Thursday June 22, 2023, Adam Silver, the president of the NBA, smiles on stage at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn to state in a clear voice: “For the first pick of the 2023 NBA draft, the San Antonio Spurs have selected …Victor Wembanyama, from Nanterre, France. » The draft is a ceremony bringing together the 60 most promising young basketball players of the year, from all over the world, who are recruited by the teams of the NBA, the famous American league. The best hope in international basketball is therefore French. In his pine green suit, he embraces his family present there, without suspecting that, on the other side of the Atlantic, his country is on fire for him and his discipline.
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