This night against the Jazz, Victor Wembanyama became the first rookie since Shaquille O’Neal in 1993-94 to combine 300 blocks and interceptions in a single season.
221 blocks and 79 interceptions, which gives 300 “stocks” altogether!
300 and even more to come, since there are still nine games to play for the Spurs, so many matches which could even allow Wemby to surpass Shaq’s figure. Indeed, Frenchy averages 1.3 interceptions and 3.4 blocks per game this season. If he is faithful to his exact averages, he will peak at around 342-343 “stocks” (cumulative interceptions and blocks), which is just a small handful less than the last person in the world to have achieved that before him.
Victor Wembanyama (221 blocks, 79 steals) becomes the first Rookie to eclipse 300+ combined blocks & steals in a season since Shaquille O’Neal in 1992-93 with 346. pic.twitter.com/ELhjcpP0Hc
— NBA.com/Stats (@nbastats) March 28, 2024
Thanks to his five blocks against Utah, Wemby reached this famous 300 mark. Unheard of in thirty years, literally. Here’s another statistical aberration from Victor Wembanyama, and it’s just the start of a long list. “Yeah but it’s 3 meters long”, “Yeah but have you seen its arms too?” or even “Well fortunately it’s a pivot” are sentences that could be pronounced by Gaston from PMU after 3 Suzes, but let’s just realize the crazyness.
These dizzying figures should already allow him to be part of an All-Defensive Team, at MINIMUM, and even to be in the ranking of the best defender of the year, which would not necessarily be stolen either. In any case, know that your favorite media will be there to talk about it, and to force it.
2024-03-28 09:05:00
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