Madness broke out on May 17 in the streets of Saint Anthony. Dozens of fans came out to celebrate the luck of spurs, winners of the number one ‘draft’, which will allow them to choose first among the batch of players who will strengthen the squads next season. Everything indicates that the Texan franchise, now in a gray stage, will lean towards the French player Victor Wenbanyamaa giant of 19 years and 2.23, who seems destined to change the history of the NBA.
That same passion has been experienced in the last two days in New York, where the Frenchman landed a few days ago to attend the ‘draft’ ceremony that will be held at dawn from Thursday to Friday (02:00 a.m., #Vamos and Movistar + Sports) in the Barclays Center in New Yorkthe field of the Nets and it does so after having monopolized all the titles in the French League with the Metropolitans of the French coach vincent collett (MVP, best scorer, best defender, best youngster, best shooter) despite losing the League against Monaco
It had been more than two decades, since LeBron James landed in the league, that a player did not generate so much expectation “Everyone has tagged wembanyama like a unicorn, but he’s an alien. I have never seen anyone as tall as him, who plays so fluidly and elegantly”, pointed out the player himself. lebron when he had the opportunity to follow him last October on a small tour of the French team in the US.
“It’s like a player created in the NBA 2K video game,” he summarized. Stephen Curry, the star of the Warriors, about the Frenchman, who is not only impressed by his great size, but also by the way he can move, the speed he displays in a player of his size, his ability to play one on one, both up close and away from the basket, his shooting of three and also his enormous intimidation on defense.
Failed step by the Barça
Genes have marked his career. Born on January 4, 2004 in a residential town on the outskirts of Paris, in lechesnay, It was his mother, a former professional player, who transmitted his love for the sport to him. And his father, a former triple jump athlete of Congolese origin, and physical trainer for local basketball teams, who was in charge of leading him in his early years.
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He barca He was one of those who crossed his path, attentive to his progress. wenbanyama He played a tournament in the lower categories with the Catalans in 2018, when he was already 2.10. The player admitted, some time later, in an interview with Le Parisien, that he did not sign for the Catalan team, because the coaches were not very demanding with him. “I like that they tell me things clearly, even if they are unpleasant & rdquor ;.
For Saint Anthonywhich is one of the most successful franchises in recent decades, with five titles in its showcases, which has Gregg Popovich, one of the reference technicians, who has had pivots of the profile of David Robinson and Tim Ducan, and through which a French basketball legend like Tony Parker, the arrival of wenbanyama It seems like a return to the good old days, a return to a bright future.