Victor Wembanyama just provided an emphatic answer to the NBA's lingering question

San Antonio Spurs fans are probably very confused by the whole "face of the league" conversation, which has frankly grown a little tiresome. To them (which is likely you, dear reader), there's no debate on who should be the face of the NBA — it's the startlingly thoughtful, transcendentally talented alien who is on his way to breaking all defensive records in existence, and probably a lot of the offensive ones, too. That's Victor Wembanyama, if I wasn't clear enough.

Wemby seems to agree that he's trending toward the title of "face of the league," as he was asked about it by NBA insider Chris Haynes at All-Star Weekend on Saturday. As usual, Wemby provided a gem of a quote.

"Of course, definitely see it happening. I think it's the natural course of things. Supply and demand, and I'm here to supply."

Bars. He's right, too, to mention the "natural course of things," because that really is how the "face of the league" is determined. It can't be manufactured, it has to come naturally. Wemby is the clear candidate for a bevy of reasons, perhaps most importantly that fans seek out watching him instead of him being forced upon fans.

The "face of the league" debate is not much of a debate

For some reason, people are obsessed with a US-born player being the next "face of the league," which has always felt weird, especially because of how global the league has become in the 21st century.

Putting any geographical biases aside, the Spurs' superstar has all the makings of the league's most famous player, and it doesn't hurt that he's on a team that's already close to contending for titles. When a player finds individual and team success early on in their career, that helps catapult them to superstar status, both on the court and in the eyes of the league.

Nothing about Victor Wembanyama feels forced or fake; his intelligence, his confidence, his humility all feel genuine, and his on-court dominance is obvious. So he's given us no reason not to believe him when he says things like he's "here to supply" the demand for a face of the league. I also don't know why the NBA wouldn't be giddy to push him as that guy, but I don't know why the NBA does a lot of things it does. I suppose that would upset the natural order of things, as Wemby put it.