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San Antonio Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama is considered the best NBA prospect since LeBron James, and he’s already turning heads with his play in the NBA preseason. During his first preseason game on Oct. 9., the 19-year-old Frenchman scored 20 points with a full arsenal of eye-catching plays. Wembanyama is a 7-foot-4 big man with […]

The NBA preseason is a time for teams to evaluate the talent they have on their roster. It’s also a time for  players to get reps in order to prepare for the start of the new season. However, Chet Holmgren and Victor Wembanyama used their first preseason game to begin their early Rookie of the […]

The 2023-24 Rookie of the Year award race will be a sight to behold, with three candidates looking like they’ll be fighting to the death for the acclaim until season’s end. The three favorites to take home the award are San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama, Oklahoma City Thunder big man Chet Holmgren, and Portland […]

Victor Wembanyama and Chet Holmgren are future NBA stars. They played in the San Antonio Spurs-Oklahoma City Thunder NBA preseason clash on Monday, and both performed well. Despite being two of the most intriguing prospects in the league, Wembanyama says he doesn’t have a relationship with Holmgren. ESPN reporter Brian Windhorst asked if he has […]

The 2023-24 NBA season is just right around the corner. That means it’s time for fantasy basketball managers to start preparing for their respective drafts. Most managers will place their focus on targeting star players like Nikola Jokic, Joel Embiid, Luka Doncic, or Giannis Antetokounmpo who put up gaudy stat lines for their teams every […]

On Monday night, one of the most-anticipated matchups of the NBA preseason, a clash between the San Antonio Spurs and the Oklahoma City Thunder, delivered. With Victor Wembanyama and Chet Holmgren squaring off, the matchup between two of the most gamebreaking unicorns in the NBA was sure to stoke the fire of fans’ anticipation. Every […]

NBA preseason may not bring the most exciting basketball ever, but the Monday night clash between the San Antonio Spurs and Oklahoma City Thunder was as must-watch as a preseason game can get. With the Spurs and Thunder boasting the services of unicorns such as Victor Wembanyama and Chet Holmgren, respectively, fans were bound to […]

Rookie of the Year is one of the most anticipated awards in the league. It is rare that there are two immediate stars competing for the title already during the NBA preseason, but that is exactly what is happening. Chet Holmgren and Victor Wembanyama already have a competitive rivalry going on the court. The fiery […]

Ahead of the San Antonio Spurs-Oklahoma City Thunder preseason game on Monday, Victor Wembanyama offered some high praises for a player he would likely be compared with in the 2023-24 season and, perhaps, much of their careers: Chet Holmgren. Wembanyama-versus-Holmgren is brewing to be the next big rivalry in the NBA since they are players […]

The San Antonio Spurs and Oklahoma City Thunder are set to square off in an NBA preseason game on Monday. With the game comes the preseason debuts of rookies Victor Wembanyama and Chet Holmgren. Wembanyama and Holmgren come into their rookie seasons in very different scenarios, but both players project to be future stars. All […]

There is no shortage of hype surrounding the No. 1 pick in the 2023 NBA Draft, Victor Wembanyama, heading into the 2023-24 season. He recently received plenty of attention during a preseason scrimmage. San Antonio Spurs and NBA fans in general cannot wait to see him play this year. With all of the expectations and […]

Most scrimmages in the NBA preseason don’t get all that much attention. However, when the San Antonio Spurs took to the court for a scrimmage with 2023 No. 1 overall pick Victor Wembanyama, 13,200 Spurs fans showed up and cheered like mad for their team and their new potential superstar. On Friday, the Spurs opened […]

The San Antonio Spurs got another look at Victor Wembanyama on the court at their intrasquad scrimmage. The French phenom continues to dazzle and make San Antonio feel great about its future. The Spurs’ Silver & Black open scrimmage gave fans a chance to see the top overall pick in action. Wembanyama’s team lost but […]

San Antonio Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama couldn’t care less about Joel Embiid choosing to play for Team USA in the 2024 Olympics over France. Embiid, a native of Cameroon, was eligible to represent both France or the USA for the Paris games since he has citizenship for both nations. His decision on where he would […]

The Wemba-mania is in full effect in Texas. That much is clear as San Antonio Spurs fans flooded the Frost Bank Center on Saturday to get a glimpse of the 2023 NBA Draft no. 1 overall pick Victor Wembanyama. With the Spurs hosting an open scrimmage on the day, the San Antonio faithful didn’t waste […]

There hasn’t been a rookie in the NBA with as much as hype as the San Antonio Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama has since LeBron James back in 2003. Wembanyama was the projected No. 1 pick in the 2023 NBA Draft for a long time and he is considered to be a generational talent. He was impressive […]

Victor Wembanyama is incredible. He hasn’t even played an NBA game yet and everyone still knows how talented, and versatile, he is. That versatility will be a topic all season long, especially if Wembanyama is able to play point guard, something he said he can do, per Michael C. Wright of NBA.com. “There really are […]

The transition to the NBA level isn’t exactly the easiest one to maneuver for a 19-year old. They quickly have to figure out how to manage their time and finances in a way that sets them up for a prosperous future ahead. But for San Antonio Spurs prized rookie Victor Wembanyama, he has, thus far, […]

It’s an exciting time to be a Spurs fan. A franchise not exactly accustomed to missing the playoffs, they’ve done just that for the past four seasons during a transitionary period which followed two consecutive first round losses in the postseason. But while last season was, from a results perspective, the worst in their history, […]

Victor Wembanyama boasts perspective well beyond his 19 years of age. The San Antonio Spurs rookie has drawn comparisons to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar since he first became a legitimate NBA prospect, his surreal blend of size, athleticism and skill evoking no other player in NBA history save the Los Angeles Lakers legend. But it’s not just […]

Fans can’t wait for Victor Wembanyama to finally make his NBA regular-season debut. The San Antonio Spurs super rookie feels the same, and he’s seemingly 100 percent ready for the grind. During Monday’s NBA Media Day, the first-year NBA big man said that he’s confident in the progress he’s made with regard to his physical […]

Jeremy Sochan will probably go back to the bench in 2023-24 after opening his NBA career as a rookie starter. The San Antonio Spurs have already specified that Victor Wembanyama will start at power forward this season, and Keldon Johnson, after all, is the team’s leading returning scorer. Adequate spacing could be tough enough to […]

San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama is a generational basketball talent. He stands at seven-foot-four and has the ability to do nearly everything on the court. As a result, one NBA Coach believes Wembanyama is the one to dethrone Giannis Antetokounmpo as the best player in the NBA. Former coach Sam Mitchell believes that Wembanyama’s […]

Despite an endless amount of praise and hype, Victor Wembanyama is seemingly staying focused on the task at hand. Ahead of his rookie season with the San Antonio Spurs, the 19-year-old is proving how committed he is to his craft. “Victor says he’s gained 10 or 15 pounds since arriving in SA,” SB Nation’s Bruno […]

The San Antonio Spurs had NBA Media Day on Monday ahead of training camp, and the biggest (both literally and figuratively) attraction was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft, Victor Wembanyama. The French big man showed up looking as impressive as ever, and ready to go, especially with his fresh new […]

San Antonio Spurs youngster Victor Wembanyama is the hottest prospect right now in the NBA card market. As the most hyped rookie ever since LeBron James arrived back in 2003, the attention he’s getting from collectors and investors alike has been massive. Just recently, a one-of-one autographed Wembanyama card from the 2022-23 Bowman University Best […]

Victor Wembanyama has yet to even log his first minute in an official NBA regular season game, but he’s already being showered by love by San Antonio Spurs fans. Among the forms of appreciation he’s gotten from San Antonio faithful are murals, including one he visited recently. The top pick in the 2023 NBA Draft […]

San Antonio Spurs forward/center Victor Wembanyama opened up on his championship aspirations with his new team. Via L’Equipe: “It’s no secret that it’s hard to win a ring,” Wembanyama said. “But I’m patient, and I know it will happen.” Wembanyama, who was picked No. 1 overall in the 2023 NBA Draft, is viewed as the […]

The San Antonio Spurs are one of the best franchises in NBA history. The Spurs have captured five NBA championships since 1999, which is the fifth-most in the history of the Association. Coincidentally, these rings were made possible due to the perfect draft picks that the franchise selected in the first two rounds of the […]

Everything surrounding the San Antonio Spurs takes a backseat to Victor Wembanyama’s development. The No. 1 overall pick of the 2023 NBA Draft is one of the best prospects in the history of basketball, boasting a combination of length, dexterity and budding skill the sport has literally never seen before. Wembanyama is the Spurs now. He […]

The San Antonio Spurs system has been focusing a lot on their youth. Gregg Popovich has opted to get young guns to build around Victor Wembanyama. But, a lot of young players tend to take time in their development and would need older mentors to show them in-game techniques against other teams in the NBA. […]

Victor Wembanyama is coming to the Olympics in 2024. The San Antonio Spurs super rookie expressed his desire to join to be part of Team France in the Paris Olympic Games in a statement. “Succeeding in the Olympics would be a great story. And there will be no goal other than gold. Of course, I […]

San Antonio Spurs No. 1 overall draft pick Victor Wembanyama will have the entire world watching when he steps onto an NBA floor for the league’s 2023-24 Opening Night. He’s one of the most anticipated draft prospects of all time and has already become the face of the Spurs franchise. Sneakerheads may be wondering what […]

This offseason proved to be a dream come true for the San Antonio Spurs seeing as they ended up with the first overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft. Victor Wembanyama has a chance to be a generational talent and he finds himself as one of the most unique players to ever enter the league […]

San Antonio Spurs rookie forward Victor Wembanyama is quite possibly the most hyped NBA prospect ever. He was considered a generational type prospect long before the Spurs selected him with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft. There was absolutely no question that he was going to be selected as the top […]

San Antonio Spurs forward Jeremy Sochan has largely been pointed as the “culprit” for Victor Wembanyama’s recent hairstyle change. However, according to Sochan himself, that is far from the truth. Sochan has been known for experimenting on his hair color, and so when Wemby did the same thing–coloring his hair blond along with a streak […]

San Antonio Spurs forward Jeremy Sochan has big expectations as he pairs up with highly-rated rookie Victor Wembanyama. In fact, he’s so confident about their partnership that he even sent some sort of a warning to the NBA. When asked about his fit with Wembanyama as they join forces on the Spurs’ frontcourt,  Sochan expressed […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder are coming off of a season that saw the growth of plenty of young players including Josh Giddey and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. In 2023 it will be Chet Holmgren’s turn to take the torch and move forward into NBA stardom, according to the prevailing thoughts of Thunder fans everywhere. Giddey just had […]

Former NBA player John Salley is just like all basketball fans when it comes to the anticipation of San Antonio Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama’s debut in the league. For Salley, Wembanyama can be a real game-changer, as the young man from France has Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s ceiling but with the skills of a guard. “Oh yeah […]