There’s no other story. No clever side door to sneak through. We can’t frame this as the top two draft picks squaring off in their NBA debuts. We’re not here to talk about the Spurs starting a season without Gregg Popovich patrolling the sidelines for the first time in decades. And if you came looking for a warm handshake and a gentle welcome into this freshly minted NBA campaign, sorry, that’s not on the menu either. The truth is, if you care about this game, this season, or this team, the answer is Victor Wembanyama. The question is largely irrelevant.

It feels different this time, doesn’t it? There was something almost violent about the way Victor stormed onto the court and made it his own. It caught me off guard. This wasn’t some feel-good story about a tall kid from France making his

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