The Knicks will get their first live look at 7-foot-4 French import Victor Wembanyama when they face the Spurs on Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden.
Tom Thibodeau and the Knicks were searching for comparisons, but they couldn’t really come up with a perfect one for the unique player who already is living up to the hype as the NBA’s next big — and that’s meant literally — thing.
Knicks wing RJ Barrett called the rookie phenom “unreal,” but centers Mitchell Robinson and Isaiah Hartenstein largely will be tasked with defending against the mobile big man with the giant wingspan. Robinson, the NBA’s leader in offensive rebounding at 6.4 per game, admitted he’s been “paying attention” to the start of Wemanyama’s NBA career.
Porzingis, the former Knicks unicorn who now plays for the Celtics, could be considered one natural comparison for Wembanyama due to his outside prowess.While not making a direct comparison, Thibodeau also brought up a Hall of Fame center he coached with the Rockets.
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