Two preseason video games in, and San Antonio Spurs rookie phenom Victor Wembanyama has already unleashed a sequence of unfathomable strikes which might be not like something we have ever seen within the NBA. His highlights are troublesome to understand and downright comedic, one thing Miami Warmth middle Thomas Bryant had the prospect to witness up shut and private final night time.
He regarded instantly into the digital camera like a scene in The Workplace 😭 https://t.co/B3JC4v64OY
— Tom Petrini (@RealTomPetrini) October 14, 2023
That’s the look of a person telepathically asking his coaches and teammates, “Was {that a} glitch within the Matrix?” It is how any rational human being would react when confronted by an alien who took your foolish, little earthling basketball, unfurled its tentacle-like limbs, and ferociously jammed it in your grill.
What can we even name a sequence like that? Is it an extraterrestrial extracurricular? Alien slime time? A Wemby whammy? We are able to workshop the identify at a later date.
In truth, Bryant’s incredulous response after a “welcome to your Kodak second” is comprehensible. He seemingly noticed Wembanyama standing outdoors the restricted space meant he was merely contesting a easy hook shot from the Frenchman. Effectively, the veteran massive man (and the remainder of us) rapidly realized that normal hoops physics and geometry don’t apply to a creature from outer area.
It is early within the preseason, and the collective basketball world remains to be digesting all of the eye-popping possessions we’re witnessing in actual time. Wembanyama combines imposing dimension, fluid coordination, unfettered creativity, and stylish talent right into a towering body that’s troublesome for us mere mortals and, apparently, seasoned execs to completely course of.
Fortunately, all Spurs followers need to do is relax and snort as we watch utter absurdity unfold on the court docket in a 7-foot-3 “human” type.