Victor Wembanyama is training with Hakeem Olajuwon for a second straight summer. He used a move from their 2025 sessions to beat Rudy Gobert in the playoffs.
Richard Felder, the agent for Kel'el Ware, posted a photo Saturday of Ware, Victor Wembanyama, and Hakeem Olajuwon together at a training session. Felder captioned it "A Day At The Office."
For Wembanyama, it is a second straight summer with Olajuwon. During the summer of 2025, the San Antonio Spurs center went through four sessions of two-and-a-half hours each with the two-time NBA champion. He worked on his own version of the Dream Shake, his footwork, and a jump hook.
At Spurs media day on Sept. 29, Wembanyama was asked about those sessions.
"He's still got it," Wembanyama said of Olajuwon.
Olajuwon won titles with Houston in 1994 and 1995 and made 12 All-Star teams over 18 seasons. Speaking with Michael C. Wright of ESPN last October, he said Wembanyama initiated the work himself.
In Game 3 of the Western Conference semifinals, Wembanyama scored 39 points with 15 rebounds and 5 blocks in a 115-108 road win over Minnesota that put San Antonio ahead 2-1 in the series. His spin fadeaway over Rudy Gobert gave the Spurs a late lead. Wembanyama spoke with reporters after the game. He said he had to "resort to some things that Hakeem taught me in the fourth quarter," and identified the fadeaway over Gobert as the clearest example.
Blocks became an official NBA statistic in 1973-74. Wembanyama was the fourth player since then to put up at least 35 points, 15 rebounds, and 5 blocks in a game, after Olajuwon, Shaquille O'Neal, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
Through 64 games in 2025-26, Wembanyama averaged 25.0 points, 11.5 rebounds, and 3.1 assists. He led the NBA in blocks. He was named Defensive Player of the Year unanimously, made the All-NBA First Team, and finished third in MVP voting.
Wembanyama made his second All-Star team and started for the first time. He became the sixth player in Spurs history to start an All-Star Game, joining George Gervin, Alvin Robertson, David Robinson, Tim Duncan, and Kawhi Leonard.
San Antonio finished 62-20, second in the West. The Spurs beat Portland in five, Minnesota in six, and Oklahoma City in seven games. New York won the NBA Finals in five games.
Wembanyama launched the conference finals with 41 points and 24 rebounds in a 122-115 double-overtime victory. He blocked 19 shots, the most in a conference finals since Alonzo Mourning in 2005. In Game 7 at Oklahoma City, he scored 22 points in 42 minutes, leading to a 111-103 win. He was named Western Conference finals MVP.
Wembanyama averaged 23.8 points, 10.9 rebounds, 2.7 assists, and 3.5 blocks in 34.1 minutes per game during the postseason.
San Antonio chose Wembanyama first in the 2023 draft. In 181 games, he averages 23.4 points, 11.0 rebounds, and 3.5 assists.
On July 10, Wembanyama signed a five-year, $252 million rookie-scale extension with a player option for year five, starting in 2027-28 through 2031-32. He chose the 25% max over 30%, which could have been $303 million. San Antonio exercised its $16,868,246 team option for 2026-27 on Oct. 16, 2025.
Ware averaged 11.1 points and 9.0 rebounds last season. Milwaukee acquired the 22-year-old from Miami on July 6 in the trade that sent Giannis Antetokounmpo and Bobby Portis to the Heat.
San Antonio signed Tobias Harris this offseason and re-signed Julian Champagnie to a three-year, $45 million contract. The Spurs drafted Jayden Quaintance twentieth overall and traded up for Tarris Reed.
Training camps open in late September, and the full schedule is expected in mid-August.
