Victor Wembanyama left his mark. For his first season in the NBA, the Frenchman, who won the title of rookie of the year and came second in the ranking of defender of the year behind Rudy Gobert, surprised all the players in the league. A recent video compiling messages from former rookies of the year also betrayed this respect from the basketball world for the San Antonio Spurs player, who left his mark on the year.
This Friday, a new player was added to this list of compliments. Asked in the program Run it Back, the strong winger of the Memphis Grizzlies, drafted the same year as Wemby, GG Jackson was full of praise, explaining that he had doubted him when he arrived.
“For me, he will be the greatest player in history,” he said. Initially, I was a hater when he arrived. I was like: He’s not strong enough, what is he going to do against much more powerful big guys? His handle isn’t that crazy, they’ll take the ball from him. And he passed a Shammgod (a very difficult dribble to master) from the three-point line and finished with a lay-up. I said he couldn’t shoot that well, he crashes pull-ups in transition. So he has everything, and the only one who can stop him is him. If he’s slacking off or not hungry enough. But these Europeans don’t take basketball lightly, so he’s there to take it all. » Starting with a title, which will undoubtedly be the Frenchman’s next objective after this season of discovery.
