Player The unfortunately low-ceilinged Shaolin monastery of Victor Wembanyama

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All the props in the world to Victor. I said yesterday this was a huge game for him, and asked if he'd "put up or shut up"....

Very pleased to see the results. Wemby came into the game a bit timid, but turned it up real quick when the pressure mounted. 14 points in the 4th Q plus his unreal defense as always. Trusted his team, hustled on every play, dove for loose balls and had the game-sealing dominant dunk.

Baby GOAT really growing before our eyes. Appreciate this shit brothers, we're not seeing another Wemby in our lifetimes.
 
Sugus said:
All the props in the world to Victor. I said yesterday this was a huge game for him, and asked if he'd "put up or shut up"....

Very pleased to see the results. Wemby came into the game a bit timid, but turned it up real quick when the pressure mounted. 14 points in the 4th Q plus his unreal defense as always. Trusted his team, hustled on every play, dove for loose balls and had the game-sealing dominant dunk.

Baby GOAT really growing before our eyes. Appreciate this shit brothers, we're not seeing another Wemby in our lifetimes.
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Also great to see him dominate Sengun
 
On thing we don't comment much is the increase of FT compared to previous. Victor is at 7 FTAs per game vs. 4 last year. Here we have a mix of stuff imo:

1. Victor is playing less on the perimeter than last year
2. Victor is starting to get the star treatment finally
3. Victor is getting better at selling fouls, he gets more +1 consistently. He is a cringe flopper sometimes but one cannot deny that at least he is trying and it is starting to pay off
 
Tremendous win! I must admit, I was tired after a long day and so close to giving up on watching. Glad I stuck it out.
Some huge takeaways and things to carry forward.
  • Stephon Castle can body up Sengun AND stop KD from getting to his spot on nearly consecutive plays in the 4th quarter. Turnovers aside, that is special, his physicality and toughness will always be valuable in a dogfight type of game. He seems to thrive initiating contact on both sides of the ball. I don't think we win without his play last night night.
  • Whatever Mitch said at halftime seemed to work. As Victor said, the Spurs initiated contact and didn't allow Houston to set the tone physicality-wise. That really shook them as bully ball seems to be their only style of play. The fact that the team responded and turned it around against a division rival tells me that they are all learning as they go and building the trust and foundation of a winning program. Have successfully averted a 3-game losing streak again.
  • Dylan Harper may have broken the dad-curse if it was true that Ron was at the game. Either way, He looked like the 2nd coming of Harden/Ginobili in a modern-day form. Poise, savvy, gutsiness, 3-ball, embarrassing Houston by getting to the rim at will and his defense is so solid, sneakily so. Great to see him comeback and look like himself.
  • Wemby was just insane. The jersey grabbing, claw marks on the shoulder and constant picking himself off the floor would've incited fisticuffs in the 80's and 90's. He weathered all that while putting up insane numbers and impacting the game every second in the 2nd half. We'll see where this puts him as we face the blowout champs of the league (both sides of the equation) Hornets. Having him guard Thompson was where the game turned around. Not sure if that was necessity or plan, but, that worked wonders for momentum.
  • Lastly, just a thought I had while looking at this young team and their rough spot this season. They came out of the gates so strongly and I think they might've run out of gas a bit as they are learning how to win and have no real idea of what it's like to have a winning season in the NBA. Pacing themselves will be an acquired symptom of winning. This is a very emotional team and it seems like their wins have taken them over the traditional Spurs speed limit of not getting too high nor too low. Exciting as hell and their ceiling is still yet to be determined, but, I believe they are no where near it.
oops, wrong thread....
 
really thought he was gonna have another timid outing, especially after he tripped on himself guarding sengun 1Q. his second half showed a ton of growth to me
 
Wemby is a warrior from the 90’s. He might not have the body yet, but he embraces the physicality, doesn’t complain and Bruno the officials (I’m really glad he’s not). He gets up after getting mugged and shoots his FT’s. He needs physical help (not Barnes) at PF to take some of the beating down low.
 
So many praises for victor. Wait until he sck again next game. He’a atill incosnsistent. Everytime he had a great game he normally follow it with a bad game
 
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