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The Victor Wembanyama Era began on Saturday when the most heralded prospect since LeBron James made his summer league debut in front of a sold-out crowd at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.
Here are three thoughts on Wembanyama’s NBA opener.

Third-year player Kai Jones helped make Wembanyama’s life difficult on the offensive end.
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1. There was plenty of good
The final stat line (nine points on 2-of-13 shooting, including 1-of-6 from three-point range) wasn’t pretty. Wembanyama missed a driving layup on his first attempt.

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Wembanyama was solid defensively, blocking five shots, and was active on the glass with his eight rebounds. However, the Spurs star went just 2-for-13 from the floor with nine points, and had three turnovers to go along with his three assists.

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Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama is widely considered to be the best prospect since LeBron James entered the league two decades ago. 
San Antonio selected Wembanyama with the top pick in last month’s draft, and on Friday night, the 7’3″ France native made his NBA debut in the Las Vegas Summer League against the Hornets.
There were plenty of good moments, and plenty of not-so-good moments for Wembanyama in his debut in front of nearly 18,000 fans at the Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of UNLV.
To start with the good, Wembanyama was largely very solid defensively.

Victor Wembanyama scored just 9 points against the Hornets and found himself on the wrong end of a poster, but he did add 8 rebounds and 5 blocks.

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