With the Victor Wembanyama effect in full swing entering the young star's second season, the question needs asked once again: Have the San Antonio Spurs done enough to earn a prime time matchup on Christmas Day?
When he got off his plane in San Antonio on a private tarmac, he had fans waiting there to give him breakfast tacos. When he threw out the first pitch at Yankee Stadium ahead of being drafted by theEven when he made his debut at Frost Bank Center — a lightshow preceding the game's tipoff — there were cameras everywhere. In that building, there wasn't a single person who wanted to miss the first of what they felt could be many victorious games led by the French Phenom.
This upcoming season, that's likely to increase even more as both Chris Paul, a seasoned veteran, and Stephon Castle, a rookie with plenty of intrigue, are set to join the fold alongside an improved Wembanyama coming off a strong Olympic showcase in Paris. The other commonality was even larger. Of the last eight players to win the NBA's Most Valuable Player award, only two of them weren't featured last Christmas.
In the West, it's up to the Mavericks to maintain their spot, which they likely will given their recent appearance in the NBA Finals. They have the on-court resume to earn their spot, so if for some reason they aren't deemed exciting enough, the Spurs would have some competition. That being said, the same argument presented when Wembanyama was up for Defensive Player of the Year is used here. The numbers — analytically and historically — opposed the rookie's case for winning the prestigious award, but his "wow" factor brought him up.As far as Christmas goes, the Spurs haven't had enough postseason success as of late to lock in a spot. They don't boast a recent MVP and they certainly weren't crowned NBA Champions in the last four seasons.
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