Victor Wembanyamahas Commissioner Adam Silver telling teams not to tank. Wembanyama is taking a fadeaway corner three-pointer. Wembanyama has a viral photo where he dwarfs 7’1″Rudy Gobert. The NBA has never seen a player like this year’s number-one prospect. Wembanyama played in two exhibi...
Ajinca was teammates with Wembanyama's current Spurs teammate Sidy Cissoko, and Wembanyama remembered playing against both at a young age. "They were beating us pretty often, but we were beating them as much or more than they were beating us, but it was always a battle," Wembanyama said....
For Wembanyama, that appears to be the plan. He will be eligible for the draft in 2023 and has generated substantial buzz as a potential No. 1 overall pick. The team he goes to will come down to how next year’s draft lottery pans out. How tall is V...
“Victor Wembanyama is the best NBA prospect since LeBron James. He stands at a towering 7-foot-4 and doesn’t even need to leave his feet to alter shots because he can stretch his 8-foot wingspan to swat away jumpers or poke the ball away from would-be attackers. With his size and...
Gary Parrish - CBS Sports- June 20th: "Wembanyama has been described as the most unique, and arguably best, teenage basketball prospect the world has ever seen" NBA Draft Room- May 16th: "Wemby is the best prospect in a decade and one of the best prospects in the history of this game...
PARIS (AP) — For all the glowing things said in Paris the past few days about San Antonio phenom Victor Wembanyama, Hall of Famer Tony Parker probably summed matters up more succinctly than anyone.
Victor Wembanyama is a French professional basketball player known for his graceful style of play and extraordinary height (7 feet 4 inches [2.23 meters]), who was widely considered to be the most promising prospect of his generation when he was selected
Victor Wembanyama is the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft, headed to San Antonio with enormous expectations to become basketball’s newest sensation.
Defensively, Wembanyama has led the way in counting stats, but not quite in the way you’d expect. While the 7-foot-4 center hybrid is averaging 2.0 blocks per game, he’s actually nabbed more steals on the year: a six to five advantage. ...
Nicolas Batum says Victor Wembanyama in ‘perfect spot'Daniel Dunn-USA TODAY Sports Hailed as the best prospect the NBA–maybe all of sports–had seen since LeBron James, Wemby has averaged 21.3 points, 10.7 rebounds and a league-leading 3.6 blocks per game as a rookie. He's put up thos...