Jaylen Brown just admitted the Wemby truth everyone knows in their heart is true

Victor Wembanyama is the best two-way player in the NBA today. You know it, I know it, and Jaylen Brown knows it.

Hell, everyone should know it by now. If you're making the claim for anyone else, you're being disingenuous. Brown's statement really encapsulates the MVP case Spurs fans have been making for the Alien all season long. Nobody impacts more on both sides of the game than the 7'5" French phenom.

Professional athletes are notoriously confident, with many of them either bordering on arrogance or enough of them outright thriving in it. It's not easy for the best players in the game to admit someone else is better than they are, but when it's so blatantly obvious, you can't do anything but respect it.

Nuance is important in these NBA conversations

To be clear, I'm not claiming that Wemby is without a doubt the league's best player. However, I find myself agreeing with a recent sentiment on the subject expressed by San Antonio's favorite villain, Kawhi Leonard.

"For me, I think it’s a rotation every day, every week. You get guys scoring 50, having great defensive games. The next night, somebody else is not playing well and somebody else is going to shine." - Leonard

That's how it feels right now to me. That isn't always the case, though. When LeBron James was at the peak of his powers, he was clearly the best player in the NBA, and you would get laughed out of a room for suggesting otherwise during any week. But we haven't established a new clear-cut number one guy.

The MVP is voted on by people with different ideas of what the word "value" even means. Sometimes it's the best player on the best team, sometimes it's the one who led his team to the biggest leap, and sometimes it really is about who people think has been at the top of their game pound-for-pound throughout the season.

Victor has the best chance of taking firm control of that "best in the NBA" title, but for now, I'm fine with a rotating number one based on recent performance. There are so many top-tier guys who get it done on both ends right now that it's appropriate to recognize the efforts of guys like Jaylen Brown, Cade Cunningham, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, and more.

However, that also allows me the flexibility to say that there have been times this year that Wemby has fit that criteria, so my revelation could be self-serving. But a guy averaging 25/11, while being possibly the best defender of all time, deserves that nod, so I'm okay with that.