Yohann Tritz 09:25, October 07, 2022
Victor Wembanyama, 2.19 meters, looks like a future basketball star.
At only 19 years old, he is currently participating in a series of friendlies in the United States and has already won over many American clubs who are fighting for him.
The young player is more than ever favorite to be number 1 in the next draft.
He has everything of a future pharaoh of world basketball.
The Americans only have eyes for the French player Victor Wembanyama, 2.19 meters.
He is currently in a series of friendlies in the United States and the 19-year-old shone again on Friday night in Las Vegas.
Forget the casinos, the attraction right now is him.
36 points scored last night under the eyes of his compatriot Rudy Gobert, who notably witnessed his devastating dunk.
All this the day after an already XXL performance.
LeBron James has 'never seen anyone like this'
The 2.19 meter giant, on an American tour with his Metropolitans 92 team, has already caught the eye of a certain LeBron James, the King himself.
The living legend is already under the spell of the tricolor.
"We've talked about unicorns in basketball before, but this is an alien. I've never seen someone like that, so tall, while being fluid and graceful on the court," said the player. American.
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A great defender, dexterous from a distance and mobile, the 19-year-old player is already making the biggest American franchises salivate.
Everyone wants to tear it off, but it will be necessary to wait until next summer, when Victor Wembanyama is also announced, and for many months, number one in the draft.
It would be a great first for a Frenchman.