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NBA Fans Were in Awe of Wild Photo of Victor Wembanyama Blocking Andrew Wiggins’s Shot
Victor Wembanyama’s NBA career is going to be a lot of fun to watch. If you need proof of that, just look at all the cool things he did in the preseason, which came to an end on Friday night when he led the Spurs to a win over Steph Curry and the Warriors.
Wembanyama is going to be a problem on both ends of the court, which is something Golden State’s Andrew Wiggins learned Friday night when the Spurs rookie blocked one of his shots.
Look at how high Wembanyama is able to get to block shots. This doesn’t seem fair:
WEMBANYAMA IS RIDICULOUS 😳 pic.twitter.com/JWu93vw5Oe
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) October 22, 2023
Incredible.
Fans loved it:
Doesn’t really compute to the brain what you are looking at https://t.co/Yr8xZQsEdh
— Zeke’s Spoon (@SpoonOfZeke) October 22, 2023
Wiggins is 6’8, his release point got to be 9ft. He blocking this with the ball 5 feet away from already 😱 https://t.co/mjSFQfv4Yd
— Kendall Taylor (@thekendoll_) October 22, 2023
The league is in serious trouble https://t.co/LxcbxxfTVt
— P@u! (@DesertDogs22) October 22, 2023
Let me lead the hype train. If this kid stays healthy how many DPOY’s is he gonna win? 6 is on the table https://t.co/MO95X0Bg8w
— Eddie Francis (@yourboyeddie) October 22, 2023
He a cheat code for real. Imagine him and BOL BOL out there next to each other playing defense https://t.co/e6uTb3xOYy
— Bear 🐻 (@Lakeith1911) October 22, 2023
Kyrie and Steph are about to get their shots blocked more this season than they have in their whole careers https://t.co/cCsxZQDxRI
— billie jewish ☭ (@PettyRedmayne) October 22, 2023
Andrew Wiggins is 6'8", 230lbs, an all-star, and an NBA champion in the prime of his career, and Wemby held him to 5 points on 25% shooting and blocked him three times like it was nothing
— Spurs Culture (@SpursCulture) October 22, 2023
Wemby is making grown men look like little boys. It's absolutely crazy pic.twitter.com/Mh9GxSa49s
Andy Nesbitt is the assistant managing editor of audience engagement at Sports Illustrated. He works closely with the Breaking and Trending News team to shape SI’s daily coverage across all sports. A 20-year veteran of the sports media business, he has worked for Fox Sports, For the Win, The Boston Globe and NBC Sports, having joined SI in February 2023. Nesbitt is a golf fanatic who desperately wants to see the Super Bowl played on a Saturday night.