San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama ranks as one of the most exciting players in the NBA, with his highlights often going viral, including some pretty ridiculous blocks. However, he still trails behind a Spurs legend in one intriguing way.
Take, for example, his ridiculous back-to-back blocks against the Toronto Raptors. He swallowed up two shots at the rim and then came down the floor and drained a 27-foot 3-pointer. He did the same thing against the Dallas Mavericks, swatting Derek Lively II and then crossing him up on the other end and drilling a three in his face. How rude!
Victor Wembanyama has blocked 39 shots this season. After nine of them, he has been the next player to shoot the ball.
He's 7/9 on those shots and perfect from deep. Turning defense into offense pic.twitter.com/h41VjL71Hq
— Jonah Kubicek (@JonahKubicek) November 12, 2025
It's a clear trend. When Wembanyama blocks a shot that leads to the Spurs getting out in transition, odds are that he is going to take a heat-check three. NBA analyst Nate Duncan quickly caught on to that trend.
Be ready, whenever Victor gets a block he's coming down the other way and he ain't passing
— Nate Duncan (@NateDuncanNBA) October 31, 2025
He points out that whenever Wembanyama blocks a shot and the Spurs gain possession, he is far more likely to take a three. And more often than not, he usually ends up making them. Of course, so did Danny Green.
Danny Green was the first Spur to turns block into instant offense
Green drilled more than 950 threes in his eight seasons with the Spurs and ranks eighth in blocks among guards all-time. That meant he had his fair share of plays where he blocked a shot and then hit a three on the other end.
In fact, he is the first Spurs player to ever block five shots and hit five threes in a game. Of course, Wembanyama has done that six times in his career thus far, but both feats are actually equally as impressive.
Guards don't usually block nearly enough shots to rack up five blocks, but Green did, while big men often don't hit five threes in a game, but Wembanyama has. That makes Wembanyama a basketball unicorn who can do it all.
Wembanyama's shot blocking makes the Spurs a fastbreak threat
Unlike most big men who block shots, the Spurs often come up with his rejections, which usually ignites a fastbreak. With players such as Stephon Castle and De'Aaron Fox, the Spurs have plenty of fastbreak threats, which makes it harder to account for Wembanyama.
Him hitting trail-behind threes or even bringing the ball up the floor himself in those scenarios is likely something defenses aren't fully prepared for, i.e., the Chicago Bulls. They gave up a late Wembanyama pull-up three to tie the game in the Spurs' recent comeback win.
With Wembanyama already the league's most dominant shot blocker and also one of the best 3-point shooters in the NBA, him combining those aspects makes him better at both. It also makes the Spurs a more dangerous team with them being able to turn defense to instant offense.