I have no idea how good Victor Wembanyama is going to be. But, of course, I also know how this ends.
Players like him, no matter the sport, are closer to mythological beings than mortal athletes. Shohei Ohtani, Patrick Mahomes, Caitlin Clark — they are stories that exceed their actual play, and the knowledge of their greatness exceeds what anyone has actually seen. Wembanyama is the newest of that group; the most unknown, but also maybe the most limitless.
It is rare that you can confidently say a player’s ceiling is “the greatest of all time,” but Wembanyama’s legitimately is. But no player in the history of basketball has had Wemby’s
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