Victor Wembanyama continues to make the impossible look easy.
Not only did the San Antonio Spurs star finish with 40 points, 11 rebounds and nine blocks (in 25 minutes!) in Monday’s win over the Phoenix Suns, but he also delivered another ridiculous highlight.
Late in the third quarter, Wembanyama received a pass from Keldon Johnson between the halfcourt line and the 3-point line. Instead of dribbling, he decided to go for a layup.
No, seriously.
Wembanyama took one step at the 3-point line, followed by a second at the free-throw line. He then took off like a 7-foot-4 Michael Jordan before laying the ball in.
Just check this out:
WEMBY FINGER ROLL FROM BEYOND THE FREE THROW LINE 🤯🤯🤯 https://t.co/F5G9iCXAvL
— NBA (@NBA) November 10, 2026
There might not be another player in the NBA right now who could pull that off, and yet it wasn’t that difficult a shot.
At least, not according to the NBA’s shot-tracking data.
The NBA recently introduced a shot-difficulty tool that uses expected field goal percentage (xFG%) to estimate how likely a shot is to go in. You can look at any shot from any game to see how difficult it was based on “the impact of defensive contest posture, shooter orientation and balance, and court location.”
The league average expected field goal percentage is 45 percent.Â
Want to guess what it was for Wembanyama’s acrobatic layup? 40.4 percent, meaning the model considered it only slightly more difficult than the average NBA shot.
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To be clear, the tracking data doesn’t know it’s Wembanyama taking the shot. The model is “player agnostic,” meaning it evaluates the attempt without accounting for the identity or unique physical abilities of the shooter.
In other words, it doesn’t know that a 7-foot-4 unicorn with an extraordinary combination of size, coordination and athleticism is the one attempting it.
So, to recap: Wembanyama took off from the free-throw line and finished a finger roll, and the NBA’s tracking data gave it a 40.4 percent chance of going in.
Only Wembanyama can make the impossible look possible.
