The young French expected as the future n°1 of the project is the object of curiosity. In France and elsewhere.
Victor Wembanyama (18 years old; 2.21 m), arouses enormous expectations for his game and his physique before arriving in the NBA. This Thursday, El País dedicates a page to the young hope and assures: “ If all that is expected of Victor Wembanyama comes true, the NBA will experience a before and after in the summer of 2023. The 18-year-old French center, 2.21m tall and 2.38m d ‘amplada, a player for the Metropolitans 92 of the French League, has made such a mark with his game, his skill and his spectacular physique that not only does no one in the American League dispute that he will be the number one in the next draft, but his arrival in the Mecca of basketball it will cause a tsunami. similar to that of LeBron James two decades ago. Wembanyama is a skyscraper with endless legs and arms, enormous hands, and mobility and technique unbecoming of such a giant. The surprise is unanimous even among the oldest… Wembanyama has not finished growing up and making people talk about him.
The star player from Boulogne-Levallois will make his debut with the French national team in two qualifying matches for the 2023 World Cup, on Friday in Lithuania and on Monday in Pau (south) against Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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