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Victor Wembanyama: "I think as an NBA player, and if you're among the stars of this league, you really make your career whatever you want to make it. Of course, you always going to do your best on the court, but on the side, you can choose to be the influencer, you can choose to be the philanthropist. You can choose to be the the guy that's going to promote gambling and alcohol. You can choose whatever you want.
Mike Vorkunov: Wembanyama called the Spurs' loss to the Knicks in Game 4 of the Finals "the most intense heartbreak moment in my career" after they blew a 29-point lead, and said he didn't think he should win the MVP award last season. "But I should win it this year, though."
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Mike Vorkunov: Victor Wembanyama was asked during his 60 Minutes interview about living in the US. Wemby admitted he can't explain to others what living in America is like because he doesn't live a normal life as a highly-paid pro athlete who gets whatever he wants. But some things have struck him, he said. Wemby: "Good is how like it feels like you're never judged for being ambitious. Bad, I would say: I think the social interactions are more shallow here, more not as in depth as what I've seen in other countries." Think the whole interview is worth a watch.
NBA Communications: San Antonio Spurs forward-center Victor Wembanyama and Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum have been named the NBA Western and Eastern Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for Week 2 of the 2026-27 season (Oct. 26 – Nov. 1).
L’Equipe journalist Maxime Aubin on Victor Wembanyama: “After the finals, with all the criticism he had, I was really hopeful I could try to talk to him one-on-one, like a lot of other people. Let’s say he was very quiet. I talked to his people, to his agents, and they said basically he does not want to talk about the finals. From what I understand now, this is still something that hurts him, what happened in the finals. He does not really want to talk about it yet. One other thing I think that is happening right now for him is that he had the short summer. The NBA finals went all the way to mid-June, then he played for the French national team this summer. So what he told me really recently is that he can have the FOMO a little bit of France. He wished the summer could be longer, just to spend more time there, but also to prepare better for the NBA season.”
"Last year, there was this, I think the month of February, we didn't lose a single game," Victor Wembanyama said. "[These are the] moments where everything clicks, you know." The Spurs kept clicking through the spring. The team beat the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference finals. But then, despite being favored in the Finals, San Antonio lost in five games to the New York Knicks. Wembanyama, by his own admission, was far from his best. He was portrayed as a villain in the Finals, but he said that didn't bother him. "It showed my limits more than anything else," he said. "Going out there, you need to play basketball. You don't need to beat the s**t out of people — if you want to win, at least."
L’Equipe journalist Maxime Aubin: “I was asking Victor Wembanyama about his isolation game. He said during media day that he wanted to really improve his isolation game. I asked him after five games how he feels about it, if he is improving, and in what area. He was basically trying to say that he is trying to simplify his game. This is still a work in progress, as we can see. But I think he is getting better every day and working a lot on this. The whole point was trying for him to say that he wants to do less and do it better and to repeat the same movements again and again. Once again, he is not there yet. I think that is the craziest part about Wembanyama. He can average 35, 10 rebounds, and four blocks, and you watch his offensive game and you are like, it is a mess. We do not understand what is going on. So, he has a lot to improve still, but I think he is heading in the right direction.”
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San Antonio Spurs star center Victor Wembanyama says there's no blueprint for how to play the game with his unique combination of size and skill. At 7-foot-4, the 22-year-old reigning Defensive Player of the Year gave insight into how he trains and envisions his career. "I think the key is being comfortable not knowing, being comfortable finding out my own answers," he said, adding, "I am comfortable not knowing my answers. I am comfortable walking through the fog."
After a blood clot in his shoulder shut down his second season, Victor Wembanyama doubled down on his conditioning. Wembanyama says because big men have often had problems with their feet, he is preoccupied with strengthening his. "I also find more and more that feet are responsible for so much more that goes on," Wembanyama said. "It's funny, because I was just talking to a rookie. I went to practice barefoot, and he sees me walking without shoes, and he's like, 'I didn't know you could just not wear shoes.'" Wembanyama's an evangelist for going barefoot. "I try to walk barefoot as much as I can, and wear minimalistic shoes," he said.
When asked what he tells people back home when they ask him what it's like to live in the U.S., Victor Wembanyama rejects the premise of the question. "My answer is always, 'Well, I don't know, because I don't live a normal life in the U.S.' I live the life of an athlete, of a rich person, you know, the life of somebody that's going to have everything taken care of, you know, no matter what I do, really," he said. "It's not the life of the regular American. But it's the best country to be an athlete in."
Fullcourtpass: Victor Wembanyama says he learned a lesson in humility from Gregg Popovich “He often said something when we were in film, ‘After a win, you're rarely as good as you thought you were, and after a loss you're rarely as bad as you thought you were.’” (Via @60Minutes) x.com/60Minutes/stat
