How Victor Wembanyama Became the Next Generational NBA Prospect (ENCORE)

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🗓️ 20 June 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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He’s the most talked about NBA prospect since LeBron James, but Victor Wembanyama is unlike any basketball player we’ve seen before. The 7’5 Frenchman is just 19 years old, and dazzles fans and scouts alike with his dynamic movement and impressive eight-foot wingspan. But until now, we hadn’t heard much from Wembanyama himself. Jonathan Givony sat down with Wembanyama for an hour in Paris to talk to him about his life in basketball so far and his upcoming NBA career – and today, he shares his story with us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:19.8	The NBA draft, it's this Thursday in Brooklyn.
0:22.4	And the name everyone's talking about, the name they'll be front in center is that of the
0:26.4	19 year old French phoenix Victor Wembenyama.
0:29.7	The San Antonio Spurs are all but certain to take him with the first pick.
0:34.2	While this is Wembenyama's official introduction to the NBA, he's been on basketball radars
0:39.1	for years.
0:40.3	But who is Victor the person?
0:42.3	What motivates the man who might be the next face of the league?
0:45.9	Today, we revisit Izzy Gutierrez's conversation with Jonathan Gavoni about Jonathan's exclusive
0:52.8	sit down with a teenager they call Wemben.
0:55.8	And we hear directly from the man himself.
0:59.7	I'm Jeremy Shapp, it's Tuesday, June 20th.
1:02.8	This is ESPN Daily.
1:11.3	Jonathan Gavoni, you were there in Las Vegas last fall when Victor Wembenyama made his
1:15.7	debut in America.
1:17.6	This is the 19 year old French phoenix that everyone has anointed as the best prospect
1:21.9	to enter the league since LeBron James 20 years ago.
1:26.2	As French team, the Metropolitan's 92, they had come into town to face the G league
1:31.0	ignite.
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