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Victor Wembanyama Just Broke The NBA And Here’s Why



Victor Wembanyama Just Broke The NBA And Here’s Why

Victor Wembanyama got angry and showed why he’s special, and it’s not because he’s tall.

Yes 17 points in 3 minutes. It’s not the scoring that should blow your mind. There’s something else besides being 7’ 4” moving like guard that separates him from most rookies, heck most players. This isn’t the only time that Wemby responded to the moment. And it’s something that had led to one of the greatest rookie seasons of all time.

Wembanyama would be on a minute restriction due injuries that were haphazard, like stepping on a ball boy. He missed a few games early, he was only allowed to play under 30 minutes a game. At that point, it would have been excusable if Wemby didn’t have the best season as his body was acclimating to the NBA. But no, Wemby didn’t complain.

And mid season on January 25, when Holmgren hits a 3, Wemby drives through him and

That entire game, Wembanyama went right at him. He was so eager to check in the game that he jumped the gun and ref told him to wait. Wemby would finish the game with 24 points 12 boards 4 blocks, everything more than Chet but would lose so

towards the end of the season against OKC, Wembanyama hits this clutch 3, stares down the bench, then blocks Chet and goes ballistic. This means something to him, there’s a fire. He wants to show that he’s the best and it’s not just against Chet.

Even bigger match ups like against Giannis, while most players are getting trampled, he’s not afraid to go right after him whether that’ around him

And there’s a hunger to go at the best players in the league. When Kevin Durant wraps his arms around Wemby after the whistle and he finished, Wemby takes a hot for fun and says and one while looking straight at KD. Even the small little mind games just don’t work.

But perhaps one of the telling moments was when Dillon Brooks decided to trash talk Wemby. Yup after a preseason game, Brooks was asked what he thought of Wemby and he said…

**Just tall huh.** Well they would play in their second game of the season and Wemby came out dunking on his own teammate to prove a point. He reversed dunked on Jabari Smith that had Dillon Brooks out of it. (*I am perplexed)* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuhjbTtkwiQ

Now Dillon wouldn’t really be matched up on Wemby but there was a clear moment. On an in bounds in OT with the game tied, Dillon Brooks is denying the pass, Wemby spins to cut, but then pulls back. Dillon needs a map. Wemby catches the ball and easily shoots over him. Just tall right? And the best part? He points at Brooks. He heard the talk. The Spurs would win the game.

He’s not giving any little edge to anyone and we can trace it back to one specific moment.

The moment that I knew that Wemby was him came from before the season, when we saw those stretching flexibility videos. I remember thinking to myself, wow, Wemby wants to play, he wants to be able to do anything without fear of injury, and he’s taking care of it early.

I think nothing illustrates it more than when Wembanyama had a 5 by 5 game, the 15th player ever to do it, did against the Lakers and LeBron scoring 27 points, 10 rebounds, blocking LeBron to which LeBron even said he doesn’t have a ceiling

Wemby became only the second player to have consecutive 5 blocks and 5 steals, the other one person was Jordan and his response was “I wonder if he did it in wins.” This mentality makes me believe that he would be successful if he was 7’ 4” or 6’ 2”.

And it’s why we saw a second year leap from Wemby, mid season. Yeah, if we look at his stats from his first 2 months to the rest of the season, everything went up but fouls. He started scoring 4 more points, better playmaking, and a ridiculous near 4 blocks a game while fouling less.

40 Comments

  12. @snarkmark2806

    Gordon’s failed intimidation walk through cost Denver a fall from 1st to 3rd seed. Aaron, He is Him. Don’t mess. He’ll make you pay.

  14. @spursamn

    Last season I was always jokingly saying "Wemby or bust" watching his highlights.

    My god if that wasn't an UNDERSTATEMENT. Wemby has brought the hope, joy and amazement back to basketball for the Spurs

  15. @Kasciukaitis

    Gilbert Arenas always crying that Europeans broke Nba defense, but year after year best defenders are from Europe… Sad man..

  20. @_drawkward_

    I picked up League Pass this year just to watch Wemby develop (well, also to watch ridiculous amounts of basketball, but mostly Wemby).
    I was hoping that he would get over looking like a baby giraffe out there by his sophomore season, and I would have thought of that as good development depending on his usage, etc.
    What I got instead was steady improvement over the course of the season culminating in consistent dominant individual performances. A few "bad" games here or there on the scoring front, but the improvement from the beginning of the season (not to mention summer league) is astonishing.
    He's not just an alien…he's an alien who is outworking most of the league.
    He plays HARD. He also is obviously working just as hard when the lights aren't on.
    I really like this young man. His game, his attitude…just imagine another player getting ignored by his teammates for over half the season – I can't think of another player who wouldn't have said something about it. Wemby just kept working until they came around.

  21. @brianmorton963

    He's such a difference maker and broke the NBA so bad he managed to add Zero wins to his teams worst record in the NBA last year. 2023 22-60 2024 22-60…. dam I can't get over how much better he makes everyone around him

  31. @danielplainview2360

    There are some attributes you just cannot teach. You either have it or you don't. The will to take chances, adversity, determination, resiliency, winning mentality.

    This young man has IT

  33. @rafikz77

    “Clyde Drexler is a great player, but him being compared to me? I took offense to that”
    Replace Clyde with Chet 😂

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