“I learned more in a dinner hour than in my whole life about the NBA”, said the man of the moment in the best basketball league in the world, Victor Wembanyama. After all the hurricane of his selection as number 1 in the Draft, he is already a full-fledged player of the San Antonio Spurs. And the franchise decided to embrace him.It is not for less after taking the player for whom the entire rule sighs. “Some general manager would give us an arm in exchange,” said Brian Wright, manager of the Texan team.
‘Wembi‘ landed in Texas and madness broke loose. posing and playing on the AT&T Center with the white shirt and its ‘1’ print. Groundbreaking, by physique and by forms. A player like this had never been seen in the franchise. Tim Duncan, David Robinson and Kawhi Leonard were historic stars, but none embraced the spotlight like the Frenchman. It’s in his DNA. “I don’t feel the pressure. I want to be the best in everything I do,” repeats the prodigy from Nanterre.
But the one in San Antonio knows that there are guidelines to meet in the franchise. That culture of decades of success, and for this the legends of the Spurs decided to welcome it. A dinner was organized with the Frenchman, Tim Duncan, David Robinson, Manu Ginobili and Sean Elliott. The Gaul hallucinated. “In a few hours they taught me everything,” he stressed.
The word ‘culture’ is repeated over and over again. But it’s real. The way of working in the Spurs, with players at the service of Popovich and victories throughout the course. “It is spectacular to feel that these people are so important to the city of San Antonio. And they’re so appreciative and so generous to the franchise. They have started to take care of me already”, added the Frenchman.
It’s spectacular to see what they mean to the city of San Antonio
For the Spurs, seasons of 60 losses are no longer worth more and for the ‘unicorn’, less. He joins that request from the same night of the Draft to want to win quickly. “I learn quickly and I know that the NBA is complex, but I want to win,” he said that day in Brooklyn. The Wembanyama phenomenon is focused and looking for success.
