2023-11-03 21:39:31
How to dream better? Number 1 in the draft, a place in the Spurs squad of the legend Popovich and a great start to the season after only five short games. Everything seems so planned for Victor Wembanyama since his arrival in the NBA. Highly anticipated by the American basketball galaxy, the French giant directly responded to expectations, and has just signed, with its 38 points against the Phoenix Suns, a performance of choice after only 5 games in the NBA.
Enough to make him one of the earliest rookies in history? The stats speak for themselves. Before him, only Michael Jordan and Shaquille O’Neal had needed fewer games than him, only 3, to exceed 35 points in an NBA game. The youth idol of “Wemby”, Kévin Durant, had exceeded this mark after 17 matches. Among the big NBA stars, LeBron James took 23, Joel Embiid 41, Luka Doncic 46, and Steph Curry 51. For others like Nikola Jokic, Giannis Antetokounmpo or Tony Parker, more than 100 matches were necessary before presenting a number of points like this in a match.
20.6 points average in 5 games
But the Frenchman doesn’t just score. In addition to his 38 points, Wembanyama had 10 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 blocks and 1 interception, and joined LeBron James and Kévin Durant as the only two young people aged 19 or under to have accumulated more than 35 points, 10 rebounds and 2 blocks in a single meeting.
The native of Chesnay therefore delivered a huge performance for a rookie against Phoenix. Some have already done much better before him. With his 38 points, “Wemby” signed the 41st best performance in number of points for a first season in the NBA since 1990. The record belongs to Brandon Jennings with his 55 points scored in 2009… for his seventh meeting among the elite. Allen Iverson (50 points in 1997) and Trae Young (49 points in 2019) are also well ahead of the Frenchman, but waited longer.
On the French side, however, he is already at the top. He obviously became the fastest French player to score 30 points in a match. But without counting this rookie story, he has already inscribed his name in the pantheon of blue-white-red basketball in the NBA. His performance in Phoenix is already the 4th best score for a Frenchman in the NBA behind Parker (55), Fournier (41) and Beaubois (40).
Wemby, 19 years old, French, 5th NBA game of his career, just scored 38 points on the Suns and totally SICKENED Kevin Durant and Devin Booker.. wow, It’s incredible what’s happening ????????
— PAF (@_THEPAF) November 3, 2023
The former Mets prodigy was not satisfied with this huge match against the Suns for his debut with the Spurs. After his first five games, he already has 103 points, 40 rebounds and 11 blocks. No one has done that in the NBA since 1992 and a certain Shaquille O’Neal in Orlando. On the Texas side, he joined David Robinson among the only two San Antonio rookies to have scored more than 100 points after five games in the NBA. “Wemby” also has the fourth best points average in history after 5 games in the American championship. O’Neal (25.8), Jordan (23.2) and Durant (22.6) are ahead of him. Other current NBA stars were however very far away for their debut like Curry (9.8), Jokic (5.8) or Antetokounmpo (5). At 2.22 m, we already knew him among the NBA greats. Here he is already among the very great ones!
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