Gregg Popovich, head coach of the San Antonio Spurs, addressed the media ahead of the last game of the season, with the main topic being Victor Wembanyama.
Despite the team from Texas finishing 14th in the Western Conference, the club certainly won’t be dissatisfied with this season. Victor Wembanyama has had an outstanding rookie season, averaging 21.4 points, 10.6 rebounds, and 3.9 assists. Interestingly, in his first NBA season, he’s already the league’s top shot-blocker with an impressive 3.6 blocks per game.
“He was much more malleable and accepting of expanding his role and his game, both defensively and offensively. Victor Wembanyama exceeded my expectations. You’ll have to ask him if he was planning on leading the league in blocks when he came in, but that was like a requirement.
We wanted him at the basket and rebounding and blocking shots. He likes to shoot that three, so that was probably not exactly what he was expecting from me off the bat,” said Gregg Popovich.