{"id":429980,"date":"2023-07-15T18:09:35","date_gmt":"2023-07-15T18:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=429980"},"modified":"2023-07-15T18:09:35","modified_gmt":"2023-07-15T18:09:35","slug":"wembanyama-just-entered-nba-his-first-criticism-is-already-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wembanyama-just-entered-nba-his-first-criticism-is-already-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Wembanyama Just Entered NBA &#038; His First Criticism Is Already Here"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The most anticipated possibility since LeBron James may be Victor Wembanyama. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tottenhamhotspur.com\">San Antonio Spurs<\/a> rookie, though, still has a lot to work on. For instance, in order to keep up with competing large men, he might need to bulk up considerably.<\/p>\n<h2>Wembanyama Just Entered NBA &amp; His First Criticism Is Already Here<\/h2>\n<p>Glen Davis, a retired bruiser, was questioned about how he would do against the first choice in the 2023 NBA Draft. Big Baby would have no trouble overwhelming Wemby based on what he stated.<\/p>\n<p>The most anticipated possibility since LeBron James may be Victor Wembanyama. The San Antonio Spurs rookie, though, still has a lot to work on. For instance, in order to keep up with competing large men, he might need to bulk up considerably.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A western conference scout expects the Spurs to load manage Victor Wembanyama <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is only 19, and he needs developmental work for translation to the NBA. I would expect both load management and competition management. Spoon-feed him a cautious diet of challenges early in his\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VudiNf7D2n\">pic.twitter.com\/VudiNf7D2n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheDunkCentral\/status\/1680263246987575296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 15, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Glen Davis, a retired bruiser, was questioned about how he would do against the first choice in the 2023 NBA Draft. Big Baby would have no trouble overwhelming Wemby based on what he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Glen &#8220;Big Baby&#8221; Davis, a former NBA player, doesn&#8217;t seem to be getting into the Victor Wembanyama hype for the San Antonio Spurs.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Victor Wembanyama TOUGH \ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomerAzarly?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TomerAzarly<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8v7vVqSMQh\">pic.twitter.com\/8v7vVqSMQh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClutchPoints\/status\/1678200692035518466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 10, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>When describing how he would have performed against the No. 1 choice in 2023 during his playing days, Davis compared Wembanyama to a young giraffe.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The length I probably would have struggled with, but the body? Tomato chest,&#8221; Davis told Washington Post reporter Ben Golliver.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Glen \u201cBig Baby\u201d Davis on playing Victor Wembanyama: \u201cThe length I probably would have struggled with, but the body? Tomato chest. They soft. That boy looked like a little baby Bambi out there the other night, a little baby giraffe&#8230; I don\u2019t think he could handle all this pain.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3fh6JqLlvJ\">pic.twitter.com\/3fh6JqLlvJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ben Golliver (@BenGolliver) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenGolliver\/status\/1679670638125158401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 14, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They soft. That boy looked like a little baby Bambi out there the other night, you know what I&#8217;m saying? A little baby giraffe walking around. I don&#8217;t think he could handle all this pain, you know? I definitely would&#8217;ve used my body against that boy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Glen &#39;Big Baby&#39; Davis has criticized Victor Wembanyama after his debut with the Spurs in the NBA Summer League<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9E5Es3YIZz\">https:\/\/t.co\/9E5Es3YIZz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MARCA in English \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@MARCAinENGLISH) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MARCAinENGLISH\/status\/1679876158832214018?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 14, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The French colossus averaged 27 minutes per game in his two NBA Summer League games, scoring 18 points (on 41% of his field goal attempts), 10 rebounds, and 4 blocks.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Tennis Player Jessica Pegula Slams British Newspaper Over Baseless Criticism\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/tennis-player-jessica-pegula-slams-british-newspaper-over-baseless-criticism\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Tennis Player Jessica Pegula Slams British Newspaper Over Baseless Criticism<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The most anticipated possibility since LeBron James may be Victor Wembanyama. The San Antonio Spurs rookie, though, still has a lot to work on. For instance, in order to keep up with competing large men, he might need to bulk up considerably. Wembanyama Just Entered NBA &amp; His First Criticism Is Already Here Glen Davis, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":429811,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,99],"tags":[10349,2628,11421,11420,11422,10121,11423,11419],"class_list":["post-429980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","category-san-antonio-spurs","tag-spurs-news","tag-victor-wembanyama","tag-victor-wembanyama-bambi","tag-victor-wembanyama-critique","tag-victor-wembanyama-height","tag-victor-wembanyama-news","tag-victor-wembanyama-physique","tag-victor-wembanyama-weight"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429980\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/429811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}