The Spurs star aims to learn from the best.
If imitation is the highest form of flattery, then consider San Antonio Spurs ’ Victor Wembanyama a massive fan of Kevin Durant .
In his 17-season career, the Phoenix Suns star boasts two NBA championships, two Finals MVP awards, four league scoring titles, 14 All-Star nods, and a host of other individual distinctions that any up-and-coming player in the league can only dream of achieving. Wembanyama, already on his own fast-tracked path to stardom, zeroed in on a specific but subtle move that Durant uses to get open and admitted he wanted to incorporate it into his game this summer.
“There’s something KD does,” Wembanyama said. “I don’t know if you’ve ever noticed, but everything he does even off-ball is like, this one—it’s not really a hesitation because it’s so quick—but like this one microsecond where he stops and that’s enough to take advantage of the defender. He doesn’t really sprint ever. But he just moves very quick and he’s got the ‘KD timing,’ I call it, on every one of his movements…I try to do it but I’m gonna work on it this summer because it’s so hard to do.
, not to mention his high-IQ passing talents—he averaged 3.9 assists per game last season—and steadily improving three-point shooting ability. After a historic season, the 7’4’’ Rookie of the Year frontrunner has already shown he possesses the unique, physical gifts to become an all-time great. Hearing him try to model his game after Durant and take a page out of the future Hall-of-Famer’s playbook this offseason should make the rest of the league very, very scared indeed.
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