Victor Wembanyama has the potential to become “the new face of the NBA” according to Carmelo Anthony. Daniel Dunn / REUTERS
ANALYSE – Despite the disappointing results in San Antonio, the 20-year-old prodigy impressed in his first season across the Atlantic.
Alien, phenomenon, extraterrestrial… Victor Wembanyama was expected to be the white wolf in the NBA. The biggest « hype » since LeBron James. So many promises… The giant (2.24 m) from the Ile-de-France region still had to keep them. So far, he’s doing even better. And it’s Gregg Popovich who says it. « He has exceeded my expectations since the start of the season »admits the uncompromising Spurs coach, emphasizing all the same that his colt « also loses a few balloons. We have focused on this recently, on making our services more solid, more rigorous. That takes time ».
« Wemby » appears in the top 10 of players who lose the most balls (3.5/game) and his three-point skill percentages have not been brilliant lately (29.3% in March). For the rest, it’s all good.
More than this. The former Mets 92 player averages over 20 points, 10 rebounds and 3.5 blocks. The only players to have accumulated these kinds of statistics at the end of the season…
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2024-03-21 15:21:52
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