Victor Wembanyama refuses to let himself be put in a box. He wants to become the most complete basketball player possible and he refuses to let his size confine him to a role on the court. That’s why he’s even more fortunate to arrive at the San Antonio Spurs, a franchise that seems ready to give him carte blanche to experiment with whatever he wants. At least in the beginning. He had already had the green light to have fun in Summer League and the watchword seems to be the same at the dawn of his first season in the NBA.
“Sometimes I’ll play point guard like Tre [Jones]sometimes pivot like Zach [Collins] and sometimes winger like Devin [Vassell]. There are no limits. On many sequences, it will depend on where I am. I can be the leader or the winger, it doesn’t matter,” confides the person concerned.
His offensive range is sufficiently developed for the young man to be used in different ways. His ease in dribbling can allow him to get the ball up at times and gain the upper hand on insides. He also has the skill to clear the lines while staying behind the arc. And obviously the size (2.24 m) to represent a threat near the rim, either in post-up or after playing a pick-and-roll as a screen setter. After all that, it remains theoretical for now. Above all, this is what he is potentially able to do.
But it is precisely by testing himself game after game that Victor Wembanyama will be able to detect and perfect his strengths in the NBA. Find what works and what doesn’t. It promises.
Victor Wembanyama calm in the face of enormous expectations in the NBA
2023-10-05 08:02:08
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