Victor Wembanyama, favorite to be the N.1 of the next NBA draft, has again fully assumed this status with 36 points scored in the victory (112-106) in the friendly of the Metropolitans 92 de Boulogne-Levallois against the G-League Ignite , Thursday in Henderson, Nevada.
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The 18-year-old Frenchman had already impressed for his first on American soil on Tuesday evening by scoring 37 points (7/11 behind the arc) and 5 blocks, without however avoiding defeat (122-115).
This time, he made sure to enhance his individual performance (11 rebounds, 4 blocks, 4 assists), still high-flying, with a collective success that owes a lot to his fourth quarter, during which he caught fire with 15 points in the bag, contributing largely to the comeback of the Metropolitans, who were led by twelve units at the start of this last act.
Impermeable to pressure
Like the first, this meeting took place in front of some 200 representatives of the North American League, general managers and recruiters from the thirty NBA franchises, who came to scrutinize Victor Wembanyama, who therefore did not disappoint them.
Both on and off the court, where his maturity and his mastered management of a context where he was under pressure, given the very high expectations concerning him, Wembanyama unquestionably scored points in the draft race, where he has a good chance of becoming the first Frenchman in history to be selected first on June 22, 2023.