Victor Wembanyama, the meteoric rise of a 19-year-old giant
Victor Wembanyama on the streets of New York on Tuesday. Charles Guerin/Abaca / Icon Sport PORTRAIT – From his hometown of Chesnay to Brooklyn, where the NBA Draft will take…
Victor Wembanyama, the meteoric rise of a 19-year-old giant
Victor Wembanyama on the streets of New York on Tuesday. Charles Guerin/Abaca / Icon Sport
PORTRAIT – From his hometown of Chesnay to Brooklyn, where the NBA Draft will take place this Thursday, the French prodigy burns the steps to the heights.
“It’s the end of one stage, the beginning of another.” At 19 years old, Victor Wembanyama closes the first chapter of his existence before opening the second, the one for which he has been preparing since a young age. Heading for the NBA for the 2.21m giant, who will most likely, 99.99% in fact, be chosen by the San Antonio Spurs during the Draft in Brooklyn (on the night of Thursday to Friday, from 2 a.m., live on beIN Sports). A Frenchman chosen first when distributing newcomers to American franchises? Unheard of so far. But this is neither the first nor the last time that the native of Chesnay is called upon to write history. “It’s for this kind of things that I wear number 1“, he underlines. A phenomenon. The NBA awaits him with open arms. Spurs fans too. The basketball planet only has eyes for him and the United States welcomed him as a star.
Attention never seen for a future arrival in the North American League…
