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In late December, San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama met up with Chicago Blackhawks center Connor Bedard in a superstar meeting. Both rookies were the No. 1 overall draft picks in their respective leagues, the NBA and NHL. An interesting quote from their interaction has come to light. The Spurs rookie shared his aspirations for […]

San Antonio Spurs rookie phenom Victor Wembanyama is headed to All-Star Weekend. Whether he’ll play in the main event will be revealed later in the week, but if nothing else, he’s been chosen to participate in the NBA Rising Stars Challenge. The 7-foot-4 generational talent is one of 28 players who are either rookies, in […]

In following their best win with one of their worst losses, the San Antonio Spurs made no bones about their disappointment. While Gregg Popovich and Victor Wembanyama used words like ‘immature” and “unacceptable” following a 118-113 loss to the Washington Wizards, Wembanyama also took accountability for an area in which he’s struggled recently. As the […]

Two electric rookie phenoms who have taken their respective leagues by storm met when Chicago Blackhawks’ Connor Bedard and San Antonio Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama got together at Fifth Third Arena in Chicago last month. The pair of superstars met at the Hawks’ practice facility “for a talk, a friendly off-ice contest and a tour of […]

On Saturday night, the San Antonio Spurs succeeded in getting a win against one of the NBA’s best teams for the first time this season. Monday night was an opportunity for San Antonio to beat a struggling opponent. Instead, a 118-113 Washington Wizards victory left the Spurs frustrated. After head coach Gregg Popovich took all […]

The Spurs battled the Washington Wizards in a home game on Monday evening with an eye on defeating one of the team’s most ill-fated opponents of the 2024 season. With February’s trade deadline fast approaching, the Spurs’ biggest need was described recently. Spurs forward Keldon Johnson revealed his true thoughts on chasing down a wild […]

San Antonio Spurs rookie sensation Victor Wembanyama hasn’t been shy about sharing where some of his motivations come from. Facing fellow countryman and Minnesota Timberwolves star Rudy Gobert isn’t one of them. At least, not entirely. Given their friendship and Gobert’s long time mentorship of the 20-year-old French phenom, ClutchPoints asked this past June’s top […]

It may all be forgotten at this point, but Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert is a key figure in the origin story of San Antonio Spurs rookie sensation Victor Wembanyama. Rewind the clocks back to 2021, when a video popped up on YouTube that showed a then-sixteen-year-old Wembanyama not only holding his own against the three-time […]

The San Antonio Spurs stunned the Minnesota Timberwolves 113-12 on Saturday night. Devin Vassell had 25 points, Victor Wembanyama added 23 points and 10 rebounds, and the Spurs rallied to beat the Timberwolves in a game delayed five minutes by a bat buzzing the court. Naturally, fans are going nuts over the Spurs’ win, and not just […]

The San Antonio Spurs may be one of the worst teams in the NBA, but they’re still a must-see TV team due to rookie star Victor Wembanyama. One of the frontrunners for the Rookie of the Year Award, Wembanyama continues to dazzle fans with his seemingly unreal ability. Victor Wembanyama came up with yet another […]

It appears the San Antonio Spurs don’t mind seeing the Portland Trail Blazers on their schedule. Jeremy Sochan scored a game-high 31 points in a 116-100 victory Friday that may have also marked the end of Victor Wembanyama’s minutes restriction. The Spurs have now beaten the Blazers twice in three meetings this season with their […]

On Wednesday evening, Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs hosted Chet Holmgren and the Oklahoma City Thunder in a battle of the two runaway favorites for the 2023-24 NBA Rookie of the Year Award. Wembanyama got the better of Holmgren from an individual statistics basis on Wednesday, but it was the Thunder who ultimately […]

Billed as a match-up between NBA Rookie of the Year candidates Victor Wembanyama and Chet Holmgren, the Oklahoma City Thunder reminded with their play that Wednesday night’s game marked a match-up between the team that shares the best record in the West and the now 8-36 San Antonio Spurs. Not only did OKC not have […]

Both Victor Wembanyama and Chet Holmgren had their moments in a 140-114 Oklahoma City blowout of the San Antonio Spurs. Wembanyama, though, had more. As has usually been the case for most of his stellar rookie season, Wemby did enough for a win in normal circumstances. And as has often been the case, it wasn’t […]

A new rivalry is on the rise. Victor Wembanyama and Chet Holmgren are starting a beef on the court that looks like it will last for years to come. The two front-runners for the Rookie of the Year award are blazing hot. Competition between both of them also looks to be getting more physical as […]

Two months ago, Shaquille O’Neal made waves on social media when he compared San Antonio Spurs rookie and generational prospect Victor Wembanyama to Bol Bol. Both players were blessed with freakish physical dimensions, but fans could not comprehend how Shaq would want to make this comparison especially when Bol has bounced around in the league […]

There may be no better embodiments of where the center position is trending in today’s NBA than Victor Wembanyama and Chet Holmgren. Both Wembanyama and Holmgren are physical marvels who can handle the rock, shoot the ball from distance, and protect the rim while being mobile enough to cover the perimeter in spurts. On Wednesday […]

The San Antonio Spurs are bringing rookie Victor Wembanyama along slowly, despite his stellar production and massive potential. The Spurs rookie is also highly intelligent, according to Sean Elliott and Jordan Howenstine via Bleacher Report: “Victor is one of the two smartest teenagers I’ve seen play the game,” said former Spurs All-Star Sean Elliott, whose […]

Victor Wembanyama has impressed during his rookie season despite the San Antonio Spurs’ struggles. Wembanyama is accomplishing feats that haven’t been seen before in the NBA. Former NBA All-Star Kevin Garnett shared his thoughts on Wembanyama during a recent episode of All the Smoke Productions, via ClutchPoints. “When you come in and start doing s**t […]

NBA Rookie of the Year candidates Victor Wembanyama of the San Antonio Spurs rookie and Chet Holmgren of the Oklahoma Thunder are set to meet for a second time in their young NBA careers. But, there’s no doubt that this one comes with much higher anticipation. When the Thunder routed the Spurs 123-87 in mid-November, […]

PHILADELPHIA — The battle between two of the NBA’s most awe-inspiring giants was extremely one-sided but still very much enjoyable. Joel Embiid scored 70 points and led the Philadelphia 76ers to a win over Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs. Try as the new kid on the block did, the reigning MVP was simply […]

A little more than halfway through the 2023-24 NBA season, San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich spoke at length about his superstar rookie’s progression. The most hyped player to enter the league since LeBron James, Victor Wembanayama started well out of the gate in late October and has improved ever since. While in Philadelphia […]

On any other night, San Antonio Spurs Victor Wembanyama – as he so often is – would have been the biggest story. Then again, the San Antonio Spurs’ generational prospect had never gone against Philadelphia 76ers superstar Joel Embiid. The reigning NBA MVP’s whopping 70 points against the Spurs on Monday are a 76ers franchise […]

On Monday, Joel Embiid played his best career game so far. In front of a cheering Wells Fargo Center, the Philadelphia 76ers center amassed a total of 70 points. Making 21 out of his 23 free throw attempts and grabbing 18 rebounds as well, Embiid made history in less than 37 minutes of play. What […]

Even though the San Antonio Spurs got rocked for 70 points by Philadelphia 76ers big man Joel Embiid, rookie Victor Wembanyama was not one to back down from the challenge brought to the game by the reigning NBA Most Valuable Player. In fact, Wembanyama did not want to be on the bench especially when Embiid […]

Gregg Popovich had a plan to keep Joel Embiid from scoring. However, it does not seem to be working out for the San Antonio Spurs. Joel Embiid was scorching hot right from the start and showed no signs of stopping. Not even Victor Wembanyama could stop the dominance of the Philadelphia 76ers star. Joel Embiid […]

Big-man battles are back in the NBA. They may not look like the David Robinson and Patrick Ewing duels in the 1990s or Moses Malone posting up Kareem Abdul-Jabbar but excitement still comes out of them. The San Antonio Spurs are preparing to duke it out with the Philadelphia 76ers. A key matchup would be […]

It’s the news leading up to news, but they’re words San Antonio Spurs fans long to hear regarding Victor Wembanyama. “Perhaps after that,” Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said, alluding to the Jan. 24 game against the Oklahoma City Thunder. That answer came from a question about whether his superstar’s restricted minutes would be lifted by […]

Victor Wembanyama and Bilal Coulibaly spent half a decade together as teammates in France. After fine-tuning their game with the French club Boulogne-Levallois Metropolitans 92, the close friends started their respective NBA careers with the San Antonio Spurs and Washington Wizards. Their paths collided on Saturday. In their first game playing against each other, Wembanyama […]

The San Antonio Spurs were without Victor Wembanyama during their 124-120 loss to the Charlotte Hornets on Friday night. Wembanyama continues to be on a workload restriction, and with it being a back-to-back set for the Spurs, they basically had to choose whether the 20-year old Frenchman would sit against the Hornets or the Washington […]

There’s no indication LeBron James wants to play for any team other than the Los Angeles Lakers before his legendary career finally comes to a close. The four-time champion has a player option on his contract for next season, though, and he’s yet to clarify that longtime dreams of suiting up with his son, Bronny, […]

The San Antonio Spurs have been very cautious with first overall pick Victor Wembanyama. In addition to monitoring his minutes early on in his career, the French phenom has missed a handful of games this season due to injury. Wembanyama suffered an ankle sprain a few weeks ago, which has resulted in the Spurs keeping […]

The more things change, the more they stay the same for Victor Wembanyama. While NBA road trips take him to cities he hasn’t played in before, the reception has become familiar. After his first game in Boston, Massachusetts, the generational prospect was asked what it felt like to be treated like a ‘rock star,’ to […]

If you look at the Boston Celtics’ all-time, head-to-head record against every NBA team, there’s only one franchise they’ve lost to more than they’ve beat: the San Antonio Spurs. However, you wouldn’t know it based on the 2023-24 season, as the Celtics have outclassed the Spurs each time they’ve met. Most recently, the Celtics, who […]

Trade season is just about to set the NBA ablaze with the February deadline just looming right around the corner. One of the teams expected to make waves ahead of the deadline is the Atlanta Hawks, who are reportedly looking to re-tool around franchise star Trae Young ahead of next season. The Hawks expected to […]

While New York’s City’s Madison Square Garden may be known as the Mecca of Basketball, it’s nearly impossible to find a more storied NBA spot than Boston. Whether the fabled Boston Garden or the current TD Garden, which is located in the same area as the original arena, the city housed some of the game’s […]

The thought of Victor Wembanyama in the G League seems ridiculous. To everyone but Wembanyama. The San Antonio Spurs superstar rookie said as much following his team’s 109-99 loss vs. the Atlanta Hawks on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. “I like to be coached. I like to be threatened to be sent to the G […]

It’s not yet known whether Victor Wembanyama will play in this year’s NBA All-Star Game, but the San Antonio Spurs star rookie will be on the court for All-Star Saturday. Wembanyama will be part of a three-man Spurs team competing in the Kia Skills Challenge during the NBA’s All-Star Weekend in Indianapolis next month, per […]

When Victor Wembanyama was first drafted by the San Antonio Spurs with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft, the plan was always for him to play power forward. It’s the probably the position best suited to his game and for the most part that held true once the season began. But […]