If San Antonio lost again last night against Utah, Victor Wembanyama clearly did not deserve it. The French pivot also allowed himself to put on a show and one action in particular amazed Internet users. It is truly one of a kind…
If only the Spurs’ collective results could keep pace with Victor Wembanyama… Opposed to Jazz last night, Gregg Popovich’s men unfortunately suffered another defeat, making their poor record even worse (11-47, last in the West ). Infuriating because the Frenchman was once again very dominant.
Author of 22 points at 9/17 shooting, 10 rebounds and five blocks on the floor of Salt Lake City, the first pick of the last draft did not hesitate to keep his team in the game, in vain however. Increasingly comfortable with the ball in hand, he does not hesitate to challenge anyone under the circle and very often, his enormous segments (2m44 wingspan!) allow him to gain the upper hand. Ask Taylor Hendricks:
This Wemby dunk 😳 pic.twitter.com/SWGwmenanO
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Wembanyama’s huge dunk against Taylor Hendricks
As a reminder, the rookie from Utah is only listed at 2m06, almost twenty centimeters shorter than the Habs. So when the latter extends to the maximum like on this dunk, suffice to say that there is no chance of stopping him… Already author of a similar madness against Moritz Wagner a few weeks earlier, Wembanyama largely does credit to his reputation as an extra-terrestrial of the f
Only Wemby can do that
Wemby dunking on a kids rim
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Wemby dunking on a child’s basket
Given his incredible physique, Victor Wembanyama should spoil us with lunar actions of this kind for a good number of years to come. Let’s just hope that Spurs will start winning more games at the same time…