Spurs, Los Angeles Lakers and Victor Wembanyama
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Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs have had a promising start to the 2025-26 NBA season, despite coming up short in their 118-116 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers last night. While Wembanyama only shot 5/14 from the floor and fouled out late against the Lakers,
Following Gervin's retirement, Rick Mahorn was named the team's new head coach. The Spurs icon will continue to be involved with the Amps as part-owner of the team.
After a scorching start to the season, Victor Wembanyama has fallen back to earth with another rough outing in the San Antonio Spurs' 118-116 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday night.
Victor Wembanyama saw his night end down the stretch of the exciting game on Wednesday between the Spurs and the Lakers.
The Lakers, and the rest of the NBA, have learned that Wembanyama is the biggest threat to their championship aspirations.
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ESPN's analyst thinks San Antonio is a contender as long as Victor Wembanyama can play at the MVP level: "The Spurs' ceiling is as tall as he is"
With a PER of 30.9, the 7-foot-4 Frenchman currently ranks fifth among all players, behind only Giannis Antetokounmpo, Luka Doncic, Nikola Jokic and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. Yes, Wemby is that good as he is already in the company of arguably the five best players of this decade.
San Antonio will face Ja Morant and the Memphis Grizzlies on Nov. 11 as part of NBC's Coast 2 Coast Tuesday NBA games.
The ballot measure, which narrowly passed in Tuesday's election, ensures the Spurs will remain in San Antonio for the long haul.