The NBA Summer League debut in Venbanyama received a huge amount of attention, attracting more than 500 media to watch against the Hornets led by Miller this year's leader, which was destined to be a Mars hit the Earth, and Venbanyama was closely watched for his performance.
Not long after the start of the game, Ventanyama received a pass from his teammates and scored 2+1 under the basket, and scored his first goal in the NBA Summer League, and the audience cheered loudly for this historic moment, but then Ventanyama's performance was very bad, in the game his back singles were cut, dribbles were broken, and in the second half Ventanyama reduced the number of dribbles and ball holdings. In a counterattack Jones successfully rode the Venbanyama , and then was shaken to the ground by the Emperor Eye Show Worship Buddha, where the Ventanyama opened his mouth wide and was overwhelmed, and in the fourth quarter Ventanyama scored the second athletic goal of the game, facing Miller to shoot a three-pointer and cause a foul. At the end of the game, Wen Banyama scored 9 points, 8 rebounds, 5 blocks and 3 assists on 2-of-13 shooting, and said in an interview after the game that he couldn't figure out what he was doing on the court and went back to study hard.
Watching the game of Wenbanyama, I feel that Wenbanyama's body is too thin, although the height of 223cm is very shocking under the basket, but every time against Wenbanyama will fall to the ground, people look very worried, worried that he will block the waist amputation injury, from the debut alone, Wenban's performance is not even as good as Zhou Qi, Zhou Qi scored 17 points, 6 rebounds and 1 block on 7-of-13 shooting in his summer league debut, Holmgren scored 23 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists and 6 blocks on 7-of-9 shooting in his debut, these three are thin and tall, But the performance is very different, this game Wen Ban in the three-point line 6 shots only hit one shot, shooting ability is not outstanding, Wen Ban as a big man is not willing to attack inside, must ensure his shooting percentage on the outside, but from the French League Finals and summer league debut, Wen Ban is not outstanding, Wen Ban and Holmgren draft pick is so high thanks to their predecessor Durant, it is Durant's success that makes them eat dividends.
Seeing the performance of Venbanyama today, I don't know if the Spurs and Popovich will regret it, whether this champion touted by countless media is really genuine, after the Spurs drew the champion, there was no hesitation at all to book Venbanyama directly to become the champion, and Popovich personally flew to France to meet him. But Venbanyama didn't live up to expectations, with or without the ball, and Ventanyama was prone to lose balance, move slowly on the field and lack consistent projection, which is too far from the once talented monsters James and Zion. Although the Spurs coach still supported the literary class after the game, the test of the literary class in the next game will be more severe.