2023-10-08 11:01:34
By Le Figaro with AFP
Published 1 hour ago, Updated now
Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs packed up for a simple practice match. RONALD CORTES / AFP
A training match with San Antonio, where French nugget Victor Wembanyama plays, attracted more than 13,000 spectators on Saturday in Texas.
More than 13,000 spectators gathered at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio (Texas) on Saturday to watch a training session against Victor Wembanyama’s Spurs, around whom excitement is growing as the start of the NBA season approaches.
«It’s been a long time since I played in front of so many people. Of course it has even more value when it comes from the ‘fan base’ of the franchise that I have been following since I was little», Launched the 19-year-old Frenchman at the end of this training open to the public and free.
Wembanyama, No. 1 in the Draft in June, raises immense expectations as the NBA season begins on October 24, with a first match for the Spurs on the 25th against Dallas.
9 points pour «Wemby»
Saturday, during a mini-match without much intensity of four 10-minute periods between San Antonio players, the Wembanyama phenomenon (2.24 m according to the NBA), black jersey, scored nine points and grabbed five rebounds under the cheers of the 13,200 spectators present, an unprecedented figure for this type of event.
Asked about the choice a few days earlier of star pivot Joel Embiid to join the United States selection for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, rather than France or Cameroon, “Wemby» said to himself “sad for Cameroon».
Does he regret the choice of Philadelphia 76ers player? “I don’t really have an opinion. If I am selected, I will fight with other French people to win a title.»
The Spurs begin preseason play Monday in Oklahoma City against the Thunder.
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