Player The unfortunately low-ceilinged Shaolin monastery of Victor Wembanyama

[Correct Crusader]

BITW

 

[Seventyniner]

Stpid decision by victor on that last freethrow.

Yeah just put arc on it and aim just a bit left or right of normal. In that situation even making it is fine because it puts the Spurs up 4.

 

[ambchang]

For those people talking about fox-wemby pnr forget about it. FYI Wemby doesnt know how to set a screen properly.

But maybe fox does.

I’ve also been thinking about kornet wemby pick and rolls. I don’t see any teams who has the personnel to guard that other than Houston.

 

[Unseen]

People need to get over the fact that his personality is not that of a Tim Duncan and stop trying to make him be what he's not. Wemby I would say is more closer to the spectrum of a Kobe where he welcomes the publicity and wants the recognition and the competitive accolades.

 

[spursfanfromafar]

Wemby is more like Manu than Duncan and Castle is more like Duncan than Manu in their character arcs. They are fine. They are team players who want to win and work together to win. No need to compare with hyper-ego stars like Kobe, Garnett etc.

 

[Mugen]

Vic's whistle is horrible tbh. Ant and Randle trying to turn Wemby into prime Riley Reid tbh on that inbounds play before they called a foul was ridiculous

https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/1qg3mo0/highlight_julius_randle_and_anthony_edwards

 

[tearsofmorningdew]

I’m glad Wemby hit 30 minutes last night. Mitch’s substitution pattern for him is still atrocious my god. If he can be 32-35/min a night that’d be ideal, at least above 30 min/game

 

[Ice009]

I’m glad Wemby hit 30 minutes last night. Mitch’s substitution pattern for him is still atrocious my god. If he can be 32-35/min a night that’d be ideal, at least above 30 min/game

I'd settle for a solid 30 right now. Then slowly work your way from there.

 

[Seventyniner]

I wonder if the refs decided to just call a foul immediately after Wemby touched the ball because of that contact. I think a dead ball foul is one FT and the ball in that situation and refs are generally reluctant to award that kind of thing, even though they should.

 

[brazil]

It maybe deserve its own thread but anyway let's look at Fourth Quarter Victor.

We have seen already fourth quarter Wemby in action but I wanted to put some numbers on it.

At 7,4 points Victor is 7th in the NBA by points per gane scored in the fourth behind Giannis, Mitchel, Reaves (?!), Cade, Kawhi and SGA. Victor is scoring 1 pt per min played in the fourth which put him 3rd behind SGA and Giannis. He is doing it with a a FG% of 53 right behind Giannis (64% !) and Reaves (55%). He scores 42% from 3 in the fourth and blocks at a clip of 0,6 while not turning the ball too much 0,4.

We are lucky to have a guy who can deliver in the fourth... it will become handy comes POs time.

On a side note, Giannis is far from being done, Donovan has crazy +/- in the fourth +3,3 far ahead of everybody and Reaves looks like a legit 4th quarter dude

So Mitch I don't know how you do that (that's a you problem) but Victor needs to play in the fourth and a lot.

 

[couchman]

Wemby’s pet minute production has been insanely good during these minutes restrictions. Can he keep up that level of production with more minutes? Can he stay fresh enough to keep being a 4th quarter performer?
I sure would like to find out

 

[brazil]

Wemby’s pet minute production has been insanely good during these minutes restrictions. Can he keep up that level of production with more minutes? Can he stay fresh enough to keep being a 4th quarter performer?
I sure would like to find out

well at least we saw he is ok with 30 mn. Hopefully Victor will now play around 30 mn for a stretch of games before going after a 35/36 mn mark like last year before his clot issue

 

[ace3g]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2013329525791146229

 

[JingleJangleJingle]

oh no now we have to pay him more.

 

[BatManu20]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2013335370251878480

 

[Limguoguolo]

Well done, Victor.

 

[ace3g]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2013382650812059997

 

[sKiN20]

It looks like wemby will not win DPOY this year.

 

[tearsofmorningdew]

It looks like wemby will not win DPOY this year.

Why not, barring time missed?

 

[DAF86]

It looks like wemby will not win DPOY this year.

Only way that happens is if he doesn't hit the 65 games mark.

 

[sKiN20]

Why not, barring time missed?

He’s not blocking shots the way he did the past 2 seasons

 

[scott]

He’s not blocking shots the way he did the past 2 seasons

He is still 0.4 blk/game ahead of everyone else and voters do more than just read the stat sheet (usually)

 

[tearsofmorningdew]

He’s not blocking shots the way he did the past 2 seasons

who is winning over him if he hits 65 games? Surely not gobert or Chet lmao

 

[Exstatic]

He’s not blocking shots the way he did the past 2 seasons

Players are terrified of going into the paint. He is 100% winning DPOY if he plays 65 games. He bends the floor on defense like Curry does on offense.

 

[Ice009]

He’s not blocking shots the way he did the past 2 seasons

Surely the voters know that players avoid going at Vic for the very reason to not get blocked. Edit : Exstatic said it best a second ago.