NBA – After the viral action of Wembanyama, a Celtics player cash: “I’m not…

Victor Wembanyama warming up for the SpursNBA (DR)

Despite the Spurs’ defeat on Sunday evening, Victor Wembanyama put out a great performance against the Celtics. The Frenchman keeps performing, like his viral action. His opponent was also very honest.

While the Spurs hope to have a successful 2024 season, the last match ended in defeat for Gregg Popovich’s men. It’s hard to blame them for losing to the Celtics, a team that will have to be counted on to win the championship. Even the presence of Victor Wembanyama, under minutes restriction, was not enough to make the difference.

An honest Celtic on Wembanyama

The Frenchman, however, quickly stood out in this part with a solid performance. He created a buzz on social networks with a single dribble completed for 14 meters, all to end with a huge dunk on poor Derrick White. The latter did not even try to contest it, which he explained at a press conference.

White on if he thought about challenging Wemby's dunk. “I’m not an idiot,” he said, chuckling, per @DominguezCinco. “I was hoping he'd take another dribble, then I could try to (steal it), but he picked it up and I never saw it again. I was just trying to get out of the way."

— Tom Orsborn (@tom_orsborn) January 1, 2024

White on whether he thought about challenging the Wemby dunk: “I’m not stupid. I was hoping he was going to take another dribble and then I could have tried to intercept it, but he took it and I didn’t see him again. I just tried to get out of the way. »

White didn’t get out of the way quickly enough as he ended up on all the videos of Wembanyama’s dunk. At least the Celtics player was clear about his chances of stopping the Frenchman at full speed.

The most important thing is still the victory for Boston, which did not really struggle against an uninspired San Antonio team. Wembanyama gave his impressions of this franchise this year:

Wemby on Celtics: "I can feel that compared to the past years, they have something extra this year, and, of course, it's difficult to play against them and it is a good challenge. But I think we learned today."

— Tom Orsborn (@tom_orsborn) January 1, 2024

Wemby on the Celtics: “I can feel that compared to the last few years, they have something more. It’s difficult to play against them and it’s a big challenge. But I think we learned some things today. »

Despite the defeat, Victor Wembanyama is positive for the Spurs, who hopes to compete with the Celtics in the future. But as we saw on Sunday, there is a lot of work for Gregg Popovich’s troops.