Victor Wembanyama has spent the last three years bending the NBA in ways that still don\u2019t feel totally real. The 21-year-old French superstar immediately won Rookie of the Year honors in his first campaign with the Spurs, but had his second season cut short due to Deep Vein Thrombosis. This year, he has the Spurs looking like a real championship contender. And there\u2019s a chance they can do it all.<\/p>\n
The ripple effects go way beyond San Antonio\u2019s win column. Front offices are suddenly obsessed with length, versatility, and upside, even if a prospect is raw, because Wembanyama<\/a> proved the ceiling is worth the risk. Are there more players out there like him? Probably not. He\u2019s a unicorn. But his impact on the league cannot be denied.<\/p>\n And on top of his incredible game on both sides of the court, his leadership skills are another accolade that sometimes gets missed. Kendrick Perkins<\/a> spoke about Wemby\u2019s role as team captain on the latest edition of the Road Trippin\u00a0podcast. Big Perk praised the young Frenchman for being a leader at such an early stage of his career.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s one of the best young leaders in basketball. Wemby. He has an old soul. Like a lot of people made fun of the stuff that he did with the drums and all that stuff, but that\u2019s leadership. Once you see all the guys rally around him and support what he\u2019s doing, there\u2019s nothing else you can say about that,\u201d stated KP.<\/p>\n