It’s only a matter of time before Victor Wembanyama is number 1 in the NBA draft. You just have to wait for it to arrive the date of June 22 and that’s it. Nothing stands between the French prodigy and a destiny written a long time ago and that he continues to nurture with his dazzling performances with Boulogne-Metropolitans.
The last, in the victory against Le Mans by 89-83. Because of his enormous superiority, gave the impression that the 19-year-old and 2.21 meters was playing against children instead of against seasoned professionals in many cases with extensive experience in the elite. He finished with 26 points achieved thanks to an infinite variety of resources: very distant static triples, others after passing the ball between the legs, dunks on the counterattack, coast-to-coast actions after putting a stopper in which he keeps the ball, medium-distance shots…
Victor Wembanyama extends his arms during a match.
He seasoned his offensive range with 10 rebounds and three blocks to finish with a PIR of 33 in 35 minutes. Simply unstoppable, as the statistics show. In nine of the 26 games he has played this season he has reached a PIR of 30 and leads the French League in points (21.5), rebounds (9.5), blocks (3.2) and efficiency (25.5). In addition, he keeps his team second in the standings with a record of 18-8, only behind AS Monaco, which has already secured a ticket to the Euroleague quarterfinal playoffs.
For things like that, expectations with Wembanyama are skyrocketing in the United Stateswhere their matches can be seen live for a long time, something unusual for a 19-year-old foreign player who even this season came to go with his team to Las Vegas to play two games with the simple objective of showing off his amazing qualities against NBA scouts. The arrival of no rookie has been so eagerly awaited in the League since LeBron James in 2003. And maybe not even the now stellar forward of the Lakers reached the level that the Frenchman is reaching. Social networks have undoubtedly helped the growth of the phenomenon.
Spurs, Rockets and Pistons, favorites for number 1
A few days after the end of the regular season in the NBA, The three franchises that would have the best chance of getting a player who aims for a generational are the Spurs (19-56), the Rockets (18-58) and the Pistons (16-59).. Everything indicates that they will be the three worst teams in the regular season and they would have a 14% chance of getting number 1 when the draft lottery is held on May 16 to set the order in which it will be chosen. An incorporation like this could change the life of any organization. If they are in the current depression of the three mentioned, much more.
Víctor Wembanyama, during one of the two matches he played in the United States.
“If he doesn’t get injured, he will be the best player of all time”dared to prophesy a representative of players. “He is the best player in the world”recently assured a hallucinated Magic Johnson. Grand phrases around the prodigy, although there are also doubts, centered on a physique that seems extremely fragile with its 95 kilos to compete against the masses of muscle that will be found in the NBA. “Everyone loves this boy and It sounds like it’s great, but you really can’t tell until it gets to the NBA. I think he’s going to need a big adjustment because of his physique. He is going to be much tougher than playing against the Czech Republic.”warns Charles Barkley. If you respect his physique, he has everything to mark an era and change the course of the best League in the world.
