{
  "id": 15036001,
  "title": "Why Spurs are confident Wembanyama's best defensive days are still to come",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/why-spurs-are-confident-wembanyamas-best-defensive-days-are-still-to",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-16T20:18:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/why-spurs-confident-wembanyamas-best-201851170.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The San Antonio Spurs are confident that center Victor Wembanyama's best defensive days are yet to come. Wembanyama, a 7-foot-4 All-Star, has established himself as the \"Best Defensive Player on the Planet\" at just 22 years old. In his three NBA seasons, he has averaged 3.1 blocks per game and set the record for leading the league in blocks for three consecutive seasons. Despite his dominant performance, Wembanyama remains driven to improve, aiming to be \"better than last year.\" Spurs coach Mitch Johnson believes Wembanyama will enhance his defense by developing better brain skills, such as anticipating plays and enhancing his communication with teammates. The Spurs expect Wembanyama to continue growing and becoming an even more formidable defensive force in the upcoming season.",
  "summary": "San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama already as a unanimous Defensive Player of the Year award on his mantle. He is only getting started.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}