{"id":604306,"date":"2026-02-15T09:08:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T09:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/604306\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T09:08:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T09:08:16","slug":"victor-wembanyama-brings-competitive-fire-to-2026-nba-all-star-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/604306\/","title":{"rendered":"Victor Wembanyama brings competitive fire to 2026 NBA All-Star Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">INGLEWOOD, Calif. \u2013 Before NBA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/sports\/2026\/02\/14\/damian-lillard-makes-it-rain-wins-a-record-tying-3rd-nba-3-point-contest-title\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/sports\/2026\/02\/14\/damian-lillard-makes-it-rain-wins-a-record-tying-3rd-nba-3-point-contest-title\/\">All-Star Saturday events<\/a>, it was NBA All-Star Media Day, allowing media members from around the world to interview the 2026 All-Stars.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Most players sat at small tables for their interview sessions, but not Spurs star Victor Wembanyama. He went to a podium with multiple seats in a bigger room, because the regular interview room and setup were too small.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Wembanyama, a first-time All-Star starter, is joined in the game by Spurs point guard De\u2019Aaron Fox, an injury replacement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">With the Spurs owning the second-best record in the Western Conference, Wembanyama feels the Spurs should have more players in the game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cI mean, I would have liked two, and I think we should,\u201d Wembanyama said. \u201cI think the general consensus is we should have. But no, I\u2019m happy for him, for sure. I hope he will still be able to enjoy a few days of rest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Wembanyama has talked about bringing competitive fire back to the All-Star Game. How does he feel he can get his teammates on Team World to adopt that spirit? <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cI think exclamation-point plays, playing in a solid manner and sharing the ball with energy,\u201d he told the media. \u201cIf you share that energy, people feel like they have a responsibility to share it back to you. I\u2019m confident in the way it\u2019s going to go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">We will see if Wembanyama\u2019s competitive spirit rubs off on his teammates and the rest of the NBA All-Stars Sunday night, Feb. 15, in the 75th NBA All-Star Game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/topic\/NBA_All-Star_Weekend\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/topic\/NBA_All-Star_Weekend\/\">NBA All-Star coverage<\/a> on KSAT:<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"INGLEWOOD, Calif. \u2013 Before NBA All-Star Saturday events, it was NBA All-Star Media Day, allowing media members from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":604307,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3797],"tags":[7,1314,6537,6,12398,969,474,4075,4074,66,534,693],"class_list":{"0":"post-604306","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio-spurs","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-deaaron-fox","10":"tag-ksat-sports-now","11":"tag-nba","12":"tag-nba-all-star-weekend","13":"tag-san-antonio","14":"tag-san-antonio-spurs","15":"tag-sanantonio","16":"tag-sanantoniospurs","17":"tag-sports","18":"tag-spurs","19":"tag-victor-wembanyama"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116073863787915501","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=604306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604306\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/604307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}