We have probably not experienced such enthusiasm, even in the Summer League, since the debut of Zion Williamson in Las Vegas in July 2019. On the night from Friday to Saturday (03:00), Victor Wembanyama will play their first match in the summer league with the Spurs, facing the Hornets of his runner-up Brandon Miller. And the 19,500 seats of the Thomas & Mack Center, located not far from the “downtown” of “Sin City”, will all be occupied, according to Mark Stein.
A new sign of a gigantic craze for the French prodigy of San Antonio, which will obviously be the center of attention, even on an ordinary Friday in July. One more “step” of “Wembamania”…
But despite media and popular attention which has obviously not gone down since the Draft, we should not place too many expectations around this first match of “Wemby”. Because the Spurs will undoubtedly be cautious with their new jewel, whose playing time should be limited, in a match without concrete sporting stakes. After a crazy pre-Draft and then post-Draft period, Victor Wembanyama wants to focus fully on basketball again. But the Summer League is only an amuse-bouche, before the serious things come back to school…
