The huge, lanky teenager who spent his time on the floor of the Palais des sports Maurice-Thorez in Nanterre has changed a lot, but he has not lost his way in the bowels of the enclosure of his training club. It was as a global star that Victor Wembanyama arrived, Monday January 20, with his San Antonio Spurs team, in the Paris suburbs, for a first training session ahead of the NBA Paris Games, to the cheers of a few handfuls of young people wearing his jersey, who undoubtedly dream of a destiny like his.
“It’s a bit surreal to see my Spurs teammates where I spent so much time”smiled the player, who said he felt “lots of excitement” before playing two matches – Thursday January 23 and Saturday January 25 – on French soil. “I have the impression that two universes are meeting, and for the moment, it “matches” well. »
The appointment is now firmly established in the calendar. For five years now – but for only four editions, due to the Covid-19 crisis – a gigantic barnum has arrived in the Parisian gray at the end of January. Once a year, the NBA moves to Paris for a week, and relocates regular season matches to the floor of the Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy (Accor Arena). New this year, “Wembamania” obliges, the Spurs will face the Indiana Pacers twice, compared to only one outsourced match until then.
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