Victor Wembanyama knows how to fix the NBA's 65-game rule

By playing 26 minutes in the San Antonio Spurs' 139-120 win over the Dallas Mavericks, Victor Wembanyama has officially become eligible for postseason awards.

The former No. 1 pick nearly missed the cut due to a rib injury, but he was able to play through it and secure a likely first-team All-NBA selection and Defensive Player of the Year award.

This comes after Luka Doncic’s agent filed an appeal to get an exemption for the Los Angeles Lakers star, who got hurt late in the season and also missed two games because of the birth of his daughter.

Considering that, Wembanyama shared his honest thoughts on the 65-game rule, whether it works and if it should be changed or removed.

Victor Wembanyama calls for a minor tweak to the 65-game rule

“In my opinion, it’s good to have a threshold, a limit,” he said in his postgame interview, per The Athletic. “Where do we need to put it? I don’t know. It’s a good question.”

The French superstar then asked reporters their thoughts on keeping the rule but making it fairer to the players, and that’s when he took out the calculator and broke down the math:

“If a guy plays 50 games, 35 minutes a game, that’s 50 times 35 — that’s 1,750, right? Am I right?” Wembanyama said. “If a guy plays 75 games at 20 minutes, it’s 1,500. So it’s a good view, in my opinion, to not have a limit. It’s one opinion. Seventy-five percent of the games, in my opinion, would be a logical thing, and that would be 61 1/2 games, right? So, 62 games.”

He might be onto something there. Those three games could’ve saved a couple of guys, and the league might want to look into this.

Whatever the case, Wembanyama has most definitely earned his accolades and silverware this season.

He averaged 25.0 points, 11.5 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 1.0 steals, 1.9 three-pointers and a league-leading 3.1 blocks per game while leading the Spurs to their first playoff berth in seven years.