San Antonio Spurs booked the 19-year-old Frenchman Victor Wembanya in their first round of booking. The first reservation of the 224-centimeter top promise was expected.
French Victor Wembanyama, 19, was booked as the expected first player at the NBA draft in New York. The 224-centimeter center was booked by the Texas club San Antonio Spurs.
Wembanya’s number one booking was considered a certainty for months. The long day included a lot of waiting and Wembanyama said he was very nervous before the h-moment.
– Those were the longest five minutes of my life, Wembanyama said.
The French promise says that he has dreamed so many times of the moment when the commissioner of the NBA Adam Silver pronounces his name, that its realization caused a huge emotional reaction in him.
– The NBA is a tough league. I’m trying to learn as fast as possible because I want to win the championship, Wembanyama said tearfully in an interview with ESPN.
Wembanyama previously played in the French premier league for the Metropolitans 92 club. Last season, he was the league’s number one in points, rebounds, and saves, and he was voted the league’s youngest Most Valuable Player of all time.
Wembanyama has been described as the best teenage player since LeBron James’swho was drafted into the NBA straight out of high school in 2003. Wembanyama stands out in particular with his length and reach – 244cm span – but is also an excellent shooter and skilled ball handler.
Wembanyama joins the coaching legend Gregg Popovich’s to pilot the San Antonio Spurs, whose previous number one bookings About David Robinson (1987) and About Tim Duncan (1997) became Hall of Fame players and NBA champions. However, Popovich, who has coached the Spurs since 1996, wants to give Wembanyama time to develop in peace.
– Because of all the hype, a lot of attention is paid to him in the NBA. First of all, I want us to create an environment for him where he can be completely himself. He’s not LeBron (James), Tim (Duncan), Kobe (Bryant) or anyone else. “He’s Victor, and that’s how we want him to be,” Popovich said.
Finnish Star Lauri Markkanen representing the Utah Jazz had the ninth reserve shift of the occasion. It chose an American winger in its ranks by Taylor Hendricks19, who played last season for the University of Central Florida.
Utah had two other first-round selections: 16th, Baylor University’s Keyonte George and 28th to play at Ohio State University by Brice Sensabaugh.