[Highlight] Wembanyama powers through the Rockets defense for a massive dunk
This fucking guy.
Puta madre.
No mames guey
The body language of every single defender under that basket
“Fuck this shit, I wanna go home.”
Two dribbles to go 3⁄4 down the court is wild.
I’ve noticed other centers don’t do this. Maybe they should
Two dribbles and don’t look like a travel at all. Many times Giannis or lebron did this and it’s just blatant travelling
I had to go back and watch again. Incredible
Just not fair.
he don’t count. I’m the best human two way player.
~Nandor De Laurentis
Honestly, I see the league doing some fuckshit to the rules to minimize his dominance. Either that or like… bringing back the offensive charge (which isn’t gone but never called). Plant the feet and feel the heat.
Being able to throw the ball to your 7”4 center on a fast break is such a cheat code lol
reminds me of every NBA Live player ive ever made. max height, minimum weight, 99 overall stats
In 2k at least you can’t even make players that resemble how insane and well rounded this dude is. It would destroy the game.
Gotta go to MyLeague to do this type of shit. I remember in 2K16 when I first figured this out and made a 7’5” guy like Wemby but 300 pounds and like 99 everything, destroyed everything.
At this rate Wemby will break 2ks rating system lol
Kevin Durant but 7’4
Yup, When LeBron leaves there’s your face of the league ladies and gentlemen.
You don’t need to wait for LeBron to retire if only the media stopped being coy
That’s never gonna happen as long as he’s around. Lebron generates too much attention and revenue for the NBA/ESPN. Once he’s gone wemby takes it over everyone, replacing 1 generational player with another.
I mean if he keeps feeding us highlights like this…
Man tell me about it.
Stephen A Smith: “Well you know what ? I cant let a foreign player be the face of the NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION. My face of the league is Anthony Edwards. This brotha is special and let me tell you why…”
I could hear his voice!! And it bothers me
Fuck the face of the league talk. Vic is my future goat but i just dont see why we need to be arguing about marketing terms rn.
Lebron has been fading for some time
The face of the league talk is so boring lmao who actually gives a shit about that outside of the NBA employees working on negotiations with broadcasters?
Do people become fans of a player because he is The Face of the League ^^^^^^TM? No, it goes the other way.
face of the league
Fucking hobbyist marketers passionately debating each other online.
He’s a fucking DEMON
Technically an elf
Sexually a gorgon
Spiritually Fr*nch (his only flaw)
His best quality
Oui
Believe he prefers the term alien
Leave us alone David Blaine Victor Wembanyama!
WHAT THE EFF?!?!
this dude is a HUGE fucking issue for the league
I think this play was the sickest from this game. But there was another one, the last play of 2nd quarter. Fake, take, make 3.
how the fuckkkkkk someone can make one of those plays. imagine doing both !!!!!! mindblowing !!!!
He filled out like Kareem. It’s over. He’s going to master the skyhook this summer and basketball will officially be solved.
There are some old clips where Kareem makes some LONG distance skyhooks. Like, if the three point line had been around early in his career, he might’ve learned how to do that.
Wemby can test that proposition.
When I first saw his French training highlights, it reminded me so much of Kareem’s Jeet Kun Do training with Bruce Lee. He really has a shot at True GOAT.
I have no idea what the fuck you do with him, on either end of the floor
Lock his teammates up and make him score 50 like teams were doing to Jokic a few years ago? I really have no idea either. But at least with Jokic you can kind of target him on defense, Wemby you can’t even get a look within 16 feet.
You would get a look of Wemby’s hands as he demoralize you with a block if you try.
WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS BULLSHIT, MAN
Generational talent, we’re witnessing the modern day wilt
This has been some next level disrespect by Wemby
Third year btw guys not even in his prime
second year and a half, really
Second year and a quarter considering the amount of games left
He had to take half a year off, too. If Chet gets to be a year 2 rookie, then Wemby is just starting year 3
Yep, scary
Gonna be the first billion dollar contract
Victhei Wembohtani
Not even on his rookie extension.
Ehh tbf some guys peak early. Like MICHAEL JORDAN 1988.
Want to know something even crazier. Historically he’s 5 years away from his prime.
22 years old
You are looking at the best player in the league dunking on the entire rockets team.
yeah he’s #2 in mvp rankings after shai idc
Correct.
Pistons’ recent slide for sure pushes him ahead of Cade. Honestly, if Pistons fall to #2 in the East and if Shai somehow manages to become ineligible through injury….Wemby would be a heavy favourite for MVP. If the Spurs steal the #1 seed on top of all that we’ll see the fourth ever player to win DPOY & MVP in the same season, joining MJ, Hakeem & Giannis.
Yeah I’m good with that. I see Wemby play and I’m like “how the fuck is he not MVP”, but then I watch Shai and think “ah shit ok”. With how Wemby has been playing I think he’s asserted himself up to the 2nd spot, but Shai has played a lot more minutes and that’s honestly the difference maker in my mind.
I think Minute to Minute I would take Wemby, but I agree that availability does put SGA ahead in my book.
Yeah he’s 4th in plus/minus this season, but the 3 ahead of him have played way more minutes. I’m at the point where I believe he’s the most impactful player in the league when he’s on the floor, but availability matters. Looking forward to his conditioning improving as he hits his prime.
I’m never impressed watching SGA. 😂
I’m a certified SGA hater and I still think he has a beautiful game.
Other than the foul baiting, but I know it’s part of the game now
He honestly has stopped foul baiting a lot. Once or twice a game maybe, but Luka and joker are both bigger floopers, KAT and Brunson too.
People don’t want to give him any credit tho
Two dribbles lol
I feel like I see each foot take two more steps after he quits dribbling. I don’t know the rules very well, there’s a “gather step,” but then it feels like he’s traveling? Explain to an NBA-watching noob
He pretty much gathers the ball while his left foot is on the floor (gather) and then takes 2 more steps.
The dribble doesn’t stop on the last bounce of the ball but rather when the player has control of it.
You’re allowed two steps
In wembys case thats basically the entire court so its def a cheat code
he said he sees each foot take 2 more steps
which would be 4 steps
You only count new steps going down after the gather (which is almost always when the second hand touches the ball to fully control it.)
In this clip he gathers a bit early (his left foot is still in the air) so it’s technically a travel but very close.
Assuming he times it correctly by having his left foot down at the same time he puts both hands on the ball it would be legal. That’s the distinction on these plays.
Good analysis. Now, imagine trying to be a ref and analyze this as it happens, at the speed NBA players play, and with 9 other players on the court.
In reality, the ref who is watching the ball handler has to see the dribble end, then start looking at the feet. By the time they react to the dribble ending and then turn their eyes from the ball to the feet, that “lag” between the dribble ending and then starting to switch their attention to the feet is enough, at least for a play as close as this one, for it to look like, in real time to the ref, that the dribble ended with the lead foot already down and then they don’t count that foot as a step. Not to mention it could be obscured if there are other players in the refs line of sight, so they may have to make a judgment call (and I am nearly certain the refs are told to give the offensive player the benefit of the doubt if they have to make such judgments in real time).
We get the benefit of high speed, slow motion replay that we can analyze over and over, refs don’t (at least for traveling situations).
Yes, this is technically a travel, but it is very close and I can understand how a ref in real-time wouldn’t see it.
Fucking 2k created character ass human
Can’t stop smiling when the non-Spurs commentators lose their mind seeing Wemby in action. They’ve heard the legends but they’re seeing it in person.
Lol i always have to double check whether im in r/nba or r/nbaspurs when i see these highlights and its like 50⁄50. What a time to be a spurs fan
God damn lol
Worth the price of league pass on his own
I had to watch this game on Hulu
Hulu has live sports?
wemby is a psycho
This must’ve been what it was like to watch Wilt
Wemby making the best athletes in the world look like plumbers and mailmen.
Have you seen prime shaq. He was as close as you can get to wilt. Wemby is next in line.
Prime-Shaq vs even this current-Wemby would be a hell of a lot of fun to watch. Wemby would force him to guard out at the three and then just shoot over him or dribble past and dunk. And then Shaq would get the entry pass on the other side and knock Wemby into the third row and dunk. Back and forth all day. Great stuff. Wemby is light years better of a FT shooter, though, so if both teams decide to start fouling, Wemby is going to win that battle.
Would Shaq be able to play like bully Shaq in today’s NBA? Idk, I think he’d have to scale it back a bit and be more finesse.
Except he’s doing it to actual players and not accountants. Shits crazy
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This must be as close to a Kaiju we can get. He’s a freak of nature
This guy is going to make the Slam Dunk Contest worth a damn
Nah, Wemby ain’t that type.
…but maybe he is that type, seeing how much of a competitor he is.
He really seems like he’d participate in every single event in All-Star weekend if it were physically and logistically possible.
He said he’ll be in it one day. Not sure how well he’d do but you know he’ll take it seriously
Either he’s gonna save it or put it out of its misery, there’s precedent for both
This MF the goat
Guys, he is already the best in the league. Shai will win MVP but I am sorry - Wemby is reaching some scary high levels.
I am probably having high of the moment. Idk. But at his best Wemby dominates elegantly - it is nuts.
Hell yea brother 🤙
Spurs are putting the belt to ass right now.
wtf man
Victor is the most valuable player. Shai is the MVP.
It does not matter. Victor is the most impactful player in entire league.
In defense. In attack. On his own team. On the opponent.
And all the other teams wondering how to stop him. The problem is that Victor is very talented and learns faster than the others.
B e a utiful
Complete travel if I’m being honest
I thought so for sure too but nah the gather step just takes him from the arc to inside the paint. If this causes the league to tighten up the gather rule then that’s fine by me
Gather step rule is ass
It is, but it’s still a rule and why that’s not a travel. I do agree, completely, that the gather step needs to die, but it’ll never happen.
The first step occurs when a foot, or both feet, touch the floor after the player gathers the ball.
He gathers the ball and still does 3 steps. Cmon man. Wemby is insane. Doesnt mean we cant call this a travel. They never call it. For nobody. But it is still a travel.
I just made a comment that they are probably gonna try and come up with a rule to stop him. Idk if is a travel.
I think he just covers so much distance that it looks weird? Yeah and it might be a travel but if a regular size player did that no one would think twice. But a regular NBA can’t do that shit so like what you gonna do??? Haha
wtf are we supposed to do
Take this ass whoopin
That is some Michael Jordan coast to coast vs the Heat and does a freaking two handed reverse dunk with authority against the whole team. WTF is this dude.
Genuinely, like what in the actual fuck
Its hard to tell with his frame, but he has put on a lot of muscle, and its gotten denser as hes matured.
Ik KD is his body comp but vic is way stronger at this point.
The Alien has landed!!
Is the NBA gonna have to come up with some rule to stop him? Lol. Like what could you even do l? I really hope he stays healthy. I wanna go sit close court side and watch him. I bet it looks bizarre. They are are fucking big fast and agile and then this fucking guy LMAO 🤣🤣
Its gotta be the shoes …
He is everything he was billed to be, and more. If he stays healthy, dude will most likely be in the GOAT conversation at some point. He’s just ridiculous
Unstoppable
Please basketball Jesus… Keep this man healthy.
Lordy
Sengun running in real life like I do in my dreams
Anyone have the clip where he was turning away from the basket running backwards, catches a pass halfway between the basket and free throw line and dunks it backwards?
Oui oui
I cannot deny what my eyes are seeing. That has to be the best basketball player to ever live.
I know it’s the wrong sub, but it reminds me of watching 20 year old Ronaldo Fenomeno. You don’t want to believe that the kid is the greatest to ever live, not when they are still so young, but you can’t keep denying the truth.
Thank god he’s ours lol
Will his character be enough to keep him from becoming the league villain? I think 2 chips and people will hate his ass
If this kid works hard and keeps his head on his shoulders I just think he might stick around in this league
Like a goddamn gazelle!
times like this when I just shake my head and scream:
“WHAT IN THE FUCK IS THIS SHIT”
Give him the MVP he deserves.
MVP MVP MVP
‘Dunk’ for Wemby is just a slight hop and ‘place ball into overhead basket’
Does San Antonio specifically go out and scout for versatile big men who are even-tempered, and can genuinely control the game on both ends of the court if needed?
Because the scout who keeps doing this is due to retire soon, right? Right?
Travel
Definitely more finesse than power. Which makes it even more impressive geezus.
sengun sksksksksk
he is cheat code
5 rockets watching a beautiful basketball player making an amazing basketball play.
Sengun with the forearm into his neck probably added a little more motivation.
Came here expecting not a massive dunk because this sub overexaggerates titles. Was not disappointed.
It’s over
So buttery smooth. I’ve watched it back a dozen times now. He doesn’t quite get the foot planted but that’s league rules so no problem there. The way he controlled the spacing was magical. He never entertained the idea that a hand held out could take the ball from him, and with so much space to move it he is correct. Simply taking a medium step and a big one is enough to propel him over the rim. Until they clone him this is going to be un contested space.
Man among boys
KD had a small chance to play some D, then noped out of there.
Look at that fcker Sengun with the elbow
there are 4 guys surrounding him.
easiest dunker I’ve ever seen….almost like he’s passing a rubbish bin and just nonchalantly throwing in a rolled up bit of paper as he’s thinking about something completely unrelated
What the actual fuck? This is like Giannis on steroids
2.5 steps and 7”4 is unstoppable
Wtf. If he gets a little more coordinated he’s going to get the Spurs another couple chips. Giannis did it. Imagine a 7’4” giannis that can drip 3s
The alien
two dribbles from beyond half court and it doesn’t even feel egregious
lmao every game is like this
I love how effortless that was for him. Extra points for the flair. Love the kid.
i’m a spurs fan, but that was a walk
Love Wemby
Needed a camera view of KD’s face when Jabari took that shot
They’re gonna have to keep updating that “Wemby highlights but they get more insane” video
That’s gotta be his favourite dunk. Seen him do this multiple times.
Ask me if I want to see okc or the spurs first round right now.. ima shit a brick lol
wtf are you supposed to do there
Received the ball beyond half court, takes 2 long dribbles, runs up from right inside the 3 point line, reverse dunks, and 1. lol wtf.
Broski don’t even look 7’4” here man. Broski out here looking like Dwade but in a 7’4 body taking way less strides to the basket as well.
Senguns like oh fuck transition….
Literally a taller Giannis.
Why does the clip have a higher fps?
Like Giannis
I don’t know if there is a single true nba fan Wemby can’t win over.
“defense”
2nd best player in the NBA right now, easily
Lord have mercy the Alien has landed.
every nba team: what the fuck
Houston be like: “Wcyd? C Diff”
2 dribbles from half court all the way to the rim lmao
I believe.
Wilt Chamberlain reincarnated in this era
My God that emphatic dunk sound was awesome
How do you stop that?
The other team looks so defeated.
how many steps do you get in this league?
what a time to be a spur fan
This is pretty much the play I’ve been waiting for out of Wemby. The one where he does “the giannis” and makes it look easier than giannis ever could.
I hate to be that guy, but I think the whistle happened before he got his launch foot down for the dunk.
That said, this is still ridiculous and I’m blessed to see this wonderful player.