Wemby’s midseason adjustment could be key to a Spurs championship

The 2025-26 season has been a rollercoaster for Spurs' superstar Victor Wembanyama. He launched into the year out of a cannon and showed everyone that he was ready to make the leap into becoming one of the best players in the NBA. Then, he got injured.

Since returning from the calf strain, Wemby has been all over the place. He flip-flopped between starting and coming off the bench, and his numbers saw several jumps and dips. Without an idea of when he would play, his candidacy as an award winner has fallen off. While he has been impressive this season, it hasn't exactly been what we had hoped or expected. But that doesn't mean things can't change.

One aspect of Victor's game that has been missing this season is the three-point shot. Wembanyama is attempting a career-low 4.7 deep shots per game this year, which is down dramatically from 2024-25. Instead, Wemby has been looking toward the paint and the mid-range for his shots. However, this trend may be dying, and the league should be terrified.

Victor Wembanyama—the Sniper—has returned

Ever since the Spurs took down the Oklahoma City Thunder on Christmas, Victor Wembanyama has been shooting a whole lot more threes. And he's been knocking them down. I am not sure if this was a coaching decision or a boost in confidence from the Alien, but it has been a pleasant watch.

Over the past 30 days, Wemby has played in 7 games in which he has made 2 or more three-pointers, and from the 15th to the 19th of January, the flamethrower dropped a combined 16 threes across 3 games. We can ignore the 0/7 stinker that he dropped against the Houston Rockets. Regardless, it is clear that the big man has found his stroke again.

The upside of Wembanyama is frightening

During the offseason, many Spurs fans, myself included, begged Wemby to stop shooting so many threes. However, that may have been a faulty assessment. We simply hoped that he would tap into his inside game a bit more instead of popping out for threes every possession. He had certainly shifted away from that, but by doing so, he lost one of the most deadly aspects of his never-before-seen game.

The scary part is that if Wembanyama can combine both his improved inside game with his recent stretch of great shooting, there won't be a soul on earth who could stop him. It is fair to expect that a 22-year-old is struggling with shot selection, but he must continue to work on it. The product is not yet complete, but it is still awesome to see that his three-point shooting is not gone.

From here, it will be up to Mitch Johnson and Victor to figure out what works best for the superstar. There is a world where Wembanyama is a lights-out three-point shooter, and that is how he generates offense. If that is the case, then heck, why not? I have given up on trying to dictate what the best source of offense for the Alien is.

It will be interesting to see what happens next. Vic is inching closer and closer to returning to his full minute count, and once we reach that, we could be in store for some absurd statistical outbursts. If Wemby can keep shooting as he has, there is no telling what the results could be. With a 30 PPG Wembanyama, the upside of the Spurs skyrockets. Let's hope the success continues.