Victor Wembanyama is done playing safe over his team’s chances of a deep postseason run. Wednesday night saw Wembanyama-led San Antonio Spurs defeat the Golden State Warriors 127-113 with relative ease, clinching their 10th consecutive win.
And after another record-breaking performance from Wemby, the Frenchman dismissed the narrative surrounding his team’s lack of collective playoff experience.
Victor Wembanyama Rejects ‘Experience’ Concerns as San Antonio Spurs Prepare for Postseason
The conventional argument is that young teams must suffer a few agonizing postseason exits before a legitimate title run.
Sure enough, the Spurs had not qualified for the postseason since the 2018–19 campaign. Opposing teams are expected to rely on the physical intensity of a seven-game series to expose youthful decision-making.
But Wembanyama and his Spurs team are actively looking to shred that script. After dismantling the Golden State defense, the Frenchman addressed the noise surrounding the roster’s lack of collective playoff experience.
When asked about his take on what he believes about the skepticism surrounding San Antonio’s chances of a deep run, considering “they’ve never been there before,” Wembanyama was unremarkably blunt.
“Yeah. We don’t have experience, right? Screw it… We’re still gonna play 100% and go try to win this championship. Screw it.”
Wembanyama walked onto the Chase Center floor Wednesday night and methodically, swiftly, dismantled the Warriors.
He poured in 41 points, recorded 18 rebounds, blocked 3 shots, and handed out 3 assists. The 22-year-old did all of this while going 16-22 from the floor and committing 0, yes, 0 turnovers in 29 minutes of action.
One of the front-runners in the MVP race, Wemby is walking the talk, and undoubtedly so. He is averaging 24.7 points, 11.48 rebounds, and 3.07 blocks per game.
Talking about his MVP candidacy, Wembanyama was crystal clear: “I do care deeply about [MVP], and I think that all the greats that are in the Hall of Fame or that are, in our mind, the best of all time, they have fought and grabbed everything they could grab early on in their career.”
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“If I want to make my spot among the greats, I gotta try to not miss any occasion I have to put my name up there,” the two-time All-Star went on to declare.
Vocal about his MVP legitimacy, Wembanyama finds himself in a tight race with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Nikola Jokić, and the league’s leading scorer, Luka Dončić.
The Spurs, meanwhile, occupy the second seed in the Western Conference, trailing the Oklahoma City Thunder by 2 games.
Regardless of how the MVP race and the postseason play out for San Antonio, the front office’s decision to build organically around Wembanyama is paying dividends.
