Guillaume Marion, Media365, published on Tuesday April 9, 2024 at 9:30 p.m.
During an interview with Eurosport, Nicolas Batum was able to say all the good things he thought of Victor Wembanyama, who is having an impressive first season in the NBA with the Spurs.
As the regular season draws to a close in the NBA, Victor Wembanyama finishes with a bang. Indeed, big favorite for the title of best rookie of the year and in the discussion for the title of best defender of the year, the Frenchman has been driving the counters crazy lately. Notably close to achieving an incredible quadruple-double against Nikola Jokic’s Denver Nuggets, “Wemby” is largely meeting the expectations placed on him. Opponent of this last Sunday, Nicolas Batum also seems under the spell of number 1 of the last draft. “I’ve known the kid for a long time. Not everyone who knows him is shocked by what he does. The only thing is that I didn’t think he would do so much in his rookie year and that he would reach this level in year 2 », Recognized the Philadelphia Sixers player, after his team’s victory against the San Antonio Spurs.
Batum: “This may be the worst version of ‘Wemby’”
« As Gregg Popovich said in the press conference, and I agree with him, what he’s doing right now could be his worst season and that’s what’s scariest. This may be the worst version of “Wemby” we’ll see in the next 15 years. It is developing at a monumental pace but it is only the beginning. I don’t think it will be easy to win against him in the future, Batum later said in an interview with Eurosport. He knows who he is, he knows what he can become, and he knows how to do it. He is in an ideal position to make this happen. Structure, entourage, everything is put in place for him to be a very great player. Everything is ready for him to become what we imagine him to become… Now it’s up to him. » There is no doubt that Wembanyama will now want to show all his progress in a few weeks, during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
2024-04-09 19:30:00
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