Brian Windhorst, Tim MacMahon accuse Victor Wembanyama of staging viral moment following ejection

While Sunday’s incident was Wembanyama’s first NBA ejection ever, it does seem a bit absurd that a generational basketball star would not know such a basic rule of the game. And even if he had misheard the referees over the arena’s PA system, once Barnes answered that he had been hit with a Flagrant 2, Wembanyama would have known the outcome.

By Monday morning on Get Up, Windhorst had fleshed out his position.

“To act like he didn’t know what the results were on the bench, Victor is one of the smartest young players I’ve ever come across,” the longtime ESPN reporter said. “He knew exactly what he had done, he knows exactly what happens on a Flagrant 2 foul.”

Whether Wembanyama truly knew the NBC cameras were watching him or he just was acting out of frustration, the reaction didn’t help his cause after a lapse in judgment had just resulted in an ejection. Once the Timberwolves notched the comeback win with Wembanyama in the locker room, every element of the ejection was bound to be scrutinized.

The incident will likely be a learning lesson for the 22-year-old prodigy, including the fact that the media will fixate on the fallout just as much as the actual mistake.

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