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Height is still king in basketball


The new star combination, the novel midseason tournament, all let the eyes shine.

However, if you have to pick one bright spot out of all the bright spots, there is nothing more topical than the new league No.1 Victor Vimbanama.

Basketball - NBA regular season: Clippers win over Spurs

SAN Antonio Spurs player Vimbanyama (center) drives for a layup during a game on Oct. 29. On that day, in the 2023-2024 NBA regular season, the Los Angeles Clippers defeated the SAN Antonio Spurs 123-83 at home.

Wenbanyama has been called by some media as "an alien player never seen in the history of basketball", and every game of his has been made into highlights by the media, harvesting huge traffic and winning countless likes.

"Terror" and "monster" are words that appear very frequently in the message.

The NBA recently even released a "Study of the Wenbanama Style of play."

It summed up Wenbanyama wrote: "The attack without the ball is very scary, the three-dimensional deterrent under the basket has never been seen", one of the words that struck me the most, "Wenbanyama came out of nowhere to remind us: height is still the king of this sport."

What can a 19 year old with 2 '24 "arm span 2' 44" do in the NBA?

Vimbanyamama seems to have given us the answer.

Not to mention, his unrivalled defensive terror coverage.

19.9 points, 8.6 rebounds, 1.1 steals, 2.6 blocked shots.

Vimbanyama leads the team in points, rebounds, steals and blocks per game.

When the opponent breaks inside, Vimbanyama can use his arm length advantage to break the ball, and quickly organize the counterattack, really from the five position to the first position.

Although Wenbanyama is not as strong as O 'Neal, Duncan and other traditional interior players, but this does not affect his internal team to bring qualitative change.

As a tall and lean player, Vimbanyama has the speed of a striker.

His off-ball attack is unmatched, his ability to catch the ball is too good, and his finishing ability is too good, he can catch the ball in the low post, he can even put the ball in the basket over the defender's head.

Of course, Vimbanyama is not a perfect player. For example, his 3.4 turnovers per game rank in the top 16 in the league - and his 2.0 assists per game is undoubtedly the lowest in the top 16.

But his turnovers came less from passing and more from screen fouls and missed dribbles; Another example is his lack of game experience, in the regular season debut against the Lone Ranger team, although Wenbanyama got 15 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 1 block comprehensive data, but the Lone Ranger team for Wenbanyama's lack of strength in the lower set, sent small players to defend Wenbanyama, in order to weaken his power under the basket, and achieved good results.

Clearly, to remain competitive in the NBA for the long term, Vimbanyamama still needs more time to gain experience.

In any case, in a short period of time, Vimbanyama has shown the world his terrifying physical qualities and abilities.

When Yao Ming entered the league 20 years ago, perhaps no one thought that we would see players over 2 meters do such moves, and now, a living example of it is in front of us.

Of course, today's Wenbanyama is not perfect, and his personal Arsenal is still "mixed and not fine", but at the age of 19, the shock and possibility he brings has given all fans infinite space for reveries.

I believe that with his continuous learning and accumulation of experience, in the near future, he can struggle in the NBA to belong to his own world, live up to the fans' expectations of him.

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