2023-05-16 04:26:00
Exceptional body: Victor Wembanyma is 2.24 meters tall and has a wingspan of 2.43 meters – that doesn’t even exist in the NBA, where the 19-year-old Frenchman will play soon. Bild: IMAGO/PanoramiC
Victor Wembanyama plays basketball as if his best skills were assembled for a computer game. How does he do that? Visiting one who will soon be a giant among giants.
The Astroballe Arena stands like a spaceship in the middle of the gray urban canyons Lyons Suburb of Villeurbanne. A block of concrete covered with white metal plates. Its futuristic design gives an idea of how many architects, at least in the 1990s, imagined the future of architecture. And on a Tuesday evening in March, inside you can see how, 30 years later, at least many basketball fans imagine the future of basketball.
It’s the night that Victor Wembanyama plays in Lyon with the Metropolitans from Paris. The steep grandstands are full. It’s always like that when Wembanyama and his team compete anywhere this season. Like a future rock star who, shortly before his breakthrough, is touring through the country’s small clubs again. Everyone wants to catch a glimpse of the one that will soon fill the big arenas.
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Spurs get first pick in NBA draft
The San Antonio Spurs have been given first pick in the upcoming NBA draft and can choose French talent Victor Wembanyama with the first pick. This was the result of the so-called “Draft Lottery” on Tuesday evening (local time). The annual talent selection takes place on June 22nd in New York. Wembanyama is considered the most coveted first pick since LeBron James in 2003. The 19-year-old exceptional player Wembanyama would follow in the footsteps of the French basketball legend Tony Parker who won four championships with San Antonio between 2003 and 2014. The Texans ended the last main round at the bottom of the Western Conference. The Charlotte Hornets got the second pick, followed by the Portland Trail Blazers in third place. (sid)
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