In just his second season in the NBA, 21-year-old 7-foot-3 center Victor Wembanyama has already become a borderline superstar and an All-Star, and he’s only scratching the surface of what he can become over the next several years.
He still seems to be in a discovery phase on offense, but defensively, he’s leading the league with 3.9 blocked shots a game, and in Wednesday’s game against the Boston Celtics, he established an outstanding string in that category.
He has now blocked at least one shot in 85 straight games, which is the longest such streak since Hall of Fame center Dikembe Mutombo did so in 116 consecutive games in the mid-1990s, per ClutchPoints.
Victor Wembanyama now has 85 straight games with a block, the longest streak since Dikembe Mutombo had a streak of 116 games between 1995-1996 🖐️ pic.twitter.com/0dYC6CdaOT
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) February 13, 2025
With his eight-foot wingspan, Wembanyama is a nightmare on defense, and he has been nicknamed “Alien” and “The Extra-Terrestrial” because his height and length almost seem inhuman.
He’s also averaging 11.0 rebounds a game, and on offense, he isn’t doing too badly with his average of 24.4 points per game on 47.7 percent shooting from the field and 35.5 percent from 3-point range.
His San Antonio Spurs came into Wednesday with a 23-29 record, which has them in 12th place in the Western Conference, but with star guard De’Aaron Fox in place after a big trade with the Sacramento Kings, they seem to have a real shot at making the playoffs.
One has to be in amazement when they think about how much better Wembanyama will be in just two years when he will only be 23 years of age and still several years away from merely entering his prime.
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