Victor Wembanyama terrorized the NBA to start the 2025-26 season. The lanky Spurs star raced out of the gates in the first five games of the year, averaging 30.2 points, 14.6 rebounds, and 4.8 blocks in 33.8 minutes per night. San Antonio, unsurprisingly, went 5-0 with Wemby dominating both ends of the court. It led to numerous declarations that the NBA now belonged to Wembanyama, and that the “best player in the world conversation” needed a strong shift in his direction. Even those most optimistic about Wembanyama entering the season were blown away by just how productive he could be when he leverages his enormous talents.
But Wembanyama was inevitably going to cool off. Given no player in history has ever come close to averaging those numbers over the course of an entire season, it was reasonable to expect some statistical decline.
