Victor Wembanyama has spent his career so far surpassing the unspeakably high expectations he shouldered upon entering the NBA. Yet the playoffs remained as the one bar he hadn’t yet cleared, the final measure by which the young Spurs star could test his mettle.
Postseason basketball is effectively a different sport than regular-season play; dominating in March is all well and good but what happens from April on is what determine’s a player’s place in the NBA hierarchy. Until Wemby made his playoff debut there would be lingering questions about how good he really was.
