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Actors Omar Sy and François Civil shake hands during the NBA basketball game between the Indiana Pacers and the San Antonio Spurs at Accor Arena, Thursday, January 23.
SPORT – “He is our ambassador”. Victor Wembanyama’s San Antonio Spurs and the Indiana Pacers face each other this Thursday, January 23, from 8 p.m., at the Accor Arena. This rare, highly anticipated sporting moment in France brought together personalities from all walks of life, from François Civil to Tony Parker via Thomas Pesquet.
As you can see belowthe actor of the film In Body or Love phew and the former Franco-American international basketball player shook hands in the stands.
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Another mega star came to support Wemby and the Spurs: Omar Sy, star ofUntouchables. NBA fan says Victor Wembanyama will put at least “around thirty points”, as you can hear in the sequence below. On the cultural side, the singer and dancer M.Pokora is also there.
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The prodigy even brought Thomas Pesquet down from space. “We have a basketball ambassador, we dreamed of him, we have him today for many years”reacted the French astronaut, who himself played basketball, on Canal+. “We’re here to be amazed! “, he exclaimed again.
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-The PSG players also honored the 21-year-old basketball player, Ousmane Dembélé and Achraf Hakimi were notably in the stands. Manchester City’s Spanish midfielder Rodri, Ballon d’Or 2024, also came to admire him as a shooter.
Soon the face of the NBA and basketball?
Victor Wembanyama has only a season and a half in the NBA but the powerful North American basketball league already sees this phenomenon as one of its main ambassadors, reinforced by the media and popular enthusiasm for his coming to Paris with the Spurs.
Drafted in June 2023, the impact of Victor Wembanyama “is already unprecedented. The audience for Spurs matches, on our (subscription site) League Pass, has tripled year on year »says George Aivazoglou, NBA executive in charge of Europe and the Middle East.
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It must be said that in terms of play, the Wembanyama meteorite is not weakening, his current statistics testify to this (24.4 pts, 10.8 rebounds, 4 blocks).
To fully understand what Wembanyama represents, just listen to the experienced Rick Carlisle, who made Dirk Nowitzki a champion with Dallas in 2011 and now coaches the Pacers: “It is very likely,” he said, “that Victor will become the face of the NBA and basketball in general.”.
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