Victor Wembanyama Should Not Be Able To Do This…

Victor Wembanyama Should Not Be Able To Do This…

Victor wanyama just keeps on adding to an already historic first year last night against the Raptors he became the first rookie since David Robinson to record a triple double with blocks once again showcasing that generational Talent he was hyped up to be on the very first play of the game yakob purle tried

To test wemi oneon-one he goes to a shoulder bump for some separation except separation from Victor doesn’t actually exist then on the other end he Trails the play and steps into a top of the key triple you could tell right away that we were in for a special night playing

Against the Spurs is like trying to score with a wall in front of the rim Barrett catches it under the basket and wemi barely even has to leave the floor to send away his layup because of his size he can almost intentionally mtime his jump and still make contact he

Leaves his feet for a rebound that he doesn’t get and typically that would leave purle with an easy putback I mean he’s releasing the ball while Victor’s still on the ground only to get wiped off the glass later in the game purle actually tried to take him in the post a

Horrible idea and no matter how many times he fakes changes his angle there’s no escaping that 8T wingspan yakob clearly didn’t get the memo most players just ask themselves why even test him and choose not to enter his layer by just simply standing in the right spot

He’s able to change the entire Dynamic of an offense Scotty’s going to try to take his man oneon-one and wemi is just sitting under the basket waiting so there’s no real shot opportunity but the thing is he’s so large that he actually covers both the ball and his man in the dunker spot

That ability to cover multiple players at once makes him super effective in drop coverage notice how he positions himself to overplay the role not giving up any sort of pass but as soon as Trent Jr starts getting close to the paint he slides over just a ha to to force him

Into settling from further and on this one he’s going to do the exact inverse positioning himself closer to the ball and giving up a pass to the roller before recovering for a big time block so what ends up happening is that when attackers see him in that drop coverage

They’re way more inclined to settle for long twos and unless you’re Elite in that area it’s not a very good source of offense you’ll see these possessions where Victor just takes away the middle of the floor entirely and starts with the drop coverage quickly knows better

Than to try and test him then when he moves it over to Trent for another potential Drive wemi parks at the nail to turn that away and the result is another contested midi just as a reference here’s what it looks like when he isn’t there he’s forced to respect

Oen as a shooter in the corner so RJ gets into ball screen action with someone else and turns the corner for a real easy drive and finish there’s no doubt that Victor’s at his best when he can sit around the the basket and shut off the rim from entire teams but with

The way modern NBA offenses operate he still finds himself forced into switches or more aggressive coverages on occasion and I think this is where his length really pops quickly tries to use his speed to take him off the dribble but to no avail things that should be available

Aren’t anymore when he’s on the ball P’s open for a pretty standard bounce pass that never makes it out of Scotty’s hands or how about when the Raptors cleared out so that Scotty could isolate Victor in space he works his way to the paint throws an up fake before spinning

Into a hook that gets blocked off glass only to grab a second chance and get blocked again for W’s seventh of the game block number eight would come in transition he’s chasing the play from pretty far behind and times up his jump with the bajes notice how as The

Finisher adjusts his release angle wemi adjusts his block that’s masterful stuff his ninth rejection came with 40 seconds left in the third him and cheddy Osman actually miscommunicate on a switch which should result in an easy two for the slipping barns but guess who’s chasing him down by the end of the third

This game was pretty much done for the Spurs led by 28 but wemi had nine blocks in just 23 minutes of play so they left him in to start the fourth and he relentlessly hunted for number 10 I thought he had it on this this one in

Transition only for the refs to deem it a goal and it wasn’t until about halfway through the quarter that he finally got it they probably should have called a travel but I’m glad they didn’t now anyone can look at the box score and see two steals six deflections 10 blocks and

Probably draw the conclusion that this guy had a pretty great defensive performance with that said there’s also the other stuff I talked about all of the shots he drove away from the paint all of the long two twos Toronto had to shoot because they couldn’t get to the

Rim and we don’t have numbers in the box score that directly track those but what we do have is the Raptor’s offensive production as a team in Victor’s 29 minutes they scored 79 points per 100 possessions over the entire season they averaged 114.1 we’re talking about a complete

Master class and even crazier it wasn’t just the defensive side of the ball where his impact was felt this game was really fast-paced and lucky for the Spurs wemi can run the floor he’s a huge Target in transition and will catch literally everything thrown his way which means that if you’re a recovering

Defense you have to find him the standard rule of transition defense is to first take away the middle then worry about the wings but Scotty completely abandons the middle to preemptively pick up Victor which leaves Sohan with an easy dunk in the half court he’s primarily used as a screener I think it

Goes without saying that switching is not an option but the Raptors tried it once and found out the hard way of course the biggest threat to worry about when he’s rolling is him catching the ball within the same area code as the basket and when the Defense loads up to

Take that away he’ll use his height to just shoot over the top of everyone not just from the mid-range because he can also pop to the three-point line where that shot continues to look better and better as the weeks go by oh and did I mention he can also run the pick and

Roll as a ball handler RJ shows for just a second and Victor counters with a beautiful shovel pass to Trey Jones he’s not known for his passing but can make some really nice finds like this one where a broken possession ends up with him driving and throwing a lengthy Euro

Step straight into a dump off or how about a play that starts with a rare missed lob only for him to collect a second chance and throw a beautiful no look to the wideopen soan this next play starts with him catching the ball in the

Mid post and as soon as he spins he recognizes a double which leaves a shooter all alone in the corner although that three just misses typically when Victor touches the ball defenses are going to come at him with a quick double team but he can just see over the top of

Everyone so he’ll find Cutters or shooters for easy offense and the reason they sell out to him like that is because when they don’t as long as he gets that first dribble down there’s really not much you can do he’ll get into his scoring move really quickly off

The catch this time jabbing right into a drive left and putting purle on a poster you’ll have these plays where it looks like he’s a man amongst boys getting seemingly whatever he wants regardless of who stands in his way he finish this game with 27 points on 81% true shooting

To go along with his 14 rebounds and 10 blocks making him the fourth rookie in NBA history to record a triple double with blocks and the first to do it since David Robinson 34 years ago of those four he was the only to do it in under

35 minutes and he didn’t even play 30 the way he can have his handprints all over a game on both ends in so little time on a nightly basis is just absurd and something we haven’t seen from a first your player in decades if you enjoyed this breakdown make sure to drop

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Victor Wembanyama just became the first rookie since 1990 to record a triple double with blocks, showcasing his generational talent.

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