One of the intriguing things about talking to Victor Wembanyama is the time he can sometimes take to think before responding in the most appropriate way. Fingers under his chin, eyes staring at his interlocutor, he thinks for several seconds before saying words that hit the mark. Fascinating on the court, the 22-year-old never says anything randomly. Its communication, skillfully framed, is weighed and assumed.
So, when the Spurs giant speaks out on the serious incidents that strike and divide American society, the excesses of ICE in Minneapolis which have already left two people dead in the street, it’s because he needs it to come out. That’s what he did on Tuesday at the end of a Spurs training session.
