ESPN.com · Mar 14, 2024
How Victor Wembanyama shattered the rookie wall
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SAN ANTONIO -- VICTOR Wembanyama slumped in the chair in front of his locker following the Spurs' 117-101 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Feb. 3. Rather than meet with the media at the podium outside the locker room, he held his postgame availability right at his locker.
He'd scored 19 points in the loss, but it came on 5-of-16 shooting. It was the Spurs' seventh game in 11 nights -- their last at home before their annual Rodeo road trip that would keep them away from San Antonio until Feb. 29 -- and it looked like the lengthy NBA season was beginning to take its toll on Wembanyama.
The dreaded rookie wall.