“Hey, he played soccer too,” Gobert said. The ball ricocheted into the monitor near Gobert’s seat, knocking it over. Wembanyama, standing nearby, stuck one of his massive feet into the path of a pass by Ignite center Eric Mika. Gobert made a quick appearance on the game’s televised broadcast. The scene: Gobert and fellow Minnesota Timberwolves standout D’Angelo Russell, in town to play the Lakers in a preseason game later Thursday, decided to postpone their afternoon nap - a staple of the NBA gameday routine - and make the 20-minute ride from Las Vegas to watch the game, arriving at halftime. It might be him kicking a ball into a monitor and narrowly missing fellow French center Rudy Gobert. It might be a 28-foot 3-pointer from the wing. It might be a fadeaway 3-pointer from the corner while his momentum has him drifting toward the baseline. Sure enough, when Wembanyama’s around, a viral moment can happen at any time. “No one has ever seen anyone as tall as he is but as fluid and as graceful as he is out on the floor … He’s, for sure, a generational talent.”Īdded Golden State guard Stephen Curry: “He’s like the (NBA) 2K create-a-player, every point guard that wants to be 7-foot. “Everybody’s been a unicorn over the last few years, but he’s more like an alien,” James said. Instead, James went with an out-of-this-world comparison. The best of the bunch may have come from Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James, who suggested that calling Wembanyama a unicorn might not fully indicate how unique he is. The reviews are in from this two-game Vegas residency for Wembanyama, who stands 7-foot-3 in bare feet, and they were of the raving variety. “It's very, very special for France,' Metropolitans 92 coach Vincent Collet said.

there likely will be an NBA logo on his jersey, presumably after he becomes the No. He flies back to France on Saturday, and the next time he plays in the U.S. His final numbers from two exhibitions: 73 points on 22-for-44 shooting, nine 3-pointers, 15 rebounds and nine blocked shots. “As a first impression of the American game, that was really great,' Wembanyama said.

He led the way, of course, with 36 points and 11 rebounds. It may have been the signature moment - and there were a lot of candidates - from Wembanyama’s two-game trip to the U.S., which ended Thursday with the French phenom’s Metropolitans 92 team rallying from 16 points down to top the G League Ignite 112-106. The entire sequence lasted eight seconds. (AP) - Victor Wembanyama blocked a shot Thursday afternoon, ran to the other end of the court, went airborne from just inside the foul line, corralled an alley-oop pass with one hand and slammed home a dunk.

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