‘When You Miss the Game, You Appreciate It More’ – Kendrick Perkins on Wembanyama’s Renewed Joy For Hoops

“When you’re on the sideline, you miss the game of basketball, and you appreciate it more, that’s what we’re seeing right now, the joy out of Wemby. Along with his work ethic and his desire to want to be better and be great,” Perkins said.

“On top of that, I want Wemby to be a big man that has guard skills, playing inside-out. and he’s showing that right now.”

Perkins has started to notice that Wembanyama has started to showcase his all-around game at the start of the Spurs’ preseason games. Fans are excited to see how the 7-foot-4 center will perform in his third NBA season.

Brian Windhorst compares Victor Wembanyama to Draymond Green

The Spurs had their first preseason game on Monday against the Guangzhou Loong-Lions and had a 119-88 win. San Antonio was without their best three guards, De’Aaron Fox, Stephon Castle and Dylan Harper. This led them to surround Victor Wembanyama with four wing players in the starting lineup and utilize him as a point-center.

In the game, he was everywhere and had nine points, 10 rebounds, seven assists and three blocks. After the game, ESPN’s Brian Windhorst compared him to Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green for his all-around performance.

“As a result, he essentially played point center. You saw some of those highlights. He looked kind of like Draymond Green getting the ball at the center of the court, distributing it,” Windhorst said. He can do a lot of different things, but create with the ball far from the hoop, is something that is on the list.”

Wemby could display na different brand of basketball for the Spurs this season.