Victor Wembanyama

Johnson believes the projected top pick has the opportunity to transform the franchise that eventually drafts him this year.

Wembanyama has long been projected to have the tools needed to develop into a superstar. Now I see why he is such a special young man on the court and off. The arrival of Wembanyama has created quite a battle to draft him. We’ve never seen a guy who can do both and can handle the basket and can also handle the basketball. He can affect the game in so many different ways and whoever gets him: This guy is going to change his franchise forever. Wembanyama, who is playing in Paris with Metropolitans 92, also had the chance to take in the game on an off day.

As NBA season resumes, a look at the contenders for one of worst three records and best chances for top draft pick.

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Despite his uncertain future, NBA scouts still view Nelson's upside to be greater than that of college star Zach Edey, who is likely to be the national player ...

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Johnson was among the legends in attendance last month at the contest between the Chicago Bulls and Detroit Pistons in Paris, France. Wembanyama, who is playing ...

NBA draft prospect Victor Wembanyama is not opposed to joining any team that holds the top overall pick in the 2023 NBA draft, including the Houston ...

Wembanyama and Mets 92 fell in an elimination game this week as part of the LNB Pro A's Leaders Cup event, losing 72-65 to his former team, ASVEL. Wembanyama ...

That's what the Rockets have in [Jalen Green](/nba/players/26602347/jalen-green/) and [Kevin Porter](/nba/players/3042574/kevin-porter/) Jr. [Paolo Banchero](/nba/players/26775953/paolo-banchero/) makes the most sense as a power forward. Throw in two promising young guards in [Cade Cunningham](/nba/players/3177949/cade-cunningham/) and [Jaden Ivey](/nba/players/3178475/jaden-ivey/) to get him the ball and this fit is quite strong. Can [Franz Wagner](/nba/players/3142358/franz-wagner/) defend guards? [Detroit Pistons](https://www.cbssports.com/nba/teams/DET/detroit-pistons/): Detroit has three young big men in [James Wiseman](/nba/players/3142271/james-wiseman/), [Jalen Duren](/nba/players/26776364/jalen-duren/) and [Isaiah Stewart](/nba/players/3142103/isaiah-stewart/) that all need developmental minutes, but the Pistons have proven so willing to use two-big lineups that such depth might actually work in their favor early on. [Charlotte Hornets](https://www.cbssports.com/nba/teams/CHA/charlotte-hornets/): [LaMelo Ball](/nba/players/3149252/lamelo-ball/) is about as desirable a co-star as any phenom could ask for. [Orlando Magic](https://www.cbssports.com/nba/teams/ORL/orlando-magic/): Orlando's front court is a bit crowded. If Wembanyama is willing to move center, benching or trading [Wendell Carter Jr](/nba/players/2892260/wendell-carter-jr/). [Keldon Johnson](/nba/players/3042075/keldon-johnson/) and [Devin Vassell](/nba/players/3041409/devin-vassell/) are low-maintenance scorers, so neither should impede Wembanyama in any meaningful way. Wembanyama, a reported [7-foot-4 barefoot](https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/wemby-watch-victor-wembanyama-reaches-new-heights-but-just-how-tall-is-the-top-prospect-in-the-nba-draft/), checks in now at 7-foot-5 with shoes, according to a story this week from [ESPN](https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/35690491/preparing-nba-victor-wembanyama-revolution) after visiting him in Paris. Wembanyama has caught the attention not only of passerbys in France but of the league's best and brightest to boot. Wembanyama for his part did about as well as can be expected, posting a double-double in the loss with 29 points and 16 (!) rebounds to go with three blocks.

Four days ago, FIBA published an exclusive interview with Victor Wembanyama. The player now says it never happened. The international basketball governing ...

"4 days ago, FIBA published a fake interview of me," the player wrote. 1 overall pick of the 2023 NBA Draft talks about his experience playing for the French national team. FIBA's exclusive interview with Victor Wembanyama that was published on February 18th was fake, the player said on his Instagram story.

Victor Wembanyama is almost undoubtedly the top player in the 2023 NBA Draft, and Lakers legend Magic Johnson gave him a lot of praise.

We’ve never seen a guy who can do both and can handle the basket and can also handle the basketball. Victor Wembanyama has everybody buzzing, and Magic Johnson making these comments show just how talented the young man is. Now I see why he is such a special young man on the court and off. I don’t know if we’ve seen a big man who can do the things that he can. The French star is undoubtedly the No. Of course, the topic of Wembanyama came up, and Magoc gave the French superstar some massive praise.

His skills as a basketball player are undeniable, yet so is the entropic maelstrom of the NBA draft lottery. He could go to some grim city, like Oklahoma City, ...

Wembanyama Score: 8.6. There's a big clump of 10 teams here, and there will be a good deal of movement between them, since the ends of that 10-team spectrum come with either a 10.5 percent chance or a 0.5 percent chance of getting Wembanyama. Orlando is 10.5 games "behind" Houston with the fifth-best lottery odds, and they're just five games behind Golden State, who are the best team still in the lottery. The notion of Wembanyama, the most famous international basketball prospect ever, playing in Chicago for the Bulls, easily the world's most famous basketball team, is as enticing as the notion of Wembanyama salvaging this busted roster is off-putting. Unfortunately, the Bulls chose to become [openly detests trying to organize them](https://defector.com/stephen-silas-may-not-be-getting-a-callback) or getting them to care about defense, their over-leveraged owner is a [loathsome asshole](https://defector.com/business-moron-tilman-fertitta-mad-about-lack-of-cheap-labor-to-exploit), and their ostensible franchise cornerstone, Jalen Green, has shown no signs that he can do anything besides put up points with horrific efficiency numbers. They have the worst record in the league in part because they play the grossest basketball in the league. We will begin at the bottom of the standings, progressing northward, and assigning each team a score out of 10. In place of breadth of tanking, [we have depth](https://defector.com/lets-take-stock-of-the-horrors-of-the-brick-for-vic-campaign), as four teams have distinguished themselves in the realm of true self-immolation while the other 26 teams are playing mostly real basketball. To cherrypick a particularly illustrative example, the ESPN story has three paragraphs about how many big toe-strengthening exercises Wembanyama does in order to make sure his feet stay healthy, a concern for all NBA seven-footers. He could go to some grim city, like Oklahoma City, or he could land in a promising basketball situation, like Oklahoma City. But finally, this week, two splashy Wembanyama profiles dropped, from [Sports Illustrated's Jeremy Woo](https://www.si.com/nba/2023/02/21/victor-wembanyama-best-nba-prospect-generation-daily-cover) and [ESPN's Brian Windhorst and Jonathan Givony](https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/35690491/preparing-nba-victor-wembanyama-revolution).

With the NBA Drafts barely two months away, the world has one question in mind regarding Victor Wembanyama, LeBron James and Michael Jordan.

But with the way things are posed now, it is safe not to write off the possibility. Both these legends grew with each season and each hurdle. These words were used to describe LeBron when he started his career in 2003. He is willing to learn and invest in his craft. He travels with a private driver; sometimes, a bodyguard finds his way into Victor’s circle. Additionally, he flaunted the French National team’s jersey and helped the team qualify for the FIBA World Cup. He realized that he needed to be challenged and playing for the Metropolitans was the perfect place for growth. The year he entered high school, he took part in a development program (INSEP). ADVERTISEMENT While being the most predicted first pick in the NBA Drafts, Victor has evolved into a phenomenon that each team is hunting for. Victor Wembanyama, the 19-year-old, has taken the world by storm. He claimed that the basketball world has not seen a phenomenon like the French native.

As the 2023 NBA draft gets closer, Victor Wembanyama has becoming more of a household name. The seven-foot french prospect has amazed fans all year with his ...

With such a fascinating player coming down the pipeline, all eyes are on the bottom of the standings in this final stretch of the regular season. There has never been a player with his size and skills, which is why he's already in the realm of His first game in the Some have even debated that he is a more fascinating prospect than the Ohio high school star was. As the 2023 NBA draft gets closer, Victor Wembanyama is becoming more of a household name. That being said, some are going to extreme lengths to benefit from his exposure.

FIBA issued an apology to young French star Victor Wembanyama after the player accused the organization of recently publishing a “fake” interview with him. In ...

FIBA issued an apology to young French star Victor Wembanyama after the player accused the organization of recently publishing a “fake” interview with him. FIBA has without delay removed the article and all related social media posts,” FIBA mentions. He made his debut with the senior team during November’s Window, averaging 24.0 points, 6.5 rebounds and 1.5 steals in wins over Bosnia and Lithuania.

And, so, while he could take the rest of the season off, rest his body, pick out a suit and brainstorm the best way to dap up Adam Silver when the time ...

[“I am not worried; there is no bad organization,” he said. As he twirls linguine around his fork, Wembanyama says flatly: “There is no wrong team.” [@Jeremy Woo](https://twitter.com/JeremyWoo)on [@getcallin](https://twitter.com/getcallin), for an inside look at the expected No. But when Medjana pulls up the standings on his phone, Wembanyama knows the bottom-dwelling teams that are in contention for him without looking. “Because when you’re 6’2″ [versus] 7’3″, it’s not the same sport. Earlier this season, he erased a two-on-one break by forcing a guard to throw a lob, then running to the other side of the rim to swat the other guy’s attempt. [“I’ve seen him make five threes with the right hand in a row, switch to the left and make five threes,” says Stanford’s Maxime Raynaud, who grew close with Wembanyama during a shared final season at Nanterre, Victor’s first club. LeBron James, following Wembanyama’s two exhibition games in Vegas, described him as an “alien.” This is the Wembanyama effect: He leaves everyone searching for new ways to describe whatever it is they’ve just encountered. [si.com/nba/2023/02/21…](https://t.co/bEAV2QsPfS)– [9:05 AM](https://twitter.com/JeremyWoo/status/1628033202819416064) [CBS NBA](https://twitter.com/CBSSportsNBA)@ [CBSSportsNBA](https://twitter.com/CBSSportsNBA) [pic.twitter.com/8pnjl2UNW8](https://t.co/8pnjl2UNW8)– [3:57 PM](https://twitter.com/ESPNNBA/status/1628136978490294272) [BasketNews](https://twitter.com/BasketNews_com)@ [BasketNews_com](https://twitter.com/BasketNews_com) His last year in France is a platform to work on his craft.

Surefire NBA No. 1 overall pick, Victor Wembanyama, has received an apology from FIBA - international basketball's governing body - after he called out a ...

1 overall pick, Victor Wembanyama, has received an apology from FIBA - international basketball's governing body - after he called out the publishing of a fake interview. [NBA](/sport/nba/index.html) No. Victor Wembanyama called out FIBA after they published a fake interview with him Saturday 'An article featuring a supposed interview with Victor Wembanyama was recently published on the FIBA website,' the statement began. [The article in question](https://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2023/european-qualifiers/news/exclusive-interview-with-victor-wembanyama-the-last-window-is-very-important) was posted Saturday and called out by the seven-foot-five (in shoes) French phenom Wednesday in an Instagram story. Victor Wembanyama receives apology from FIBA after surefire NBA No.1 overall pick was left furious by a FAKE interview that was published on the governing body's website