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Victor Wembanyama: The 7’4 unicorn touted as the NBA’s greatest prospect since LeBron James

In 2020, three-time NBA defensive player of the year Rudy Gobert was practicing on a court in France in a two-on-two situation with three other seven-foot behemoths. In a video that then went viral, the ‘man’ he is guarding dribbles the ball once between his legs, then again while slightly hesitating forwards. Gobert moves back and the tall, lanky player unleashes a smooth shot from the edge of the three-point line… Splash. Gobert smiles, picks up the ball and hands it back to the player. He then hesitates to Gobert’s right, then sidesteps onto the left and unleashes that same shot again… Splash. The moves aren’t special – the player is.Gobert got an early introduction to what many call the greatest prospect to emerge from the NBA Draft since LeBron James in 2003. Victor Wembanyama was ...
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The Victor Wembanyama sweepstakes and draft lottery has a winner: It’s the San Antonio Spurs

Victor Wembanyama is set to follow in the footsteps of David Robinson and Tim Duncan, and the San Antonio Spurs are ready to welcome the French phenom. It sure seems like an ideal pairing. The Spurs hit the lottery jackpot on Tuesday, landing the No. 1 pick and the right to draft one of the most highly touted prospects in NBA history. Not since LeBron James made the jump from St. Vincent-St. Mary High School in his hometown of Akron, Ohio, to the NBA two decades ago has a player come with this much fanfare. At 7-foot-3 and with the ability to shoot like a wing player and pass like a point guard, the 19-year-old Wembanyama is expected to make an immediate impact. And he had a message for San Antonio. “I’m trying to win a ring ASAP,” Wembanyama told ESPN after the lottery results. “So be...
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NBA star Ja Morant accused of flashing gun, punching 17-year-old 12-13 times, says report

Rising NBA superstar Ja Morant could be in trouble with the law after a 17-year-old accused the Memphis Grizzlies player of punching him 12 to 13 times during a pickup basketball game that was taking place in 23-year-old Morant’s house in Tennessee in July last year. According to a report in The Washington Post, which quotes interviews conducted by Shelby County Sheriff’s Office detectives, the teenager has told the officials that after an altercation during the game went out of hand, Morant went into his house after hitting him and came back out with a “gun visible in the waistband of his pants and his hand on the weapon.” The report also added that the teenager had a “large knot” on the side of his head where he claimed that Morant had hit him. TMZ had reported that the teenager had...