When Shams Charania broke the news that Victor Wembanyama would miss weeks with a left calf strain, Pounding The Rock exploded. Within hours, Jeje’s article became one of our most commented features this year (outside game threads), 253 comments and counting, each one more anguished than the last.

The comments weren’t just disappointing, they were desperate. Some declared Vic injury-prone after one calf strain. Others demanded he change his entire playing style, become more “conservative,” protect his career. Rational? Not particularly. But the intensity was undeniable.

Over the following days, the lamentations kept pouring in. Every new rumor, 2 weeks absence became 6, then 8, triggered fresh waves of anxiety. And as I read through comment after comment, I realized something: these were

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