Victor Wembanyama Articles - Page 27

It’s always a treat when two of the best players on the floor, even if they don’t play the same position, end up being matched against each other. It becomes an even greater delight to watch when those players take on each other in isolation. On Tuesday night, that’s exactly what Phoenix Suns star and […]

It didn’t take long for Kevin Durant to team Victor Wembanyama a valuable lesson during the first NBA matchup. Switched onto the rookie sensation in the first minute of Tuesday’s game between the San Antonio Spurs and Phoenix Suns, Durant summarily cut off Wembanyama’s drive before swiping down at the ball for an easy steal. […]

On Tuesday evening, the Phoenix Suns will take on the San Antonio Spurs for what will be the team’s second home game of the year. The game will mark the first career matchup between Spurs’ rookie sensation Victor Wembanyama and Suns’ living legend Kevin Durant, and recently, it was revealed that Durant was actually Wembanyama’s […]

The collective fascination with Victor Wembanyama centers on his combination of size, sharpness and skills. The game’s greatest big men have often featured fantastic footwork with their size, or amazing athleticism for their frame, or supreme skills (shooting, passing) despite their length. However, at 7-foot-3 at least, none have combined the agility, ball handling and […]

San Antonio Spurs big man Victor Wembanyama has a huge national TV matchup with the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday, but that didn’t stop him from having some fun with a spooky entrance to the arena. Wembanyama showed up to the arena dressed as Slenderman for his TNT televised Halloween game: Victor Wembanyama pulled up for […]

The NBA season is officially underway and the second-week slate carries on with a Western Conference showdown between the San Antonio Spurs and Phoenix Suns. Our NBA odds series continues with a Spurs-Suns prediction and pick. On Sunday night, the San Antonio Spurs were rocked by the Los Angeles Clippers. In rookie phenom Victor Wembanyama’s first road […]

LOS ANGELES – The anticipation for Victor Wembanyama is over as the San Antonio Spurs phenom has finally taken the court and made his NBA debut. The young star faced off against Los Angeles Clippers forward Nicolas Batum, and it was certainly a big moment in France’s history. “It just reminded me I’m the oldest […]

In the lead-up to the 2023 NBA Draft lottery, the San Antonio Spurs looked far and away the most appealing destination for generational prospect Victor Wembanyama, the 7’4 physical anomaly who, if he develops right, will drastically change the way the game is played. After all, with legendary head coach Gregg Popovich at the helm, […]

The honeymoon period for the San Antonio Spurs and Victor Wembanyama will probably last all season. And it probably should. While the parallels to David Robinson in 1987 and Tim Duncan in ’97 are undeniable, there’s a stark difference between those franchise altering top overall draft picks and this year’s. No one expects these Spurs […]

Victor Wembanyama has already played three games in his nascent NBA career. In other words, the world hasn’t seen anything yet from the San Antonio Spurs rookie. In the same vein, New York Knicks guard Evan Fournier said that the world had not seen someone quite like Wemby before he started to show up on […]

Many pundits think that the addition of Victor Wembanyama will immediately vault the San Antonio Spurs into the playoff hunt. And on Friday night, following a huge win over the Houston Rockets, it seemed as though the Spurs would continue their climb atop the league’s totem pole. But the veteran Los Angeles Clippers served the […]

Rookie Victor Wembanyama and the young San Antonio Spurs (1-2) learned some harsh lessons after enduring a 40-point shellacking at the hands of the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday night. In case the message didn’t sink in on the court, however, head coach Gregg Popovich addressed what his team must do to avoid further anguish. […]

Although the Los Angeles Clippers crushed Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday night, both Kawhi Leonard and Russell Westbrook shared high praise for the electric rookie. Wembanyama finished the game with just 11 points and five rebounds, adding two assists, a steal and a block. But despite the poor showing from both […]

San Antonio Spurs big man Victor Wembanyama might be a rookie, but he’s showing the maturity and level-headedness of an NBA veteran. Perhaps his professional stint in Europe has helped him develop that mentality, but regardless, it’s certainly a great thing for San Antonio. Following their horrendous 40-point loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on […]

Thanks to five NBA championships and numerous Hall of Famers, including four inducted in the last four years, a number of dates stand out in San Antonio Spurs lore. From their title-clinching victories to historic draft nights that landed David Robinson, Tim Duncan and, more recently, Victor Wembanyama, most of those significant dates deliver great […]

Just when Victor Wembanyama critics appeared to be on the brink of collectively exclaiming “I told you so,” the 19-year-old French phenom turned the tables. It’s a measure that spilled onto the court in Friday night’s 126-122 overtime win versus the Houston Rockets and is one of five things to take away from the top […]

The San Antonio Spurs knocked off the Houston Rockets 126-122 on Friday night to earn their first win of the season. The victory also marked the first win of rookie sensation Victor Wembanyama’s career. He had one simple thing to say after earning the win. “Good win yesterday. The first of many #GoSpursGo” Wembanyama certainly […]

San Antonio Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama has taken the NBA by storm by showing off his skills in his first couple of games, and Los Angeles Lakers head coach Darvin Ham was asked about how the Wemby hype compares to LeBron James when he made his NBA debut back in 2003. “It’s close, but again […]

Victor Wembanyama was excellent in his first career NBA win — a 126-122 San Antonio Spurs triumph over the Houston Rockets on Friday night — and head coach Gregg Popovich let the rookie phenom know it afterwards. The longtime Spurs bench boss singled out Wembanyama in the locker room after the team improved to 1-1 […]

Victor Wembanyama has all the makings of being a foundational star for the San Antonio Spurs. Aside from his otherworldly presence on the defensive end, he has also shown flashes of being an unstoppable shot creator and finisher. However, one of the main responsibilities of a superstar is to be the team’s go-to-guy in the […]

The San Antonio Spurs entered their Friday night matchup looking to get their first win of the 2023-24 season over their in-state rivals Houston Rockets. The Rockets, fresh off a blowout defeat at the hands of the Orlando Magic in their season-opener, may have been ripe for the taking, but that wasn’t the case, as […]

Throughout Gregg Popovich’s tenure as the head coach of the San Antonio Spurs, he has earned the reputation for being a mentor figure who isn’t afraid to dish out some tough love. But it seems as though in recent times, Popovich has mellowed down, especially when he has nothing left to prove in his Hall […]

The hype surrounding San Antonio Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama is almost unlike any other; at 7’4, his incredible blend of shot-creating skills and elite defense make him such a tantalizing prospect, and Wembanyama, in his brief career thus far, has made believers in millions who believe he’ll reach his potential. But Houston Rockets wing Dillon […]

It’s confirmed. Victor Wembanyama is him. The San Antonio Spurs rookie is off to a promising start to begin his NBA career, showing well in preseason and then having a solid regular season debut a couple of nights ago. While there’s no question Wemby will have a bit of growing pains as he gets used […]

On Friday evening, Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs took on the Houston Rockets in what was the second game of the season for both teams, with both looking to get into the win column for the first time in the new campaign. Wembanyama had an impressive debut against the Dallas Mavericks, but he […]

A Dallas Mavericks victory versus the San Antonio Spurs isn’t surprising. The Mavs are expected to contend in the West, while the Spurs aren’t in many playoff projections even with the addition of phenom Victor Wembanyama. That said, there were aspects of the Mavs’ 126-119 victory at the newly renamed Frost Bank Center that stood […]

The hype around a player often attracts a lot of unnecessary vitriol. They get compared to previous stars that came before them and their style of play gets questioned as if they were not a first-year player entering the league. Victor Wembanyama had to carry this immediately after he got drafted by Gregg Popovich and […]

Two Summer League games and four preseason exhibitions later, the long-awaited official debut of Victor Wembanyama came Wednesday night. Plagued by foul trouble, the ballyhooed rookie scored 15 points and grabbed five rebounds in only 23 minutes of action during the San Antonio Spurs’ hard-fought 126-119 loss to Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks. But […]

The Dallas Mavericks defeated the San Antonio Spurs 126-119 on Wednesday night. The game still provided hope for Spurs fans with Victor Wembanyama making his NBA regular season debut. Wembanyama caught the attention of Mavs star Luka Doncic, who shared his thoughts on the Spurs rookie following the game. “He’s going to be amazing. He […]

The highly anticipated debut of Victor Wembanyama was spoiled a bit by foul trouble, but the final results of the No. 1 overall pick’s stat line should leave a smile on Spurs fans’ faces. 26 years after the debut of franchise legend Tim Duncan, Victor Wembanyama finished with an eerily similar stat line in his […]

A total of 11 games featuring 22 teams were played on Wednesday night, but every basketball fan’s attention was drawn to one game in particular. Victor Wembanyama made his long awaited NBA debut with the San Antonio Spurs and he did so facing off against Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks. Two high-level international players […]

The Victor Wembanyama era has finally begun in the National Basketball Association — the French phenom was excellent in his Spurs debut on Wednesday night, scoring 15 points in 23 minutes in a losing effort against the Dallas Mavericks. Despite San Antonio falling 126-119, Wembanyama’s debut drew high praise from across the basketball world — […]

Victor Wembanyama had an up-and-down performance in his regular season debut for the San Antonio Spurs. On one hand, Wembanyama struggled with foul trouble, so he ended up playing just 23 minutes in the Spurs’ 126-119 defeat to the Mavs. On the other hand, the first overall pick of the 2023 NBA Draft had some […]

Dereck Lively II made the Dallas Mavericks’ front office look good Wednesday night. The rookie center, who landed with the Mavs via a draft day trade with the Oklahoma City Thunder last July, shined in his NBA debut against the San Antonio Spurs, even outplaying Victor Wembanyama in Dallas’ 126-119 win. “It was a lot […]

Victor Wembanyama’s regular season debut for the San Antonio Spurs didn’t exactly go according to plan. While Wembanyama’s presence on the court was felt in every second he spent on the court, he ended up playing just 23 minutes after finding himself in foul trouble for most of the proceedings in their 126-119 loss to […]

Victor Wembanyama’s highly anticipated NBA debut didn’t quite live up to years of hype only intensified by his mind-blowing preseason performance. The San Antonio Spurs rookie dealt with foul trouble throughout a hard-fought loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday, coming alive in the fourth quarter to give his young team the chance to steal […]

The Victor Wembanyama era in San Antonio did not have a blazing start, and the San Antonio Spurs have their errors to blame for it if you ask head coach Gregg Popovich. Speaking to reporters after the Spurs’ 129-119 loss to Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks at home Wednesday night, Popovich voiced out his […]

On Wednesday night, millions of fans around the world anticipated the debut of a young big man who’s bound to take over the league by storm and transform a certain NBA team from Texas after a disappointing 2022-23 season. Little did everyone know that they were going to tune into the Dereck Lively II show […]

Dallas Mavericks star Kyrie Irving just learned the hard way how special San Antonio Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama is. At the start of the Mavs-Spurs showdown on Wednesday, Irving thought he had enough space after separating himself from Zach Collins from the perimeter. What he didn’t realize, however, is that the space he had was […]