Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs' Three-Guard Lineup vs. Warriors

Has Victor Wembanyama reached inevitability status already?

And are we seeing the fruit of these three-guard lineups?

He simplified the game, and we're gonna use the Golden State film from last night to show how he's making teams look JV level.

He starts in the post and just allows Golden State to beat themselves.

Draymond is communicating with De'Anthony Melton, "You go over and double the post."

So what he's gonna do is just wait just a second, allow his guys to move and lift on the weak side to maximize spacing.

And while technically Draymond does have an option, he's got to stay with Fox to not give up a layup.

So Castle can lift just a little bit, makes that closeout for Dray just a bit longer, wide open three created for Castle, his best shooting performance of the early season.

This is horrifying to me. He's not using his jumper to score as much this season.

He's using it to leverage playmaking opportunities.

They go inverted pick and roll, and someone's gotta step up and challenge Wemby because he can obviously knock down threes.

So he steps into this, sell shot all the way.

De'Anthony Melton is gonna contest. Draymond has eyes on him.

But with these deep corners spread, even helping off the bodies, they can't get there in time, or else this is a wide open skip to the corner.

So he can sell shot until the last moment, drop it off to Harper, and now everyone's eating.

Mitch Johnson got way too much flack for starting this lineup.

It's the regular season. We've clearly learned nothing from the Knicks.

This is your time to experiment, especially when you know how far you can go in the postseason when you're maximized.

But this is what the three-guard lineup can do.

Castle's driving it, and we've got Podz sitting in the gap.

We got his primary defender. Yax has eyes on the action, so does De'Anthony Melton, and the eyes of the low man.

So his options right here include driving it.

He can pitch it to Fox for a trail three.

He's got all these bodies committed to him.

But that's why when you have all these guards, Wemby can now roll right down the middle of the floor and benefit from the early clock gravity these guys have as downhill creators and feast on lobs and layups, which included four of his five makes in 20 minutes of playtime last night.

When this system is humming, it allows them defensively to take away the paint and threes at the same time.

And you see that because Harper can play all the way up and essentially deny Cryer and then go over the screen.

So now if you have anything, it's got to be in the mid-range area.

You're not gonna drive on Wemby, and you don't have enough separation from Harper to get the three.

So as he snakes this back over, Harper can just pick up the ball, Wemby can retreat to the big, and then we get into the second round of it.

Now Stephon Castle gets connected. His turn to go over, take away a potential three.

He tries to slow step and de-sell on Wemby block.

It's a horror trying to score on these guys in the half court.

A few stats that are really important to signify how simple Victor is making the game and how effective he is, is amongst qualifying players, he is leading in paint touch points per game.

And when he's on the court, your eyes do not deceive you.

They are a 96 and a half defensive rating.

He's a plus 32. Yes, these minutes are not the most stable, I get that.

But we've seen this type of trend throughout his career.

So have we reached the point where Victor is just unstoppable and his reign of terror begins?