Each season, at the time of the restart, there is a lot of talk about weight loss, or weight gain, among NBA players. Victor Wembanyama went from 95 kilos during his rookie season to 106 kilos now.
Standing at 2m24, this addition of 11 kilos does not radically change the Frenchman's slender silhouette, but it can allow him to be more stable in the face of contact, as his teammate Zach Collins notes.
“He shoots very well, and from everywhere” thus assures the former Blazers at ESPN. “If we move him away from his spot, he remains comfortable taking his shots. No one is going to block his jumpshot, obviously. But last year, if he was pushed, it turned into a complicated fadeaway. Now, he seems solid on his supports. »
Maximize your unique talent
The fruit of physical work between the end of the last regular season and the start of the Olympics. Then after…
“After the Olympics, I spent four to five weeks working here” explains Victor Wembanyama. “It’s enough to take me a step further. This is what I want to do. I want to improve every year, every summer. It already helped me during the Olympics, and I'm sure it will help me this season too. »
Enough to offer even more options to Spurs.
“You don’t often see a guy who shoots so well out of the pick-and-roll” concludes Harrison Barnes, his new teammate who arrived from the Kings this summer. “That could be the case if it’s a shooter waiting in his zone. But Victor can dribble at him, or cut. He can do other things to keep the defense busy. It's a good challenge for us, to understand how to maximize this unique talent. »
| Victor Wembanyama | Percentage | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Party | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2023-24 | SAN | 71 | 30 | 46.5 | 32.5 | 79.6 | 2.3 | 8.4 | 10.6 | 3.9 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 21.4 |
| Total | 71 | 30 | 46.5 | 32.5 | 79.6 | 2.3 | 8.4 | 10.6 | 3.9 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 21.4 | |
How to read the stats? MJ = matches played; Min = Minutes; Shots = Successful shots / Attempted shots; 3pts = 3-points / 3-points attempted; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; Off = offensive rebound; Def=defensive rebound; Tot = Total rebounds; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal fouls; Int = Intercepts; Bp = Lost balls; Ct: Against; Pts = Points.
