Despite Crushing Shaquille O’Neal and LeBron James, Victor Wembanyama Refuses to Celebrate His Feat..see WHY
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Victor Wembanyama: The 20-year-old came into the league with heightened expectations and, it is safe to say that he delivered much more than that. Unfortunately, while his explosive stat line exceeded the rookie season magic of LeBron James and Shaquille O’Neal, his team, the San Antonio Spurs, couldn’t facilitate a decent season for him. Following tonight’s loss against the Philadelphia 76ers, Wembanyama revealed his mantra for this season. The last-seeding Spurs managed to win only 15 games so far.
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Reflecting on the record, the 7’4″ French star revealed, “I try to stay a little humble in victory, and don’t collapse under losses. But I think I’m good, because I would never stop enjoying wins. It might be very intense, but I won’t do it for long because we always got the next game to focus on. So, I think the only time we’ll celebrate a win for many days and weeks is when we win the whole thing.”
Many pundits and fans compared Victor Wembanyama‘s entry into the league to LeBron James‘ rookie season. In 2003, King James made massive waves in the NBA world and eventually had huge expectations set around him. 21 seasons into the league, the kid from Akron superseded everyone’s expectations, winning four rings and holding the record for dropping the most points in the history of the league. After James, Wembanyama is the most hyped prospect.
In this season, Wemby managed to record a 20-10-3-3 stat line, which has been achieved only 16 other times in the league’s history. The only difference is that players in their prime produced those, but Wemby achieved it in his rookie season. On the other end, Shaq also had an impressive rookie season in 1992-93 season, averaging 23.4 points, 13.9 rebounds, and 3.5 blocks per game.
