Victor Wembanyama is the most hyped prospect since Lebron James and is expected to make an immediate impact on the San Antonio Spurs after going No. 1 in the 2023 NBA Draft.
The 7-foot-5 center from France is considered a generational talent who will bring the Spurs back to their winning ways.
Victor Wembanyama of the San Antonio Spurs, the first pick in the draft, shoots during an NBA basketball news conference, Saturday, June 24, 2023, at the AT&T Center in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
However, while most believe Wembanyama will be a star, not everyone believes he will dominate on the opening day of the league.
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‘I think people are setting him up for failure’, Golden State Warriors All-Star dramond green he said on «Podcast P with Paul George.»
«To say he’s going to be an All-Star next year like he doesn’t have to solve this game, I really don’t believe it,» he continued. «I think it will be special, but All-Star next year, I think it’s too much.»
While Green believes the hype around Wembanyama may be raising expectations too high, the four-time nba champion he sees an area where Wembanyama will have an immediate impact.
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Draymond Green, number 23 of the Golden State Warriors, brings the ball up court during the game against the Memphis Grizzlies at FedExForum on March 18, 2023 in Memphis, Tennessee. (Justin Ford/Getty Images)
«Him as a rim protector. That’s what I think most people don’t talk about, and I actually think that’s what separates him,» Green said of Wembanyama. «Because if all else fails, if he makes it to the league and because he’s 7-5 he can’t handle it as much as he wants, or because the three-point line is so much further away, his shot isn’t as good as it is.» been… If all else fails, he as a rim protector is as elitist as we have him in the NBA.
«So, you already have one thing that already puts you in an elite category. And as we all know, teams are always looking for rim protectors.»
The Spurs expect Wembanyama to be as successful as San Antonio’s previous two picks at the top of the league. nba draft.
Victor Wembanyama, right, poses for a photo with NBA commissioner Adam Silver after being selected first overall by the San Antonio Spurs during the NBA basketball draft, Thursday, June 22, 2023. , In New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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The Spurs first drafted David Robinson overall in 1987 before taking Tim Duncan in 1997, and both players will go on to Hall of Fame careers as Saint Anthony he became the envy of the NBA.
San Antonio is planning for Wembanyama to make his Summer League debut on Friday against the charlotte hornetsaccordion to NBA expert Marc Stein.