{"id":682263,"date":"2026-05-20T04:35:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T04:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/682263\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T04:35:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T04:35:08","slug":"nbcs-reggie-miller-makes-note-of-potential-victor-wembanyama-rule-violation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/682263\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC\u2019s Reggie Miller makes note of potential Victor Wembanyama rule violation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Victor Wembanyama<\/a> is a patient man.<\/p>\n

Whether in the way he slithers toward the basket to swat a shot away or the big sighs he takes before answering questions from the media, Wembanyama is deliberate in how he works.<\/p>\n

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The same can be said of his approach at the free-throw line, where he scored 13 of his game-high 41 points in the Spurs\u2019 road win in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals<\/a> on Monday night.<\/p>\n

Wembanyama\u2019s process at the free-throw line is so deliberate, in fact, that NBC game analyst Reggie Miller<\/a> believes it could be breaking an NBA rule. During a trip to the line late in the third quarter of Game 1, Miller drew attention to Wembanyama\u2019s potential infraction of the rule requiring players to release a free-throw attempt within 10 seconds of receiving the ball from the referee.<\/p>\n

\u201cSomewhere, Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/a> is saying, \u2018Wait a minute!’\u201d Miller quipped. \u201cEvery time Wemby goes to the free-throw line, it\u2019s very close and borderline to 10 seconds.\u201d<\/p>\n

The rule became ingrained in NBA fans\u2019 minds during Giannis Antetokounmpo\u2019s prime, as the Milwaukee<\/a> star pushed the envelope on just about every free-throw he took and was occasionally called for a violation by the officials. Fans in opposing arenas even began to count down from 10 whenever Antetokounmpo was at the line to draw attention to it.<\/p>\n

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NBC announcer Mike Tirico added that the long wind-up has been a pattern throughout the playoffs, though Wembanyama did not get called for a violation on either of the free-throws after Miller noted it.<\/p>\n

During Antetokounmpo\u2019s championship run in 2021, the issue became a dominant part of every game. So far, Wembanyama has avoided such scrutiny, though Miller calling attention to it on the national broadcast could change that.<\/p>\n

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