Victor Wembanyama has made a name for himself blocking shots and filling baskets. But for teammates and fans, he's also dishing out his share of joy.
It should have been long gone by now. Little by little, indignity by indignity, heartbreak by heartbreak, it should have faded into oblivion, just like it almost always does during seasons like this. Nobody would have noticed if it had. Instead, Victor Wembanyama saved it, all the way through the end, and two basketballs he touched late Friday night helped tell the story of how. How he clung tight to what had no business surviving 60 losses. How he preserved joy. Joy comes so easily to the kid.
Without uttering a single word, Wembanyama emerged from the doorway to Graham’s left, and flipped the game ball to him underhanded. Graham beamed. The old vet had barely played this season. To the rest of the league, he’d been a forgotten man on a terrible team. And in two seconds, the kid made him feel like a hero. Later, at his locker, Wembanyama paused when I asked him if the Spurs had decided as a group to award Graham the ball. As he so often does, he chose his words carefully.
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