![]() ![]() I was there the year that Boris Diaw came back and played and I was up in their stadium and it was maybe half full, maybe, being very generous. I’ve been to Mets 92 games in past years. “It is normal for when the NBA comes to town. And I keep having to explain to them that having a sold-out, 15,000-people crowd for a regular French professional basketball game is not normal at all,” she said. ![]() “He wowed my American students who are used to seeing NBA games. Krasnoff, author of the upcoming book ‘Basketball Empire: France and the Making of a Global NBA and WNBA,’ told CNN Sport that she and her students recently attended a Metropolitans 92 game – Wembanyama’s team – which was full to the rafters, something she had to reassure them wasn’t a regular occurrence. ‘Wembymania’ is in full flow, something author Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff has seen firsthand. 8 on its list of the top-10 most-viewed players on social media this season – despite not even being in the league yet. There have been few players whose journey to the pinnacle of basketball have been as highly followed in figures released by the NBA, Wembanyama is No. With NBA champions, MVPs and All-Stars – LeBron James, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Curry and Durant to name a few – all expressing their excitement at Wembanyama’s arrival in the US, analysts are likening his arrival in the league to that of James in 2003. Stars have been traded away, contributing players have been released all in an effort to have a worse regular season in order to increase their odds at the first pick. He found out his likely destination in Tuesday’s draft lottery, which saw the San Antonio Spurs win the right to select first in the 2023 draft where they will likely select Wembanyama.įor over a year, teams have made efforts to increase their chances to be able to acquire Wembanyama. Cheat code type vibes,” said four-time NBA champion Steph Curry, while Kevin Durant added: “The league’s really in trouble when he comes in.”īut if you’ve seen anything of the seven-foot-four-inch French teenager Victor Wembanyama, you might understand why the 19-year-old has garnered the attention of the basketball world with his performances in the French professional league and is the widely presumed No. “He’s like a 2K created player, every point guard that wants to be seven foot. ![]() It’s not often a player who has yet to feature in the NBA has the sport’s established stars unanimously gushing. ![]()
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