May 2022 Boulogne-Levallois Wiretap
Victor Wembanyama has spent time this year working with Holger Geschwindner on his shooting.
Geschwindner was the longtime shooting coach of Dirk Nowitzki.
Beyond Wembanyama's length and instincts at 7'4 is his ability to shoot, both on spot-ups and off the dribble.
“Victor will be unguardable if he’s knocking down jumpers,” said one NBA general manager.
The agent of Victor Wembanyama has insisted there are no plans to listen to some team executives who suggest he should be shut down until the 2023 NBA draft in June.
"NBA people are telling me to shut him down, and we are not going to shut him down," Bouna Ndiaye told ESPN on Wednesday. "If we came with that kind of talk to [Wembanyama], he will look at us and say, 'What are you talking about?' He'll never agree to that. He wants to compete and get better. With Victor, it's basketball first and everything else second. He was so pissed off that he lost."
Wembanyama's performance against the G League Ignite was seen in person by approximately 200 NBA executives and scouts.
When French club Metropolitans 92 and G League Ignite agreed to play a pair of exhibition games, it was hoped that Victor Wembanyama and Scoot Henderson would put on a show. The two 18-year-old prospects delivered.
Wembanyama scored 37 points on 11-of-20 shooting, including 7-of-11 on three-pointers. He also blocked five shots. The combination of seven threes and five blocks has happened only one time in NBA history.
Henderson led the Ignite to a 122-115 victory behind his 28 points. The guard scored 28 points on 11-of-21 shooting. Henderson showed off an impressive mix of his driving ability and his jump shot.
Wembanyama and Henderson are widely expected to be selected first and second overall, respectively, at the 2023 NBA Draft.
Victor Wembanyama met with United State media for the first time ahead of his Metropolitans 92 exhibition matchups against the G League Ignite. Wembanyama shared some insight into his goals as a basketball player.
"My goal," Wembanyama said, "is to be like something you've never seen."
Wembanyama doesn't have any interest in being the "Next" anyone. He just wants to be himself.
"I'm gonna tell you something that's been going on in my life, like for my whole life, since I've been a kid, even before I played basketball," Wembanyama said. "I've always tried to do [something] different. I'm not even talking about sports, whatever. Any field, I'm always trying to be original, something original, something one of one, something that's never been done before. And this is really how it worked in my life. I don't know where it comes from. I think I was born with it. I've always been trying to be original. Unique, that's the word."
The 7-foot-2 (or 7-foot-4, depending on the source) 18-year-old is expected to be the first overall pick at the 2023 NBA Draft. He'll go up against Scoot Henderson in the pair of exhibition games on Tuesday and Thursday. Henderson is widely expected to be drafted second overall at the 2023 NBA Draft.
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