The Specter of Victor Wembanyama

Heat Check with Trysta Krick

The 8 Side

Basketball, Sports

2.2 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2022

⏱️ 14 minutes

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To the Losers, goes the Victor. Trysta explains why many teams will do whatever it takes to get the French prodigy.

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:04.0	There is a specter.
0:08.7	Yes, a specter hanging over.
0:12.4	That means something ominous.
0:14.8	A specter hanging over the 2022-2020 season.
0:21.0	I won't call it a dark cloud necessarily
0:25.8	unless you're a fan of about eight to 10 teams.
0:32.6	What am I talking about?
0:34.6	What is this specter?
0:36.9	It's a seven-foot foot three Frenchman by way of
0:41.8	Northern Africa named Victor Wambayama. The tank for Victor is on. It has already impacted
0:52.5	the upcoming NBA season in major ways.
0:56.6	That's what I'm talking about.
0:58.9	We're talking about the 18-year-old 7-foot-4 French phenom who is universally proclaimed as the number one draft pick in the 2023 NBA draft.
1:12.1	We're talking about a guy who many say has more hype and expectations
1:16.3	than LeBron James did coming at a high school.
1:21.7	NBA teams are already positioning themselves for the tank of the century to get him.
1:28.5	So who is he?
1:30.1	If you're a casual fan, not deep into the recruiting weeds, who is Wambayama?
1:38.5	Pretty much everyone who has been on the cover of sports magazines before ever stepping foot on the court,
1:47.6	Victor Wambayama has more hype than them.
1:50.7	He's already becoming a household name on NBA chat shows who are breaking down his
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