San Antonio Spurs Hall of Famer Tony Parker says Victor Wembanyama can be the best player in the NBA. Wembanyama is putting up stats this season like nobody else in the history of basketball. Unprecedented numbers. And he’s still learning.
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Now throw in 3-point shooting, which didn’t exist 50 years ago, and Wembanyama — who just turned 21 — is putting up stats this season like nobody else in the history of basketball. Unprecedented numbers. The Spurs signed Chris Paul — in his 20th NBA season — to be someone that Wembanyama could learn from. And that is indeed happening; Paul and Wembanyama say they talk constantly about matters both on- and off-the-court, the wise sage on one end, the young star on the other.Conventional basketball wisdom says the 6-foot point guard would be quarterbacking the pick-and-roll with the towering center. Not anymore.
“I just don’t know how to not go for steals,” Paul said. “To play with Vic now, guys will dribble into the lane and I’ll reach and get a foul and Vic will just tap me on the shoulder and remind me that he’s back there. His awareness on both ends of the court offensively and defensively is something that you just don’t see all the time.”, San Antonio is 20-23 on the season.
Back in May 2019, a few weeks before that year’s NBA draft, Buford was on a scouting trip in France and planning to see a prospect named Sekou Doumbouya. Someone then proposed a different idea. That was the start of Wembanyama’s journey to San Antonio.
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