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There was a point in the night, after he plucked a rebound from the sky with one hand, that Victor Wembanyama laughed at him.
Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had just short-rimmed a six-foot push shot. It was a shot so routine for Gilgeous-Alexander, who only two hours prior had claimed his second consecutive NBA Most Valuable Player award, that it was perplexing as to why he had smoked it so badly.
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But Wembanyama had been looming nearby. His pull and gravity, the knowledge that he can extend his reach to swat just about any shot, forced Gilgeous-Alexander to hesitate and recalculate — in a fleeting instant — the possibility that Wembanyama might erase the shot.
The Thunder were down seven and time was running out.
Wembanyama grabbed the board and all Gilgeous-Alexander could do was to wrap Wembanyama and foul him in obvious frustration.
This was when Wembanyama shooed Gilgeous-Alexander away and laughed at him. This was when Wembanyama became the best basketball player in the world.
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