As one of the top picks in the 2023 NBA Draft, Victor Wembanyama has signed a two-year contract with French league club Metropolitans 92.
Wen Banyama helped Eswell team win the Ligue 1 championship
The 18-year-old young player has outstanding static talent. He is 2.20 meters tall and weighs 104 kg. 36 long wingspan. has a super inside player figure, and he also has the footsteps of actively holding the ball and a soft outside touch. Many netizens of call him "a potential superstar who is even better than the static talent of Durant and ." !" Last season, he helped Elsevier team (the team owner is Spurs legendary star Tony Parker ) won the Ligue 1 championship, averaging 9.4 points in about 18 minutes per game 5.1 rebounds and 1.8 blocks.
Metropolis 92 officially announced that it has signed a two-year contract with Wenban Yama
In fact, in the 2021 U19 Men’s Basketball World Youth Championship, Wenbanyama has already entered the public’s field of vision. In that competition, the French team he led entered the finals, facing the US men's basketball team led by Holmgren, the MVP of the tournament and the second overall pick in this year's NBA draft. In the final, although the French team lost 81-83 to their opponents and failed to win the championship, Wenbanyama contributed 22 points, 8 rebounds and 8 blocks. The average data of the entire event was 14 points, 7.4 rebounds and 4.7 blocks. He was selected as the best line-up.
As a future star of French basketball and even international basketball, Venbanyama has been highly praised by the French big brother Tony Parker . "He is the most special player in the world and the most talented player in France in the past 20 years. He has all the potential to become the No. 1 pick in the future. We will do our best to help him achieve his goal." In the past few years, Edoncic The European players represented by him have achieved great success in the NBA, and the scouts of each team have focused more attention on the European continent.
Wen Banyama in the game
As he left Parker The outside world also began to link this potential stock with the Spurs. After the opening of the NBA's free agent market this summer, the Spurs sent Dejounte Murray who performed well last season, and got Gallinari, 3 future first-round picks and 1 first-round pick from the Eagles swap rights. So far, the Spurs have held 12 first-round picks and 9 second-round picks in the next 6 years; Banyama, an international player, may be able to bring the Spurs back into the ranks of the league's top giants again.
Red Star News reporter Hu Minjuan Pei Han
editor Bao Chengli
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