There is always something being made of Victor Wembanyama\u2019s uniqueness, especially when it comes to filling up stat sheets.<\/p>\n
Recently, Wemby became the NBA\u2019s all-time leader in games with 4+ three-pointers and 4+ blocks with fourteen total.<\/p>\n
Throughout his first two seasons, there were often statistics showing that he had more blocks that entire teams.<\/p>\n
Last Wednesday, Wembanyama played in his 150th NBA game. At the end, his totals evoked the first 150 games of another Spurs center, the legendary David Robinson.<\/p>\n
But it goes beyond comparisons to The Admiral. The post comparing the two Spurs centers was limited to points rebounds and blocks.<\/p>\n
As far as the start of his career is concerned., Victor Wembanyama is in great company. Check out these individual comparisons.<\/p>\n
In his first 150 games, Victor Wembanyama racked up more points than Kevin Durant. Like Wemby, Durant was Rookie of the Year. KD averaged 20.3 points in his first season and 25.3 in his second. Durant recently surpasses Dirk Nowitzki in all-time scoring. He\u2019s fifth and sure to move beyond Michael Jordan in the weeks to come.<\/p>\n
Additionally, Wemby has more rebounds than Charles Barkley over his first 150 games. Barkley averaged 8.6 boards in his rookie campaign and 12.8 in his second season. He is the 20th all-time in NBA\/ABA rankings with 12, 546 over his sixteen seasons.<\/p>\n
Wemby also bested Nikola Jokic in assists. The Joker had one less, 533, compared to Victor\u2019s 534. Jokic is currently 47th all-time. He\u2019s currently in his second consecutive season averaging double-digit dimes. As far as big men go, Jokic is one of the best when it comes to dishing out assists.<\/p>\n
Wemby has more steals than the great Kobe Bryant over their respective sesquicentenary starts. Kobe retired with 1,944 career steals, ranking him 19th on the all-time list.<\/p>\n
What about blocks? Well, we know that rejecting shots is Wemby\u2019s specialty. After 150 games, he\u2019s tallied over 70 blocks more than Hakeem Olajuwon did in his first 150 games. \u201cThe Dream\u201d is the all-time NBA\/ABA blocks leader with 3,830. For measure, basketball-refernce.com lists Nikola Jokic as the 250th ranked NBA all-time with 561 blocks. Wemby is 42 blocks from cracking the top 250. That\u2019s all-time NBA blocking leaders. Let that soak in.<\/p>\n
Finally, our dear Victor Wembanyama has more three-pointers made in his inaugural campaign than Steph Curry, the greatest shooter of all time. Granted, in his first couple of seasons Curry didn\u2019t shoot with the volume he hasover the latter half of his career, but he had the accuracy. Curry is the NBA\u2019s all-time three-point shooter with 4,233 (as of this writing) and counting. He\u2019s almost a thousand more than James Harden, the second highest all-time.<\/p>\n
Any one of those on its own is impressive, but Wemby is a great player all around. And he\u2019s still developing.<\/p>\n
What\u2019s next for Wemby? What will his 200th game stats look like? Will he ever get that coveted quadruple-double? It certainly seems to be within his reach.<\/p>\n
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