There have been many conspiracy theories about Victor Wembanyama’s precise top. Many doubted its accuracy when the San Antonio Spurs listed him at 7-foot-5 throughout coaching camp — a rise from final yr’s 7-foot-3.
ESPN’s Brian Windhorst believes Wemby is approaching 7-foot-7 and that his reported rookie season top of 7-foot-3 was inaccurate. The Ringer’s Bill Simmons has accused the Spurs of mendacity about Wemby’s top.
Former NBA heart Boban Marjanovic, who was listed at 7-foot-4 throughout his taking part in days, not too long ago added extra gasoline to the hearth.
“On the paper, I am taller,” Marjanovic advised ESPN, via Bleacher Report. “I noticed 7-foot-3, I am 7-foot-4. However I used to be trying [up] at him and I used to be like, ‘No manner I am taller than him.'”
Victor Wembanyama units the document straight
On Monday, Wemby was requested why his top had grow to be “the stuff of conspiracy,” and whether or not he pays consideration to it. The Frenchman additionally answered whether or not his top must be a subject of dialog.
“The reality is, sure, typically I am stunned that it is nonetheless a dialog,” Wemby mentioned, via Hector Ledesma. “In my thoughts, it would not actually make a distinction. I am taller than everyone else, and that is all you should know.”
The Spurs phenom is just not the primary supremely gifted NBA celebrity to have his top questioned. Kevin Durant, whom the Houston Rockets have listed at 6-foot-11, has been accused of being taller than 7-foot by a lot of his friends, together with a few of his ex-teammates. Durant’s measurements turned a scorching matter through the 2024 Paris Olympics, when Team USA listed him at 6-foot-9. Durant mentioned he was listed precisely, despite the fact that he appeared taller than Joel Embiid, who’s listed at 7-foot-1, in crew photographs.
Wemby enters the 2025-26 season with excessive expectations, with some analysts predicting he’ll win each MVP and Defensive Player of the Year. Doing so would imply he joins Michael Jordan (1987-88), Hakeem Olajuwon (1993-94) and Giannis Antetokounmpo (2019-20) as the one gamers to win each regular-season awards in the identical season.
