Wemby has been sensational throughout his first playoff series. Not only is he disgustingly efficient, but he also averages 5 blocks a game. If he continues to remain this dominant throughout the rest of his career, it’s unimaginable what feats he’ll achieve.

Totals (3 Games): 79 PTS | ²⁷⁄₄₅ FGS | ⁷⁄₁₂ 3PTS | ¹⁸⁄₁₉ FTS | 31 REBS | 7 ASTS | 9 TOS | 15 BLKS

*Note: These stats exclude Game 2 where he became concussed 12 minutes into the game. Including those stats would bring his totals down quite a lot, but that would undermine his actual impact, so I decided to exclude them.

https://www.espn.com/nba/player/stats/_/id/5104157/type/nba/seasontype/3

Jay_Cubx7 | Thunder

248 | 5 hours ago

averaging 5 blocks is insane

Tesgoul | Spurs

128 | 5 hours ago

Portland is apparently 28th in the league in 3pt%, that’s basically a death sentence against Wemby lol

PressureMiserable | Spurs

44 | 4 hours ago

28th in % yet top 3 in attempts I’m starting to think maybe that’s not a good game plan

basedjak_no228 | NBA

22 | 3 hours ago

They probably take so many threes because the paint is probably very clogged, and the paint is probably very clogged because other teams know they suck at threes

PressureMiserable | Spurs

4 | 3 hours ago

I mean in this series sure but they’ve been doing this all season and they had more success driving when wemby was out. They just stopped and started taking threes which helped when they went on that little spurt in the 4th but they also stopped driving which made it even harder on themselves even when their shot was actually going in

irelli | Trail Blazers

1 | an hour ago

No, in every game lol

If people know you can’t shoot, they back off your shooters, which means you’re forced to shoot

TingusPingus_6969

-3 | 3 hours ago

and some people still think Gobert was snubbed from the DPOY award

VCSSUIDYROL

13 | 2 hours ago

People think he was snubbed from being a dpoy finalist not from the award.

Not a single soul doubted dpoy is going to vic this year.

OkIntroduction3119

118 | 5 hours ago

Spurs try not to get an all-time great every fucking decade challenge (impossible)

silky_flubber_lips | Spurs

30 | an hour ago

80s David Robinson

90s Tim Duncan

00s Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili

10s Kawhi Leonard

20s Victor Wembanyama

yeah we are pretty blessed

robins420

17 | an hour ago

Not trying to nitpick, Tony and Manu were great but the others are clearly Tier A or Tier A+ Franchise superstars who were capable of contending for championships as THE centrepiece on the team.

Barring one decade, where you got Hall of famers instead, it’s unreal how amazing the recruitment has been.

silky_flubber_lips | Spurs

3 | an hour ago

Tony Parker + Manu Ginobili is better than one all time great if you think about it. Their powers combined makes an all time great (although tbh im a huge Manu stan and would argue he is an all time great but that’s for another day) but it’s even better because now you have the all time great wombo combo making it harder to defend than one guy. Or something like that.

robins420

5 | an hour ago

Won’t disagree with them as a combo being more potent.

Manu was fun to watch, but I remember watching this podcast with the big 3 and Pop after the 2014 ring. Don’t know if you’ve seen it, but Manu brings up his minutes, and Pop immediately checks him, saying do you think you could have played 35 minutes and Manu agrees and says, maybe at ²⁷⁄₂₈ but overall, no.

I don’t think that validates/invalidates our opinions on who Manu was. I think he was capable of greatness in spurts and moments and series, but if you expect Manu to give you 38-40 minutes for 100 games a season like Timmy D was doing, he’s not surviving in the NBA for long with his playstyle.

I fundamentally believe what Pop did was to maximise Manu being himself for as long as possible, versus the most obvious perception of him being contained by Pop. And that got you 4 rings, so no one can complain.

CommodoreIrish | Spurs

80 | 5 hours ago

CTE Wemby

cookomputer | Spurs

22 | 5 hours ago

Got CTE Wemby and Bald Wemby this season

gorkemguzel32 | BOS

1 | 10 minutes ago

Common Table Expression Wemby?

Real-Repair-1825 | Pistons

56 | 5 hours ago

I’ve only seen 2 truly different than every one else/generational talents in my lifetime and it’s LeBron and Wemby. I was too young during MJs run.

There have been other excellent players but Wemby is definitely in the “oh he’s just different” category.

Tyranitator | Spurs

38 | 5 hours ago

I think Curry is up there too. He was unbelievable during his peak

eexxiitt

17 | 4 hours ago

I’ve watched since MJ and 2016 steph is still the most exciting basketball I have ever witnessed.

plap_plap | Spurs

6 | 2 hours ago

Steph was a gamebreaker, especially with another lethal shooter starting beside him. Kerr saw what the Spurs did in 2014 and basically begged to replace Mark Jackson that summer, because he saw incredible potential. Once he got in and started running schemes centered around getting threes for Steph and Klay, the game was never the same.

Jordan broke the game by being able to score at the rim no matter what the defense threw at him. Dude was literally unstoppable inside of 15 feet like no one else before or since. But this didn’t change the way other teams played, because it didn’t change the math equation in the same way that taking half your shots from beyond the arc did.

Coming back to the alien: The only players I can remember having a comparable level of paint deterrence are Mutombo and Manute Bol. And those guys were often liabilities on the offensive end. He really does seem like a custom 2k player with all the sliders turned up. He shouldn’t be able to put the ball on the floor, juke defenders, hit consistently from 3 and be one of the greatest defensive presences the game has ever seen. It’s really unfair, and it never seems any less unreal.

Alarmed_Bowler_8352 | Spurs

-7 | 4 hours ago

Nah Curry was looked at as being too physically frail for the NBA - he was always an outstanding offensive engine but the physicality issue were deemed to be his biggest obstacle, no one would have expected him to turn out to be the way he did. Curry definitely didn’t have LeBron/Wemby type hype.

The OP is right - LeBron and Wemby are pretty much it. Maybe Flagg too, since he managed to torch the U.S. Men’s Olympic squad in a warm up as a 17 year old, and gained a lot of cred from that and in his Duke showings.

GGTae | Spurs

8 | 4 hours ago

since he managed to torch the U.S. Men’s Olympic squad in a warm up as a 17 year old

we don’t have footage of the game and some said afterwards it wasn’t intense so i’d take it with a grain of salt and put it more on players hyping their future star

Purple_Apartment | Spurs

49 | 5 hours ago

In the spirit of fairness, offensively he was pretty bad in those 12 minutes before he hit his head.

That being said, he is known to have stretches where he struggles only to then go on and absolutely dominate the game. So we will never know how that game shakes out, but I think it’s worth noting he was not playing well in that particular game before the injury.

That also being said, he was obviously the best player in the series and it’s wild we didn’t even need to feature him most of the time.

Uncle_Freddy | SAS

35 | 5 hours ago

He started Game 4 poorly and finished strong, we’ll truly never know

KOET10 | Spurs

1 | an hour ago

Yep! I think he started like 4-11, ended the game with 9-17.

Ready_Preparation816

40 | 5 hours ago

I guess he translates

Prize_Bicycle_3080

26 | 5 hours ago

60%, 58%, 95% shooting is crazy

thecrunchcrew | SAS

11 | 4 hours ago

All while being the unanimous DPOY

CumAssault | SAS

22 | 5 hours ago

All time great series and the dude is so young. Legit insane stat line in terms of output and efficiency. He is a lab grown specimen to play basketball

DirtyWizardsBrew | Spurs

5 | 5 hours ago

a basketball prodigy

Kertia

18 | 5 hours ago

He’s the most impactful player in the league. Best player in the world.

tinkady | Warriors

11 | 5 hours ago

much better thanks

Area51_Spurs | Spurs

8 | 4 hours ago

17 stocks his last 2 games

TheGamesGone_ | Celtics

7 | 5 hours ago

Finally a new Moses. You can rest now Lebron.

SplitOk186

5 | 5 hours ago

We need a Wemby vs. Jokic showdown especially when the alternative is the Wolves without Ant

Hopefully Denver get their act together and don’t let Ayo drop 40 on them again

iCE_P0W3R | Thunder

6 | 5 hours ago

Wemby is making me rethink how important assist to turnover ratio is.

Victor_Wembanyama1 | Spurs

2 | 5 hours ago

Tbf if it’s over 4 games it’s still 2 a game but should still be cleaned up.

LoneWolf1134 | Spurs

1 | 3 hours ago

He actually helps get buckets for his teammates with his gravity but is rarely the last pass before a bucket. His two-man game with Fox and Castle usually either ends up with him freeing up enough space for them to get a shot off or with him rolling to the rim for a dunk.

Akipella | Warriors

3 | 4 hours ago

The averages are so much lower with the Game 2 included, probably better not to because he often warms up and takes over a game later on (this can be the case with many superstars tbh…)

SomeViceTFT | Spurs

1 | 4 hours ago

Now that he’s won a playoff series, can we start to have the best player in the world conversation or will the goal post move again? 60/58/95 splits is fucking insane while being undeniably the best defensive player in the league

No52 | Spurs

1 | 5 hours ago

Victor Bananabread Dynasty

EnigmaOfOz

2 | 3 hours ago

Hector bananabread!

Striking_Food5273

1 | 5 hours ago

Great performance. Can def improve consistency in decision making. Also, curious how he does vs better offensive talent at the center position (jokic maybe if the nuggets wake tf up?)

zackafshar | Warriors

1 | 5 hours ago

why not just use per 36 ?

AccomplishedRainbow1 | Suns

1 | 4 hours ago

Neat

Area51_Spurs | Spurs

1 | 4 hours ago

Plus 1.0 spg

kukunan

1 | 4 hours ago

Next mvp for sure.

kawaii155

1 | an hour ago

Way better than Jokic on D

KeyChallenge4562

-4 | 5 hours ago

That’s a pretty decent stat line. Could be better if he scored 30 but I’ll take it

haikupoetics2 | Spurs

14 | 5 hours ago

He doesn’t need to score 30 though, goes to show how deep the roster is.

HistoryH22 | Spurs

4 | 5 hours ago

For real, he was able to take a backseat today and let the supporting cast do the work. Fox in particular had a great series too.

Jec1027 | Warriors

7 | 5 hours ago

If he could get 30 ppg he would be the best player in the league without question lmao

Objective-Product361

3 | 5 hours ago

Wemby, at his size, is trying his best to manage energy expenditure. He can get to 30 points any given night, but there are some nights where he should focus his energy more on the defensive end like tonight. Spurs were hitting every single shots, so no need for him to chase scoring. Their chance to win is better if he just shut down the paint while his teammates are scorching hot from three.

abefroman07 | Spurs

2 | 5 hours ago

He can. He just doesn’t need to every game with this deep ass roster.

Jec1027 | Warriors

3 | 5 hours ago

Yeah he can im just saying it wouldnt be questionable if he was doing it

abefroman07 | Spurs

3 | 5 hours ago

Gotcha!

OkIntroduction3119

5 | 5 hours ago

Y’all not getting this is sarcasm?

haikupoetics2 | Spurs

1 | 3 hours ago

How would anyone be able to tell something written in text is sarcasm?

tinkady | Warriors

3 | 5 hours ago

if they’re double teaming him he shouldn’t force the issue, he should pass to the open man and let his gravity do the work. he doesn’t have the strength or tight handle to reliably create into a double team

Victor Wembanyama across his First Career Playoff Series (Excluding His Concussion Game): 26.3 PTS | 60% FG% | 58% 3PT% | 95% FT% | 10.3 REBS | 5 BLKS | 74% TS%