<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/spurs-news-victor-wembanyama-hits-texas-man-lawsuit-shirt-dispute');   ga('set', 'title', 'Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama hits Texas man with lawsuit over shirt dispute');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Spurs-news-Victor-Wembanyama-hits-Texas-man-with-lawsuit-over-shirt-dispute.jpg"></figure><h1>Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama hits Texas man with lawsuit over shirt dispute</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-16T01:38:44-07:00">October 16th, 1:38am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-16T05:35:18-07:00">October 16th, 5:35am</time><address><a>Michael Aaron Gomez</a>Michael Aaron Gomez is a creative writer and longtime NBA fan. He has been a fan of the Lakers since the three-peat but believes LeBron James is the greatest player of all time.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The San Antonio Spurs lost their preseason game versus the Miami Heat 120-117 on Tuesday. However, one of the biggest stories entering that game was Spurs star Victor Wembanyama filing a lawsuit against a Texas man for trying to profit off his name and likeness by selling “Wemby’s World” merchandise. On Tuesday, last season’s NBA Rookie of the Year filed a lawsuit against James T. Glodich for trying to. make money off his name and image.</p><p>Per reports, <a href="https://www.ksat.com/news/ksat-investigates/2024/10/15/victor-wembanyama-sues-man-for-using-his-name-likeness-without-permission-on-clothing-lawsuit-says/" rel="noopener">the lawsuit accused Glodich</a> of “filing a trademark application for ‘El Wemby’-branded sweatshirts and T-shirts,” as reported by Daniela Ibarra for KSAT.</p><p>Moreover, Victor Wembanyama’s lawsuit also accused the Texas man of “filing a trademark application for ‘Wemby’s World’-branded clothing for retail purposes.”</p><h2><b>Victor Wembanyama files suit</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Victor-Wembanyama-dribbling.jpg"><figcaption>© Sam Navarro-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Before the suit, the French big man’s attorneys have also sent multiple cease-and-desist letters to Glodich, but he has not responded to any of them.</p><p>They also added that “the unauthorized use of Wembanyama’s name, image, and likeness has injured the NBA star’s reputation,” also claiming that by selling branded products, Glodich “profits from Wembanyama’s popularity and misleads customers.”</p><p>Per the same report, the Spurs star’s lawyers want Glodich “to stop selling Wembanyama-themed items and compensate [him] for damages.”</p><p>It’s not difficult to understand why unscrupulous people would want to profit off the Olympian who led Team France to the gold medal game in the last Olympics, but ultimately fell to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/olympics-news-stephen-curry-leads-team-usa-bonkers-record-france">Stephen Curry’s three-point barrage.</a></p><p>He is a legitimately generational prospect, a two-way monster who can score and defend on all three levels. Moreover, the fluidity of his game reminds of a taller Kevin Durant and Hakeem Olajuwon, if “Dream” ever shot threes on a high volume.</p><p>Defensively, he can slide his feet against the opponent’s guards or wings, and he can shut down the paint, sort of like a leaner Anthony Davis.</p><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/spurs-news-san-antonio-adds-backcourt-depth-following-chris-paul-signing-nba-free-agency">Spurs were wise to sign Chris Paul</a> in the summer, hoping to unlock Wembanyama’s game even further by pairing him with a point guard who can actually get him the ball.</p><h2><b>Spurs missing pieces</b></h2><p>However, the 39-year-old Paul still wants a championship, and the young Spurs might not have enough talent around Victor Wembanyama to go on a deep playoff run. It’s not impossible for the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/spurs-news-chris-paul-trade-buzz-has-already-begun-before-the-season-even-tips-off">Spurs to trade CP3 before next year’s deadline</a> if an upgrade at point guard becomes available.</p><p>For instance, the Hawks might finally lower their asking price and allow the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-lakers-spurs-among-trae-youngs-preferred-trade-destinations">Spurs to get Trae Young</a>, after they <a href="https://airalamo.com/posts/fascinating-trae-young-revelation-proves-san-antonio-spurs-right-all-along#:~:text=After%20months%20of%20speculation%2C%20the,Atlanta%20Hawks%20guard%20Trae%20Young." rel="noopener">stopped their pursuit</a> last September. Young is not a defender, sure, but Wemby behind him will clean up his mistakes.</p><p>Besides, Gregg Popovich might even turn Young into a respectable guard defender.</p><p>Moreover, the Hawks All-Star can pass, dribble, and shoot, drawing defenders away from Wemby. He also has significant playoff experience. Their two-man game might terrorize the league if a deal happens, but then maybe it won’t. Who knows?</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama hits Texas man with lawsuit over shirt dispute

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/spurs-news-why-victor-wembanyama-wont-play-much-in-preseason');   ga('set', 'title', 'Why Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama won’t play much in preseason');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/0Predicting-how-many-points-Victor-Wembanyama-will-have-by-the-end-of-his-career0.jpg"></figure><h1>Why Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama won’t play much in preseason</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-13T22:34:57-07:00">October 13th, 10:34pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-13T22:34:57-07:00">October 13th, 10:34pm</time><address><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@LedesmaHector">Hector Ledesma</a>Hector Ledesma has been covering the Spurs in San Antonio since 2005, but he has been following them for even longer than that. An award-winning journalist born and raised in San Antonio, Hector has worked across all types of television and radio platforms. His work extends online and through social media (@HectorLedesmaTV) where he continues that work with ClutchPoints.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>San Antonio Spurs superstar Victor Wembanyama hasn’t played in two of the team’s preseason contests <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/spurs-victor-wembanyama-shifts-learning-expectations-to-winning-entering-2024-25-season">ahead of the 2024-25 NBA campaign</a>. Perhaps representative of the stark difference from this time last year, Wemby’s absence on Saturday night against the Utah Jazz came five nights after he missed the exhibition opener vs. the Oklahoma City Thunder.</p><p>Leading up to the games, when asked how much he thought he’d play, the reigning unanimous Rookie of the Year answered the question with one of his own.</p><p>“How much did I play last season?”</p><p>When the reporter who asked the question said he wasn’t sure, Wemby jokingly countered by saying, “I can’t answer that,” in estimating how much he’ll play leading up to the regular season.</p><h2>Victor Wembanyama’s lone preseason appearance thus far</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Victor-Wembanyama-playing-against-little-people.jpg"><figcaption>© Bill Streicher-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The 20-year-old phenom played 23 minutes, scoring 11 points, grabbing nine rebounds and blocking three shots in a 107-97 victory against the Orlando Magic. He also had four assists that night, which represented the Spurs’ second preseason game.</p><p>“Just getting back in the habits. It’s been five, six months maybe since I’ve played this game. Today was the day to experiment on this,” the Spurs center said, referring to last year’s regular season finale.</p><p>Gregg Popovich alluded to Wemby looking good despite not having played in game action since France’s Olympic gold medal loss to the United States in August.</p><p>“Victor and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/spurs-news-chris-paul-stuns-fans-first-alley-oop-victor-wembanyama">Chris [Paul] got to play and play</a> with each other a little bit. That’s good. Decent night,”</p><p>Late in that first quarter against the Magic, the newly acquired Paul and Wemby teamed up for a play that San Antonio fans had envisioned since they added the future Hall of Famer at the beginning of free agency.</p><p>“Felt very natural. Felt like a good play and he’s making a lot of good plays,” Wembanyama said of an alley-oop from the 39-year-old point guard.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">THROW 👏 IT 👏 DOWN!!! <a href="https://t.co/JOCpYKxDIs">pic.twitter.com/JOCpYKxDIs</a></p><p>— San Antonio Spurs (@spurs) <a href="https://twitter.com/spurs/status/1844175230761160877?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 10, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“It feels really good to play with him. In this preseason, we’re going to try to experiment as much as we can on the pick and roll. That’s for sure,” Wemby continued.</p><h2>Wemby not sure what preseason holds</h2><p>This October marks a stark contrast from this time 12 months ago for Wembanyama.</p><p>“The difference with last year is it was my very first experience. Really, I was running around doing a bunch of stuff,” the Spurs returning leading scorer said.</p><p>“Now, we’re trying to set a winning culture early this year. We want to start the year strong, we don’t want to be 50, 60 games in to lock in. It starts in the preseason. Of course, I want to be a part of it and help my team the best I can.”</p><p>How much Wemby plays in the remaining exhibition games, both of which come on the road, remains to be seen as a franchise used to excellence strives closer to a return to prominence.</p><p>“It also means we’re going to be less loose on the mistakes, the rookie mistakes. We had one year, coach gave me one year to figure out a little bit more about my game. Now it’s time to be held to certain standards.”</p><p>How much that involves the preseason is the question.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Why Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama won’t play much in preseason

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/spurs-news-victor-wembanyama-leagues-best-defender-title-nba-gms');   ga('set', 'title', 'Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama earns league’s best defender title from NBA GMs');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Spurs-news-Victor-Wembanyama-earns-leagues-best-defender-title-from-NBA-GMs.jpg"></figure><h1>Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama earns league’s best defender title from NBA GMs</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-13T17:23:31-07:00">October 13th, 5:23pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-13T17:23:31-07:00">October 13th, 5:23pm</time><address><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@LedesmaHector">Hector Ledesma</a>Hector Ledesma has been covering the Spurs in San Antonio since 2005, but he has been following them for even longer than that. An award-winning journalist born and raised in San Antonio, Hector has worked across all types of television and radio platforms. His work extends online and through social media (@HectorLedesmaTV) where he continues that work with ClutchPoints.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama <a href="https://x.com/NBA/status/1843766457358004651" rel="noopener">found himself all over the annual survey</a> of NBA general managers conducted by NBA.com. He topped three categories, Best player to start a franchise with, Best Defender and Best Interior Defender.</p><p>The poll also saw Wemby receive votes as the league’s Best Power Forward, get three percent of the vote in both the Best Center and Best International Player categories, tie for third place in the Most Versatile category, and tie for second in both the Most Versatile Defender and Most Likely to Have a Breakout Season questions.</p><p>Wemby’s Spurs came in second as the Team that Will Be Most Improved this season and fourth as the Team with the Most Promising Young Core. Both nods are only possible because of the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/spurs-news-victor-wembanyama-immediate-reaction-to-winning-rookie-of-the-year">reigning unanimous Rookie of the Year’s presence</a>.</p><h2>Victor Wembanyama atop list of franchise starters</h2><p>By a whopping 77%, the 7-foot-5 phenom tops all players NBA general managers would want to start a team. The rest of the list looks like this:</p><p>T-2. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Thunder – 10%<br>T-2. Nikola Jokic, Nuggets – 10%<br>4. Luka Doncic, Mavericks – 3%</p><p>Jokic, a two-time NBA Most Valuable Player and Finals MVP, got the top spot in this category last year with 33%.</p><p>It’s actually not a surprise that Wembanyama finished number one here. If anything – with respect to the other outstanding players on this list – that anyone else received votes may surprise. By just about every account, from analysts and many fans, the 20-year-old has a very good opportunity to go down as one of the game’s absolute greats. Along these same lines, he nearly topped the Player Most Likely to Have a Breakout Season poll.</p><p>1. Jalen Williams, Thunder – 13%<br>T-2. Evan Mobley, Cavaliers – 10%<br>T-2. Ja Morant, Grizzlies – 10%<br>T-2. Victor Wembanyama, Spurs – 10%<br>T-5. Paolo Banchero, Magic – 7%<br>T-5. Cade Cunningham, Pistons – 7%<br>T-5. Brandon Miller, Hornets – 7%</p><h2>Wemby Voted Best Defender By GM’s</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Wembanyama.jpg"><figcaption>Daniel Dunn-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The French phenom beat out his fellow country man as the Best Interior Defender in the NBA according to the general managers.</p><p>1. Victor Wembanyama, San Antonio – 40%<br>2. Rudy Gobert, Timberwolves – 37%<br>3. Anthony Davis, Lakers – 10%<br>4. Bam Adebayo, Heat – 7%</p><p>It stands to reason then, that Wemby also finished first as the Best Defensive Player in the NBA.</p><p>1. Victor Wembanyama, Spurs – 40%<br>T-2. Bam Adebayo, Heat – 10%<br>T-2. Rudy Gobert, Timberwolves – 10%<br>T-2. Jrue Holiday, Celtics – 10%<br>T-5. Giannis Antetokounmpo, Bucks – 7%<br>T-5. Anthony Davis, Lakers – 7%<br>T-5. Herb Jones, Pelicans – 7%</p><p>It marked yet another landslide win for the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/spurs-victor-wembanyama-shifts-learning-expectations-to-winning-entering-2024-25-season">Spurs star center in a year that comes with huge expectations</a>, including from some who know the league best.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama earns league’s best defender title from NBA GMs

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/predicting-how-many-points-victor-wembanyama-have-end-career');   ga('set', 'title', 'Predicting how many points Victor Wembanyama will have by the end of his career');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/0Predicting-how-many-points-Victor-Wembanyama-will-have-by-the-end-of-his-career0.jpg"></figure><h1>Predicting how many points Victor Wembanyama will have by the end of his career</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-09T22:30:16-07:00">October 9th, 10:30pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-10T07:37:27-07:00">October 10th, 7:37am</time><address><a>Derick Quinanola</a>With a proficient background in basketball, NFL, and football, Derick Quinanola uses his knowledge to write blogs for readers that are both entertaining and informative. He has been writing with ClutchPoints for years and has developed an understanding of the type of content fans resonate with.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Evergreen</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Victor Wembanyama entered the NBA with <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/spurs-news-victor-wembanyamas-insane-no-look-dime-will-have-rivals-trembling-in-fear">crazy expectations</a> as a 7’4″ French phenom, and he immediately delivered in his rookie campaign (21.4 PPG, 10.6 RPG, 3.9 APG, 46.5 FG%), proving why he’s one of the most hyped basketball prospects in recent memory. While the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/spurs-news-victor-wembanyama-bill-russell-message-bob-cousy" rel="noopener">San Antonio Spurs</a> finished with just a 22-609 record, it was enough for voters to unanimously give him the Rookie of the Year award.</p><p>As impressive as Wemby’s rookie season was, one can only assume that this was just the beginning. With a bright future ahead of him, is it too early to predict whether Wembanyama has enough in him to eventually pass LeBron James as the NBA’s all-time leading scorer?</p><h2>Is Victor Wembanyama destined for a career similar to Tim Duncan?</h2><p>The comparisons between Wembanyama and Tim Duncan are hard to ignore. Like Wemby, Duncan was a number one overall pick of the Spurs, won Rookie of the Year honors, and averaged 21 points per game in his <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/d/duncati01.html" rel="noopener">rookie season</a>. However, there are a few key differences. Duncan played all 82 games in his rookie campaign and averaged 10 more minutes per game than Wembanyama. Nevertheless, both players showed similar promise early in their careers for the same franchise.</p><p>Since it’s physically impossible to predict how durable a player can be, let’s assume Wemby follows Duncan’s footsteps in terms of durability and longevity. For Duncan’s career, he played 19 seasons appearing in 89 percent of his team’s games, which translates to an average of 72 games per season. Assuming Wembanyama does the same, we should expect him to play until the age of 39.</p><h2>When will Victor Wembanyama hit his prime?</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Victor-Wembanyama.jpg"><figcaption>© Scott Wachter-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The next assumption that needs to be made is how many points Wembanyama can average each season as he enters his prime. In the NBA, players typically hit their scoring prime in their late 20s to early 30s. <a href="https://digitalcommons.bryant.edu/eeb/vol16/iss1/14/" rel="noopener">Research shows</a> that most athletes reach their peak during this period, and with Wemby’s potential, it’s plausible to suggest that he will significantly improve as he matures.</p><p>For the sake of this projection and the NBA’s commitment to offense, let’s assume that over the next nine years, Wemby increases his scoring output, eventually peaking at an average of 27 points per game by the time he turns 30, which is a conservative estimate given that many great players such as Giannis Antetokounmpo and Anthony Davis have seen their averages climb higher as their careers progressed.</p><p>Once Wemby hits his prime, let’s assume his level of production mirrors Duncan’s career. With this assumption, we can assume that Wemby’s scoring averages will dip gradually by around two points per season as he ages, but he’ll never average less than 15 points per game only until his final season.</p><h2>Calculating Victor Wembanyama’s career scoring total</h2><p>Based on the assumptions mentioned earlier, we can estimate that Wemby will average 23.9 points per game over the course of his career. Given the assumption that he will play 72 games per season and play until he’s 39, this equates to approximately 32,241 career points.</p><p>If for some reason the current top 10 list experiences zero changes 19 years from now, Wemby’s point total would rank him as the sixth-highest scorer in NBA history, just 50 points behind Michael Jordan, who currently sits in fifth place with 32,292 points. While this projection doesn’t come close to James’ all-time scoring record, it does still put Wemby in a rare breed of players who managed to score over 30,000 points.</p><p>Whether Wemby finishes his career with 32,000 points or more, his success will be measured by how many rings he can win and the impact he makes on the game as one of the most exciting prospects in modern NBA history.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Predicting how many points Victor Wembanyama will have by the end of his career

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/spurs-news-victor-wembanyamas-insane-no-look-dime-will-have-rivals-trembling-in-fear');   ga('set', 'title', 'Victor Wembanyama’s insane no-look dime will have Spurs’ rivals trembling in fear');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Victor-Wembanyamas-insane-no-look-will-have-rivals-trembling-in-fear.jpg"></figure><h1>Victor Wembanyama’s insane no-look dime will have Spurs’ rivals trembling in fear</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-09T20:52:46-07:00">October 9th, 8:52pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-09T20:52:46-07:00">October 9th, 8:52pm</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Jedd Pagaduan is a certified Clippers and Gunners fan, which means he's a very sports-traumatized individual. He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The San Antonio Spurs may not be among the best teams in the league quite yet, but it shouldn’t be long before they emerge as a powerhouse yet again, thanks to the presence of generational talent Victor Wembanyama. Wembanyama, in his rookie season, already showed the transcendent two-way talent that would make him an <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/spurs-news-chris-paul-stuns-fans-first-alley-oop-victor-wembanyama">unsolvable problem for opposing teams</a> for years to come. But it seems as though he is wasting no time adding to his already-deep bag of tricks.</p><p>On Wednesday night, during the Spurs’ preseason contest against the Orlando Magic, it appears as though Wembanyama has already picked up a few tricks from veteran point guard Chris Paul. Wembanyama showed off his <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1844175710266839196" rel="noopener">improved playmaking flair</a>, unleashing an exhilarating no-look pass straight to a wide-open Malaki Branham from underneath the basket.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Wemby with the PERFECT no-look dime to Malaki Branham 👀<a href="https://t.co/0d4dTS5zmA">pic.twitter.com/0d4dTS5zmA</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1844175710266839196?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 10, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Now, it’s imperative that Wembanyama improve his playmaking feel so he could become the all-world destroyer that many believe he’ll soon be for the Spurs. But it’s downright unfair that, at 20 years of age, he’s already showing off a bag befitting of a veteran, and if he ever manages to optimize his playmaking game, his height of 7’4″ would give him an unfair advantage when it comes to seeing passing lanes that nobody else can.</p><p>Wembanyama has already been making plenty of strides as a ballhandler, and his defense gives him a lofty floor of production even if his shot isn’t falling. But witnessing the Spurs star improve his playmaking will be downright terrorizing for the entire association. Wembanyama struggled with turnovers during his rookie season. He averaged <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/victor-wembanyama-spurs-plagued-by-turnovers-amid-erratic-play">nearly as many turnovers</a> (3.7) as he did assists (3.9) last year, which is something he has to improve upon.</p><p>But he can improve at his own pace now that the Spurs have one of the greatest playmakers of all time in Paul lining up alongside perhaps the most exciting young talent in today’s NBA.</p><h2><b>Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs are coming</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/San-Antonio-Spurs-forward-Victor-Wembanyama-1-and-teammates.jpg"></figure><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/spurs-news-victor-wembanyama-bill-russell-message-bob-cousy">Victor Wembanyama was too good</a> during his rookie campaign that it would not have been too astounding had the Spurs decided to make win-now moves this offseason. Wembanyama put up 21.4 points, 10.6 rebounds, and 3.6 blocks per game in his age-20 season, which is simply unfair. But the Spurs have decided to take a much more languid pace in building a winning roster around Wembanyama, which may be the correct move.</p><p>Nonetheless, the Spurs are ripe for a leap this season. They have assembled a roster with players that complement each other. Chris Paul is coming in to solidify the team’s starting point guard spot, and Harrison Barnes gives them a solid 3-and-D guy at small forward. Devin Vassell could very well take a leap now that he can move into more of an off-ball shot-creation role, while Jeremy Sochan continues to round out his game as a true swiss-army knife.</p><p>Now, it’s not quite clear yet who the other long-term pieces for the Spurs will be. Stephon Castle figures to play a huge role in the future, but his offensive game remains very raw. He’s going to need time to marinate before he becomes a major contributor. The likes of Malaki Branham, Blake Wesley, and Julian Champagnie could also strengthen their case to stay on the team for the long haul.</p><p>At the end of the day, the league better watch out for these nascent Spurs.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2023-24 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
21.4	10.6	3.9	3.6	1.2

2023-24 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
21.4	10.6	3.9	3.6	1.2

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