Wembanyama earns Shaq's praise, then crashes Harper's interview

ESPN's Inside the NBA reaction pairs an extraordinary Spurs performance with lineup questions and a playful appearance behind Dylan Harper.

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Victor Wembanyama has given Inside the NBA plenty to discuss: 52 points, 24 rebounds and eight blocks in San Antonio's one-point win over Dallas. But when teammate Dylan Harper takes the interview seat, Wembanyama still finds a way into the picture, playfully appearing behind him during the live conversation.

Harper has already questioned the seating arrangement himself. "I don't know why he's not sitting in this seat right now," he tells Ernie Johnson, O'Neal, Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley.

The ESPN upload has passed half a million views before its first day is complete, running at roughly ten times the channel's usual opening-day pace for regular videos. In the comments, viewers are talking about Shaq's emphatic endorsement and reaching for Wilt Chamberlain comparisons.

Beyond the spectacular individual performance, the panel has a practical question: how should San Antonio use its three-guard lineup? Barkley argues that selecting the best players matters more than protecting anyone's feelings. Harper explains the benefit of attacking together, with Wembanyama's movement creating space: "When he rolls to the rim, the world opens for everyone and him."

ESPN's separate First Take discussion is also drawing an unusually fast audience, with Skip Bayless questioning whether Wembanyama's dominance will carry into the playoffs. Inside the NBA offers a lighter detour: Kenny brings up Harper's childhood visit to his basketball camp, and the panel promptly turns it into a joke about what he charged.

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The numbers

The Inside the NBA reaction is well ahead of ESPN's usual first-day audience for regular videos. The separate First Take discussion is also getting an unusually strong start.

the video's first day

usual first day here

55,657

this video

556,858

subscribers

14,600,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

20,922,710,383

views per day

5,765,243

typical day: 4,315,323

the video

views

532,674

likes

4,082

comments

518

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

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As of November 6, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

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