Photos Paris Basket, AFP and Getty Images In addition to the phenomenal Victor Wembanyama, several young French people could hope to be drafted by NBA teams on the night of Thursday June 22 to Friday June 23: from left to right Nadir Hifi, Rayan Rupert, Bilal Coulibaly and Sidy Cissoko.
Photos Paris Basket, AFP et Getty Images
In addition to the phenomenal Victor Wembanyama, several young French people could hope to be drafted by NBA teams on the night of Thursday June 22 to Friday June 23: from left to right Rayan Rupert, Bilal Coulibaly and Sidy Cissoko.
BASKETBALL – Wemby announced it: he wants establish a French reign on world basketball. And he set an example by becoming, on the night of Thursday June 22 to Friday June 23, the first tricolor number 1 in the NBA Draft. Before Victor Wembanyama, no Frenchman had done better than Killian Hayes, selected in seventh position in 2020.
Above all, in this perspective of seeing hexagonal basketball permanently dominate the planet, the phenomenon of 2.21 m does not arrive alone in the NBA. During the traditional evening organized at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, three other young French people were also chosen by NBA teams.
And if they are not necessarily all called upon to become stars, some probably having to aim for complementary roles in their future team, they allow France to approach the record of five French drafted, established in 2016. At the time, Guershon Yabusele (16th), Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot (24th), David Michineau (39th), Isaia Cordinier (44th) and Petr Cornelie (53rd) had been chosen. Review of their successors…
Victor Wembanyama (1st Choice, San Antonio Spurs)
For him, the suspense lasted only a moment: from the start of the ceremony, around 2:30 a.m. in Paris, Victor Wembanyama was called to the podium by Adam Silver, the boss of the NBA. For weeks and obtaining the first choice of the Draft by the San Antonio Spurs, it was indeed an open secret that the giant was going to walk in the footsteps of Tony Parker by joining the Texas team.
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For him, the issue now is not whether he will have a place in his team as he is called upon to become the face of the Spurs, and perhaps even of the NBA. On the other hand, he will have a colossal pressure on his shoulders, some connoisseurs of basketball believing that he could, because of the size-abilities alloy he has, revolutionize his sport. Just that.
Bilal Coulibaly (7e choix, Wizards)
He was the rising star of French basketball. Taking advantage of the world exposure enjoyed by Victor Wembanyama for his last months in the Boulogne-Levallois jersey, his teammate Bilal Coulibaly, 18, has revealed himself in recent weeks. To the point of climbing at full speed in the hierarchy of the Draft in the minds of NBA recruiters.
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It must be said that with his physical abilities, a defensive talent displayed in a brilliant way against the references that are Asvel and Monaco during the playoffs of the French championship, and an immense margin of progress in attack, the young man has attractive potential for North American teams. It is therefore logical to see him walk in the footsteps of Wemby, with whom he was already playing at the age of 13 in the youth selections of western Paris.
Initially retained by the Indiana Pacers, the young 18-year-old winger was immediately transferred to Washington, in exchange for the American Jarace Walker, chosen him in eighth position, and two second round picks.
Rayan Rupert (43e choix, Portland Trail Blazers)
He was predestinated. It must be said that with a dad, Thierry, who tragically died at the age of 35 in 2013 after a career that saw him become a French international, and a sister, Iliana, who dominates Europe with the France team and plays in WBNA in the United States, Rayan Rupert has a solid heritage to succeed at the highest level.
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It is sure of his strength that he has also decided to go into exile this year on the side of Auckland, New Zealand, to best prepare for the NBA Draft. There, it was for his exceptional defensive qualities that he distinguished himself, even managing to take his team to the final of the local championship.
Sidy Cissoko (44th pick, San Antonio Spurs)
The foreigner’s bet, Sidy Cissoko also made it. But him, it is in G-League, the antechamber of the NBA, that he decided to commit. And this within Ignite, a team that aims above all to develop and exhibit the talent of young players to then allow them to be drafted as high as possible. Before that, the native of Saint-Maurice (like Evan Fournier) had already chosen to go to Spain, near Vitoria, to complete his training as a teenager.
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Like the other Frenchmen called above, it is first through his defense that the young man will try to find a place in the NBA, he who impressed this season with his ability to oppose all types of outside players. , from small point guards to lanky wingers.
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