The San Antonio Spurs are having an incredible season, earning a 48-18 record for the No. 2 seed this season. They’re just xxx games behind the No. 1 seed OKC Thunder, with center Victor Wembanyama leading them and having an MVP-caliber season of his own. While he missed their last game with an injury, Wembanyama is a genuine MVP contender and the likely frontrunner for DPOY this season.
Boston Celtics swingman and fellow MVP candidate Jaylen Brown recently made a statement that Wembanyama doesn’t even qualify for the conversation of best two-way players in the NBA because he can’t be compared with other regular NBA players who would be in this conversation.
“That boy Wemby is a problem, a big problem. When I say I’m the best two-way player in the league, it’s not counting Wemby. He’s not even human. I’m the best human player,”
Former Defensive Player of the Year Draymond Green weighed in on Brown’s statement on ‘The Draymond Green Show,’ wholeheartedly agreeing and doubling down on saying that Wembanyama doesn’t belong in the same conversation as other two-way players because he’s on an entirely different level.
“Wemby is this otherworldly thing, man. Like, I’m not even going to say otherworldly person, he is just this otherworldly thing, and everything that he does is going to take you like four people to do. Like, he is that special of a player. I think if he keeps this up, it’s going to be him who has to go snatch the MVP award.”
“Wemby’s been incredible, man. He does it on both ends of the floor. Talking about, ‘Is Wemby the best two-way player in the league?’ No, he’s not. He’s something else. Putting him in a category with everybody else, it just ain’t… He’s something else, we’re just gonna put it that way. He’s different from every player.”
The Golden State Warriors forward isn’t quick to praise young stars around the NBA, so Wembanyama had to have impressed Green massively to generate such comments. This shouldn’t be surprsing given Wembanyama’s play, averaging 24.2 points, 11.1 rebounds, and 3.0 blocks this season. Other stars have also been enamored with Wembanyama’s on-court impact, including another MVP candidate like Cade Cunningham.
Green can’t attest to being a high-level two-way player in his career, excelling defensively while being an extremely streaky offensive player. Wembanyama doesn’t have the same problem.
He can already dominate in the post due to his size and increasing strength, but he’s a deft shooter who avearges 5.3 three-point attempts per game. He is arguably one of the greatest prospects the NBA has seen, and he’s been playing at a DPOY level since his rookie season.
People are already putting Wembanyama in conversations as an eventual GOAT due to his incredible skillset and the early success he’s already brought to the Spurs. They’re genuine contenders for the NBA Championship this season already, with Wembanyama leading the charge on both ends.
He’s complemented with a strong supporting cast around him with room to grow. Point guard De’Aaron Fox has provided feisty two-way play and is averaging 19.1 points and 6.4 assists. Castle might already be in the conversation of one of the best two-way players in the NBA, coming into the NBA as a defensive specialist and now averaging 16.6 points, 5.0 rebounds, and 7.0 assists this season.
Wembanyama has the pieces to contend around him, but to win it all will fall on his shoulders. For someone that’s so good that he can’t even be called human by elite peers, that should be something that’s at least possible, if not probable. They’re still in the mix for the No. 1 seed, and if they win that, their case as contenders becomes undeniable.
