Victor Wembanyama will have all eyes on him after it is widely understood that the French basketball phenom will be selected first overall in the 2023 NBA Draft this summer. On Tuesday, the NBA Draft Lottery concluded with the San Antonio Spurs landing the top pick and NBA fans have plenty to say.
Victor Wembanyama, 19, currently plays for the French professional basketball team Metropolitans 92 of the LNB Pro A. Wembanyama, who is listed at 7-foot-4 although online reports list him at ranges of 7-foot-5 and 7-foot-2, is thought to be the greatest basketball prospect to emerge in quite some time. Despite his long frame, Wembanyama has the dribbling and passing skills of a guard which had every team in the NBA hoping to land the big man.
The good fortune experienced by the Spurs couldn’t have been more timely considering that the team, coached by Gregg Popovich, isn’t the elite team it once was during the David Robinson and Tim Duncan era. Under Popovich’s tutelage, the Spurs won five NBA championships, the last coming in 2014. It should also be noted that the last time the Spurs had the top pick of the draft, they selected Duncan.
With Wembanyama all but certain to be selected by the team, the fortune of the Spurs is expected to change almost immediately. It will be interesting to see how Wembanyama plays alongside the young core of Keldon Johnson, Tre Jones, and Devonte’ Graham.
On Twitter, both Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs see their names trending with all kinds of reactions. We’ve got the best of them listed below.
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Spurs first overall draft picks:
Robinson —
1x MVP
2x Champ
8x All-Defense
10x All-NBA
10x All-Star
Hall of FameDuncan —
2x MVP
5x Champ
15x All-Defense
15x All-NBA
15x All-Star
Hall of FameWembanyama —
???? pic.twitter.com/A5uLYjbRhR— StatMuse (@statmuse) May 17, 2023
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Coach Pop after seeing the Spurs get the #1 pick #NBADraftLottery pic.twitter.com/8ydNwbepyT
— The Kumite.. it’s really, real (@Lizzs_Lockeroom) May 17, 2023
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Wembanyama is a San Antonio Spur, and the city has lost its collective mind in the best way possible. pic.twitter.com/vOrUDlaGmF
— Casey Viera (@Casey_Viera) May 17, 2023
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The Spurs' mood after getting the No. 1 overall pick
pic.twitter.com/lT7g4PL5Zw
— NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) May 17, 2023
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[three days ago]
THEM: how’re your spurs looking shea lol
ME:
[tonight]
ME: pic.twitter.com/EFKIaPMXg6
— Shea Serrano (@SheaSerrano) May 17, 2023
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Pop after the Spurs won the Wemby sweepstakes pic.twitter.com/EFdND8GVsO
— Josiah Johnson (@KingJosiah54) May 17, 2023
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Pop running to draft Wemby after the Spurs landed the No. 1 pick
#NBADraftLottery pic.twitter.com/mNTL1juzdO
— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) May 17, 2023
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SPURS WIN
SPURS WIN
PANDEMONIUM
BIENVENUE A SAN ANTONIO VICTOR WEMBANYAMA pic.twitter.com/demSoxfTfn— Tom Petrini (@RealTomPetrini) May 17, 2023
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If Spurs wasn’t the number 1 pick, Pop wouldn’t come back to the basketball court ever again.
— Ahmed/The Ears/IG: BigBizTheGod
(@big_business_) May 17, 2023
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