{"id":478526,"date":"2024-02-18T11:18:07","date_gmt":"2024-02-18T15:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=478526"},"modified":"2024-02-18T09:28:05","modified_gmt":"2024-02-18T13:28:05","slug":"antetokounmpo-believes-nba-will-become-victor-wembanyamas-league","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/antetokounmpo-believes-nba-will-become-victor-wembanyamas-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Antetokounmpo believes NBA will become &#8216;Victor Wembanyama\u2019s league&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/milwaukee-bucks\/\">Milwaukee Bucks<\/a> star <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/giannis-antetokounmpo\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/giannis-antetokounmpo\/\">Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/a><\/a> is confident that Victor Wembanyama is destined to dominate the NBA in the near future. &#8220;As long as Victor is healthy, the league is his.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Although admitting he hasn&#8217;t closely followed Wembanyama&#8217;s performances, Giannis is aware of the buzz surrounding the young San Antonio Spurs player. Despite his limited basketball watching, he acknowledged the extraordinary moments that catch people&#8217;s attention, making him curious about Wembanyama&#8217;s impact on the court.<\/p>\n<p>Having observed Wembanyama&#8217;s early career, particularly during his time with Giannis&#8217; younger brother Kostas at ASVEL Villeurbanne, Giannis highlights the rookie&#8217;s innate understanding of the game. He emphasizes that while skills like strength, speed, dribbling, and shooting can be developed, having a natural feel for the game is a unique and invaluable trait.<\/p>\n<p>Wembanyama&#8217;s impressive rookie season, averaging 20.5 points, 10.0 rebounds, 3.2 assists, and 3.2 blocks, positions him as a strong contender for Rookie of the Year, competing notably with Chet Holmgren of the Oklahoma City Thunder.<\/p>\n<p>According to Giannis, winning the Rookie of the Year could be just the beginning for Wembanyama. He envisions a future where the French sensation achieves numerous accolades, including becoming a champion, an MVP, and fulfilling all the goals he has set for himself in the league, provided he remains healthy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo is confident that Victor Wembanyama is destined to dominate the NBA in the near future. &#8220;As long as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":478527,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[16728,19413],"news_category":[16706],"gn_keywords":[17843,19414],"acf":{"announce":"According to Giannis, winning the Rookie of the Year could be just the beginning for the French talent ","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/478526"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=478526"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/478526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":478528,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/478526\/revisions\/478528"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/478527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478526"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=478526"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=478526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}