Basketball
2023 NBA Draft: Spurs Select Victor Wembanyama as No. 1 Pick
by privatebet.com - 2023/06/23
Victor Wembanyama came into this year’s NBA Draft as one of the most promising young players, and he managed to live up to the hype. The French teenager is on a quest to make his NBA dreams come true after being selected as the no. 1 pick by the San Antonio Spurs. There was a lot of buzz surrounding Wembanyama before the draft and he was hailed as one of the most coveted picks since LeBron James in 2003. The 19-year-old has a pretty impressive track record on the youth level, both with the French national team and on the international stage, and expectations are running high for his NBA debut. The French teen said he’s thrilled to play with San Antonio next season because the Spurs are “synonymous of winning" in his book. “On lottery night when the Spurs got the number one pick, I was just thinking, I was feeling lucky that they got the pick as a franchise that has that culture and that that experience in winning and in creating good players. So I really can't wait,” said Wembanyama. As for the rest of the NBA Draft, the Charlotte Hornets took Brandon Miller as the no. 2 pick, while Scoot Henderson was drafted as the no. 3 pick by the Portland Trail Blazers.