Victor Wembanyama lives up to expectations.
The 7-foot-4 Frenchman, hailed as the NBA’s greatest rising star since LeBron James, has dominated the league and scored an incredible goal in just his fifth professional game. 38 points of confidence.
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The Wings have beaten Kevin Durant and the Phoenix Suns in back-to-back games, and early opinion has it that the NBA’s next great name is the towering 19-year-old from Le Chenay, France.
“He’s a versatile guy — he’ll get the ball to the open player,” Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. “He has confidence in himself. He makes some incredible plays. The combination is pretty good.”
Highlights of the night Friday as Wembunyama joined LeBron James and Durant as the only teenagers in NBA history to score 35 points, 10 rebounds and 2 blocks in a game It went viral instantly.
Wembunyama also became the first NBA player since Shaquille O’Neal in 1992 to score 100 points and 10 blocks in his first five games.
Wymby performed well in five games, helping the young Tottenham team to a 3-2 record and becoming the talk of the league.
Durant praised the No. 1 pick just as Winby has been a 10-time All-Star.
“He’s going to be a force in this league for a long time,” Durant said. “Once he continues to gain experience, he’s going to get better.”
Wembanyama keeps doing it game by game.
He had 18 points, eight rebounds and four blocks in the Spurs’ first win over Phoenix on Wednesday.
Two days later, Wimby scored 38 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 blocks and 1 steal in an efficient 34 minutes, shooting 15-for-26 from the field.
The Spurs defeated the Suns 132-121.
The rookie then sounded like a poised veteran.
“Every game, we try to find the best position where we need to hurt them,” Wembanyama said. “It could be one thing today, it could be someone else tomorrow. That’s how good teams work.”
Wimby dominated the fourth quarter as the Spurs defeated Phoenix.
Just five games into his career, the 19-year-old from France is already filled with huge hype and his name is already in the NBA record books alongside James and Durant.
“The NBA has the greatest athletes on the planet,” Wembanyama said. “But so far, it’s working out pretty well.”