San Antonio Spurs All-Star Victor Wembanyama watched Oklahoma City Thunder forward Chet Holmgren — the 2022 second overall pick of his same draft class — win his first championship last season. Fast forward through the first week of the 2025-26 campaign, Wembanyama is the Western Conference Player of the Week . With a chip on his shoulder, and a 3-0 start to the season, Victor is poisitioned to have a signature year.

It's the beginning of an impressive regular season, which ESPN's Marc Spears reports is a byproduct of added motivation , following Holmgren and the Thunder's championship run last season, Spears said, per Bleacher Report.

“I was told by somebody inside that room that Wemby is motivated by Chet. Chet having one up on him on the championship,” Spears said.

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