It’s like Victor Wembanyama has been here before. Dec. 28, 2024, was a cold and drizzly morning in New York. Wembanyama had some spare time before the San Antonio Spurs’ charter flight would leave for Minnesota that afternoon, so he posted a message on social media: Come meet me in Washington Square Park to play chess, he wrote. He played four games that morning: two wins, two losses. Fast forward to now, where the Spurs and Oklahoma City are playing a different form of chess — the Western