Wemby, Alien
Victor Wembanyama ( WEM-bən-YAH-mə; French: [viktɔʁ wɛmbanjama]; born 4 January 2004), nicknamed "Wemby" and "the Alien", is a French professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected first overall by the Spurs in the 2023 NBA draft and is considered one of the best basketball prospects ever due to his rare combination of height, agility, and skills. Wembanyama began his professional career at age 15 with Nanterre 92 of the LNB Pro A in 2019. Two years later, he moved to ASVEL and won the Pro A title in his only season with the team. In the 2022–23 season, Wembanyama signed with Metropolitans 92 and became the youngest player to win the Pro A MVP award, while earning Pro A Best Defender honours and leading the league in scoring, rebounds and blocks. He was unanimously named an LNB All-Star twice, winning the All-Star Game MVP once, and was a three-time Pro A Best Young Player. Wembanyama also plays for the French national team, with whom he won a silver medal at the 2024 Olympics. At the youth level, he led his team to two silver medals, including at the 2021 FIBA Under-19 World Cup, where he set the FIBA record for blocks per game in a single tournament. Following a historic rookie season in the NBA in which he led the league in blocks per game, Wembanyama was unanimously named the 2024 NBA Rookie of the Year, finished second in the 2024 Defensive Player of the Year voting to compatriot Rudy Gobert, and became the first rookie ever and youngest player ever to be named to the All-Defensive First Team. During the 2025–26 NBA season, Wembanyama won his first Defensive Player of the Year award, becoming the youngest and first unanimous winner of the award. Wembanyama is also the first and only player to win multiple regular season NBA awards unanimously (Defensive Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year).
I already recommended this book here, but I really really really enjoyed "What We Are Seeking" by Cameron Reed (and I finished it while travelling last week, so I'm re-recommending it!) Fantastic alien ecosystem biology, lovely characters, super interesting far
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Victor Wembanyama didn’t speak after Game 5. His Game 6 performance spoke volumes
Random positive thing: I recently saw someone on the fediverse recommend the scifi book "What We Are Seeking" by Cameron Reed and I'm about 1/4 of the way in and totally loving it. The worldbuilding and alien biology is fantastic, and the humans are lovely and interesting.
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Victor Wembanyama made passionate pregame speech, then spoke with his play to force Game 7
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Victor Wembanyama stats today: Spurs superstar locks in, takes over to force Game 7 vs. Thunder
Victor Wembanyama answers a question in the postgame interivew on the court, says "Thanks.", and quickly rushes to the locker room.
Victor Wembanyama in the First Half: 22 PTS | 9/16 FGS | 4/8 3PTS | 0 FTS | 6 REBS | 2 STLS | 1 BLK
Me being entertained to Korone's Sweet Potato Alien roasting a marshmallow 😂
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Squee! Tiny blue octopus discovered off the Galápagos Islands! 🐙 https://www. scientificamerican.com/article /tiny-alien-like-blue-octopus-discovered-lurking-off-the-galapagos-islands/ # science
Victor Wembanyama's secrets revealed: “I don't want to see blue light after 9:00”
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