How Victor Wembanyama Became the Next Generational NBA Prospect

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🗓️ 15 May 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

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. Ahead of tomorrow’s NBA draft lottery, 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 megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:37.8	Jonathan Gavoni, you were there in Las Vegas last fall when Victor Wendon-Bignama made his
0:42.4	debut in America.
0:44.2	This is the 19 year old French phenom that everyone has anointed as the best prospect to enter
0:48.9	the league since LeBron James 20 years ago.
0:52.8	As the French team, the Metropolitan's 92, they had come into town to face the G league
0:57.7	ignite.
0:58.7	How do you describe what you saw in Sin City?
1:01.7	It was jaw dropping.
1:04.7	I usually go to games.
1:22.2	I sit there with my laptop and I'm taking notes intensely, I'm locked in, I'm focused,
1:26.6	I don't want to miss a single detail.
1:28.8	At some point in the first game, I just closed my laptop together.
1:32.6	So I've seen enough.
1:39.6	To drop 36 points and 37 points in front of the entire NBA, it was remarkable.
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