It Seems Like Victor Wembanyama Has Taken a Cue from Larry Bird’s Playbook

It Seems Like Victor Wembanyama Has Taken a Cue from Larry Bird’s Playbook.

Although it’s reasonable to believe Victor Wembanyama will change things up in the NBA, it’s still unknown exactly what he will offer. Though playing in the Association presents a fresh challenge, his skill is undeniable. Will the physicality be too much for him to handle? Is he going to escape the injury plague that has destroyed the careers of other big men?

Whether those are good or bad, we don’t know the answers, and at the very least, Wemby continues to reveal more to us as we progress. For instance, did you know that he appears to be more than capable of replicating one of Larry Bird’s most well-known moves?

During his time in the Association, Larry Bird had no problem proving his supreme confidence. While that frequently manifested through trash talk — he was known to tell the opposition how he planned to score and then do just that — he took things a bit further on one occasion.

According to history, the star player for the Celtics used his left hand the entire time, saying he was conserving his right for the Los Angeles Lakers. Even if the story has been embellished over time—Bird actually took around half of his shots with each hand—it nevertheless demonstrates the star’s extraordinary skill.

Victor Wembanyama appears to be able to equal Bird’s two-handed performance, even though it would be presumptuous to compare the French teenager to Larry Legend at this point in time.

Before transferring to Stanford, Maxime Raynaud played for Wemby in France. “I’ve seen him make five threes with the right hand in a row, switch to the left and make five threes,” Raynaud said to Sports Illustrated’s