Carmelo Anthony had some words of advice for Victor Wembanyama when they recently met. As we all know, Wembanyama is the hyped-up #1 pick for the San Antonio Spurs and recently got a taste of the action in his Summer League debut against the Charlotte Hornets.
He finished the night with only 9 points on 2 of 13 shooting. This led to a lot of negative criticism being flung his way. Not to mention the incident that occurred with Britney Spears, a popular singer. Perhaps Melo was giving Wemby advice on all these ongoing issues during their interaction. Let us find out more about what Victor is going through and more about Melo’s advice for the young rookie.
Victor Wembanyama has been having a rough week so far
It would be fair to say that this week hasn’t been going exactly how Wembanyama would have liked entering it. Some fans might already be aware of this incident that occurred with Brittany Spears. According to the reports, she tried to meet him by approaching him from the back while being completely announced. As a result, his security team, who had no idea about her identity, ended up striking her in the face in order to separate her from Victor.
Britney Spears slap video shows she tapped Victor Wembanyama, did not grub him pic.twitter.com/vJdaQwmlHl
— VIBES UGANDA (@vibesuganda) July 8, 2023
Although many fans came to Wemby’s defense and claimed that Spears behaved out of line, he was still subjected to a fair amount of criticism over this entire ordeal. When he finally got on the court to play against the Hornets, he struggled to score and only made 2 shots throughout the entire game. One of which was a three-pointer which took him 6 attempts. He was given 4 foul calls and knocked them down to finish the game with 9 points.
Since he was the lowest-scoring starter on the Spurs, there was a lot of negativity in the air as Wembanyama got his first taste of the pressures that come along with being a potential star in the NBA. As a result of this, Carmelo Anthony, who likely knew what he was going through, felt the need to motivate him, “Just hoop and enjoy Vegas.”
Carmelo Anthony to Victor Wembanyama:
“Just hoop and enjoy Vegas.”
— Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) July 9, 2023
Reminding a potential star that this is just the Summer League and that he should take in the environment was certainly the right call from Melo. We hope that the negative attention that Wemby has inadvertently brought on himself does not ruin his confidence.