On July 8, Beijing time, the new NBA champion Wen Ban Yama was taught a lesson in his debut.
In the first game for the Spurs, Venbanyama could be said to be omnipotent when defending, but was completely blocked on the offensive end, although he helped the Spurs win, but at the same time his personal data was a little out of hand, the offensive efficiency was extremely low, and he was comparable to sleepwalking on the court, because he could not score the goal, and his teammates did not pass him much in the second half.
In the whole game, Venbanyama shot 2 of 13, 1 of 6 from three-point range, 4 of 4 from the free throw line, played 27 minutes and scored 9 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 5 blocks, 3 turnovers and 4 fouls, and the Spurs were winning points when he was on the floor, but you have to admit that this offensive data really can't be used.
It took one to score one after multiple shots, and it was a very easy basket single, and the outside shot was not a single in the first three and a half quarters, which is equivalent to no way to help your team open up space. In addition, his body is too thin, more than once in the game, we can see Vembanyama like a bamboo pole pushed by the opponent and fall, touch and lose his balance, and there are at least 5 such shots in the game, it is Wembanyama falling to the ground.
This means that one of the most worrying things before his draft has become a reality, which is that Venbanyama is too thin to stand the top confrontation in this league, and it is not even a top confrontation. What he's facing now is only the summer league, and the confrontation these marginal people give you, when it comes to the main players of the NBA, he may not even be able to hit Curry.
This situation is very cruel, and it is the only concern of all outside experts before the draft, the only advantage of Venbanyama is that his defensive ability is indeed very strong, not only can he defend from the inside to the outside, but even as a 2.26 meter super big man can dribble a dragon, but also single defense against the opposite small defender, 5 blocks is the best evidence, 5 blocks in 23 minutes, if you want to play the whole game, he may have a double number of blocks.
But Xiao Hua still has the expectations of the entire league for Wenban, but an existence that will become an NBA superstar façade player in the future, how can he not attack? If you want to be a champion by blocking alone, that's fine, but if you want to be a signature in the league, it's impossible, no defensive player becomes the first person in the NBA, and eventually he has to score, lead the team to win and score the ball.
In one detail, Popovich personally came to the sidelines to watch the debut of Venbanyama. But Popovich, sitting next to him, did not have a smile on his face. Perhaps Bobo was also not so satisfied with the debut of this champion, and he also suffered a violent barrier from his opponent Kai Jones in this game, and it was also an air relay block.
At 2 minutes and 50 seconds into the game, Venbanyama finally scored his first sports goal of the second half, and it was still a 3+1 against the sky, and he played this 3+1, or on Jones, who had previously blocked himself, and this time he took a bad breath.
But this is only the summer league, the Hornets players are rushing to the Venbanyama and come, you imagine, when the regular season comes, you are a top show, a big move, a thorn in everyone's eyes, more and more people want to cut you off, will you still be able to withstand it then? The summer league has to be blocked, and in the future, the regular season will be used as a background board,