Victor Wembanyama

2022 - 10 - 5

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French star Victor Wembanyama set for his first taste of NBA life (NBA.com)

Victor Wembanyama's Metropolitans 92 will take on fellow top prospect Scoot Henderson and the G League Ignite in a pair of exhibitions.

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Inside the rise of Victor Wembanyama: 'When I saw him, I knew he ... (Andscape)

Ahead of his first games on American soil, the projected No. 1 pick in the 2023 NBA draft has the basketball world buzzing about his talent and future.

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Victor Wembanyama is coming to America. Here's where he might ... (The Washington Post)

The San Antonio Spurs haven't been terrible since Gregg Popovich took over as coach midway through the 1996-97 season. That year, Hall of Fame center David ...

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2023 NBA Draft: Victor Wembanyama, Scoot Henderson impress in ... (CBSSports.com)

The players expected to go No.1 and No. 2 in the NBA Draft put on a show in an exhibition game Tuesday.

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Victor Wembanyama vs. Scoot Henderson: Recap of G League ... (Yahoo Sports)

Follow for live updates of the matchup between projected top-two 2023 NBA draft picks Victor Wembanyama (Metropolitans 92 of France) and Scoot Henderson (G ...

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Victor Wembanyama, top 2023 NBA draft prospect, scores 37 points ... (USA TODAY)

Met 92 star Victor Wembanyama described Wednesday's game against Scoot Henderson and the G League Ignite as “the biggest game I've played in my life.”

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'Amazing' Victor Wembanyama wows scouts, coaches in US debut (Sports Interactive Network Philippines)

The final score, as if it mattered: G League Ignite 122, Metropolitans 92 115, with Scoot Henderson — the consensus No. 2 pick, as of now anyway — finishing ...

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Victor Wembanyama stars, Scoot Henderson leads G League Ignite ... (ESPN)

Victor Wembanyama delivered a 37-point performance while Scoot Henderson led his G League Ignite team to victory in a showcase of the projected top two ...

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Victor Wembanyama puts on a show in first USA appearance (Eurohoops)

The latter is Wembanyama's biggest competition in the race for the No. 1 pick in the 2023 NBA Draft. Wembanyama hit 7-11 3-pointers and made jumpers overall ...

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Top NBA prospects Victor Wembanyama, Scoot Henderson dazzle ... (INQUIRER.net)

Wembanyama and Henderson—both 18-year-old sensations—delivered an epic duel in a G League preseason game that saw several NBA scouts and Phoenix Suns stars ...

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Victor Wembanyama will become Team USA's biggest nightmare ever (ClutchPoints)

Think about this — Team France can have a frontline composed of Rudy Gobert, Joel Embiid, and Victor Wembanyama for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup.

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Victor Wembanyama, basketball's next big thing, knows no bounds (The Washington Post)

The consensus favorite to be the top pick in the 2023 NBA draft scores a game-high 37 points in an exhibition game against the G League Ignite.

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4 reasons Victor Wembanyama must be No. 1 pick over Scoot ... (ClutchPoints)

French big man Victor Wembanyama is widely regarded as a generational talent and is likely to be selected first overall in the 2023 NBA draft.

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Victor Wembanyama Backs up Hype in Matchup Against Scoot ... (SLAM Online)

The 7-4 eighteen-year-old from France and SLAM 240 cover star put on a performance in an exhibition matchup against Scoot Henderson. Read more.

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Victor Wembanyama, Scoot Henderson Showcase Talent (Basketball Forever)

The presumptive top-two picks in the 2023 NBA Draft – Victor Wembanyama and Scoot Henderson – showcased their talent in an exhibition game on Tuesday night, ...

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Victor Wembanyama impresses in his first game in the USA (Olympics)

Eight months before the next NBA draft, American basketball teams and fans got to see the high potential of French player Victor Wembanyama up close on ...

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With The Victor Comes The Spoils: NBA Teams Ready To Tank For ... (Forbes)

After his otherworldly performance in front of some 200 NBA scouts and on national television Tuesday, Victor Wembanyama already has NBA GMs talking about ...

The team with the worst record used to have a 25 percent chance of earning the No. Now the teams with the bottom three records have the same 14 percent chance at the top pick, while the worst team can slip all the way to No. A gracious Wembanyama said before the game of Henderson: “He’s really a great player. [who is in the second year of a two-year, $1 million deal with Ignite](https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamzagoria/2021/05/21/five-star-guard-scoota-henderson-to-reclassify-sign-with-nba-g-league-ignite/), a pretty nifty fallback at No. “I think anyone who watched that game last night saw a physical talent at the guard position we haven’t seen in years,” Steve Haney, Henderson’s agent, told me. It feels like last night will start a race to the bottom like we've never seen.”

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Top prospect Victor Wembanyama shows off repertoire in high ... (NBA.com)

Potential No. 1 pick Victor Wembanyama dazzles with 37 points and hits seven 3-pointers while Scoot Henderson scores 28 for G League Ignite.

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Victor Wembanyama may be the best NBA Draft prospect ever (Sir Charles In Charge)

Several prospects have been projected to be great, but is Victor Wembanyama the greatest NBA prospect ever? How talented is he and will teams tank for him?

Webanyama is the best prospect ever. Henderson and Wembanyama were the main attraction. Wembanyama, the No. The 7-foot-4 monster from France might be the hottest prospect we have ever seen. James ended up as one of the best to ever play the game. Coming into his 20th season in the league, he is still known as one of the best, even at 38 years of age.

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Agent: No Plan To Shut Victor Wembanyama Down Until Draft (hoopsrumors.com)

The projected No. 1 pick is such a promising prospect that one GM thinks the French big man will have a major impact on the 2022/23 season in multiple ways. “ ...

He will be the most hyped player since [LeBron (James)](https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/j/jamesle01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=linker-),” the GM told ESPN. ESPN’s duo suggests slow-starting teams might consider dealing away impact players earlier than normal for a better chance at Wembanyama, even though the past few seasons have seen more buyers than sellers due to teams believing they have a shot at the playoffs via the play-in tournament. 2 pick, could further incentivize teams to roll the dice on tanking in ’22/23, per ESPN’s duo. “The tank/trade market will really shift after that showing. [Adrian Wojnarowski and Jonathan Givony of ESPN](https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/34733814/victor-wembanyama-agent-shoots-some-execs-idea-top-prospect-shut-nba-draft). The projected No.

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