Charles Barkley is not prepared to call San Antonio Spurs Victor Wembanyama star, the “face of the league” yet. In fact, the member of the NBA Hall of Fame creates titles like the one that must be won.
And according to Barkley, he hasn’t won yet.
Victor Wembanyama (1) of Chuck Stars Global Stars after sinking a basket against Kenny’s young stars during game 1 of the NBA stars game at the Chase Center in San Francisco, on Sunday, February 16, 2025. (José Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group through AP)
Barkley raised the theme during the “Tip-off” show of TNT on Thursday night, saying that it has been “upset” by those who call the young people French basketball player The “face of the league”.
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“I saw some boys on another network the other day talking about the ‘face of the league’. And it was so annoying,” he began.
“First of all, you don’t give anyone ‘the face of the league.’ Is I’m right, Shaq,” Barkley told his coanfrerion and fame companion, Shaquille O’Neal?
“Shaq took to be [face of the league]. When [Magic Johnson] And Larry Bird entered, they say: ‘We are the new sheriffs of the city’. Shaq took it, Kobe [Bryant] He took it, LeBron [James] He took it, Steph [Curry] He took it. “
The former Phoenix Suns player, Charles Barkley, attended the Fingerprint Center on January 21, 2023. (Mark J. Rebilas-USA Today Sports)
The Spurs star, Victor Wembanyama, will miss the rest of the season on the blood clot
“You don’t give anyone ‘the face of the game,” you take it, “Barkley continued.
Wembanyama, the current rookie of the year, was largely considered the favorite for the defensive player of the year until the team announced Thursday that the rest of the regular season will probably be lost after being diagnosed with a blood clot on the shoulder right.
He was averaging 24.3 points, 11 rebounds, 3.8 blockages and 3.7 assists and is the first NBA player who has taken 403 triples and blocked 176 shots in a season, something that he achieved before the break of the stars.
Victor Wembanyama (1) of the San Antonio Spurs (up to the right, commits the goalkeepers in a New York Knicks’ Josh Hart (3), up left during the first half of a basketball game of The NBA, on Wednesday, December 25, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Wembanyama essentially became ineligible for most seasonal end -of -the -game awards due to the 65 -game League rule, which is in its second policy season. He has only played in 46 games.
