Fantasy Novels, Deep Thoughts: Victor Wembanyama's Beautiful Mind
The Lead
Wondery
3.9 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 30 November 2022
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
It's been a while since there has been this much hype around an NBA prospect. Victor Wembanyama, the 7-foot-3-inch,18-year-old French basketball sensation, has been turning heads around the world for years now, and has even captured the imaginations of the NBA's biggest superstars, who have all gushed about his skills and incredible potential. But what makes Wembanyama even more intriguing is his unusual way of seeing the world. Tania Ganguli of The New York Times recently spent time with the teenage star in France, and she joins us today to explain into how he has always done things differently, and why that might make him even better prepared for NBA superstardom.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/16/sports/basketball/victor-wembanyama-nba-draft-2023.html
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| 0:45.9 | He's incredible, man. |
| 0:47.4 | I believe in 2045. |
| 0:51.2 | Everybody is going to look like Victor. |
| 0:58.3 | That was two-time NBA MVP, Yannis Antietacumbo. |
| 1:02.2 | And the victor he's talking about is the 7-foot-three 18-year-old from France, Victor Wemanyama. |
| 1:09.0 | The expected number one pick in next year's NBA draft, whose rare skills have another |
| 1:14.4 | two-time MVP Steph Curry making video game comparisons. |
| 1:18.0 | He's like the 2K creator player. |
| 1:21.5 | Every point guard wants to be 7-foot, cheat code type VOD. |
| 1:25.6 | And he's inspired four-time MVP LeBron James to think beyond the limits of human potential. |
| 1:31.9 | I mean, I everybody, you know, really even like the unicorn thing, everybody's been |
| 1:35.9 | unicorn over the last few years, but he's more like like, hey, then. |
| 1:39.2 | But as amazing as he is on the court, others, including Kevin Durant, have also taken |
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