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The legend of Victor Wembanyama is unfolding in real time.
The 7-foot-4 Frenchman is in his first playoff run with the San Antonio Spurs. Since the start of this year’s NBA playoffs, Wembanyama, 22, has been named the uanimous Defensive Player of the Year and to the All-Defensive First Team and All-NBA First Team.
The Spurs are knotted at 2-2 with the reigning champion Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference Finals. In Game 1, Wembanyama announced himself as the best player in the world with a 41-point, 24-rebound performance in a double-overtime victory.
Two days later, ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne published an opus about Wembanyama’s transformative time at the Shaolin Temple in China last summer, including an anecdote that Wembanyama dribbled a basketball up a “dangerous mountain” in four and a half hours.
So, Wembanyama wasn’t fazed by the proverbial mountain his Spurs had to climb while down 2-1 to the Thunder on Sunday night. In Game 4, he logged 33 points on 50% shooting from the field, eight rebounds, five assists, three blocks, and two steals in the Spurs’ 103-82 win.
Afterward, Spurs veteran All-Star point guard De’Aaron Fox added to the legend.
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS – MAY 22: Victor Wembanyama #1 and De’aaron Fox #4 of the San Antonio Spurs high five during the third quarter against the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game Three of the NBA Western Conference Finals at Frost Bank Center on May 22, 2026 in San Antonio, Texas. (Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images)
“Everything that you hear about Vic is true,” Fox said on NBC’s “NBA Showtime” postgame broadcast. “He don’t wanna see blue light after 9 o’clock. He reads books. He’s not on his phone.”
Fox added:
Thunder All-Star guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander — and all of the Thunder, for that matter — probably take exception to the universal anointing of Wembanyama. Alexander just received his second straight NBA MVP award, and the Thunder are still the reigning champions. But regardless of who wins this series to reach the 2026 NBA Finals, Wembanyama is the future.
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The 7-foot-4 Frenchman is in his first playoff run with the San Antonio Spurs. Since the start of this year’s NBA playoffs, Wembanyama, 22, has been named the uanimous Defensive Player of the Year and to the All-Defensive First Team and All-NBA First Team.
The Spurs are knotted at 2-2 with the reigning champion Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference Finals. In Game 1, Wembanyama announced himself as the best player in the world with a 41-point, 24-rebound performance in a double-overtime victory.
Two days later, ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne published an opus about Wembanyama’s transformative time at the Shaolin Temple in China last summer, including an anecdote that Wembanyama dribbled a basketball up a “dangerous mountain” in four and a half hours.
So, Wembanyama wasn’t fazed by the proverbial mountain his Spurs had to climb while down 2-1 to the Thunder on Sunday night. In Game 4, he logged 33 points on 50% shooting from the field, eight rebounds, five assists, three blocks, and two steals in the Spurs’ 103-82 win.
Afterward, Spurs veteran All-Star point guard De’Aaron Fox added to the legend.
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SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS – MAY 22: Victor Wembanyama #1 and De’aaron Fox #4 of the San Antonio Spurs high five during the third quarter against the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game Three of the NBA Western Conference Finals at Frost Bank Center on May 22, 2026 in San Antonio, Texas. (Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images)
“Everything that you hear about Vic is true,” Fox said on NBC’s “NBA Showtime” postgame broadcast. “He don’t wanna see blue light after 9 o’clock. He reads books. He’s not on his phone.”
Fox added:
Thunder All-Star guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander — and all of the Thunder, for that matter — probably take exception to the universal anointing of Wembanyama. Alexander just received his second straight NBA MVP award, and the Thunder are still the reigning champions. But regardless of who wins this series to reach the 2026 NBA Finals, Wembanyama is the future.
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