Victor Wembanyama isn’t shying away from the biggest scoring question in basketball history. Asked in a Q&A with French content creator Rookicks about whether he could one day score 100 points in a game, the Spurs star answered, “I agree, yeah.”
That kind of confidence comes from a player who has already shown how explosive his ceiling can be. Wembanyama’s career high is 50 points, which he put up against Washington in 2024. BasketNews also pointed to a February game against the Lakers as a night when he looked capable of pushing even higher, opening with 25 points in the first eight minutes and reaching 37 by halftime before San Antonio pulled away and he added only three more points after the break.
The benchmark he’s talking about has stood untouched for more than six decades. Wilt Chamberlain set the all-time mark with 100 points against New York on March 2, 1962. Kobe Bryant sat in second place for 20 years after his 81-point game in 2006, until Bam Adebayo topped that with 83 points in March.
Wembanyama also used the interview to name the French player he’d most want as an NBA teammate: Evan Fournier. Fournier was MVP of both the EuroLeague final four and the Greek league finals this spring as Olympiacos won both titles, but a return to North America looks unlikely for the 33-year-old guard. He spent 12 NBA seasons before going back to Europe in 2024, and in March he said he plans to retire when his current contract ends in 2028.
Elsewhere around the Spurs, ESPN’s early season preview raised the possibility that second-year guard Dylan Harper could eventually take De’Aaron Fox’s spot in the starting lineup. Team sources told Michael C.
Wright that the organization still remains committed to Fox, even after he struggled through the NBA Finals. Those sources also noted that San Antonio wouldn’t have gone that far without him, with Fox dealing with a high right ankle sprain in the late stages of the playoffs.
According to Wright, the final call will be up to coach Mitch Johnson and will depend on how both players perform. Johnson has spoken about using Harper, Fox and Stephon Castle together more often, but that combination posted a minus-26.9 net rating in 18 games last season.
The same ESPN piece also included Ben Golliver’s comparison of Wembanyama’s decision to take less than the full amount in his new extension to the selflessness Tim Duncan showed while helping build the Spurs’ last dynasty. Zach Kram gave San Antonio an A for its offseason, which also featured the addition of Tobias Harris in free agency.
In Other News...
Stephon Castle Gets An Early Spurs Test That Could Mean Everything
Opening week will give Stephon Castle a quick read on where his game stands, and the early schedule does not exactly hand him a soft landing. The Spurs are set to see the Oklahoma City Thunder and Houston Rockets right away, two teams with a reputation for strong perimeter defense, which means plenty of ball pressure and little room for a young lead guard to get comfortable. For San Antonio, that makes these games more than just a tough start. They are an immediate look at how Castle handles the role the team has put in front of him.
Castle showed real progress last season as both a scorer and a passer, and the next step is proving he can keep building when defenses start crowding him from the jump. The ball-handling has to hold up, the scoring has to translate against pressure, and the early returns should tell the Spurs plenty about his growth. It is the kind of opening stretch that can reveal a lot fast, even if it leaves the bigger question of how far he can climb for later. [Read more 🡒]
Spurs Get Opening Night Test Against The Team Everyone Is Chasing
The NBAs opening-night slate for the 2026-27 season already comes with plenty of star power, and the Spurs are right in the middle of it. San Antonio will be part of a three-game showcase that also includes Celtics-Pistons and 76ers-Knicks, a lineup that puts the leagues most talked-about teams on display before the season even settles in. Exact game times have not been set yet, but the stage is clearly built for a high-profile start.
For the Spurs, the assignment is about as direct as it gets: an opening-night meeting with Oklahoma City, the team everyone else is chasing. It is also the kind of game that immediately places Victor Wembanyama in one of the leagues biggest early-season spotlights, with other marquee names such as LeBron James and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander helping define a loaded night around the league. For San Antonio, it is a strong signal that the league expects the conversation to run through them again. [Read more 🡒]
Spurs Fans Can Finally Start Planning Around A Big 2026-27 Start
Spurs fans already have the first pieces of the 2026-27 calendar to work with, and that is enough to start sketching out what next fall could look like. The league has released part of San Antonios schedule, including preseason and regular-season dates along with broadcast information, so there is at least some clarity now around when the next chapter begins and how it will be shown.
There is also the added wrinkle of the Emirates NBA Cup 2026, where the Spurs landed in Group C with the Lakers, Trail Blazers, Warriors and Kings. The full Cup schedule is still due Aug. 12, which leaves the complete picture unfinished for now, but it does give San Antonio another early-season marker to watch as the team prepares for a potentially busy start. [Read more 🡒]