Clément Pédron, Media365: published on Wednesday December 31, 2025 at 11:54 p.m.
Invited by his sponsor Nike to answer a few questions, Victor Wembanyama did not hesitate to give the keys to gaining the upper hand over him. The problem is that we have to introduce a new rule…
How far will we go to slow down the rise of Victor Wembanyama? For now, the 21-year-old Frenchman is on the rise at the moment. For his third season in San Antonio, the pivot finally continues high-level performances like his last performances even if the Spurs lost their last two games of the regular season. Recently, the native of Chesnay gave an interview to his sponsor Nike where he was asked to answer several questions. Among them, one concerned the strategies to adopt to gain the upper hand over him. And his response was most astonishing…
In a joking tone, the former Boulogne-Levallois Mets player found the trick to prevent him from showing his superiority on the statistics sheet: “No dunk, no dunk allowed!”, laughed the Frenchman. This is a rule that has been implemented in the past at the University for Wilt (Chamberlain) or Kareem (Abdul Jabbar), right? So no dunk. »
Finally THE season for him?
Obviously, Adam Silver, the NBA commissioner, did not plan to introduce such a rule, to the delight of Victor Wembanyama. The latter, recovered from his venous thrombosis in the shoulder last season and a calf strain that was difficult to treat a few weeks ago, finally seems to be back on track. Since the start of this season, the Spurs player has averaged 24 points per game, 11 rebounds and 3 assists, while his playing time is the subject of special management by Mitch Johnson. This return to the forefront is in any case an excellent thing for San Antonio which is in 2nd place in the Western Conference with a positive record of 23 victories for 9 defeats.
