Victor Wembanyama

Victor Wembanyama might be the best player in the NBA, but his cowardice ducking the media will stain his legacy and prevent him from becoming the GOAT

Once more, the San Antonio Spurs and Victor Wembanyama were too calm. Once more, they fell to a vibrant New York Knicks. Emmet Ryan on a need for raw aggression from the Western Conference champions in the NBA Finals. Here’s the thing about being a Zen master. It’s not about running from emotion, it’s about […] The post NBA Finals: Victor Wembanyama has no more time for calm appeared first on BallinEurope.

It’s possible to be too calm. That’s something Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs need to realise before Game 2 of the NBA Finals. Having lost the opener to the New York Knicks, the Spurs look like they need to change the tempo up a bit, writes Emmet Ryan After winning the Western Conference […] The post NBA Finals: Victor Wembanyama must turn calm into chaos appeared first on BallinEurope.

Victor Wembanyama has become the most compelling basketball player alive. There’s stiff competition for that title, yet the San Antonio Spurs star has claimed it as his own. Now, in just his third NBA season, he’s in the NBA Finals for the first time and leading the Spurs against the New York Knicks. Emmet Ryan […] The post The Alien is human: Victor Wembanyama, joy, and the NBA Finals appeared first on BallinEurope.

Stephen A. Smith is calling Jalen Brunson a hero.

Following the Knicks’ closeout Game 5 on Saturday that gave the franchise its first title since 1973, captain and NBA Finals MVP Jalen Brunson made a special guest appearance on...

Fantasy managers have plenty of reasons to be excited about Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs despite them falling short of a title.

The Spurs are next. Not right now. Their youth showed at the end of games. Their inexperience was their kryptonite.

The Spurs phenom had an outstanding postseason, but his flaws were on display in the Finals loss to the Knicks.

Wemby… out?

The Spurs kept following the same recipe.

The Knicks were not supposed to beat Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs in the NBA Finals. But they did, and they did it together.

Spurs star Victor Wembanyama said he's "not running away" from the pain of losing to the Knicks in the NBA Finals, calling the experience "the biggest learning moment" of his life.

The Finals laid bare the highs and lows of a young team still finding its way.

Jalen Brunson is fired up.

Victor Wembanyama might be extra motivated for the rest of Game 5.

The way the Spurs lost the Finals after controlling each game will require some soul-searching from the top down to figure out exactly what went wrong — and to make sure it doesn’t become embedded in this team’s DNA.

The Knicks are champions for the first time since 1973... but there are more Finals winners and losers than meet the eye

Following an NBA Finals loss to the Knicks, the Spurs could look to emulate the Thunder's title-winning blueprint

Victor Wembanyama had to watch the visiting team become champions, again. The Wemby era of the NBA is fully underway, with the 7-foot-4 French star unanimously winning the Defensive Player of the Year award this season, finishing third in the Most Valuable Player balloting and making first-team All-NBA for the first of what could be many, many times if all goes according to his plan. In 2024, he tearfully watched the U.S. celebrate winning Olympic gold at the Paris Olympics — and now, he reli...