“I wasn’t nervous at all, just excited in the best possible way,” Wembanyama said after his premiere. “I was really hungry to get that win. We all had a lot of fun out there.”
Collet praised his jewel: “He wasn’t trying to show anything special, he was just being himself and that’s enough to dominate the game.” France and Lithuania lead Group K with 7-2 victories.
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Wembanyama plays in France for Metropolitans 92. The NBA shows all the games of the 18-year-old and his club live and free of charge in their app. Superstar LeBron James had already described Wembanyama as an “alien”.
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