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Impossible to escape the phenomenon! To this popular fervor, to this fever that has ignited French basketball – and worldwide – since the beginning of autumn. Since the two “exhibition” games at the invitation of the NBA in Las Vegas at the beginning of October, Victor Wembanyama’s popularity rating has gone beyond the borders of France. At only 18 years old (he was born on January 4, 2004), the one whom the Americans have already affectionately renamed “Wemby” stacks up performances, records and fills basketball arenas like rock stars concert halls.