He couldn’t hold back his tears. The emotion was too strong, too violent. Coming for the traditional press conference after the Spurs’ defeat against the Knicks (124-113), on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, Victor Wembanyama presented himself visibly very moved, with tears in his eyes.
An emotion that had nothing to do with the defeat of the day. After a few seconds of silence the Frenchie apologized and told journalists that he had “lost someone today”. According to American media, the native of Chesnay had the pain of learning of the disappearance of his grandmother before the meeting.
Despite the heartbreak, the French basketball prodigy still wanted to play the match. This mourning can explain the mixed performance of the Spurs number 1 (18 points and 6 rebounds in 25 minutes). After answering another question, explaining that this evening had been “the best training for the most important matches” to come, namely the play-offs which he hopes to discover next spring and on which he is already “concentrated”, he slipped away from the press conference.
The Frenchman received numerous messages of support on social networks after the video was broadcast.
