In almost every outing, Victor Wembanyama pulls out all the stops. The San Antonio Spurs rookie was certainly not able to avoid his team's defeat on the floor of the Los Angeles Lakers this Friday evening.
But he was once again giant (27 points, 10 rebounds, 8 assists, 5 interceptions and 5 blocks).
After the meeting, the legend LeBron James - also brilliant last night against the Frenchman (30 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists) - paid a beautiful tribute to "Wemby".
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There are no limits for Wembanyama.
He has an exceptional coach who will make sure he does things the right way.
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: But make no mistake, he is not the first rookie to have an impact: Zion, AD, Blake Griffin, Luka Doncic, Kyrie Irving, Tyreke Evans...
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LeBron James also posted a post on X (formerly Twitter), which says it all
: “This boy is special”.
The Spurs prodigy also received praise from his coach, Gregg Popovich.
“He is progressing well, we are skipping steps with him
” admitted “Pop”.
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He’s a great player to coach, he loves it, he takes criticism very well.
We work on all the fundamentals, support, balance... Everything that beginner players need.
He's getting better every month in a lot of these aspects.
You could see his aggression tonight, he was on the throw line because he went towards the circle instead of backing up or avoiding contact.
He understands how to play.”