It’s been a long, long time since anyone arrived in the NBA with as much hype as Spurs rookie center Victor Wembanyama, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft.
But his 7-foot-4 frame is taking it all in stride.
“I have a lot to learn,” Wembanyama said, via Jeff McDonald of the San Antonio Express-News. “I can just turn to whoever really, even the guys who have just two or three years in this league, and they have really good advice.”
For now, Wembanyama indicated he is adjusting to the speed of the NBA game, as opposed to what he faced last year as a member of French club Metropolitans 92.
“Everything is coming very, very fast — all the information, the new set plays, the principles,” he told reporters, via Tom Orsborn of the Express-News. “It’s a lot, a lot of stuff I have never seen before and that I don’t know, and it’s hard.”
That said, small forward Keldon Johnson doesn’t think it will be too much for the big man to handle.
“Vic’s such a humble kid,” Johnson told reporters. “He doesn’t let any of the hype or media come into his life or affect him as a person.”
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