"I am very pleased to commit to the Mets," Wembanyama said in the statement.
"The club is very ambitious. I look forward to helping the team achieve their goals."
Wembanyama, a versatile interior of 2.19 m at 18 years old, is very followed by the franchises of the North American Basketball Championship (NBA).
He plans to participate in the 2023 Draft, of which he could be the first choice, unheard of for a French player.
After a year in Lyon-Villeurbanne, crowned champion of France at the end of June for the third season in a row, Wembanyama returns to Ile-de-France, his region of birth since he was born in Chesnay (Yvelines) and was trained in Chesnay-Versailles club, before joining Nanterre in 2019 and making his debut in the French Championship there.
"I am delighted that Victor Wembanyama has chosen to join the Metropolitans 92. We are proud to welcome him here in Levallois. Victor is one of the greatest hopes in world basketball, his arrival is fully in line with the development project of the club", welcomed Vincent Collet, the coach of Boulogne-Levallois who has also led the France team since 2009.
Victor Wembanyama warming up with Villeurbanne before a Euroleague match at home against Zalgiris Kaunas on October 1, 2021 PHILIPPE DESMAZES AFP/Archives
Last summer, Wembanyama won the silver medal with the France under-19 team at the 2021 World Cup: the Blues lost in the final by two points against the Americans (83-81 ).
In 2019, he finished 2nd in the Under-16 Euro.
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