{"id":409941,"date":"2022-10-22T16:26:48","date_gmt":"2022-10-22T16:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=409941"},"modified":"2022-10-22T16:26:48","modified_gmt":"2022-10-22T16:26:48","slug":"wembamania-after-nba-victor-wembanyama-has-already-won-over-french-fans-as-he-prepares-for-2023-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wembamania-after-nba-victor-wembanyama-has-already-won-over-french-fans-as-he-prepares-for-2023-draft\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWembamania\u201d: After NBA, Victor Wembanyama Has Already Won Over French Fans as he Prepares For 2023 Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The best NBA prospect since LeBron James is arguably Victor Wembanyama. He is a towering 7-foot-4 and doesn&#8217;t even have to move from his position to change shots since his 8-foot wingspan allows him to block jumpers and nudge the ball away from potential attackers. After just 54 seconds, Victor Wembanyama scored his team&#8217;s first points. He then raised his arms after contributing to the game&#8217;s final score with a pass that nearly covered the entire court.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Rnn4ZWBdvQ0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Everyone wants to see the 18-year-old prodigy widely anticipated to become an NBA great as &#8220;Wembamania&#8221; sweeps France. The French center is not just one of the most anticipated players the NBA has seen in a very long time, but he is also expected to be the first choice in the 2023 NBA Draft.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ: <a title=\"What Does Going 2-0 Up Mean For Utah Jazz and Their Plans Of Tanking For Victor Wembanyama?\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/what-does-going-2-0-up-mean-for-utah-jazz-and-their-plans-of-tanking-for-victor-wembanyama\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">What Does Going 2-0 Up Mean For Utah Jazz and Their Plans Of Tanking For Victor Wembanyama?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Victor Wembanyama becomes a big figure in France<\/h2>\n<p>In comparison to the NBA audience that Wembanyama will face, the recent game&#8217;s attendance was sparse. Huge cheers erupted across the small stadium as soon as his name was announced as one of the starting five.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">VICTOR WEMBANYAMA WITH ONE OF THE CRAZIEST BLOCKS I&#39;VE EVER SEEN, SHUTS DOWN THE 2V1 IN TRANSITION BY HIMSELF <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Hz6817ioUr\">pic.twitter.com\/Hz6817ioUr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Itamar (@Itamar_17_10) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Itamar_17_10\/status\/1583534766208737281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 21, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Following his astounding exploits in two preseason games in Las Vegas, national news station France 2 carried a piece on Wembanyama, adding to the surrounding buzz. The 6,000 tickets for the game in Le Mans last Saturday, Wembanyama&#8217;s first since his Las Vegas jackpot, were entirely sold by that little club for the first time.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">La hype Victor Wembanyama a m\u00eame atteint Lionel Jospin, passionn\u00e9 de basket et au premier rang du match des Metropolitans contre Blois hier soir. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ALQr36BXV9\">https:\/\/t.co\/ALQr36BXV9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Romain Baheux (@RBaheux) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RBaheux\/status\/1583780091175137281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Even former prime minister Lionel Jospin, <a href=\"https:\/\/nba.nbcsports.com\/2022\/10\/22\/victor-wembanyama-not-just-winning-over-nba-gms-fans-in-france-falling-for-him\/\">contacted<\/a> the club&#8217;s president to request a ticket at the age of 85. 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He is a towering 7-foot-4 and doesn&#8217;t even have to move from his position to change shots since his 8-foot wingspan allows him to block jumpers and nudge the ball away from potential attackers. After just 54 seconds, Victor Wembanyama scored his team&#8217;s first [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":398756,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[2628],"class_list":["post-409941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-victor-wembanyama"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/398756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}