Barack Obama gives ‘go-to’ advice to Victor Wembanyama after Spurs’ NBA Finals debacle

Despite the San Antonio Spurs and Victor Wembanyama’s NBA Finals loss, former President Barack Obama is still a believer in Wemby.

During an interview with the All the Smoke podcast, Obama discussed Wembanyama. He does believe he “will end up being as good as we are projecting,” but he also had advice for the reigning NBA Defensive Player of the Year.

“He’s got to figure out what his go-to move is, he’s going to have to put on some weight, he’s got to work on his conditioning, because you could tell he got tired, partly because it just looks to me like playing defense today is so much harder because you have to close out everything,” the former president said.

Barack Obama on Victor Wembanyama:

"I think Wemby will end up being as good as we are projecting… and I don't remember somebody that big moving like that. He’s got to figure out what his go-to move is. He’s going to have to put on some weight, he’s got to work on his… pic.twitter.com/B7HYmYyk7j

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Wemby was spread thin by the New York Knicks. He would be standing in the paint, but then have to close out on three-pointers. So, Obama thinks that by changing his body, the Spurs can reach their potential with him.

Barack Obama gave the Knicks props after beating Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs in the NBA Finals

Elsewhere in the same interview, Obama crowned NBA Finals MVP Jalen Brunson the “King of New York.” He couldn’t stop raving about the star guard.

“It’s the toughness and endurance and mental fortitude of that guy,” Obama raved. “You just felt like, ‘I’m going to keep coming and I’m not going to doubt myself and not going to let my team doubt myself.’ And for a second-round draft pick, who was a champion, who was a winner, you didn’t see it coming.”

He then compared Brunson to Stephen Curry, another guard who is considered undersized. Obama said that Brunson “has the heart of a champion.”

The former president also praised OG Anunoby, who won Game 4 with his iconic tip-in, saying, “I’m trying to think of a better series from somebody who’s never been an All-Star, and it’s hard to think of one, right? Where, through the whole playoffs, he was just a rock.”

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