Victor Wembanyama will find out on Tuesday during the NBA Draft lottery which franchise he will join next season for his big debut in the North American league. Detroit, Houston and San Antonio are favorites to have the chance to choose the French prodigy first on June 22.
A few more hours of patience and Victor Wembanyama will know. This Tuesday, the NBA Draft lottery will indeed take place, which will allow the French phenomenon to be fixed on its fate more than a month before the next Draft, scheduled for June 22. The veil will therefore be lifted on Tuesday on this famous franchise which will have the chance to make known its great debut in the NBA to the one for whom the Americans are already up at night, just to not miss anything from their matches with Boulogne-Levallois and who had put the room boiled last October during the Mets tour in Las Vegas.
And to have the privilege of being the first to be able to boast of developing “Wemby” in their jersey, three franchises are going to take on the role of favorites. Unsurprisingly, it’s still San Antonio, the Texas franchise that also welcomed Tony Parker there for his baptism of fire, 22 years ago, and propelled him to the top, with four rings for the only TP.
Charlotte and Portland may also believe it, but…
Detroit is another possible base for the Frenchy who caused a small earthquake even before settling in the NBA. At the Pistons, the big favorite to be number 1 in the Draft on June 22 would have the merit of not being out of place. He would indeed join in Michigan another Frenchman, in the person of Killian Hayes, selected, him, in 7th position in 2020. Houston is the other team to have today the same probability as Detroit and San Antonio to welcome the 19-year-old prodigy. With perhaps the possible prospect for “Wemby” to evolve alongside superstar James Harden, currently in Philadelphia, but whose return to Texas is being discussed.
Charlotte (another former Tony Parker team), which still belongs today to legend Michael Jordan, and Portland, also to a lesser degree but with an even lower percentage, can also dream of affording the Mets star . But it looks more complicated on paper.
