Last summer, during a stay in San Diego (United States), Victor Wembanyama did not find his suitcase at the airport, reports Sports Illustrated. In order for the French basketball prodigy (2.21m) to have clothes that fit him, Rudy Gobert (2.16m) immediately had a bag sent to him… via an Uber.
Its size has – among other things – allowed it to be one of the prospects NBA’s most anticipated in history. Except that, on a daily basis, peaking at 2.21m can be disabling. Especially in case of loss of his suitcase at the airport. In this specific case, ordinary mortals, although necessarily very annoyed, can easily find a store to buy the necessary. But what can you do when most shops… don’t offer clothes in your size?
Victor Wembanyama, announced as the future No. 1 in the NBA draft, had the bitter experience of it last summer during a trip to the United States, reports Sports Illustrated this Tuesday. Passing through San Diego, the Boulogne-Levallois Metropolitans player therefore lost his entire wardrobe at the airport. Fortunately for him, “Wemby” was able to count on the support of a certain Rudy Gobert.
Two hour drive for the Uber
They are few to be able to lend clothes to Wembanyama, but, with his 2.16m, the current pivot of the Minnesota Timberwolves is one of them. Present in Los Angeles in his second home, about two hours drive from San Diego, the former player of Cholet Basket filled a suitcase with jeans, shirts and shoes which he immediately sent by Uber to Wembanyama. The story does not say, however, if the latter found his suitcase or if his sneakers – size 55 – ended up in the hands of someone else.
In its March edition, Sports Illustrated, one of the biggest sports magazines in the United States, dedicates its front page as well as a long dossier to Wembanyama, similar to what was done in February 2003 with LeBron James. The Frenchman is very regularly compared to the best scorer of all time for his precocity and his ability to change the face of the League, as was the case 20 years ago when the “Chosen One” arrived. Even if with “only” 2.06m under the fathom, LeBron James probably had a little less problem getting dressed in case of loss of his suitcase.
