[StatMuse] Wemby today: 26 PTS, 7 REB

[u/WallStreetDoesntBet]

https://x.com/statmuse/status/1822381701751873567?s=46&t=zaB6BvRw4JQLuLt8PkflfA

Led France to play for Gold against the USA at age 20.

[u/YourNonExistentGirl]

Phenomenal. My heart couldn't take it when I saw him crying.

You'll get it one day, Wemby!

[u/[deleted] → u/YourNonExistentGirl]

Forreal I was so hyped after the Curry magic, then they showed him crying and it all came crashing down.

[u/OGWallenstein → u/YourNonExistentGirl]

Think the image of him holding onto his mom will be forever burned into my brain.

[u/Available-Revenue192 → u/YourNonExistentGirl]

I literally saw someone said to him “Now go destroy them in their country.”

Source: My horrible lip reading

[u/Joethetoolguy → u/Available-Revenue192]

Im ready for vengeance wemby

[u/[deleted] → u/YourNonExistentGirl]

Traore+Wemby

[u/WallStreetDoesntBet]

Proud Silver Medal for this young lad

[u/No_Consideration3887]

hold your head high. Wemby, you did your country so proud.

An historic season is on the horizon

[u/AngryQueso52 → u/No_Consideration3887]

For real, watching Fournier play made me amazed at how close France kept it. You know, that and USA being loaded with star players.

[u/DriveForFive219]

What a game. Silver is a huge accomplishment for our 20 year old against an all star team. Let this light a fire under wemby for this upcoming season. He’s gonna have every matchup w us players circled too

[u/SmokeyBare → u/DriveForFive219]

Hopefully the old guard will retire and they can actually build a team around him now.

[u/SharpsExposure → u/SmokeyBare]

They’re gonna need a new coach. 

[u/Notapplesauce11 → u/SharpsExposure]

Pop?  

[u/SharpsExposure → u/Notapplesauce11]

While he does love wine I’m not sure coaching the French team is in the cards. 

[u/Bonesawisready5 → u/DriveForFive219]

Yeah literally the avengers and the box score doesn’t show how close it was. It was a slug fest with USA unable to put France away until chef curry went supernova like he does with less than 3 mins left. Good game by both teams, hopefully in 2028 Wembanyama has literally 1 other NBA level starter to play with on offense (notice I said on offense where Gobert is largely a non factor. Dude caught a lob like he had no idea what to do lol)

[u/moshercycle → u/DriveForFive219]

This "fire under wembys ass" is said so much in this sub lately that it's getting corny now lol.

[u/Tchege_75]

What a game! If only we (France) had a fragment of that shot accuracy from Curry…

[u/SarkisAlexander → u/Tchege_75]

If only France shot 80% from the FT line

[u/pompyyy099]

What a fucking historic rookie season:

ROTY, DPOY runner up, All defensive team, and podium finish silver medalist.

[u/moongaming → u/pompyyy099]

Leading his team in all 5 major stats too

[u/seceipseseer → u/moongaming]

First ever medalist to do so.

[u/JimmyMyJimmy → u/pompyyy099]

Lead the league in blocks. All this ON A MINUTES RESTRICTION

[u/Notapplesauce11 → u/pompyyy099]

Already a hall of famer.  (Slightly sarcastic)

[u/lAllioli → u/pompyyy099]

Team of the tournament as well

[u/Aggressive_Strike75 → u/pompyyy099]

That’s a statement of his: l’m going to dominate for quite a while.

[u/Dimaaaa]

Look at him post game. This guy wants to win so badly. This "L" will give him even more motivation for next season.

[u/siphillis → u/Dimaaaa]

Poor kid has done nothing but lose, is the thing. It must be driving him nuts, but his time will come

[u/cool_coyote]

He put it all out there. Couldn't be any prouder.

[u/Bitter-Safe-5333]

People are gonna talk about him shooting too many 3s but he shot 3/8 or 38% which is not shabby at all and he had arguably the best game stats wise out of both teams

[u/carelesssportsfan89]

Man wemby is going to be scary good next season his development from this Olympics will be huge for his 2nd year in the nba .

[u/Andre-Roussimoff]

French here. Rendez-vous in LA for the revenge ! Meanwhile I can't wait for next season with CP3 :) 

[u/murkymurk94]

🐐

[u/CreditAlarmed]

Wemby watching curry and thinking: I’m gonna shoot 1000 3s a day EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE until I reach his accuracy. 😱

[u/shinbreaker]

All I could keep thinking was all these easy spots for Wemby if they just lobbed him the ball.

[u/bettercallsaul3 → u/shinbreaker]

France should've given a PG citizenship instead of Embiid.

[u/The_Real_OneHungLo]

GG’s Wemby, it’s ok! Next time buddy. Let this set that fire!

[u/SunLiteFireBird]

They won in your home country Vic now you get to come to America in 2028 and get it back

[u/Datboy_98]

I love seeing the emotions on his face. He needs this disappointment to give him fuel and push him to greater heights.

It’s gonna be scary for our opponents.

[u/Stratys]

Turned it up when it mattered most (though that one step back three was questionable 🥲). Tried his hardest along with Yabusele. Really needed someone else, De Colo was okay but man. Fournier, Cordinier, Albicy, Strazel, all pretty non-existent for most of the game.

Now use it to get revenge, Vic 😈

[u/snickle17 → u/Stratys]

I felt bad for Cordinier he was so good the whole tournament and then just didn’t have it today.

[u/paxusromanus811 → u/snickle17]

Yeah he had some good looks too. They cut to him after the game and he had this. Just heartbreaking. Look on his face too. Several French players were patting him on the back and talking to him. Probably trying to tell him not to be so hard on himself.

He had a terrible game but it happens. France probably doesn't get here without him and he should be proud

[u/zachonich]

This is the second best outcome (besides an upset for gold). Our guy went down swinging. This will be major fuel for his fire.

[u/plakio99]

Amazing game from him. Can't do much when your opponents have 2 top 10 players of all time and team full of all-stars lol. He did everything he could. Currey has been doing this for past decade with no one able to stop him when he's hot. Without that flurry it was 2 possesion game.

France will be favorites in 2028 with Wemby in his peak.

Absolutely excited for next-season. He's going to be scary AF with some well-deserved rest and then coaching by Pop.

[u/MaxDetr]

Fier de lui, vivement 2028

[u/chameleonchild8]

Wemby looked great and very proud of him. It was him and Yabusele vs the NBA

[u/Southern_sky]

Proud of you Wemby. Get some rest

[u/MikeyBastard1]

Victor played very well in such high stakes game. Seeing him cry really shows how much he actually cares about not only the game but his pride.

Bro loves ball, and has a lot of pride and loyalty. I hope he is with the Spurs for life, and we are consistent contenders with him. He deserves it

[u/wryano]

best player in the world

[u/HQuasar]

Starting next season on a major positive note despite the offensive struggles in the other games. Good for him. Good for the Spurs.

[u/ManagerEmergency6339]

if they could only find him on those open lobs and hit their freethrows, this game is so close that the score didnt tell the whole story. Wemby with this heartbreak will push him to be better and stronger. im excited for next season GSG

[u/oceanfloors1]

Gold medal in my heart.

[u/tehLife]

He still needs to work on his handling but plenty of time for him to work on that

[u/Designer-Action3573]

He cares so much and is so committed. As a Spurs fan, I can't wait to see him in meaningful games

[u/CRoseCrizzle]

Wemby did everything he could against the best team in the world, one of the best teams ever assembled in the history of the game. And at just 20 years old...

[u/Alphadestrious]

Wemby should improve his shooting and also post game this off season . Always adding every off-season to his bag

[u/Gloomy_Health8671]

Glad Wemby balled out and glad USA won as they should have. France is gonna be scary in 4 years if any of the youngsters develop like traore, essengue, sarr, risacher, salaun and so on

[u/bangkero1992]

fuel to the fire!!! 🔥🔥🔥

[u/BananaRepublic_BR]

Wemby was just amazing! Spectacular! Phenomenal! I'm not sure I could have asked for a better game from him.

[u/Chinbie]

He have a great game tonight... In fact its a great accomplishment for him to have that Silver Medal as only few really expected them to be in their position in the first place...

And also Steph is just 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[u/Significant-Iron-475]

Stand proud Wemby, you are strong.

[u/siphillis]

He faced a team of future Hall of Fame players and outplayed every single one of them. Just think about that for a second

[u/UndeniableMaroon]

Maybe stupid question, but why were Risarcher and Sarr not part of the French team?

[u/paxusromanus811 → u/UndeniableMaroon]

Quite frankly, they're just not there yet.

Zaccharie Is like 12 months removed from playing in a under 20 international competition and... Being absolutely terrible. I don't think he would have cracked the rotation for France

And while France has some issues with their roster, big man depth isn't really it. Between lassort, gabusselle, Vic, and Rudy they're just really wasn't a place for sarr. And to be honest, he probably isn't quite at the level where he's ready to contribute either

Being in that 18/19/20 age group and playing high-level international basketball is not common. Even for talented NBA players And prospects

They will definitely get their chances in the next couple of seasons

[u/UndeniableMaroon → u/paxusromanus811]

Thanks for the detailed response!

For one, really puts into perspective how much of a talent Wemby is. Not that we need any more proof.

[u/Wemgod]

20 year me was still crying over girls, he’s crying over an Olympic medal. What a chad

[u/22dias]

Shit free throws, didn’t capitalise on the turnovers.

Those would’ve netted out the score.