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The end of the Olympics also registers on the NBA timeline as we continue to forge through the summer. With the start of the regular season still more than two and a half months away, free agency has slowed as fans embrace the release of the NBA schedule. With that, the San Antonio Spurs roster […]

San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama might only be 20 years old, but he already has the mindset of a superstar. Like Kobe Bryant who trained with Hakeem Olajuwon, the latest NBA Rookie of the Year wants to learn from the NBA’s greatest players. For Wembanyama, it’s Phoenix Suns star Kevin Durant. In a recent […]

Spurs fans excited to watch the first-time duo of Victor Wembanyama and Chris Paul should tune in to opening night of the 2024-25 NBA season. The team has just released its schedule for the season, and first on the list is a road game against the Dallas Mavericks, headlined by Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving. […]

The Olympics were a big sign of what’s coming in Victor Wembanyama’s second year in the league. While France gave Team USA a massive scare throughout the game, they had to settle for a silver medal finish in Paris. Gregg Popovich and the San Antonio Spurs are all geared up for a big leap in […]

As much as a unanimous Rookie of the Year season proved that Victor Wembanyama was worth the hype, it also served notice that the phases of his progression would often jolt us. Sure enough, the Olympics provided another vivid instance of the San Antonio Spurs star continuing to grow into the type of generational player […]

After witnessing Victor Wembanyama’s 2024 Olympics performance, NBA legend Dwyane Wade sees him as the future of basketball. Wade serves as NBC’s analyst wherein he made complimentary remarks about the towering Frenchman. The three-time NBA champion is impressed by Wembanyama’s game. He sees the San Antonio Spurs star as a versatile player who can do […]

For the first four games of the 2024 Summer Olympics, it looked as if the picturesque jumper of Stephen Curry had been lost in the midst of all of Team USA’s pre-Olympics travels. In Team USA’s three group play games and in their first knockout round game versus Brazil, the game’s greatest shooter was a […]

Steph Curry stole the show. LeBron James grabbed his share of headlines by helping control the game. USA Basketball’s all-time Olympics leading scorer, Kevin Durant, earned a fourth gold at the Summer Games. Given all of that, San Antonio Spurs phenom Victor Wembanyama — all of 20 years old and with just one NBA year […]

The Stephen Curry career storybook got more new pages on Saturday as Team USA defeated Team France by a score of 98-87, outscoring France 26-21 in the fourth quarter’s action. Team France got close but Stephen Curry buried them with a barrage of three-pointers, much to the delight of Carmelo Anthony as shown in an […]

Team France fell in an epic 98-87 battle with Team USA in the Olympic gold medal match on Saturday. However, the Americans may have woken up the beast inside of Victor Wembanyama. “Wemby” had a blunt response to the loss, via Mike Finger of the San Antonio Express-News. “Victor Wembanyama, with a silver medal around […]

Stephen Curry and Team USA beat Team France on Saturday by a score of 98-87, giving Steve Kerr, LeBron James and company the gold medal over Evan Fournier and Victor Wembanyama’s team. Afterward, Curry took time out to speak to legendary sports broadcaster Mike Tirico. Curry was asked by Tirico if the game felt like […]

With the Gold Medal and Olympics immortality on the line, Team USA and Team France met in the final game of the men’s Olympic basketball tournament on Saturday afternoon, and delivered an all-timer for hoops fans who have been tuned in throughout what has been one of the most memorable and competitive tournaments in the […]

While Team France is competing against a stacked Team USA, one would think they are in the game because of such NBA stars like Victor Wembanyama, Rudy Gobert, or even Evan Fournier. They would be wrong as the star for them early in the game was Guerschon Yabusele which his performance has spawned fan reactions […]

A USA Basketball gold medal will largely depend on how a San Antonio Spurs star performs. Hello again, 2004. Twenty years ago, Manu Ginobili and Argentina changed the course of American national basketball program with a stunning victory over a squad that featured Tim Duncan among several NBA superstars. In the current version of a […]

Victor Wembanyama was one of the most hyped rookies coming into the 2023-24 NBA season. Since then, Wemby has living up to the hype by winning the NBA Rookie of the Year while also breaking some records. Basketball fans will get to see more of the French prospect as he tries to help his country […]

Team USA men’s basketball defeated Serbia on Thursday 95-91. The USA did not play up to their expectations but still won the game in the end. Stephen Curry led the team with 36 points in the victory. Curry’s impressive performance certainly caught Kevin Durant’s attention, per ESPN, video via ClutchPoints. “His energy was high… It […]

ESPN basketball analyst Kendrick Perkins was on the show “First Take” where the topic was on Team USA and their upcoming gold medal game against France at the Paris Olympics Saturday. Perkins gave his stance on the contest and how he is not “worried about it one bit” after USA scraped by to beat Serbia […]

Considering how they have struggled at times throughout the 2024 Summer Olympics, France entered their semifinal matchup against Germany on Thursday as underdogs. And yet, when the final buzzer sounded, Victor Wembanyama and company had picked up an upset victory to advance to the Gold Medal Game, with the score settling in at 73-69. It […]

On Thursday, Victor Wembanyama and the French National Team advanced to the final round of the Olympics with a thrilling win over the German National Team. Wembanyama made several huge plays down the stretch, helping propel his country of France to the game’s biggest stage, and doing so in the country itself. After the game […]

San Antonio Spurs and Team France superstar Victor Wembanyama threw down a posterizing dunk on Team Germany big man Daniel Theis in the Paris Olympics semifinal matchup between the two countries. If you didn’t see it live — or even if you did — it is worth seeing from multiple angles, as young French children […]

Victor Wembanyama is no stranger to expectations. That said, he hadn’t yet been judged on his ability to carry a team. That changed for the San Antonio Spurs phenom during the 2024 Olympics with Team France. A huge 82-73 victory on Tuesday against previously unbeaten Canada in the quarterfinals gives the 7-foot-4 generational talent a […]

Is it an upset? Team France has eliminated Canada, 82-73, to face Germany in the semifinals of the 2024 Paris Olympics. With this victory, the previous silver medalists at the Tokyo Olympics are one game away from clinching another Olympic medal for the fourth time in 12 appearances. On the other hand, this loss is a […]

Team France battled it out with Team Canada in Olympics basketball on Tuesday, and France found a way to pull off the upset to knock Canada out in the quarterfinals. Canada came into the game as the favorite, but Victor Wembanyama and France had other plans, and they are still alive and well. France now […]

Team France is preparing to play Canada as the 2024 Summer Olympics continue. However, France is reportedly making some big lineup changes. NBA veterans Rudy Gobert and Evan Fournier will not start during France’s crucial quarterfinal game against Canada, per Ben Golliver of The Washington Post. Fournier has enjoyed a strong NBA career. He is […]

With Team USA entering the quarterfinals portion of the 2024 Paris Olympics, they’ll open up their gold-medal run against Brazil. However, Team USA superstar LeBron James keeps tabs on everyone, not just Brazil. Well, unless you’re France, that is. James said he “wasn’t very impressed” with Victor Wembanyama and France in their 85-71 loss to […]

The San Antonio Spurs have long been an example of greatness in the NBA, especially when Tony Parker was at the helm. The Hall of Fame point guard helped the Spurs win four NBA championships and is one of the greatest players in franchise history. So with Victor Wembanyama being heralded as the Spurs new […]

Victor Wembanyama experienced his first loss of the Paris Olympics on Friday. Going against Germany for the top spot in Group B, France fell with a final score of 85-71. Following the game, Wembanyama’s coach seemed to be in no mood for sugarcoating. Vincent Collet — France’s head coach since 2009 — went straight to […]

As generational a talent as Victor Wembanyama may be, the San Antonio Spurs have been here before. Kind of. Wemby followed David Robinson and Tim Duncan as iconic top overall picks in the franchise’s history. They’re now following suit in a different way with moves meant to surround their young cornerstone with veteran help. In […]

Los Angeles Lakers point guard D’Angelo Russell has nothing but praise for San Antonio Spurs superstar Victor Wembanyama for his sensational rookie season. During his guest appearance on the “Run Your Race” podcast, Russell even went so far as to say Wembanyama should have won every major NBA award. The seven-foot-four French phenom is currently […]

It wasn’t easy, but France came out with a much-needed victory at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Tuesday against Japan in overtime, much in part to Victor Wembanyama. The San Antonio Spurs phenom scored eight of his 18 points in the extra period while Matthew Strazel had a four-point play towards the end of the […]

Team France defeated Team Japan 94-90 on Tuesday at the Olympics. Victor Wembanyama led the French basketball team to the victory with 18 points, however, he also suffered an injury scare in the game. He was seen reaching for his hip multiple times during the game, something that surely caught the San Antonio Spurs’ attention. […]

According to veteran point guard Chris Paul, the sky’s the limit regarding the trajectory of the NBA’s Rookie of the Year, Victor Wembanyama’s career. Paul, who joined Fox Sports One’s host Colin Cowherd on Monday’s episode of The Herd, had this to say when asked what Wembanyama’s ceiling looks like after an epic rookie campaign. […]

One of the most exciting plays to watch in the NBA are poster dunks. Given that the NBA has no shortage of athleticism, it isn’t surprising that several players have the ability to dunk on one another. A lot of basketball fans will agree that poster dunks are instant momentum changers, as they exhibit power […]

By practically any conceivable metric, the start of the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics has been a tremendous success. The games are underway and have already delivered some big-time, noteworthy moments, but it’s fair to say that the biggest star of the games thus far has been the city of Paris. Widely regarded as arguably the most beautiful […]

Victor Wembanyama scored 19 points, several in impression fashion, leading France to a 78-66 win vs. Brazil. That win came on the heels of Australia’s Olympic 92-80 against Spain in the Olympics opener. So, it turns out the San Antonio Spurs’ generational talent and two of their former players – one of them beloved – took […]

San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama had one of the most dominant rookie runs in NBA history during the 2023-24 season. The 7-foot-4 center is carrying his momentum into the 2024 Olympics for Team France, who beat Brazil 78-66 in an intense matchup on Saturday. Wembanyama got vocal after the win about France’s secret weapon. […]

Earlier this week, I made what I believed to be a very appropriate comparison between Victor Wembanyama’s arrival in the NBA and an Alien encounter. My thesis was that when most stateside hoops fans got their first opportunity to watch Wembanyama with the San Antonio Spurs, it probably resembled a toned-down version of what the […]

France defeated Brazil 78-66 in their opening game as the host nation of the 2024 Paris Olympics behind a sensational performance from superstar Victor Wembanyama. The 7-4 San Antonio Spurs center had 19 points, nine rebounds, two assists, four steals, and three blocks while shooting 7-13 from the floor and 1-4 from three in his […]

Sometimes I wonder, what would an actual Alien encounter look like? And by that I mean, what would the worldwide reaction be if an extraterrestrial being revealed itself to the rest of us human beings? How long would this encounter remain the lead story on every news outlet around the globe? How would people around […]