Spurs video from De'Aaron Fox's Katy gym shows Victor Wembanyama working one-legged fadeaways on Harrison Barnes and post footwork with Tobias Harris.
Video the San Antonio Spurs posted on July 27 and July 28 shows Victor Wembanyama working through post moves against Harrison Barnes and going over footwork with Tobias Harris at De'Aaron Fox's home gym in Katy.
Wembanyama went to France after the NBA Finals, signed his contract extension there, then came back to Texas for the run at Fox's gym with Harris and Barnes included. Wembanyama also put in more time with Hakeem Olajuwon, who worked with him on his post game last summer. Creating his own shot was where Wembanyama ran into trouble deep in the postseason, and over the last eight games of the playoffs, he shot 50% or better twice.
In the first clip, Wembanyama catches the ball on the block and fakes a spin over his left shoulder. Barnes drops to cover the baseline. Wembanyama pivots right, clears out with his right arm, and gets into his shooting motion in the middle of the paint, and Barnes recovers to knock the ball loose. He resets. Pivoting on his right foot across Barnes' face, back to the basket, he plants off a left foot turned completely away from the rim and banks in a one-legged fadeaway.
A second clip has Wembanyama posting Barnes up from the free throw line. He drives his right shoulder into the top of Barnes' chest, takes a hard dribble with his left hand, pushes into Barnes again, and steps his left leg well out toward the wing for another one-legged fadeaway with his right knee up.
Harris and Wembanyama appear together on the side of the floor in a third clip. Harris pushes Wembanyama at the top of the chest, and Wembanyama rocks backward. Harris then pushes at the waist. He taps Wembanyama's shoulder, then taps higher on the ribs.
During the summer of 2025, Wembanyama went through four sessions of two-and-a-half hours each with Olajuwon, working on his own version of the Dream Shake, his footwork, and a jump hook. Olajuwon told ESPN's Michael C. Wright last October that Wembanyama initiated the work himself. Olajuwon won titles with Houston in 1994 and 1995 and made 12 All-Star teams over 18 seasons.
On July 24, agent Richard Felder posted a photo of Wembanyama and Olajuwon with Kel'el Ware, whom Milwaukee acquired from Miami on July 6.
Through 64 games in 2025-26, Wembanyama averaged 25.0 points, 11.5 rebounds, and 3.1 assists. He led the league with 3.08 blocks per game and shot 51.2% from the field and 34.9% from 3-point range. He was the first unanimous Defensive Player of the Year in league history, made the All-NBA First Team, and finished third in MVP voting. San Antonio went 62-20 and finished second in the Western Conference. The Spurs beat Portland in five games, Minnesota in six, and Oklahoma City in seven, and Wembanyama was named Western Conference finals MVP. New York won the Finals in five games and closed the series out 94-90 in San Antonio on June 13.
Wembanyama agreed to a five-year, $252 million maximum rookie-scale extension on July 10. The deal carries a player option in the fifth season. He took the 25% maximum rather than the 30% slot, which would have paid roughly $303 million.
The Spurs posted video from Nanterre on Aug. 4. Weiss reported that seven teammates joined Wembanyama at the gym there: Carter Bryant, Fox, Dylan Harper, Stephon Castle, Barnes, Jordan McLaughlin, and Harris. Spurs CEO R.C. Buford said on the French show #TRASHTALK that the trip came together off a call from Wembanyama.
The French Basketball Federation named Wembanyama to a 15-man roster on July 18. France plays two exhibitions against Serbia, in Belgrade on Aug. 20 and in Orleans on Aug. 23, then hosts Slovenia on Aug. 27 in the opener of the second round of 2027 World Cup qualifying and travels to Sweden on Aug. 30. Spurs training camp opens in late September.
