Bryan Curtis has the solution for boring NBA postgame interviews
Credit: NBA on NBC After Wednesday’s Game 2 win over the San Antonio Spurs, Oklahoma City Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander caused a stir when he seemingly said something extremely honest during the post-game interview. SGA appeared to call out his teammate, Isaiah Hartenstein, saying that his defensive effort against Victor Wembanyama wasn’t as good as it seemed . He would later backtrack at the post-game press conference, saying he didn’t hear the question well , then realized it and offered a better answer.
Regardless of how true that explanation is, SGA provided a rare thing: An NBA post-game court interview that offered something of substance and intrigue. On Wednesday’s episode of The Press Box , which was posted before Game 2, co-hosts Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker discussed the dearth of interesting questions posed to Wembanyama following his epic Game 1 performance, and held it up as an example of how these conversations often feature generic questions that yield generic answers. “We’re just built like this.
” Victor Wembanyama spoke with Ashley ShahAhmadi after his LEGENDARY Game 1 performance. pic. twitter.
com/g12QliYiZF — NBA on NBC and Peacock (@NBAonNBC) May 19, 2026 Curtis then posited a solution, which he aptly dubbed The Curtis Maneuver. “Let’s say that you are a sideline reporter. Here’s what you do,” said Curtis.
“You walk out onto the court, you bring a portable monitor. ” “You’re selling this like bringing a portable monitor is… like a feat. It’s very straightforward now,” added Shoemaker.