As Victor Wembanyama took the stage for his first news conference inside his new home arena, he couldn’t help but notice an accessory that the San Antonio Spurs commissioned for the occasion.
next month. And it’ll be the case when the NBA season opens; Denver will raise a banner and get championship rings on opening night, some free agents that’ll start agreeing to new deals in the next few days will be in new cities, but every storyline to start the season will have Wembanyama’s“Because of all the hype, he’ll have a target on his back,” Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said.
There’s even talk of a World vs. the U.S. format to the All-Star Game before long. That might be a heck of a challenge for the American side. “We’re really seeing the ongoing continued growth of this league,” Commissioner Adam Silver said earlier this year. “I know David Stern, who unfortunately is no longer with us, but it was so much of his vision to turn this into the global game it’s become today. If he’s looking down on us, I know he’d be incredibly proud of those numbers.
“To my family, it’s got to be weird sometimes,” Wembanyama said. “It’s got to be strange. There’s a lot of new stuff. But they’re really smart and grounded people. Whenever I need to find stability, I can go to them.” He's going to need those bits of normalcy. The challenge that awaits him is as tall as he is and the world is watching.Tim Reynolds is a national basketball writer for The Associated Press. Write to him at treynoldsap.org
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