Victor Wembanyama shared a bunch of pictures from his summer on his Instagram, which includes shots with Snoop Dogg, Harry Potter's Daniel Radcliffe and, perhaps most interestingly, revealing that he has spent time training with all-time great Hakeem Olajuwon.
Wemby's training with Olajuwon follows his recent sessions with Kevin Garnett earlier this summer and with Jamal Crawford last year. He also famously spent a considerable amount of time training and meditating with monks in China over the summer.
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Wemby is gonna hit someone with that lateral movement!
Wemby out there working his ass out with the Dream and meditating with monks while Chet’s posting his all-time fave hotties on his snap lol
edit: for the curious, Chet’s all-time starting five is Jessica Alba, Transformers Megan Fox, Salma Hayek, Sofia Vergara, and Margot Robbie. Solid list if I may say so myself
I’m wondering if Kevin McHale could give Wembanyama some lessons, the amount of different post moves he had were absolutely incredible
The league is screwed. Imagine if wemby learned the dream shake lol .
Bro bout to a ballerina in the post
Doesn’t every center work with Hakeem at some point I swear I see him doing this every off season
League fucked.
I remember Kobe went to Hakeem and his footwork was next level. He always had creative ways to get a shot off but most of the time he ended up in really awkward positions. After that summer his footwork was so technical and solid.
Excited for Wemby this season, he’s gonna make a huge leap.
His footwork about to improve massively
Lateral Movement +70
If this guy stays healthy ..
I’m calling it now, Wemby’s gonna start doing the following move: demand the ball in the post, catch the pass and then immediately spin baseline for a fadeaway. Kobe and Lebron (especially the latter) were doing that move frequently after their training sessions with Hakeem. Dwight not so much.
Well, it’s over.
Wemby coming back with a “Dream Shake”. Smart, working with Hakeem.
Victor getting tutored by Hakeem and Duncan is unfair
Wemby’s footwork definitely could be improved, even if he doesn’t learn the dream shake if he just learns how to navigate the post at an elite level that’s huge.
I mean, I literally saw him do a spin move into a dunk from the free throw line. If he can master footwork he’ll be a dunk threat posting up in the midrange.
Wemby is out there collecting all the level up badges.
We have to assume he’s working with Timmy also. If he gets a reliable turnaround bank out of the post it’s a wrap.
So he’s gonna Dream Shake, then a Shamgod, fade-away, one-legged 3-pointer and he’s gonna take three steps in guarding the paint.
What sport is he even playing?
He doesn’t need spin moves he’s 12 foot tall and will clash knees, he needs a hook shot.
The video of him at a high school football stadium getting yelled at by KG is so funny
It’s looking pretty good for my Wemby baby GOAT agenda all summer
Wemby sought Hakeem out on his own too if I recall.
I’m so stoked to see how this is going to expand his game. Hakeem is a master of footwork and body control, and those are invaluable skills for big men, regardless of era.
Dream shake at the top of the key one gather and dunk
Hakeem used to give lessons for free, but stopped doing it because he felt that players were taking advantage of him
GOD DAMN IT WHY DOES THIS GUY GET TO DO EVERY SINGLE SIDEQUEST*
*this one is admittedly more like a sub-objective during a main story segment
Footwork for Wemby could be the next step to extending longevity, good footwork makes that easier to do without risk of injury