San Antonio's star, Victor Wembanyama, is back to playing basketball fearlessly. Marc Stein's recently published Substack tells us so (paid). It's encouraging. It's exciting. "I'm told he played in some recent full-court runs at Loyola Marymount in Los Angeles and, just so you know, is said to have looked quite stellar," Stein wrote.
When the Spurs' franchise center was ruled out for the remainder of the season in February, it was like time stood still. The hopes and dreams of finally returning to the playoffs after a six-year hiatus were already hanging by a thread after a tough January, but this put the nail in the coffin and forced a speed run through the funeral.