Spurs' Next Lottery Pick Needs To Be As Well-Versed In Dark Matter As Victor Wembanyama Or He's A Bust

The San Antonio Spurs next draft selection has a bit of a problem.

After the NBA Lottery occurred earlier this afternoon, San Antonio landed the No. 4  pick in the 2024 NBA Draft. It should be able to add a solid player to their young but promising roster.

But the problem is that the Rookie of the Year Victor Wembanyama has set an impossibly high bar for what Spurs draft picks need to provide.

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I’m not just talking about talent or physique, because there really is only one of Victor. The 7’4" Frenchman can do things most seasoned veterans can’t do. Oh, and putting up 21.4 points, 10.6 rebounds and 3.6 blocks a game in your rookie season ain’t too shabby either.

But what really sets Wembanyama apart from the rest of the Spurs roster (and most of the NBA) is that he can talk about scientific things just as well as he can play basketball.

During his media availability yesterday, he discussed with reporters that he had visited the San Antonio Education Center & Planetarium to speak to some children from the area. He mentioned that he talked to them about dark matter, and one reporter asked Wembanyama what that was.

After hearing the question, the rookie became ecstatic and gave a full-fledged response to the question.

"Dark matter is a mass we can't see, but we know is there because it has influence on gravitational pulls and the speed of gravitational orbits in every galaxy," Wembanyama said. "It's presence inside galaxies is five times higher than regular matter, so it's a huge mystery. We can't see it. We can't observe it, but we can observe its influence. This is dark matter."

Other-worldly talent, and a mind that can comprehend complex matters about space? Maybe he is an alien after all.

So not only does the No. 4 pick have to be a fiend on the court, he has to give impromptu science tutorials to reporters at a moment's notice.

The bar has been set.