2023-06-27 12:55:00
When Victor Wembanyama was selected first in the Draft, the emotion was immense. With him, French basketball enters a new era. The desire to write a new page is good. Doing it while honoring those who made it all happen is even better. And it is with great class that the French prospect did it. By asking the NBA to quote Nanterre, its training club, during its appeal, but not only.
Usually, foreign players selected in the Draft are called by Adam Silver, who specifies their place of birth, since they did not go to university in the United States. For Victor Wembanyama, the logic has been changed a little bit. Originally from Chesnay, he was nevertheless designated as being from “Nanterre, France”. A detail for the majority, but the opportunity to pay tribute to the JSF club and the trainers who have made this evening possible for years.
It is indeed in the Hauts-de-Seine prefecture that Wemby was mainly trained, from the age of 10. He continued his course in green until 2021, before leaving to complete his training at ASVEL. It is therefore seven years of common history between him and the club of his debut that he wanted to highlight in front of the entire basketball world. The gesture is symbolic, but does not stop there. He also invited Frederic Donnadieu, club president, and Bryan George, his U13 coach, to spend the week in New York with him. If that’s not a wonderful thank you, then we really don’t know what is.
Could we expect such a decision? Come on, we’re not here to push Wembamania to such details, but yes, all the same. We remember his very moving farewell to the Palais des sports Maurice Thorez, and the walkabout full of tears with the club’s fans. A poignant moment, which he decided to engrave in the history of the NBA via this sentence in the Draft. It’s beautiful.
Source: Le Parisien
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