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Holger Geschwindner, Dallas Mavericks icon Dirk Nowitzki’s legendary shooting coach, had some big praise for Victor Wembanyama after the French prospect sought for his guidance. Speaking with NBA insider Marc Stein, Geschwindner sees big things ahead for Wembanyama–to the level of Michael Jordan, LeBron James, Stephen Curry and, of course, Dirk. “This kid has the […]

LeBron James called Victor Wembanyama an “alien” after watching him play recently. Like many, James was blown away by the performance of a player some are calling the greatest prospect in basketball history. Wembanyama played in a pair of Las Vegas exhibitions against the G League Ignite, and it is easy to see why some […]

The 2022-23 season has not even started but basketball fans and scouts are already talking about the 2023 NBA Draft. That’s especially true after seeing two consensus top prospects in this year’s cycle, Victor Wembanyama and Scoot Henderson, put up big numbers in a pair of exhibition games in Las Vegas this past week. Here, […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo knows what it’s like to be seen as an otherworldly basketball force. Victor Wembanyama might take that mantle from him in the next decade. The Milwaukee Bucks star was asked about the immense fanfare being paid to the French teenager as his highlight reels going up against the G League Ignite squad have […]

Count Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant in among the NBA superstars who is hyped up to see Victor Wembanyama establish himself as the clear no. 1 pick of the 2023 NBA Draft. In two preseason games with his French team Metropolitans 92 against G League Ignite, Wembanyama impressed and put the whole NBA world on […]

Richard Jefferson may be friends with Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James, but even the one-time champ couldn’t deny the overwhelming talent that Victor Wembanyama possesses compared to LeBron before he was drafted. Wembanyama is the most anticipated prospect since James in 2003, so comparisons between the two players are not surprising to see. Similar […]

The new season is fast approaching and yet all anybody can talk about is a player that won’t be on any NBA roster for at least another year. After just two games against the G League Ignite squad, Victor Wembanyama has captivated the basketball world with his out-of-this-world skill set. Kevin Durant has been one […]

Even unicorns evolve, too. If you are a unicorn evolution truther, then how do you explain Victor Wembanyama?  Kevin Durant, arguably the original NBA unicorn, believes that Wembanyama is going to be massive headache for opponents of whichever lucky team who would land him in the 2023 NBA Draft. “The league is really in trouble […]

Victor Wembanyama is the talk of the basketball world after going full-unicorn in a recent Metropolitans 92 game against the G League Ignite. But Wembanyama and Ignite’s Scoot Henderson are not the only ones getting massive attention after that contest. There’s also Steeve Ho You Fat, whose name is all you need to know why […]

Has there ever been a prospect as hyped up as 7’3 center Victor Wembanyama? Possessing an insane blend of shooting ability, shot creation skills, and unreal shot-blocking, Wembanyama is as franchise-altering a talent as it gets. And he showed all the tricks in his bag yet again during the Metropolitans 92’s showcase game against G […]

Victor Wembanyama was already one of the most highly-touted NBA draft prospects of all time. His recent 37 and 36-point performances during the Metropolitans 92’s showcase against the G League Ignite only made more people fall in love with him. Standing at an astounding 7’3 as an 18-year old, Wembanyama wowed everybody with his ability […]

The Los Angeles Lakers took on the Minnesota Timberwolves on Thursday night and some of their biggest stars were missing in action. Both LeBron James and Anthony Davis sat out this preseason game, and both of them were sitting courtside to support their team. They also happened to be sitting beside a dude that has […]

Standing at 7’1”, there aren’t many players in the NBA, or the world for that matter, that stand taller than Rudy Gobert. But the Minnesota Timberwolves center found one on Thursday in fellow Frenchman Victor Wembanyama. Following a showcase game between Wembanyama’s Metropolitans 92 from one of France’s highest professional leagues, and the G League […]

Victor Wembanyama pretty much became somewhat of a household name over the past few days after his coming out party against the NBA G League Ignite. The 18-year-old French phenom made such big waves that even Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James could not help but deliver some high praise for the highly-touted teenager. After […]

Stephen Curry was too busy practicing with the Golden State Warriors on Thursday afternoon to tune into the second leg of highly anticipated matchups between Victor Wembanyama and Scoot Henderson, the consensus top-two prospects in the 2023 NBA draft. Still, the reigning Finals MVP saw everything he needed during Tuesday’s instant-classic game to come up […]

The epic showdown between Victor Wembanyama and Scoot Henderson on Tuesday night in Vegas lived up to all the hype, and more. It was a prospect show for the ages, highlighting why they’re the projected top picks in the 2023 NBA Draft. The star youngsters took the floor again for their respective squads Thursday afternoon, […]

Eschewing wins in the hopes of obtaining a high draft pick has long been a problem in the NBA. However, league commissioner Adam Silver may not see a tanking war as hotly-contested as the one that could occur during the 2022-23 season, with generational talents such as Victor Wembanyama and Scoot Henderson as the ultimate […]

LeBron James has seen as much basketball as anyone in the universe. Even he’s never #witnessed anything quite like Victor Wembanyama. Following the Los Angeles Lakers’ preseason game against the Phoenix Suns in Las Vegas, LeBron mentioned that he was in the building on Tuesday to watch the 18-year-old Frenchman take on projected No. 2 […]

To say that Victor Wembanyama made waves in NBA circles after his mind-blowing 37-point explosion against Scoot Henderson and the G League Ignite on Tuesday night would be a complete understatement. As a matter of fact, the way the projected first overall pick took the United States by storm is now expected to have a […]

Scoot Henderson and his NBA G League Ignite may have come out with the victory on Tuesday night against Metropolitans 92, but there’s no denying that the biggest winner of the spectacle has to be French phenom Victor Wembanyama. With his team down big at halftime, the projected No. 1 overall pick for the 2023 […]

If you’re a basketball fan, Tuesday night was an exciting glimpse into the future as projected first overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft Victor Wembanyama put in absolute work in Las Vegas against the G-League Ignite, scoring 37 points, blocking five shots, and draining seven triples. ESPN analyst Jonathan Givony, who has been scouting […]

Victor Wembanyama has already been hailed as a generational talent and he completely lived up to the hype on American territory Tuesday night. The big man poured in 37 points and swatted five shots against the G-League Ignite and projected second overall pick behind him in the 2023 NBA Draft, Scoot Henderson. After over 200 […]

There is a whole basketball season between now and the 2023 NBA Draft. However, it seems like we can already pencil in the top two picks for next season, no matter which teams’ ping pong balls come up. So, let the Scoot Henderson, Victor Wembanyama debate officially begin. Wembanyama is an absolute unicorn. He is […]

The fascination with Victor Wembanyama is unquantifiable at this point. The French wunderkind fired up the hype machine in his exhibition contest against fellow top prospect Scoot Henderson on Tuesday night. While his impact on the contest was virtually immeasurable, one way he can be measured is with good, old-fashioned measuring tape. Several outlets list […]

Even with an NBA preseason slate featuring the long-awaited return of Zion Williamson, it was another freak of nature that caught the fascination of social media. Victor Wembanyama showed the basketball world that he looks very well worth the hype. While Wemby is only just starting to enter the consciousness of basketball watchers everywhere, NBA […]

French big man Victor Wembanyama is widely regarded as a generational talent and is likely to be selected first overall in the 2023 NBA draft. Wembanyama saw action for French pro team Metropolitans 92 as they faced G League Ignite today. Ignite won, 122-115, led by another top prospect, Scoot Henderson. The 6’2 Henderson finished […]

Think about this — Team France can have a frontline composed of Rudy Gobert, Joel Embiid, and Victor Wembanyama for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup. That would be bad news for any of their opponents, including Team USA. If French head coach Vincent Collet does call up those three giants to man the paint […]

The interest in Victor Wembanyama is on an all-time high. That is after he put on a show in Tuesday night’s game between his Metropolitans 92  team and the G League Ignite Squad, which also had another high-profile 2023 NBA Draft prospect in Scoot Henderson. Wembanyama shined in that game, albeit in a loss, as […]

If you haven’t seen Victor Wembanyama play and just relied on what you’ve been hearing other people say about the NBA’s top prospect in the 2023 NBA Draft, you could have been led to the belief that he’s straight out of a laboratory. In a sense, that is what Wembanyama is, a freak basketball talent […]

The current crop of rookies haven’t even been able to take the court yet, but the hype spotlight is already shining on next year’s shiny new prospect. Victor Wembanyama is simply that level of a prospect expected to enter his name in the 2023 NBA Draft. The 18-year-old Frenchman showed off exactly that in an […]

Victor Wembanyama, the projected no. 1 overall pick of the 2023 NBA Draft, proved to the whole basketball world that he is the real deal. Even better, he did it against the consensus no. 2 pick Scoot Henderson. In the meeting between Metropolitans 92 and Ignite, both Wembanyama and Henderson impressed. They basically erased all […]

Add Isaiah Thomas to the list of NBA players who had their jaws drop after watching Victor Wembanyama play against the G League Ignite. Starring for Metropolitans 92, Wembanyama showed his full arsenal in his showdown with fellow top prospect Scoot Henderson and the Ignite squad. He impressed early on, and the youngster maintained the […]

There was a lot of hype leading up to Tuesday night’s matchup between French outfit Metropolitans 92 and the NBA G League Ignite. This is but a non-bearing exhibition match between a little-known Paris-based team and a G League side that is made up of amateurs. However, the main highlight of the contest is without […]

Victor Wembanyama is showing Scoot Henderson and everyone else why he is the consensus no. 1 pick of the 2023 NBA Draft. Facing off against Henderson and the G League Ignite, Wembanyama didn’t waste time showing the scouts and NBA officials what he can do with his massive frame and elite basketball skills. The Frenchman […]

Scoot Henderson doesn’t care about facing the top prospect of the 2023 NBA Draft in Victor Wembanyama. Whoever he is up against, he has only one goal in mind: embarrass his opponents. Henderson said as much in a recent interview with The Ringer. When asked if he gets extra motivation facing his biggest rival in […]

Victor Wembanyama is becoming a household name and the favorite to be the top pick in the 20223 NBA Draft. But he has a contender for the top spot, and his name is Scoot Henderson. Henderson, an 18-year-old, 6-foot-2 guard, has unreal explosiveness and showed that he can hang with NBA-level players last season with […]

NBA fans are starting to learn the name Victor Wembanyama. One of the best basketball prospects in the world is about to showcase his stuff to more and more hoops fans as the next NBA Draft nears. The 7-foot-2 teenager is sure to make a lasting impression as he embarks on his journey to the […]

There’s been a lot of buzz surrounding projected 2023 No. 1 overall pick Victor Wembanyama. Apparently, the hype could be all real with the French phenom already drawing comparisons to none other than Milwaukee Bucks Giannis Antetokounmpo. Wembanyama is currently listed at 7-foot-3 and 209 pounds, which is somewhat similar to the body make-up Giannis […]

It looks like hooping is not the only talent of 2023 NBA Draft top prospect Victor Wembanyama. Apparently, he can also drop nasty disses. Ahead of his showdown with Scoot Henderson in a couple of G League preseason games, Wembanyama was asked about his biggest rival and the presumed no. 2 pick of the 2023 […]