The first dinner that Victor Wembanyama had in his new home city was filled with San Antonio royalty. Gregg Popovich was there, of course. So were Tim Duncan, David Robinson, Manu Ginobili and Sean Elliott. Know more:
SAN ANTONIO—The first dinner that Victor Wembanyama had in his new home city was filled with San Antonio royalty. Gregg Popovich was there, of course. So were Tim Duncan, David Robinson, Manu Ginobili and Sean Elliott.Wembanyama now starts his quest to join their club.
“To Victor, I wanted to say to you directly, we’re excited to grow with you, support you, challenge you, especially Coach Pop—there’ll be a lot of challenging days—on your journey through life and basketball,” Spurs general manager Brian Wright said as he sat to Wembanyama’s left. “Your talent is obvious, but as we got to know you, the maturity, the approach, the character really showed us how special of a young man you are.
“Honestly, that was one of the best dinners of my life,” Wembanyama said. “And not because of the food. The food was good. But the people was crazy.” There’s someone driving around San Antonio with a Wemby license plate. There’s a burger with foie gras on the menu at a local sports bar, as a tribute to Wembanyama. There’s a mural of him on the outside of a business directly across the street of another mural featuring Duncan, Ginobili and Tony Parker. There’s even a mariachi band that already has a song about Wembanyama.The Spurs also introduced on Saturday—another player from France who has known Wembanyama for about a decade.
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