“When will I be able to go on vacation, when will I resume training, where, in San Antonio or elsewhere? » These are the questions that Victor Wembanyama arose after his second match in the Summer League. A few hours after this declaration, we learned that he would no longer play in the summer league.
Spurs then answered his first question, announcing that the Frenchman would be able to leave for “well deserved vacation”he who wants disappear from the media for a month” in order to focus on basketball again.
Before that, he did a small dot on his performances in Las Vegas where he averaged 18 points, 10 rebounds and 4 blocks. “It was an enriching experience, I learned a lot in just two matches. For me and for my teammates, it’s promising for the future. »
The first choice of the Draft also compared his two meetings, the second having been much more successful than the first.
“The difference between the two matches was clearly the energy,” he delivers. “Before the first I hadn’t played for a long time, I had only two training sessions, while in the second I was doing everything faster. I have to play like this every time. »
Ready to follow Gregg Popovich “with eyes closed”
Finally, what differences could he observe between the NBA game and his seasons in France?
“The ground is more open and it goes faster. But it’s less physical,” believes Victor Wembanyama. “I had mistakes, but not that many. Here, the players fly while in France, it’s more on the ground, with big contacts. There are huge athletes, the best in the world, and more talent. »
It will still be necessary to wait a little to be able to really compare because the game of the Summer League is different from that of the regular season, itself different from that of the playoffs…
See you in any case at the end of September for the start of the “training camp”, and “Wemby” repeats that it is “a chance” to be able to be coached and trained by Gregg Popovich. “He pays me a lot of attention, he talks to me a lot, he calls me every day” concludes Victor Wembanyama. “I’m so lucky to have someone like him, with such experience and so much success. He knows how to do it, and I can follow him with my eyes closed. »
