Who to succeed Laëtitia Guapo, winner of the Alain Gilles Trophy last year? Victor Wembanyama. The Spurs giant is hesitant about this trophy rewarding the best French basketball player of the year. The first Frenchman chosen in first position in the Draft last June, “Wemby” won everything on an individual level during the past season with Boulogne-Levallois: MVP, best defender, best prospect, best scorer, best rebounder, best blocker and Best Rating and MVP of the All Star Game! All before guiding the Mets to the championship final, against Monaco.
Wembanyama was ahead of two Asvel women’s players, French champions and Eurocup winners, in the votes, Marine Johannes and Sandrine Gruda. The first was not selected for the Euro with Les Bleues, but the second finished in the ideal five of the competition and with a bronze medal around her neck, her ninth international medal. Note that Johannes, who will make her return to the selection next summer at the Olympics, as she has already committed to doing, is currently playing in the WNBA final with New York.