Tag: Victor Wembanyama

Thunder rally past Spurs 123-108 in Game 3, seize series lead

Brandon King

Image via the NBA The young and relentless Oklahoma City Thunder continued their postseason surge Thursday night, overcoming an ugly start to defeat the San Antonio Spurs 123-108 in Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals. With the win, Oklahoma City now holds a 2-1 advantage in the series and has wrestled back home-court control. San Antonio looked poised to protect its home floor early, exploding out of the gates with a stunning 15-0 run that sent the crowd inside Frost Bank Center into a frenzy. The Thunder appeared rattled…

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Victor Wenbanyama will not face suspension, available for Game 5 against Wolves

Brandon King

After speculation surrounding his availability for Game 5, Victor Wembanyama has officially avoided further punishment from the NBA. The league reviewed Wembanyama’s Flagrant 2 foul on Naz Reid during Game 4 between the San Antonio Spurs and Minnesota Timberwolves and elected not to issue a suspension. The incident occurred with 8:40 left in the second quarter when Wembanyama grabbed a rebound over Nas Reid and then proceeded to rear back and elbow Reid in the face. Wembanyama was assessed a Flagrant 2 and automatically ejected from the contest. Despite the…

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“I Wanted to Win for My Mom”: Anthony Edwards Lifts Timberwolves in Game 4

Brandon King

The second round Western Conference playoff series between the Minnesota Timberwolves and San Antonio Spurs is tied 2-2 after the Timberwolves held off the Spurs 114-109 in a pivotal Game 4 matchup Sunday night. Anthony Edwards led Minnesota with 36 points, including 16 crucial points in the fourth quarter to help the Wolves save their season ,for the moment, by avoiding falling into a 3-1 hole. “Today is Mother’s Day,” Edwards said, redirecting the first news conference question. “I just wanted to win for my Mom. It was that simple.”…

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Victor Wembanyama Dominates as Spurs Take 2-1 Series Lead Over Timberwolves

Brandon King

San Antonio Spurs took a 2-1 series lead over the Minnesota Timberwolves with a 115-108 Game 3 win Friday night in Minneapolis. Victor Wembanyama delivered a superstar performance, finishing with 39 points, 15 rebounds, and five blocks while dominating the fourth quarter. Wembanyama scored 16 points in the final frame, including a clutch turnaround jumper and a dagger three-pointer that helped seal the victory for San Antonio.   The Spurs jumped out to an early 15-point lead as Minnesota missed its first 12 shots, but the Timberwolves battled back behind…

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Victor Wembanyama thinks Karl Malone should be in prison

Brandon King

Hall of Famer Karl Malone turned 62 on July 24 and the NBA History X account wished the third all-time leading scorer in NBA history a happy Birthday. Many comments on the post laid into Malone for severe personal indescetions and amongst the voices of critcisim was 2023 no.1 overall pick Victor Wembanyama , who was not on board with the account celebrating The Mailman’s birthday.  The 2023 Rookie of the Year overall reposted a tweet from X user J.Strand that featured a video of Lil Rodney Sion in which…

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Correction: these are not Victor Wembanyama’s shoes

Brandon King

Recently images of a shoe surfaced that was reported to be the maiden signature shoe of rookie sensation Victor Wembanyama.  The sneaker depicted were largely met with disappointment, as it seemed an unworthy effort for his first sneaker. There is now good news at that orange show that was thought to be Wembanyama’s signature may not be.  BBB_CEO a sneaker news and unboxing account on Instagram cleared up the misconception by elucidating to the public that the sneaker was a children’s shoe called the ISOfly.  He posted a video showing…

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First Look: the Nike Wemby 1

Brandon King

We have had strong indications that it was not a matter of if but when Nike would debut a signature sneaker for Victor Wembanyama and it now appears those have been confirmed.  According to Sayitwityakicks, an image of the maiden sneaker for the San Antonio Spurs phenom has come to light. As was to be expected, they bear little resemblance to the prototype featured months back. What is depicted is a sneaker that has the shape of a running shoe and features a largely orange aesthetic, with a predominantly orange…

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Are we seeing a Wemby 1 Prototype?

Brandon King

With the recent unveiling of Victor Wembanyama’s logo, it stands to reason that a signature shoe for the San Antonio Spurs rookie phenom is already in the works or will be in short order.  The coming of that signature shoe could be sooner rather than later if recent video can be taken seriously. A brief video via kicksvisionofficial, shows an A.I.R. ( Athelte Inspired Revolution ) prototype of a potential Wembyama sneaker. The laceless design invokes the visual of the Air Flightposite and 2001’s Air Signature Player with a knit sleeve.…

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“Alien”  Victor Wembanyama x Nike GT Hustle coming May 2024

Brandon King

Rookie Sensation has been one of the most hyped players to enter the NBA arguably since LeBron James.  Although his presence on the San Antonio Spurs has not translated into immediate wins, the Spurs are currently 18-57, with only Washington and Detroit having worse win-loss records, the no.1 overall pick in the 2023 draft is currently averaging 21.2 points, 10.5 rebounds, 3.6 assists and a league-leading 3.4 blocks on .486/.323/.799 splits.  For large portion of his rookie campaign, Wembanyama has taken to the court in the Nike GT Hustle and…

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Spurs’ security allegedly touched up Britney Spears

Brandon King

Britney Spears allegedly got the Iceberg Slim backhand when the pop star attempted to ask Victor Wembanyama for a picture on Wednesday, according to a report from TMZ. According to the report, the incident went down at approximately 8:30 at the Catch restaurant in the ARIA hotel. Spears and her husband, Sam Asghari, were entering the restaurant and as they were doing so spotted Wembanyama, the no.1 pick in this year’s NBA Draft. She went over to Wemby to ask him for a photo and as she tapped him on…

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