Warriors rookie power forward Trayce Jackson-Davis may have just gotten banned from France.
TRAYCE JACKSON-DAVIS MY GOODNESS pic.twitter.com/n6cF5bvDpf
— NBA (@NBA) March 12, 2024
In Golden State's 112-102 win over the San Antonio Spurs on Monday, Jackson-Davis recorded a thunderous slam dunk over the massive 7-foot-4 rookie French phenom Victor Wembanyama.
The likely Rookie of the Year guarded Jackson-Davis at the 3-point line, forcing the former Indiana Hoosier to his left. He got past Wembanyama, who recovered nicely and would have had a highlight block against anyone without Jackson-Davis's absurd athleticism.
It wasn't the only time Jackson-Davis, drafted in the second round (57th overall) of last year's draft, posterized a Spurs defender. In the third quarter, he did the same to forward Jeremy Sochan.
Play fake, dunk break
— Golden State Warriors (@warriors) March 12, 2024
@NBCSAuthentic pic.twitter.com/w1UKIQBkjl
Wembanyama took being on the receiving end of Jackson-Davis's monster dunk in stride, saying afterward, "Getting dunked on is nothing. It's part of the game," before adding, "But I think I block more often than I get dunked on, so that's positive."
In French, Wemby said of Jackson-Davis' dunk: "Getting dunked on is nothing. It's part of the game. I dunk on a lot of people and a lot of people dunk on me too. But I think I block more often than I get dunked on, so that's positive.”
— Tom Orsborn (@tom_orsborn) March 12, 2024
Translation courtesy of @BenjaminMoubech
Wembanyama leads the league in blocks (3.4 per game) and averaged 5.6 over his last nine games before Monday evening. He finished with two against Golden State but probably wishes he had a third.
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