63 years before Wembanyama, the giant Jean-Claude Lefèbvre, forever the first French drafted in the NBA

2023-06-21 13:24:58

If, to win a sports pie at the Trivial Pursuit to the question “Who was the first French player drafted in the NBA?” » you answer « Tony Parker », it’s lost. The quadruple NBA champion was not even the first tricolor to play on the NBA courts. This honor goes to Tariq Abdul-Wahad, Olivier Saint-Jean by his birth name, who paved the way in 1997.