As the NBA continues it's wild opening week, the New Orleans Pelicans matched up with the San Antonio Spurs Friday night. Zion Williamson and Victor Wembanyama

In the Spurs' regular-season opener against the Dallas Mavericks, Wembanyama simply eviscerated his competition. He went into volcano mode and spewed 40 points on 15-of-21 shooting from the field, 15 rebounds, and three blocked shots. The French native also provided several highlight reel-worthy plays that made fans drop their jaws in disbelief.

NBA legend Kevin Garnett offers high amounts of praise to Victor Wembanyama following his dominant opening night performance

Russell Westbrook has played in 1,238 NBA games and has won this award in every single one. He is incapable of turning off his Russ-ness. Indeed, his first game with the Kings went about as you'd expect. Here he is turning the ball over at one end, then racing down the floor for a chase-down block.

In an interview on "First Things First," Olajuwon revealed that he initially believed Wembanyama was only joking when he mentioned training with him. After all, the All-Star already had a diverse skill set that allowed him to bring the ball up himself, shoot three-pointers and even score inside.

Victor Wembanyama is back on the court after his second season was cut short due to deep vein thrombosis in his right shoulder discovered in February. In the first game of his third NBA season Wednesday against the Mavericks, he looked better than ever.

Victor Wembanyama wasn't just good during the San Antonio Spurs ' 125-92 win over the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday night. He was historic as his 40 points broke Hall of Famer George Gervin's previous franchise record for the most points scored in a season-opening game.

Victor Wembanyama had 40 points and 12 rebounds to key the Spurs' season-opening rout of the Dallas Mavericks, putting a damper on Cooper Flagg's debut.