Iman Shumpert admits that Victor Wembanyama has rightfully earned the NBA villain tag originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
After reaching the NBA Finals in their first run as a core group, the San Antonio Spurs have become one of the top teams. Naturally, more eyes are on them, and unfortunately for them, they have become villains in the eyes of many NBA fans.
As the face of the franchise, Victor Wembanyama himself has been labelled a villain by a lot of people. Some of it is earned with how he retaliates against physicality, but some of it is also because of how good and imposing he really is as a giant.
Being an NBA villain is not inherently a bad thing because it just means a player is doing something right. Of course, the elbows and the shoves are not a good look, but Wembanyama can torment teams just because of how he dominates games.
Former champion Iman Shumpert believes that Wembanyama being such a dominant player while remaining an authentic personality has made him such a huge NBA villain.