Victor Wembanyama Speaks Out on “Managing Expectations,” Emphasizes on Winning

After a stellar rookie season and a silver medal win at the Paris Olympics, Victor Wembanyama is ready for the new NBA season. During the Spurs’ Media Day, the 20-year-old talked about his plans for the new season. There are a lot of responsibilities on Wemby regarding the success of his franchise.

He talked about managing expectations and made it clear that the extent of his responsibility is limited to his teammates. Wemby declared that he doesn’t owe anything to the media. Heading into next season, his focus will solely be on winning as many games as possible.

Wemby told reporters, “These expectations, I just manage like I’ve managed all the others for years. I just focus on my actual responsibilities because I don’t have any responsibility to any of you [media].”

“Just the guys that are in the locker room, the training room, that’s it…As always, my emphasis is always going to be on winning.”

Wemby stated that he appreciates the recognition that’s coming his way. But he is not taking any of it seriously because he has a bigger task at hand. After the silver medal win at the Paris Olympics, Wemby announced that he was putting the basketball world on red alert because he would now aim to win everything there is to win.

He said, “I’m learning, and I’m worried for the opponents in a couple of years.” When asked if his warning was for FIBA or the NBA, he said, “Everywhere.” So, it’s going to be a difficult run for his opponents if Wemby has put the required work in for his next run.

Victor Wembanyama hopes to learn from the best

After losing the gold medal to Team USA, Wemby was caught up in emotions as he was seen crying on the court. After some time, when the two teams were exchanging pleasantries, the Spurs star was seen talking to Kevin Durant. During his appearance on M6 TV in France, Wemby revealed what he said to KD.

He said, “This is my personal childhood favorite player… I made it clear to him that I wanted to learn from him and perhaps steal one or two of his secret techniques.” Durant has only nice things to say about the 20-year-old. During a post-game presser in the league, he shared his thoughts on Wemby.

KD said, “He’s a unique player who is going to be a force in this league for a long time. Once he continues to get experience under his belt, he’s just going to get even better.” It looks like Wemby is taking steps in the right direction as well. As per the recently updated Spurs camp roster, Wemby is listed at 235 pounds.

The reigning Rookie of the Year has put on 25 pounds as compared to last year. At the age of 20, this is a great progress from Wemby. As years go by, he will only improve his physical frame and his skills as an athlete.