Is San Antonio Spurs rookie phenom Victor Wembanyama already the best defender in the NBA? The 7-foot-4 forward has gone from something of a mess on that end of the floor as most rookies tend to be when they enter the league to one of if not the best defenders in the Association.
Just how good is the French big man on defense? All-Defensive First Team level? Defensive Player of the Year good? Or are we simply a prisoner of the Wembanyama hype train rolling over much of the NBA media in recent weeks? The answer may be somewhere between those extremes.
Hosts of the Ringer “Group Chat” podcast Justin Verrier, Wosny Lambre, and J. Kyle Mann recently weighed in on Wemby’s defensive prowess in his rookie season on a recent episode.
Take a look at the clip embedded above to hear where each came down on where Wembanyama is in the milieu of the league’s best defenders.
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