Victor Wembanyama’s initially job interview as an NBA participant gave followers a sentimental instant to remember Thursday night time adhering to the Spurs’s choice of the generational prospect with the to start with decide in the 2023 NBA draft.
San Antonio’s predicted selection to draft Wembanyama was one particular of the worst-kept secrets and techniques in NBA background but, in spite of the deficiency of surprise, the 19-yr-aged nonetheless discovered himself overcome with emotion immediately after officially accomplishing his lifelong desire.
Wembanyama sat down with his older sister, Eve, and more youthful brother, Oscar for a heartfelt interview with ESPN’s Monica McNutt, wherever he tearfully spelled out his reaction to listening to his identify being identified as on draft evening.
“It’s just, carrying out a thing that I have been dreaming of my entire daily life,” Wembanyama told McNutt. “Hearing that sentence from [NBA commissioner] Adam Silver, you know, I have dreamed of it so substantially. I acquired to cry, man.”
“Listening to that sentence from Adam Silver, I've dreamed of it so considerably.”
—Victor Wembanyama and his siblings were being emotional after he was drafted No. 1 all round pic.twitter.com/YRlkTcMpbl
— ESPN (@espn) June 23, 2023
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Wembanyama then hugged both equally his siblings following they labored by way of their individual tears to congratulate their brother.
As the most-hyped rookie because LeBron James, Wembanyama arrived into this year’s draft dealing with masses of fanfare and hoopla encompassing his anticipated arrival.
But, with his time in the NBA now underway, Wemby can eventually get a second to choose in the emotions of his monumental transition to the up coming phase of his career.
