2023-06-22 13:00:00
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Tall, graceful and joyful, the young basketball player of rare maturity, from the good society of Versailles, is about to conquer America and the NBA…
By Nathalie Lamoureux
Published on 06/22/2023 at 1:00 p.m.
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He’s been preparing for this moment for years. More precisely since he was 13 years old, which, to be fair, was only six years ago… Six years during which Victor Wembanyama managed to forge a culture of winning, a spirit of conquest and unshakeable confidence. A few months ago, during two exhibition matches in Las Vegas with his Boulogne-Levallois club, the world discovered a young man who is 2.21 m tall and weighs 103 kilos, capable of running like a hare and leap like an ibex.
Ball in hand, he dribbled like a playmaker, shot like a back and swept up everything that passed in defense with his long arms (2.43 m wingspan). In 48 hours, this son of a good family, with a gentle face adorned with a goatee, illuminated with gaiety, refined and cultured, me…
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