Mid-NBA Finals, Spurs star Victor Wembanyama exposed as the worst kind of Star Wars fan |
Regardless of who wins the NBA Finals, it's been a very good year for Victor Wembanyama — and I say this as a lifelong New Yorker who grew up idolizing Latrell Sprewell. The 22-year-old French basketball player has become a national star thanks to his towering frame (7 ft 4, 235 pounds) and deadly skills at the hoop, and was unanimously named the 2026 Western Conference Finals MVP after carrying the San Antonio Spurs to the championship against the ascendant Knicks. But none of that can make up for the fact that "Wemby" has terrible opinions about Star Wars.
In a recently resurfaced 2023 interview for the basketball culture podcast The Old Man and The Three, a slightly younger Wembanyama was asked to name his favorite Star Wars movie and responded as follows:
"When I say I like Star Wars, I don’t count the last three movies. My favorite is Revenge of the Sith, my second favorite would have to be........