Victor Wembanyama Mega-Thread - For all your Wembanyama needs!

[infinite11285]

Unfortunate for this victor kid, Failure In nba It's almost a sure thing ... Look at His face and His demeanor ... San Antonio needs to provide great psychological Help ...if not he will commit suicide with all these expectations

Yo...wth is wrong with you?!

[bravor]

I guess he's more likely to follow French media than Steven A and Broussard LOL
he probably thinks all those people are crazy anyway

Maybe, but I've never seen a French media person, so I wouldn't know which is crazier between French and American media.

American media by a wiiiiide margin. There is some excitment here, and some journalists of mainstream media are doing their job presenting him for the people who don't know him (and yes, that's the majority of the people here..) yet.
If it was football (soccer), he would be much more notorious but things might really change if he is drafted #1. But most of all, just like many european people, what matters are FIba tournaments results.

[Castle Black]

Wish the Spurs still had Chip Engelland, but guess that wouldn't be fair for the league.

You and me both. We were lucky to have him for 17 years. He was our secret weapon and a huge part of the reason we won those Championships. Wonder if we could steal him back from OKC. He’s a Spurs legend. Give him back pls.

[al bondiga]

Unfortunate for this victor kid, Failure In nba It's almost a sure thing ... Look at His face and His demeanor ... San Antonio needs to provide great psychological Help ...if not he will commit suicide with all these expectations

Yo...wth is wrong with you?!

This kid could be very good for Basketball.

[Bornstellar]

Wish the Spurs still had Chip Engelland, but guess that wouldn't be fair for the league.

You and me both. We were lucky to have him for 17 years. He was our secret weapon and a huge part of the reason we won those Championships. Wonder if we could steal him back from OKC. He’s a Spurs legend. Give him back pls.

Spurs hired a new shooting coach recently. Hope he is even half as good as Chip

[Castle Black]

Brings back memories. Hope we do something like this for Wemby. And I think we will.

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[Prestige]

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[Buckeye_Bull]

I dont see it.

[Roger Murdock]

What is a realistic offensive progression for this kid?

Fair expectations for a dynamite rim running and oboard game day 1, with some form of shooting and dribbling.
Maybe by year 3 create his own offense at a solid level?

Is there ever hope for him to be a playmaker or we just looking at a strong finisher/scorer?

The KD comparisons seem absurd to me.

[remi_222]

I guess he's more likely to follow French media than Steven A and Broussard LOL
he probably thinks all those people are crazy anyway

Maybe, but I've never seen a French media person, so I wouldn't know which is crazier between French and American media.

American media by a wiiiiide margin. There is some excitment here, and some journalists of mainstream media are doing their job presenting him for the people who don't know him (and yes, that's the majority of the people here..) yet.
If it was football (soccer), he would be much more notorious but things might really change if he is drafted #1. But most of all, just like many european people, what matters are FIba tournaments results.

And on top of that, him and Mbappe are representing the part of the french mindset that is missing here : the concept of "sky is the limit", "you can be whoever you wanna be", "believe in your dreams", ... This whole situation with young kids being so talented and presented and projected as genius isnt a french thing.
We like to be cautious, we dont like to put the lights on somebody too quick in sports in general.

But this situation with Wembanyama and Mbappe, the french medias can draw a story abt young kids, representing france all around the world for their talents.
Football is so different than basketball here, so the treatment that receives Mbappe is way more tough and heavy than what Wemby receives, mostly bc his carreer wont be in France but over there.
But here, its mostly the art side of Wemby, the maturity that the medias are highlighting not so much the basketball talents.

[damanick10]

Maybe, but I've never seen a French media person, so I wouldn't know which is crazier between French and American media.

American media by a wiiiiide margin. There is some excitment here, and some journalists of mainstream media are doing their job presenting him for the people who don't know him (and yes, that's the majority of the people here..) yet.
If it was football (soccer), he would be much more notorious but things might really change if he is drafted #1. But most of all, just like many european people, what matters are FIba tournaments results.

And on top of that, him and Mbappe are representing the part of the french mindset that is missing here : the concept of "sky is the limit", "you can be whoever you wanna be", "believe in your dreams", ... This whole situation with young kids being so talented and presented and projected as genius isnt a french thing.
We like to be cautious, we dont like to put the lights on somebody too quick in sports in general.

But this situation with Wembanyama and Mbappe, the french medias can draw a story abt young kids, representing france all around the world for their talents.
Football is so different than basketball here, so the treatment that receives Mbappe is way more tough and heavy than what Wemby receives, mostly bc his carreer wont be in France but over there.
But here, its mostly the art side of Wemby, the maturity that the medias are highlighting not so much the basketball talents.

Wemby does seem so mature and chill for a 19 year old. It was cool seeing him just chill in a cafe sipping on Espresso

[ItsDanger]

Wemby is a great prospect but are people ignoring his ugly 3 pt%? Every other draft eligible player would get criticized for a sub 30% stat.

[scrabbarista]

What is a realistic offensive progression for this kid?

Fair expectations for a dynamite rim running and oboard game day 1, with some form of shooting and dribbling.
Maybe by year 3 create his own offense at a solid level?

Is there ever hope for him to be a playmaker or we just looking at a strong finisher/scorer?

The KD comparisons seem absurd to me.

Not a direct answer to your Q, but just fyi, he can already pass. This is from one game:

Watch on YouTube

[Castle Black]

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[ghillphx]

Gonna be fun when your hopes go to trash. You aren't drafting him.

You won the lottery. Funny.

[Castle Black]

Just ridiculous.

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[Bornstellar]

Gonna be fun when your hopes go to trash. You aren't drafting him.

You won the lottery. Funny.

No, what's funny is how sure you were and how wrong you ended up being. Hopes definitely are not in the trash

[GSWFan1994]

Watch on YouTube

Really good video, recommended.

[Bobbymcgee]

Feel like this kid is either going to be the next Kareem or the next Ralph Sampson. Hopefully it is the former.

[Pachinko_]

Wemby is a great prospect but are people ignoring his ugly 3 pt%? Every other draft eligible player would get criticized for a sub 30% stat.

i don't ignore it, I've pointed it out a couple of times and got told off by many because they are missing my point.
My point is to weed out the unreasonable expectations, like the parallels to KD's shooting. He's not a KD type shooter.

But, it is also important to understand that his shooting % is down because he takes a bunch of crazy shots in France, like contested turnaround threes and things like that. He doesn't need to take those to be a massive offensive player, and he probably won't under Pop. Really the only thing he needs to do is make a few wide open ones (which he does) so that people learn to respect his shot and don't sag off him like they do with Giannis. Then he will get his space to go past his defender, and once he's in the paint with a bit of momentum is where he's truly lethal. Pop will sort all that out for him, no problems.

More important for him is to learn to read the open space and find the open man when doubled, because there will be a lot of that in the NBA. It's a different situation than Europe because of the size of the court, different rules with the illegal defence, and more athletic defenders.