2023-06-23 00:49:34
As expected, exceptional talent Victor Wembanyama will play for the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA. The basketball team from Texas chose the 19-year-old Frenchman on Thursday evening (local time) in first place at the draft in New York. Wembanyama is considered the greatest talent since LeBron James, who was picked first by the Cleveland Cavaliers 20 years ago.
“It’s fulfilling something I’ve dreamed of all my life,” said Wembanyama, also known as “Wemby” for short. “Hearing this sentence from (NBA commissioner; note) Adam Silver, I dreamed about it so much that I had to cry.” According to his own statements, the super talent is 2.21 meters tall and, in addition to an enormous range, also has an excellent feel for the ball, and his distance throw is also effective.
Until recently, Wembanyama played for the club Boulogne-Levallois Metropolitans 92 in the French league. The 19-year-old has also played for the French national team.
San Antonio won the NBA draft lottery last month, earning it the right to pick the number one pick. The former team of Austria’s NBA professional Jakob Pöltl has won five NBA titles under coach Gregg Popovich and has already cracked the draft jackpot twice with the selection of David Robinson (1987) and Tim Duncan (1997).
Both, like Wembanyama, were tall players for the center position and immediately fit into the top basketball league in the world. They formed the foundation for Spurs’ success over the years. Today, Robinson and Duncan are members of the Hall of Fame. A similar fate is predicted for Wembanyama. Lakers superstar James previously described the French phenomenon as an “alien”. “It’s hard to win in this league,” said Wembanyama. “My goal is to learn as much as possible because I want to win this ring.”
The Charlotte Hornets chose forward Brandon Miller with the second pick, point guard Scoot Henderson landed as number three with the Portland Trail Blazers. The Thompson Twins completed the top five: Amen Thompson went fourth to the Houston Rockets, Ausar Thompson fifth to the Detroit Pistons.
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