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Bryan Kalbrosky

Wembenyama Wednesday: New footage of Victor and Scoot Henderson is an NBA fan’s dream

Welcome to Wembanyama Wednesdays, our new recurring weekly post that will provide you with everything you need to know about Victor Wembanyama, the once-in-a-generation talent coming to an NBA team soon.

The NBA G League released the first episode of an 8-part docuseries “The Break, Presented by The General” and the first episode details the exhibition match between Scoot Henderson and Victor Wembanyama.

This series premiere includes never-before-seen footage of the preseason showdown. The on-court camera angles are gorgeous and provide a closer look at the historic scrimmage that began the rivalry between Henderson and Wembanyama.

The face that Wembanyama makes after blocking Henderson’s shot at the 6-minute, 28-second mark was particularly incredible. Overall, this was a very fun look at what proved to be a historic duel between two phenomenal NBA draft prospects.

You can watch the full episode, featuring Wembanyama, on YouTube:

Here’s more Wembenyama content to enjoy:

RECENT HIGHLIGHTS

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The latest jaw-dropping highlight(s) from Wembanyama:

GAME LOG / SCHEDULE

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RECENT GAMES 

Dec. 2 (vs. Fos Sur Mer)

32 pts (12-20 FG, 3-7 3P, 5-7 FT), 10 reb, 3 ast, 4 blk, 34 min

 

Dec. 6 (vs. Chorale Roanne)

15 pts (7-14 FG, 1-5 3P, 0-0 FT), 6 reb, 2 ast, 3 blk, 29 min

 

Dec. 11 (vs. AS Monaco) 

27 pts (11-20 FG, 0-5 3P, 5-6 FT), 11 reb, 3 ast, 0 blk, 40 min

 

UPCOMING GAME(S)

You can stream these games, for free, on the NBA’s global app

Dec. 17, 2:00 PM ET (vs. Paris Basketball) 

Dec. 23, 2:00 PM ET (vs. Cholet Basket)

Dec. 26, 2:00 PM ET (vs. Strasbourg IG)

BRICK FOR VIC

“Results are based on 10,000 simulations of remainder of season, including the play-in round. Teams are sorted by their projected draft order, given their rank within their conference. The first table projects the draft order prior to the lottery process, and the second table applies lottery probabilities. During the season these likelihoods are based on the simulations we use to project the final standings.” (Basketball Reference)

San Antonio Spurs – 13.8 percent

Charlotte Hornets – 13.3 percent

Detroit Pistons – 12.9 percent

Orlando Magic – 11.9 percent

Houston Rockets – 10.2 percent

Washington Wizards – 6.4 percent

New Orleans Pelicans (via LAL) – 5.3 percent

Oklahoma City Thunder – 4.9 percent

Indiana Pacers – 3.5 percent

RECOMMENDED READING

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The best stories that you can read about Wembanyama right now:

  • American actor Michael Douglas is a big fan of Wembanyama (via LNB)

“He is impressive. He moves beautifully, and has a very nice family, and his brother is very talented, I wish him the best. I’m a big basketball fan and he would be my number one draft choice. I’m a Miami Heat fan, I don’t think they have a chance, I told Victor, ‘you should go to Florida.’”

  • Former NBA star Tony Parker told Insider it’s important that the 18-year-old French big man manage expectations. (via Scott Davis, Insider)

“My advice to him is to make sure that he has his own expectations,” Parker said. “Because it’s impossible to please everybody. Everybody’s gonna think like, ‘Oh, you should play like this,’ or, ‘You should be Kevin Durant,’ or, ‘You should be this, you should be that.’ Just be you and have your own expectations.”

  • There will be a race to the bottom for a chance at selecting the brilliant French teenager. Maybe it’s time to rethink a system that rewards failure. (via Oren Weisfeld, The Guardian)

“Considering that drafting a generational prospect is by far the easiest way to win a championship, it’s no wonder so many teams are trying to do it. But this strategy leads to some truly unwatchable basketball towards the end of the season, typically in March and April, when teams begin to shoot for the bottom of the standings by trading away good players, resting their remaining veterans, or exaggerating injuries to their best young stars. This year, with Wembanyama on the market and tantalizing prospects like Scoot Henderson and Amen Thompson right behind him, the tanking could be even worse than usual.”

“Right now, it’s Wembanyama and then everyone else at the top of the draft,” one NBA scout told Yahoo Sports. “The fact that he continues to play leading up to the draft just shows what sort of player he is. He’s not backing down from any competition and he continues to get better as the season goes on.”

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