NBA: A star steps up for Wembanyama

For his first season in the NBA, Victor Wembanyama made his mark. The French giant has continued to grow in strength over the course of a season during which it crossed paths with the best basketball players on the planet. Moreover, Draymond Green, the star of the Warriors, considers that the Spurs player should be elected defender of the year.

Drafted in first position by the Spursa first for a French basketball player, Victor Wembanyama did better than meet the expectations placed on him by raising the bar even higher. Indeed, while we might have thought that he was only going to fight for the title of rookie of the year, Wemby is more than ever in the running to win defender of the year as he has just arrived in NBA. Wembanyama has supporters, starting with Draymond Greenfour times champion NBA with the Warriors and Defender of the Year in 2017.

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“Wemby has to be defender of the year because he is incredible defensively”

Usually not kind with French players, and especially with Rudy Gobert, Draymond Green can only bow to the talent of Victor Wembanyama. « I know I said recently that Wemby shouldn’t be defender of the year, and I lied, Wemby should be defender of the year because he is incredible defensively. The way he impacts the game on defense, whether on the ball carrier or away from the ball, it’s a problem “, declared the star of Warriors on his channel Youtube. The latter is totally impressed.

“This guy is amazing”

« When you see players attacking the rim and maybe they have a lay-up opportunity and they turn around… It’s a real problem and ultimately it’s almost equivalent to a against, but it’s not going to stand out statistically. You attack the rim and you go for the layup, then you see Wemby and you turn around? It’s a counter. I don’t know what lab he was created in, but I have to go create a son in that lab because this guy is amazing “, added Draymond Green.