It’s reunion time! More than a year after the two viral meetings between Boulogne-Levallois and the G League Ignite Team, Victor Wembanyama and Scoot Henderson meet again at 4 a.m. The first confrontation in the NBA between the two rookies.
Looking only at the Western Conference standings, this poster between the Portland Trail Blazers and the San Antonio Spurs is not the most exciting. However, a little over a year ago, it would have been what all NBA fans expected: the first opposition between Scoot Henderson and Victor Wembanyama.
In October 2022, the Boulogne-Levallois Mets traveled to Las Vegas to face Scoot Henderson’s G League Ignite Team. This meeting was the first of a long rivalry and the French prodigy had consolidated his first place in the next draft.
Since then, the alien has landed in San Antonio and made a thunderous debut in the NBA with more than 18 points, 10 rebounds and 3 blocks on average, despite successive defeats.
Scoot Henderson did not experience such a straight trajectory. “Only” selected in third position in the Draft by Portland, the leader had a complicated start to the season before suffering a first injury in the Big League. Since his return, he has come off the bench for Chauncey Billups’ team and is finding his comfort more and more. In December, the Georgia native averaged 13.4 points and 4.5 assists with much higher percentages than at the start of the year.
But the two men are not the only players with the potential to shine at 4 a.m. at the Moda Center. Anfernee Simons is huge this season with more than 27 points on average while Shaedon Sharpe, Jerami Grant, Devin Vassell and Keldon Johnson are all capable of reaching thirty points.
This match may seem quite banal on paper, but could well become a historical archive in around fifteen years. Scoot Henderson vs Victor Wembanyama, episode 1, at 4am this Thursday evening.
Source texte : Basketball Reference
2023-12-28 10:03:00
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