The point is that some athletes not only live up to but exceed the hype. It should be theoretically impossible to outdo terms like “most talented” or “greatest”, but superlatives can only convey so much reality. There are greats who, when you look closer, reveal themselves as insufficiently captured by mere description.
Victor Wembanyama is already one of those guys, just visually. Though I’ve noted the decline of the NBA’s regular season product, I highly recommend that you buy a ticket to a Spurs game. I saw Wemby at NBA Summer League and was hypnotized. As discussed a bit with Sherman Alexie, the profound aspects of sports can be kind of dumb. I can try and dress up the in person Wemby experience with some ornate prose, but it’s all pretty simple: Him tall, arms long, him move, wow.
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