Young rookies Victor Wembanyama and Chet Holmgren faced off in preseason Monday as the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the San Antonio Spurs.
The Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs played in preseason action on Monday in a matchup that featured two highly rated rookies.
Chet Holmgren, the No. 2 overall pick in 2022, missed all of last season with an injury before the campaign began, making 2023-24 technically his rookie season. On the other end is Both are lengthy bigs who can create off the dribble and shoot from distance and their battle lived up to the hype early. But on one instance, Wembanyama drew an and-1 on Holmgren on a drive to the basket and flexed on him.Holmgren took to X, formerly known as Twitter, after the game and said"The headbutt is an unstoppable move fasho" in response to the foul in question.
Wembanyama logged 20 points on 8-for-13 shooting, 2-for-5 from deep and 2-for-3 from the charity stripe to pair with his five rebounds, two steals and one block in 19 minutes as Oklahoma City squeezed out a 122-121 win.Learn about French big man Victor Wembanyama, who is expected to be the first overall pick in the NBA Draft.I left the U.S. for Denmark.
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