. “Have some drinks, go through music, figure out what the next moves are for me and where everything is at, so that’s kind of what the show’s about.”
Nicolas Cage didn’t get the Best Actor nomination that he deserved for Pig, but at least he got paid — unlike the movie that actually won him an Oscar. Leaving Las Vegas writer and director Mike Figgis told the It Happened in Hollywood podcast that Cage was promised $100,000 to star in the 1995 drama, where he plays a suicidal alcoholic who falls for a sex worker (Elisabeth Shue) in Vegas. He’s still waiting for the money.
“[Lumiere Pictures] said the film never went into profit,” Figgis (who also wasn’t paid) said, even though it grossed $49.8 million worldwide on a reported $3.5 million budget. “Whatever. I mean, my career then took off again, and the next film I did, I got really well paid. And within a year, [Nic] was earning $20 million a film, so that was good.”
Leaving Las Vegas reinvigorated both Cage’s and Figgis’ film careers. In the next two years, Cage would star in The Rock, Con Air, and Face/Off, a trio of action blockbusters that cemented his status as a bankable Hollywood superstar. And Figgis suddenly found himself an Oscar-nominated director, fielding calls from the likes of Steven Spielberg (who proposed they collaborate) and Stanley Kubrick (who called wanting to know how he achieved several shots).
Leaving Las Vegas also won Cage an Oscar. “Three and a half million dollar budget, some 16mm film stock thrown in, and I’m holding one of these,” he said at the 68th Academy Awards. “I know it’s not hip to say it, but I just love acting, and I hope that there’ll be more encouragement for alternative movies where we can experiment and fast forward into the future of acting.” You can watch Cage’s pro-bono speech below:
King Princess (aka Mikaela Straus) headlined her hometown’s famous venue, Radio City Music Hall, on October 3. To celebrate the occasion, Straus brought out another prominent NYC musician as a surprise special guest: The Strokes’ lead singer Julian Casablancas.
“We’re in New York, huh? We’re in my hometown,” Straus teased during the concert. “So maybe it’s only fitting that we play a song by the Strokes.”
“I mean, I don’t know. I don’t know,” she continued, hinting at the surprise guest. “I don’t know who’s gonna come out here, but… Julian called in sick!”
Thankfully, Casablancas wasn’t sick, and shortly appeared. In a video uploaded to YouTube, the crowd erupted in cheers and screamed “please,” right before the two performed a duet of The Strokes song “You Only Live Once.”
In the days following Straus’ show at Radio City, she is continuing her North American tour in support of her recent album, Hold On Baby. Originally scheduled for earlier this year, Straus rescheduled the performance dates following the loss of her grandmother.
“The amount of love I have for this woman, there was no decision to be made — I had to go to upstate NY and be with her during her final time on this earth,” she shared in a statement, according to NME. “That decision, coupled with other unforeseen challenges across the touring landscape, has ultimately forced me to move Leg 1 of the Hold On Baby Tour. I am so sorry for any inconvenience this has caused for anyone.”
Straus’ tour now runs until November, with a complete list of remaining dates available here.
Watch the video of King Princess and Casablancas performing “You Only Live Once” above.
If a group of music fans was asked what’s the first thing that comes to mind when they think of Post Malone, his face tattoos would likely be a common answer. How his face looks regularly evolves and it just underwent another change, as Malone has added to his facial ink collection yet again.
TMZ reports that Malone’s latest tattoo is on his forehead, close to the middle of it. It’s relatively large and reads “DDP,” which the publication was told is in honor of Malone’s daughter, whose name has not yet been publicly revealed. Their sources also say the ink was done backstage at Malone’s concert in Indianapolis on October 2.
Post Malone got his daughter’s initials tattooed on his face after his recent concert. https://t.co/8nJz72tVEd
In a GQ interview from 2020, Malone explained why he thinks he’s so drawn to getting face tattoos, saying, “I’m a ugly-ass motherf*cker. […] It does maybe come from a place of insecurity, to where I don’t like how I look, so I’m going to put something cool on there so I can look at myself and say, ‘You look cool, kid,’ and have a modicum of self-confidence, when it comes to my appearance.”
On a similar note, he told Jimmy Fallon earlier this year, “I’m such a strange-looking individual. Every time I look in the mirror, I don’t notice anything, but then I’ll have a couple Jägers or we’ll play [a drinking game] and I’ll look in the mirror and I’ll be like, ‘Dude, you’re such a weird guy!’”
The Ryan Murphy-created series, starring Evan Peters as serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, was viewed for 496.1 million hours after only 12 days — that puts it number nine on the streaming service’s top-10 list (English-language series only), based on hours viewed in the first 28 days of release. With two more weeks to go before hitting the 28-day capstone, expect Dahmer to climb past 13 Reasons Why season two and Inventing Anna. Variety also reports that “between Sept. 26 and Oct. 2, it was viewed for 299.84 million hours, making it the second most watched English-language series in a week ever. Season four of Stranger Things is the only title to beat Monster in that regard.”
Here’s the English language top 10
1. Stranger Things 4 (1,352,090,000)
2. Bridgerton: Season 2 (627,110,000)
3. Bridgerton: Season 1 (625,490,000)
4. Stranger Things 3 (582,100,000)
5. Lucifer: Season 5 (569,480,000)
6. The Witcher: Season 1 (541,010,000)
7. Inventing Anna (511,920,000)
8. 13 Reasons Why: Season 2 (496,120,000)
9. Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (496,050,000)
10. Ozark: Season 4 (491,090,000)
Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story is a hit, but at what cost? “I feel like Netflix should’ve asked if we mind or how we felt about making it. They didn’t ask me anything. They just did it,” the sister of Dahmer’s first victim, Errol Lindsey, told Insider. “But I’m not money hungry, and that’s what this show is about, Netflix trying to get paid.”
The Russian army’s continuing to have a rough time, even if Vladimir Putin’s engaging in acts of theater in addition to his acts of war. Word recently came down that more Russians fled his draft than were actually drafted after his partial mobilization announcement. Meanwhile, Ukraine has been making stunning advances, both by pushing Russian troops out of an Eastern stronghold and making more bold moves in Southern regions. Two of Putin’s most powerful allies are now dragging him in a very public way, and mid-week, Ukraine is making even more advances (according to NBC News) while retaking land that Putin claims to have annexed.
However, Putin went ahead and signed his formal decree declaring those four “annexed” Ukrainian regions to be part of Russia. It’s a completely symbolic move that doesn’t look symbolic in a good way, given that Russia’s already being pushed out of parts of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia, but he’s doing this anyway, and Russian state news is pulling a Baghdad Bob:
Residents of the annexed regions will immediately be recognized as citizens of Russia, state news agency Tass said Wednesday, while the transition period for the annexation will last until 2026.
Kyiv and its Western allies have decried the process as a “sham,” while it remains unclear exactly where the borders for this newly claimed land will be established.
Ukraine’s ongoing advances hung over that question.
CNBC elaborations on the “significant gains” being made by Ukraine’s counteroffensive operations. In effect, “dozens” of villages across the four “annexed” regions have been liberated despite Russia’s previous claims:
Moscow’s hold on “annexed” territories (Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Luhansk and Donetsk) looks increasingly tenuous, with none of the regions fully occupied by Russian forces, and as Ukraine’s counteroffensives in the east and south maintain their momentum.
Putin clearly isn’t here for anyone telling him that he’s not winning in Russia. Hopefully, he doesn’t whip out a nuke to make his point, especially after Russia doesn’t even have enough resources to actually treat its own soldiers’ bullet wounds and is telling them to use tampons instead. (Not good) priorities.
Finding the best value in anything is a tricky prospect. You never really know where to draw lines. Is it about price? Not really. $40 might seem like a lot to pay for a bottle of whisky to one person while others might not even blink at a $100 price tag. For us, value is really about what you’re getting for that money — no matter if it’s $20, $50, or even $100.
What is the quality of the juice in that bottle? How good is it, really? Does it taste underpriced compared to the rest of the market?
That’s what I’m going to try and answer below by calling out ten bottles of blended Scotch whisky that offer superb value per dollar. For the most part, that means that we’re talking about bottles that fall into the $30 to $60 range (depending on your state’s taxes). That range in and of itself is a great value for Scotch whisky. Really any bottle under $80 or even $100 is going to be a good value as long as the juice is high quality.
Are we ranking our picks? You’d better believe it! Let’s go!
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This old-school blend is built around Cragganmore and Glendullan single malts. The whiskies mellow for 12 years before they’re vatted and proofed for this bottling.
Tasting Notes:
There are cinnamon apple cookies on the nose with a touch of honey, nuts, and dry malt. The taste is very malty with a touch of cedar, tobacco spice, and more honey/apple/cinnamon. The end is warm, malty, and slightly sweet thanks to the honey with a sense of apple fritters and maybe even some Cinnamon Toast Crunch.
Bottom Line:
This is simple, sure. But it’s also exactly the right place to start getting into affordable blended Scotch whisky. The honey nut apple vibe is approachable while not being overblown. The maltiness is front and center, which should be the point at this price level. Overall, this is a great candidate for making highballs with good fizzy water and a nice twist of lemon or apple slice!
Ballentine’s is a classic grocer-turned-whisky-maker, a tried and true Scottish tradition. In this case, the juice in the bottle is built from 50 different grain and single malt whiskies that are at least 12 years old. Once those barrels are vatted, the whisky is proofed down to a very accessible 80 proof.
Tasting Notes:
There’s a nice mix of fresh honey and lush vanilla on the nose next to hints of sweet oak and soft malts. The palate leans into the honey with a creamy edge as short hints of wildflowers balance against vanilla creaminess, a touch of holiday spice tied to the malts, and a nice dose of that sweet oak with a lightly charred sense. The finish is short and sweet and balances that vanilla and honey cream against florals and lightly spiced malts.
Bottom Line:
This really shines over some rocks. That creaminess really amps up with that addition of water to the point of creamed honey and even some light malted chocolate milkshake vibes. In short, use this for highballs with soda water, it shines the most that way.
Buchanan’s is another Diageo blend that’s making a big comeback. Part of that is due to this expression snagging a Double Gold from San Francisco World Spirit Competiton back in 2020. The whisky has a long history and is built to be a classic “on the rocks” whisky.
Tasting Notes:
The whiskey opens with a real sense of dark chocolate married to bright orange zest. The palate builds on that adding hints of vanilla pudding and dark spices next to a cedar woodiness and a little bit of spicy chewy tobacco. A whisper of peat arrives late and far in the background as the chocolate orange throughline lasts the longest on the fade.
Bottom Line:
This really works over some rocks best. The chocolate takes on a malted creaminess that layers with the tobacco well. The peat is almost non-existent with a little water or ice. So if you’re peat hesitant, this is might be your play.
This Speyside blend is crafted as a workhorse whisky. The juice is drawn from the William Grant & Sons distilleries, focusing on Kininvie, Glenfiddich, and The Balvenie. The juice is then rested for up to six months after blending to let it mellow even more before proofing and bottling.
Tasting Notes:
There’s a nice welcoming note of creamy vanilla that almost becomes cream soda, next to hints of zesty orange marmalade, malts, and dark spices. The taste delivers on those notes by amping the spices up to Christmas cake territory with a slight tart berry edge next to that cream soda sweetness. The end is short and sweet with a nice lightness that really makes this very drinkable.
Bottom Line:
The fact that you’re getting both The Balenvie and Glenfiddich in this, not to mention Kininvie (a true small aficionado distillery), means you’re getting high-quality juice at a lower price. This is a great value by definition due to that. It also makes for the perfect cocktail or highball base thanks to that creamy vanilla and hint of wintry spice.
This whisky from the very popular Famous Grouse is a dialed-in expression. The juice in the bottle is a blend of sherry-cask-finished whiskies from The Macallan and Highland Park. The whisky is then cut down to a very accessible 80-proof and then bottled in a nicely understated bottle.
Tasting Notes:
There’s a sweet malt buried under a buttery scone dripping with raspberry jam with a touch of light spice lurking in the background. The sherry really kicks in on the palate with big notes of dates soaked in black tea next to creamy caramel, vanilla cake, and a touch of dry raisins. The end doesn’t overstay its welcome and leaves you with a lovely note of chocolate-covered cherries with a sweet/dry vibe.
Bottom Line:
The Macallan and Highland Park are expensive single malts. Their entry-point expressions cost anywhere from $60 to $75. You can get two of these bottles for that price. If that’s not a great value, I don’t what is. The only reason this is a bit lower is that it’s a really good mixer rather than a go-to sipper.
The lion’s share of this blend — 45 percent — comes from a single grain whisky aged in ex-bourbon from Cameronbridge Distillery. 22 percent is a single malt aged in ex-bourbon that comes from Linkwood Distillery. The rest is a mix of French oak and ex-bourbon single malts and blended malts from the Highlands, Clyneilish, Linkwood, and Balmenach. Those whiskies are vatted and then proofed down before bottling.
Tasting Notes:
This opens with a very clear and concise note of apple candy with a hint of salted caramel ice cream cut with a touch of eggnog spices. There’s a nice maltiness that leans into a creamy vanilla, soft holiday spice mix, butter toffee, and a hint of milk chocolate near the end. The finish is warming with a whisper of tobacco next to a woody apple, spice candies (maybe ginger), and a final hint of cocoa and caramel.
Bottom Line:
This blend is made with a lot of niche whiskies that are hard to find outside of their local regions (that means they’re even hard to find in Scotland if you’re not in the right place). That aside, I really like sipping this in a great cocktail. The creamy spiciness shines in an old fashioned with a little orange oil accent.
Chivas is renowned for its iconic blended whisky. This expression — originally created for the Japanese market and released in the U.S. in 2019 — adds a unique dimension to the classic blend. A portion of the whisky is finished in Japanese Mizunara casks, adding a layer of nuanced flavors to the standard Chivas.
Tasting Notes:
Caramel and dark dried fruits mingle with tasty pears, soft orange zest, a touch of leather, fresh and floral honey, and maybe some old oak staves on the nose. The palate has a dash or two of winter spice next to walnuts and honey-soaked raisins with a hint of sunburnt heather and wildflowers. The finish lets the spiciness warm the palate as pear and leather fade through the end.
Bottom Line:
While the Mizunara in this expression is mild, it’s still there. Generally speaking, that’s a super expensive way to age whisky (Japanese whiskies aged in this barrel can cost thousands). So getting this bottle at around $40 is a great deal for what it is. This also really works on the rocks or in a cocktail, but I’d lean more toward a sipper on this one.
This blended malt leans into apples as a predominant flavor note of sweet Scotch whisky. The juice in the bottle is a blend of 39 percent Linkwood single malt aged in ex-bourbon barrels, 20 percent Clynelish single malt also aged in ex-bourbon barrels, and Benrinnes single malt from ex-bourbon barrels. The next eight percent is a single malt from a distillery in the town of Aberlour (not the distillery) that aged in ex-sherry butts with two percent from a Highland malt blend that aged in custom-built and toasted French oak barrels, and the final two percent from a peated malt from Caol Ila that matured in ex-bourbon casks.
Tasting Notes:
Naturally, apples burst forth on the nose with tart, sweet, and juicy notes next to a soft pear vibe, lemon and lime zest, a touch of sweet pineapple, and a soft echo of dry but fragrant Earl Grey tea leaves. The palate leans into fresh ginger soaking in a pot of floral honey next to minor notes of fresh strawberry shortcake with a soft vanilla sponge cake, fresh berries, and a dollop of vanilla-laced whipped cream. The finish leans into a light white floral note while the pear and apple return with a ripeness that feels like they’re fresh off the vine and a final note of lightly spiced malts with a whisper of applewood smoke.
Bottom Line:
This is a great sipper (truly) with a killer lineup of whiskies in the mix. The Benrinnes alone is worth the price of admission (it’s a very small and bespoke distillery). Add in the Caol Ila, Linkwood, Highland, and Clynelish malts and you have something that’s greater than its individual parts.
The heart of Dewar’s is Aberfeldy whisky. This blend is a testament to Master Blender Stephanie MacLeod’s prowess in bringing good whisky together to make great whisky. The juices are aged for 18 long years in American oak before they’re vatted into a large oak tun and allowed to rest before proofing and bottling.
Tasting Notes:
There’s that signature Aberfeldy honey on the nose with hints of almonds, stone fruits, and red berries next to a hint of dried leather, Christmas spices, and maybe even some tobacco leaf. The palate dials all of this in with a marzipan vibe next to floral honey, bruised apricot skins, and dark chocolate-covered red berries with a hint of tartness and bitterness. The end is soft, silky, and brings a final bite of sweet oak with a slight tobacco chew layered with dark chocolate and marzipan.
Bottom Line:
This is an old and very good sipping blended malt. It’s devised from Aberfeldy, which is amazing at around 18 years but also at least twice the price. Overall, this is a pretty solid sipper that shines on the rocks and really takes on a creamy and chocolate malted vibe that sings in the glass and on your senses.
Johnnie Walker’s Green Label is a solidly crafted whisky that highlights Diageo’s fine stable of distilleries across Scotland. The juice is a pure malt or blended malt, meaning that only single malt whisky is in the mix (no grain whisky). In this case, the primary whiskies are a minimum of 15 years old, from Talisker, Caol Ila, Cragganmore, and Linkwood.
Tasting Notes:
Soft notes of cedar dance with hints of black pepper, vanilla pods, and bright fruit with a wisp of green grass in the background. The palate really delivers on that soft cedar woodiness while edging towards a spice-laden tropical fruit brightness. The finish is dialed in with hints of cedar, spice, and fruit leading towards a briny billow of smoke at the very end.
Bottom Line:
This has some killer whiskies in the blend. A Caol Ila and Talisker is like the meeting of two subtly peated masterpieces. Add in the Cragganmore and Linkwood for sweet refinement and you have something truly special. The fact that this is only $50 to $60 is amazing. It’s truly a great whisky that shines on its own (neat) or on the rocks.
White produced Lynn’s 2004 album Van Lear Rose and it was a big success, being nominated for five Grammys (and winning two of them) and being widely considered one of the year’s best releases. Now, White has taken a moment to honor his former collaborator.
In a video shared on Instagram yesterday, White started, “What a sad day today is: We lost one of the greats, Loretta Lynn. I said when I was first asked about her what I thought, and I said years ago that I thought she was the greatest female singer-songwriter of the 20th century. I still believe that.”
He also said of collaborating with Lynn, “I learned so much from her working together on this album, Van Lear Rose, together, and there was times where I just had to sort of take a pause and step outside because she was just so brilliant; I couldn’t believe what I was witnessing and hearing. I almost felt like she didn’t even realize it.”
White concluded, “She was like a mother figure to me and also a very good friend at times and told me some amazing things that I’ll never tell anybody. Rest in peace, Loretta. God bless you.”
Watch the video above and read White’s full statement below.
“What a sad day today is: We lost one of the greats, Loretta Lynn. I said when I was first asked about her what I thought, and I said years ago that I thought she was the greatest female singer-songwriter of the 20th century. I still believe that.
Loretta used to say to make it in the business, you had to either be great, different, or first, and she thought that she was just different and that’s how she made it, but I think she was all three of those things, and there’s plenty of evidence to back that up, too.
She was such an incredible presence and such a brilliant genius in ways that I think only people who got to work with her might know about. What she did for feminism, women’s rights in a time period and in a genre of music that was the hardest to do it in, is just outstanding and will live on for a long time. She broke down a lot of barriers for people that came after her.
I learned so much from her working together on this album, Van Lear Rose, together, and there was times where I just had to sort of take a pause and step outside because she was just so brilliant; I couldn’t believe what I was witnessing and hearing. I almost felt like she didn’t even realize it, you know. But she was just a genius and just brilliant at what she did and we were lucky to have her, and people can learn from her example, the rags to riches part of it and the beautiful natural voice part of it. She was like a mother figure to me and also a very good friend at times and told me some amazing things that I’ll never tell anybody. Rest in peace, Loretta. God bless you.”
About a week ago, it was officially confirmed that Rihanna will be performing the Super Bowl LVII halftime show in 2023 (despite reports immediately before that Taylor Swift was going to do it). Since then, fans have been discussing what songs Rihanna should perform during her time on the field, and another topic of discussion is what special guests Rihanna should include in her performance. Now, Rihanna has addressed that, as well as her nerves going into it.
A TMZ cameraperson spotted Rihanna yesterday (October 4) afternoon at the end of a shopping trip and asked her how she’s feeling about the big show. Rihanna responded, “I’m nervous! But I’m excited.”
She was then asked who her special guest for the performance would be, and she just shrugged. Rihanna was pressed further, with the cameraperson asking if “maybe” it would be ASAP Rocky, and Rihanna replied, “Maybe, girl.” Based on the fact Rihanna was approaching her car and seemingly looking to get out of the conversation, though, it seems likely she just gave the cameraperson a “maybe” to get them off her back, instead of her answer truly reflecting what’s being planned for the performance.
After Rihanna was confirmed to do the show, she got some advice from one of this year’s performers, Dr. Dre, who said, “Put the right people around you and have fun. That’s basically what it is, making sure you have the right creative people around you. She might want to look into some of the people that we used to do our show.”
Even with the NBA preseason ramping up and four games scheduled in the Association on Tuesday evening, the eyes of many basketball observers were trained on the Dollar Loan Center in Henderson, Nevada. The venue is the new home of the G League Ignite, and it also hosted the first of two exhibition matchups against Metropolitans 92. The contests are made-for-tv (and scouting) events pitting the top two prospects in the 2023 NBA Draft against one another, and both Victor Wembanyama and Scoot Henderson fueled the imagination and vigor of fans, scouts, and league personnel.
Wembanyama is the widely projected No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 draft, and the big man is listed at 7’3 with a wingspan approaching eight feet. The 18-year-old is also blessed with a unique profile that includes ball-handling, shooting on the move, and elite rim protection, and Wembanyama showed the whole package in the early going.
Within the first handful of minutes, the visiting uber-prospect executed an impressive isolation move to the rim, knocked down a pull-up three, and also rejected a shot in memorable fashion.
Wembanyama then went on to show the little things that he can do with a sequence displaying his defensive aptitude in space. He followed that with a ho-hum finish of a lob dunk, and Wembanyama finished the first half with nine points (despite three fouls) and plenty of flash plays.
On the other side, Henderson was the story of the first half, finishing with 18 points in fewer than 13 minutes on the floor. He began the scoring with a pull-up jumper and flashed a wonderful finishing package.
Henderson, a 6’2 guard from Marietta, Georgia, is playing his second season with G League Ignite, and he certainly appears to be ready to roll. His second-quarter performance included a huge dunk in transition following a steal he created, and Henderson also showcased his nifty ball-handling ability with a finish over Wembanyama’s outstretched arms.
Following the halftime break, both prospects kept it going. It was Wembanyama drawing first blood, this time with a flurry of jumpers, both with his feet set and on the move.
Henderson continued to dig into his bag of tricks, including a moment in which he slammed on the breaks, creating a fly-by situation and finishing in the lane.
Still, the third quarter belonged to Wembanyama. After Henderson had the better statistical showing in the first half, Wembanyama erupted for 17 points in fewer than nine minutes, pairing his long-range shooting with a varied and effective face-up game and bringing Metropolitans 92 back into the game after a double-digit deficit.
Metropolitans 92 trailed by as many as 22 points in the first half, only to come all the way back to take the lead in the fourth quarter. That comeback bid was thwarted by G League Ignite, though, and Henderson strung together a sequence with a three-pointer and a gorgeous pocket pass to extend his team’s lead back to seven.
While his team went down, Wembanyama did not slow down his individual brilliance down the stretch. Henderson attempted to finish over him before a Wembanyama rejection, and he continued to flash his shooting ability.
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All told, G League Ignite managed to pick up a 122-115 victory but, no matter the result on the scoreboard, Wembanyama and Henderson absolutely blew away even the most outsized expectations. Wembanyama further cemented his status as a potentially generational prospect, finishing with 37 points (on 11-for-20 from the floor and 7-for-11 from three-point range) and five blocks. Henderson was also exceptional, producing 28 points, nine assists, and five rebounds in the process of affirming his status as the top challenger to Wembanyama at the top of the draft board.
Basketball enthusiasts can look forward to another matchup between Wembanyama and Henderson on Thursday, further kickstarting a months-long conversation about which prospect should land at No. 1 overall. With other high-end talents like twins Amen and Ausar Thompson of Overtime Elite also in the mix, things are heating up considerably at this very early stage, but the focus will seemingly be on Wembanyama’s unbelievable potential and the more traditional appeal of a do-everything guard like Henderson, with plenty of fun along the way.
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