At this level, if Victor Wembanyama is enjoying you would possibly as properly simply have the Statead tab open, as a result of likelihood is you are going to be checking some kind of historic stat line by the point the sport is completed.
It occurred once more on Saturday, when Wembanyama turned simply the sixth participant in historical past — and, notably, the youngest — to report 30 factors and 10 blocks in a sport, becoming a member of Hakeem Olajuwon (5 instances) David Robinson (3 instances) Artis Gilmore, Dwight Howard and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
Check out Wembanyama’s last line in San Antonio’s 114-94 win over the Portland Path Blazers: 30 factors, 10 blocks, seven rebounds and 4 assists in half-hour. Dude blocked a shot for each three minutes he was on the courtroom!
Wembanyama additionally made 4 of his eight 3-pointers, which makes him the primary participant in historical past to dam 10 pictures and hit 4 3s in the identical sport. This mixture of rim safety and capturing is unprecedented.
I imply significantly, the man has half of the league’s 4 10-block video games since 2019 (shout out Clint Capela and Hassan Whiteside) and, in line with Spurs PR, has additionally reached 200 profession made 3-pointers sooner than Stephen Curry, James Harden and Ray Allen — the three most prolific 3-point shooters of all-time.
Sure, that is an indication of the trendy sport. Curry and Harden, and particularly Allen, got here into the league when 3-pointers have been nonetheless a small a part of an appropriate shot weight loss plan, and Wemby is not something near an all-time shooter. Hell, he is not even a mean one should you look solely at his percentages thus far.
Nonetheless, it is wild to contemplate {that a} participant this measurement can shoot like this.
Again to the blocks: Wemby has now recorded at the very least one block in 62 straight video games, transferring him previous David Robinson for the Spurs franchise report. Over his final two video games, Wembanyama has recorded 72 factors, 14 blocks and 11 3-pointers.
Most significantly, the Spurs are successful. They’re now 15-13, having gained 4 of their final 5. If the season ended right this moment, the Spurs could be within the Play-In match and Wembanyama could be a digital lock for All-NBA and Defensive Participant of the Yr. Oh by the way in which, he is 20 years previous.
