{"id":636371,"date":"2026-05-11T10:27:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T10:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/636371\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T10:27:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T10:27:13","slug":"victor-wembanyama-absolutely-should-be-suspended-after-spurs-stars-flagrant-elbow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/636371\/","title":{"rendered":"Victor Wembanyama absolutely should be suspended after Spurs star’s flagrant elbow"},"content":{"rendered":"

Victor Wembanyama<\/a> could be facing NBA discipline for a blatant, dangerous elbow that nailed Naz Reid <\/a>in the neck in Game 4 of the San Antonio Spurs<\/a> playoff game against the Minnesota Timerwolves.<\/p>\n

There’s no doubt he should be suspended a game for his actions. That wasn’t just a run-of-the-mill elbow in the middle of a basketball move that just happened to catch his opponent.<\/p>\n

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You can see it in the replays: Wemanyama rears back and lets Reid have it. The move appears retaliatory as Reid and the Spurs center get tangled up trying to get a rebound. Wemby gets hit by Jaden McDaniels<\/a> in the face, and it was perhaps his frustration that led to the elbow to the wrong player. Doesn’t matter who got it — the elbow was dangerous.<\/p>\n

With all of that in mind, it’s simple: A one-game suspension so that this doesn’t happen again and the young superstar learns a lesson that you can’t retaliate like that and so violently.<\/p>\n

What if he had connected with Reid in the face? Even a shot to the neck can be dangerous. It deserved a Flagrant 2 and it’ll deserve a Game 5 suspension too.<\/p>\n

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Does a Flagrant 2 foul in the NBA lead to an automatic suspension?<\/p>\n

No. It’s an automatic ejection and a minimum fine of $2,000.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on For The Win: Victor Wembanyama suspension coming after elbow, flagrant foul?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Victor Wembanyama could be facing NBA discipline for a blatant, dangerous elbow that nailed Naz Reid in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":636372,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[114221,274887,78366,355,2116,403,99,60950,32090],"class_list":["post-636371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-jaden-mcdaniels","tag-minnesota-timerwolves","tag-naz-reid","tag-nba","tag-san-antonio-spurs","tag-soccer","tag-sports","tag-the-spurs","tag-victor-wembanyama"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=636371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/636372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=636371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=636371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=636371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}