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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 […]

The San Antonio Spurs surprised nobody when they selected Victor Wembanyama with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft. Wembanyama had been the consensus No. 1 pick for a while and multiple teams engaged in tank jobs to try and land him. Wembanyama has been called a generational talent and a for […]

From the very start of free agency, the Los Angeles Lakers made it a priority to retain Austin Reaves. Going from being undrafted in 2021 to starting for the Lakers in the playoffs, Reaves rapidly became an integral part of his team’s rotations during the 2022-23 season. This is why Los Angeles could not afford […]

Victor Wembanyama is learning from former San Antonio Spurs greats such as Tim Duncan. Lesson one: Get in the boxing ring with “Jesse” James Leija. It’s tradition for Spurs players to train with Leija in the offseason. Leija noted that although his workouts provide physical benefits, most Spurs have a different motivation for seeking him […]

The San Antonio Spurs have a long journey ahead of them toward respectability in the NBA’ Western Conference. The Spurs’ roster includes number one overall draft pick Victor Wembanyama, and very few if any recognizable names other than Head Coach Gregg Popovich. The date of Wembanyama’s first showdown against recent top five pick Brandon Miller […]

Every year, people complain about the NBA season being too long and that they league should reduce the 82-game schedule. As a result, commissioner Adam Silver finally made a change to the NBA schedule. No, we still have an 82-game schedule, but hey, at least we have a brand-new In-Season Tournament! That’s pretty exciting, right? […]

The NBA released schedules for the 2023-24 season Thursday. Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs take on Brandon Miller and the Charlotte Hornets on Jan. 12. It will be the first matchup between the top two picks in the 2023 NBA draft. Wembanyama gets home-court advantage for this one, and then a week later, […]

One of the most exciting opponents for Kawhi Leonard and the Los Angeles Clippers to face this season will be Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs. According to the NBA’s newly released schedule, fans won’t have to wait very long at all to see the two teams face off. Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs […]

The NBA In-Season Tournament is debuting in the 2023-24 season. For those unaware, this is how it will work: there are six groups consisting of five teams. They will first compete in Group Play, with the top teams in each group after the whole round qualifying for the quarterfinal. Two more Wild Card teams qualify, […]

Throughout the entire 2023 NBA Draft process, the San Antonio Spurs stood out as the best possible destination for consensus first overall pick Victor Wembanyama. The Spurs organization has had a stellar track record when it comes to bringing out the best in a franchise big man. And with Gregg Popovich still at the helm, […]

The Golden State Warriors are entering the 2023-24 NBA season with high expectations as a result of what happened this past season. Unable to defend their championship, losing in the Western Conference Semifinals to the Los Angeles Lakers, the Warriors are looking to prove that they still have what it takes to win a title. […]

The 2023 NBA In-Season Tournament schedule has been revealed, including the national TV schedule. In terms of the national TV schedule, Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs will have three of their four 2023 NBA In-Season Tournament games shown on the big stage, via NBA Communications. ESPN and TNT will combine to televise 14 […]

NBA 2K24 is going to get some massive reveals throughout the month for gameplay, MyCAREER, MyTEAM, and more. Victor Wembanyama, San Antonio Spurs’ first overall selection, is helping them promote some new features coming to a beloved game mode. MyTEAM, in case you don’t know, is a team-building mode that works similarly to Madden or […]

Professional athletes that just got newly drafted tend to make a habit of making exorbitant life decisions. Some go for a fancy car while others immediately try to help their family out by buying them a house. Other choices may be purely cosmetic and influenced by people in the league. This is exactly what San […]

They say fame can change a man, but Victor Wembanyama has a solid foundation that suggests he will not lose sight of his values or priorities. All bets are off when it comes to his physical appearance, though. The San Antonio Spurs rookie is already rocking a drastically different hairstyle, one that might be inspired […]

San Antonio Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama is looking to take the NBA world by storm in his first season. As the NBA offseason progresses, Victor Wembanyama is taking care of his off the court opportunities while he can, as he and Nike basketball have teased his ‘Extraterrestrial’ campaign, via Nike Basketball. Who knew aliens wore […]

There’s no secret that San Antonio Spurs youngster Victor Wembanyana will be coming into the league as one of, if not the most hyped up rookie of all time. And his NBA 2K24 rating certainly reflects that. Wembanyama, despite not playing a single minute in the NBA, will be coming into the game as an […]

Being above the height of 7-foot-3 makes an NBA player an instant fan favorite. This is exactly how it panned out for Tacko Fall when he received chants to get in the game during his Boston Celtics days. Bol Bol has experienced the same thing with the Orlando Magic. A new generation of insanely tall […]

File that under ‘7-Footers Shouldn’t Be Able To Do That.’ As the 2023-24 season inches ever closer, Phoenix Suns forward Kevin Durant and Oklahoma City Thunder center Chet Holmgren — both cornerstone players for their respective franchises — decided to play some pickup basketball, testing each other’s skills and their own. All that was missing […]

Whether it’s because the initial expectations are truly far too grand, his initial showing was far too underwhelming, or because the league is still too far away from the tip-off of the 2023-24 season, the hype around San Antonio Spurs rookie power forward Victor Wembanyama seems to have subsided a little bit in recent weeks. […]

The AT&T Center, and really the whole basketball world, was going to be filled with anticipation for the NBA debut of Victor Wembanyama regardless of his opponent. But the hype will enter a new stratopsere with the breaking news that the French phenom will battle one of the most electrifying players in the game. “Victor […]

Victor Wembanyama has been no stranger to hype over the past year. Touted as, at least, the best prospect since LeBron James, if not the best prospect to ever grace the league, expectations surrounding the lanky Frenchman are about as high as we’ve ever seen. But not everyone is quite as on board. Speaking recently […]

2K Sports recently revealed the NBA 2K24 player ratings for some of the best players in the league. Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic — who led the Nuggets to the 2023 NBA title just a few months ago — has the highest overall rating of any current player at a 98 overall. Five players — […]

The basketball world is eagerly awaiting the official NBA debut of Victor Wembanyama, but before that happens he’ll make another kind of debut – the digital kind. Ahead of the official release of NBA 2K24, which will take place on September 8, basketball’s most popular gaming franchise has been gradually releasing the ratings of a […]