Wembanyama is expected to play in Summer League with the Spurs in the coming weeks it remains unclear if he’ll participate in the California Classic that Sacramento will play host to starting July 3, the bigger NBA Summer League in Las Vegas that starts July 7, or both. And I think this is really the way to become the best version of myself I can be as a player.” “But I’m also trying to be myself and not let anyone change the way I want to be, change the way I want to play. “I’m trying to learn and be as objective as I can to become the best,” Wembanyama said over the weekend, when he visited his new home arena for the first time. “It would be unrealistic in terms of development and unwise in terms of health,” Wembanyama said.Īnd it’s clear that, at least for this summer, he’s decided that his focus will fully be on the Spurs. If he played at the World Cup, Wembanyama wouldn’t have given his body much of a break to rest and prepare for the far more demanding rigors of an NBA schedule. The NBA season is 82 games, not including preseason and possibly postseason contests. The French season for Wembanyama stretched from September through a league finals appearance earlier this month. Wembanyama played in 48 games, including the playoffs and two exhibitions near Las Vegas last fall, in his recently completed season for Boulogne-Levallois - a team coached by Vincent Collet, who also coaches the French national team. There’s a real risk of overload, and therefore of injury, which could have an impact on what happens next.” So you need specific preparation, personalized anticipation. “I can’t base myself on people who look like me. He said after that stretch, taking part in the World Cup and then playing with the Spurs and following up the NBA season with the Olympics would have been too much to take. Wembanyama said he hesitated a lot and pointed to the need to preserve his body, which he already put to the test during a long season with his Boulogne-Levallois Metropolitans 92 club, which reached the finals in the French league. Listed at 7-foot-4, he dominated the French league in his final season, leading all players in scoring, rebounding and blocked shots. Wembanyama comes with far more height and hype than most No. The Spurs chose the 19-year-old prodigy, who arrives with enormous expectations to become basketball’s newest sensation.
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