"A 119-98 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday didn't prompt the San Antonio Spurs to panic. Instead, Spurs center Victor Wembanyama and forward Keldon Johnson went another route: they shaved their heads. Wembanyama and Johnson showed up to shoot around on Thursday with bald heads. It's not the first time Wembanyama has buzzed his hair. He notably got a similar haircut while visiting a Shaolin temple in Zhengzhou, China, during the 2025 offseason."
"The team told Johnson to go first, but he feared that no one else would follow suit. "I was like 'I don't know if I want to go first' because then somebody will be like nah after I already bald my head," Johnson said. "So then Vic went and shaved his head a little bit and then he cut my hair, cut all mines off. And then I finished his head off, like cutting his head.""
After a 119-98 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder, Spurs center Victor Wembanyama and forward Keldon Johnson shaved their heads and arrived at shootaround bald. Wembanyama previously buzzed his hair during a 2025 visit to a Shaolin temple in Zhengzhou, China. Johnson started the recent haircut idea after shaving friends a week earlier and announcing in the Spurs' group chat that he would go bald. The pair borrowed clippers from a coach and buzzed their hair in a van, with Johnson initially reluctant to go first. Johnson described the experience as new, briefly cold, then fun, and wants teammates to follow. If the duo performs well against the Milwaukee Bucks, more teammates may adopt the look.
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