7-foot-4 Victor Wembanyama showed glimpses of greatness -- and a nice 3-point touch in his first game for the Spurs.
Wembanyama made his NBA debut with the Spurs against the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday night and made an immediate splash, scoring 15 points on 6-for-9 shooting .“He’s going to be amazing, he already is,” Dallas All-Star Luka Doncic said. “The size obviously , like everybody talks.
Wembanyama was limited to only four field goal attempts in the first half, but it wasn’t from a lack of effort. He continually ran down the court asking for the ball against smaller defenders, but his teammates did not see him. “I think even in transition where we missed him,” Spurs guard Devin Vassell said. “He is running ahead. I mean you got to see them. Those are easy buckets. Those are gimmes. We need those. So, it’s an adjustment to say it like that. You know what I’m saying? Every day you don’t have a 7-4 player running down, running down the wing, being able to post stuff and get easy catches and stuff like that. We got to see them. We’ve got to take advantage of it.
Wembanyama played pro basketball in France before being drafted. His first game in the NBA had the world watching. “How can I deny that,” San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich said prior to Wednesday’s game. “It’s pretty obvious. Victor’s had a lot of attention pointed toward him for a very long time and that’s not going to change. Fortunately for us, he’s a really mature, prioritized young man that knows what he wants. He’s already a pro.
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