{"id":664228,"date":"2026-05-25T14:47:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T14:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/664228\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T14:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T14:47:08","slug":"victor-wembanyama-supports-rookie-carter-bryant-after-tough-coach-criticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/664228\/","title":{"rendered":"Victor Wembanyama Supports Rookie Carter Bryant After Tough Coach Criticism"},"content":{"rendered":"

San Antonio Spurs<\/a> superstar Victor Wembanyama<\/a> had Carter Bryant<\/a>‘s back when it mattered most. The two-time All-Star reminded the promising 20-year-old to keep his head up. Bryant had just received some tough love from head coach Mitch Johnson.<\/p>\n

The moment came at the four-minute mark of the third quarter. Bryant forced the issue on a fast break and drew an offensive foul after crashing into Jaylin Williams<\/a>. The disappointment on his face was immediate.<\/p>\n

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An irate Johnson did not hold back. He delivered a firm message before subbing Bryant out for the rest of the game. The rookie looked as if he was on the verge of tears.<\/p>\n

Wembanyama stepped in, putting his arm around his teammate and offering reassurance. A video of the exchange circulated online, showing Wembanyama\u2019s leadership<\/a> by calming Bryant down on the sideline.<\/p>\n

The Spurs evened the best-of-seven series at 2-2 with a dominant 103-82 rout<\/a> at Frost Bank Center. Wembanyama was all over the stat sheet once more. He tallied 33 points, eight rebounds, five assists, two steals and three blocks.<\/p>\n

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San Antonio<\/a> went on a 16-0 run in the opening quarter and never looked back. The lead ballooned to as many as 25 at one point. Devin Vassell<\/a> and Stephon Castle<\/a> pitched in 13 apiece.<\/p>\n

Bryant logged seven minutes in the blowout win. He was scoreless but contributed one rebound, one assist, one steal and a block.<\/p>\n

San Antonio sees a bright future ahead for him, and Johnson’s high standards are a reflection of that belief.<\/p>\n

Growing pains come with the territory as a rookie. Having a teammate like Wembanyama in your corner makes the journey easier to navigate.<\/p>\n

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Related: Anthony Edwards Reveals Message on Spurs Star Victor Wembanyama<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on May 25, 2026, where it first appeared in the NBA<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"San Antonio Spurs superstar Victor Wembanyama had Carter Bryant‘s back when it mattered most. The two-time All-Star reminded…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":664229,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[40549,99528,56216,132928,355,6999,2116,99,40552,32090],"class_list":["post-664228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-carter-bryant","tag-devin-vassell","tag-jaylin-williams","tag-mitch-johnson","tag-nba","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-spurs","tag-sports","tag-stephon-castle","tag-victor-wembanyama"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664228","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=664228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/664229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=664228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=664228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=664228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}