The NBA is using its new tournament to showcase its newest star. The league unveiled the group play schedule for its inaugural in-season tournament Tuesday afternoon on ESPN’s NBA Today, and the San Antonio Spurs — led by No. 1 draft pick Victor Wembanyama — are the only team that has more than two of its four group play games on ESPN and TNT.
Source: Tim Bontemps @ ESPN
Source: Tim Bontemps @ ESPN
What’s the buzz on Twitter?
Brandon Rahbar @BrandonRahbar
Charles Barkley gotta try to pronounce Victor Wembanyama, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Aleksej Pokusevski, Ousmane Dieng, Vasilije Micic and Mark Daigneault all on the same night. – 3:57 PM
Charles Barkley gotta try to pronounce Victor Wembanyama, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Aleksej Pokusevski, Ousmane Dieng, Vasilije Micic and Mark Daigneault all on the same night. – 3:57 PM
Brandon Rahbar @BrandonRahbar
Chet Holmgren vs Victor Wembanyama
National TV on TNT
November 14 in OKC.
The NBA gave fans what they needed. pic.twitter.com/7epkwxvB5G – 3:22 PM
Chet Holmgren vs Victor Wembanyama
National TV on TNT
November 14 in OKC.
The NBA gave fans what they needed. pic.twitter.com/7epkwxvB5G – 3:22 PM
Tim Bontemps @TimBontemps
New ESPN story: The NBA unveiled the group stage schedule for the inaugural in-season tournament Tuesday on NBA Today — an event that will be a showcase for the league’s newest star, as no team in it will be on ESPN and TNT more than @wemby and the Spurs.
espn.com/nba/story/_/id… – 3:11 PM
New ESPN story: The NBA unveiled the group stage schedule for the inaugural in-season tournament Tuesday on NBA Today — an event that will be a showcase for the league’s newest star, as no team in it will be on ESPN and TNT more than @wemby and the Spurs.
espn.com/nba/story/_/id… – 3:11 PM
Rylan Stiles @Rylan_Stiles
OKC has one national TV game during pool play of the in season tournament and it’s against Victor Wembanyama. pic.twitter.com/QAy7835D3J – 3:08 PM
OKC has one national TV game during pool play of the in season tournament and it’s against Victor Wembanyama. pic.twitter.com/QAy7835D3J – 3:08 PM
Rylan Stiles @Rylan_Stiles
November 14th in the Paycom Center Chet Holmgren and the Thunder take on Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs on TNT. – 3:06 PM
November 14th in the Paycom Center Chet Holmgren and the Thunder take on Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs on TNT. – 3:06 PM
NBA on ESPN @ESPNNBA
Wemby dyed his hair like Jeremy Sochan 😅
(via jeremysochan/IG) pic.twitter.com/YUvvZ0GEoB – 2:45 PM
Wemby dyed his hair like Jeremy Sochan 😅
(via jeremysochan/IG) pic.twitter.com/YUvvZ0GEoB – 2:45 PM
Cameron Tabatabaie @CTabatabaie
Jeremy Sochan effect: Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama’s shows off purple hairdo spurswire.usatoday.com/lists/jeremy-s… via @spurs_wire – 2:43 PM
Jeremy Sochan effect: Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama’s shows off purple hairdo spurswire.usatoday.com/lists/jeremy-s… via @spurs_wire – 2:43 PM
Alex Kennedy @AlexKennedyNBA
Victor Wembanyama showing off a new look, seemingly inspired by his San Antonio Spurs teammate Jeremy Sochan: pic.twitter.com/lcC27NF9YB – 2:27 PM
Victor Wembanyama showing off a new look, seemingly inspired by his San Antonio Spurs teammate Jeremy Sochan: pic.twitter.com/lcC27NF9YB – 2:27 PM
BasketNews @BasketNews_com
The Jeremy Sochan influence on Victor Wembanyama for his new hairstyle 😅
📸 @JeremySochan pic.twitter.com/y8ky9NjXwq – 2:17 PM
The Jeremy Sochan influence on Victor Wembanyama for his new hairstyle 😅
📸 @JeremySochan pic.twitter.com/y8ky9NjXwq – 2:17 PM
Mark Deeks @MarkDeeksNBA
IMPORTANT VIKTOR SANIKIDZE UPDATE. Starting to look like the San Antonio Spurs’s Wembanyama/Sochan/Georgian Dream frontcourt is not going to happen. pic.twitter.com/tPuY5PKUik – 4:48 AM
IMPORTANT VIKTOR SANIKIDZE UPDATE. Starting to look like the San Antonio Spurs’s Wembanyama/Sochan/Georgian Dream frontcourt is not going to happen. pic.twitter.com/tPuY5PKUik – 4:48 AM
Nick DePaula @NickDePaula
Victor Wembanyama, dubbed “The Extraterrestrial,” stars in Nike’s newest Tech Fleece campaign. 👽 pic.twitter.com/2034Jf1RB0 – 12:34 PM
Victor Wembanyama, dubbed “The Extraterrestrial,” stars in Nike’s newest Tech Fleece campaign. 👽 pic.twitter.com/2034Jf1RB0 – 12:34 PM
Cameron Tabatabaie @CTabatabaie
NEW:
I chatted with University of Kentucky’s John Calipari about Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich.
Coach Cal told me why Pop may be the perfect coach for rookie phenom Victor Wembanyama.
Via @Spurs_Wire:
spurswire.usatoday.com/lists/exclusiv… – 4:37 PM
NEW:
I chatted with University of Kentucky’s John Calipari about Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich.
Coach Cal told me why Pop may be the perfect coach for rookie phenom Victor Wembanyama.
Via @Spurs_Wire:
spurswire.usatoday.com/lists/exclusiv… – 4:37 PM
More on this storyline
Ball Don’t Lie: WHO’S THAT!? 🤭 Wemby debuted a colorful new look on Jeremy Sochan’s insta 👀 (via @JeremySochan / IG) -via Twitter @Balldontlie / August 14, 2023
Shams Charania: 7’6 Tacko Fall is signing a new deal to return to China to play for the Nanjing Monkey Kings, sources say. Sitdown with @Stadium on CBA, meeting Victor Wembanyama one day: “Very awkward. It would be weird for me to look somebody in the eye..”, tennis for newborn daughter, more: pic.twitter.com/Y13DrgFz9Y -via Twitter @ShamsCharania / August 14, 2023
“He’s going to teach [Wembanyama] how to truly be a professional,” Calipari told Spurs Wire. “He’s going to teach him how to be a great teammate. He’s going to teach him the work you have to do. He’ll hold him accountable.” -via Spurs Wire / August 12, 2023
