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Before the sixth game of the regular season, Victor Wembanyama looked nothing short of inexorable. The San Antonio Spurs star was an unstoppable f
San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama dunked over Los Angeles Lakers guard Bronny James during the team's two-point loss on Wednesday night.
The San Antonio Spurs have become one of the better teams in the Western Conference this season as center Victor Wembanyama has blossomed into an MVP candidate for coach Mitch Johnson's team. San Antonio was defeated by the surging Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday by a score of 118-116 as Wembanyama was frustrated by a swarming defensive strategy.
Victor Wembanyama had 24 points and 15 rebounds, and the San Antonio Spurs remained unbeaten with a 121-103 victory over the Toronto Raptors.
The San Antonio Spurs and Victor Wembanyama have unlocked a new level of play, and there's only one major question to be answered.
Some of this could be solved with better shooting. As of this writing, the Spurs are shooting 14 of 43 (32.6%) from 3 off Wembanyama’s passes. Harrison Barnes and Julian Champagnie are notably shooting a combined 3 of 14 (21.4%) on those looks — that should bounce back in a major way as the sample grows.
Amid San Antonio Spurs All-Star Victor Wembanyama's height conspiracy theories, former NBA player and podcast host Gilbert Arenas says the young phenom isn't playing to his full potential. For Arenas, Wembanyama hasn't quite grasped the magnitude of his stature that gives him a significant advantage amongst his competitors.
Victor Wembanyama is one of the best players in the world, and the San Antonio Spurs have seemed to instill their values in him.
Victor Wembanyama and Kevin Durant traded poster dunks in the third quarter before the younger Spurs star led his team past the Rockets vet.
After losing 118-116 to the Lakers on Wednesday, Victor Wembanyama admitted that he and the Spurs are still facing a learning curve.
Arch Manning has great size as a 6-foot-4, 220-pound quarterback for the Texas Longhorns. He looked like a child when posing next to San Antonio Spurs superstar Victor Wembanyama on Friday night, though.
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ESPN's analyst thinks San Antonio is a contender as long as Victor Wembanyama can play at the MVP level: "The Spurs' ceiling is as tall as he is"
With a PER of 30.9, the 7-foot-4 Frenchman currently ranks fifth among all players, behind only Giannis Antetokounmpo, Luka Doncic, Nikola Jokic and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. Yes, Wemby is that good as he is already in the company of arguably the five best players of this decade.