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Victor Wembanyama Perfectly Replied to Troll's Comment From Nearly 4 Years Ago
Victor Wembanyama had time, apparently nearly four years of it, to listen and reply to anything that internet trolls have to say about him.
Wembanyama, the 2023-24 NBA Rookie of the Year award winner, lived up to the hype that surrounded him when the San Antonio Spurs made him the top pick in the 2023 NBA draft, as he produced one of the best rookie seasons the league has ever seen.
But years before the Spurs rookie took the NBA by storm, one Instagram user wasn't sold that a young Wembanyama looking like a grown men among boys in EuroCup, a EuroLeague Basketball association where the French star made his international debut, meant anything for his professional basketball prospects.
"He not gone do none of that in the NBA," wrote the user back in October of 2020.
Well, Wembanyama clearly saw the comment and took note of it, because he recently posted a simple reply to it almost four years later.
"Why not?"
Wemby really replied to this comment 3.5 years later 👀🤣
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) May 28, 2024
(via @nba_indepth) pic.twitter.com/somc9W4S0D
Wembanyama is not only the NBA's Rookie of the Year, but he should also be considered the pettiest player of the year, too. The Spurs rookie, who became the first player in league history to record at least 1500 points, 700 rebounds, 250 assists, 250 blocks and 100 made three-pointers in a season, waited until he proved this internet user wrong to come back and reply.
And not just to post an I-told-you-so message, but to simply ask this person a question in response to a comment that he made null and void with his play on the court during his rookie season.
Chef's kiss. Fans loved it.
Bro had this comment saved just to reply back to it one day 😂
— Habibi 🫡 (@HabibiCapital_) May 28, 2024
Lmao we need this level of pettiness in the league
— JBond 🍌 (@jbondwagon) May 28, 2024
Wemby right now pic.twitter.com/gsLpAxG1x8
— Hater Report (@HaterReport_) May 28, 2024
Tim Capurso is a staff writer for Sports Illustrated, primarily covering MLB, college football and college basketball. Before joining SI in November 2023, Capurso worked at RotoBaller and ClutchPoints and is a graduate of Assumption University. When he's not working, he can be found at the gym, reading a book or enjoying a good hike. A resident of New York, Capurso openly wonders if the Giants will ever be a winning football team again.