For his gala match at Bercy, Victor Wembanyama entertained the 15,000 spectators who came to see him and his Boulogne-Levallois team beat Bourg-en-Bresse on Sunday (93-82).
Rumbling after his overpowering dunks, clamor after one of his passes converted into an alley-oop … What could have been only a match of the 32nd day of the Elite season, with limited stakes between two teams already qualified for the play-offs (2nd and 5th), turned into an early farewell drink.
The almost full enclosure (15,000 spectators gauge) like the Elite player of the month trophy awarded by Orelsan gave Victor Wembanyama a glimpse of the new dimension he is about to enter.
Not intimidated by the decor, the 18-year-old giant (2.21 meters) almost piled up twenty points in one half (18) before finishing with a double double (25 points and 10 rebounds) to allow his team to cling to second place.
Enough to focus attention for this last home game of the Mets 92 and their only relocation of the season outside their cozy Marcel-Cerdan sports hall before the NBA draft lottery (Tuesday, May 16).
The countdown is on before the takeoff of the Wembanyama rocket. He could also land at the Houston Rockets, one of the three franchises with the San Antonio Spurs and the Detroit Pistons who are most likely to inherit the first choice (14%) among the fourteen eligible.
Because it is up to the lottery to assign the order of choice of franchises among the future recruits of the league and therefore the very likely destination of the French prodigy next season. “Ten days before knowing my future team. It’s really a crazy thing, ”twitted the person concerned the day before.