Victor Wembanyama, the 7-foot-4 French phenom with a guard’s handle, a deft outside shooting touch and an 8-foot wingspan, will finally learn his initial NBA destination when the draft lottery take…
“It’s like 2K, you make this giant guy and you want him to be shooting and all that stuff, and he’s doing it in real life,” Barrett said. “So it’s crazy.”
“Like, how KD was the model for 6-10 guys, but for a dude to be 7-4, 7-5, he’s like the new model for guys over 7-2,” Rose said. “He’s moving like he’s a KD type of guy. You’ve never seen a guy move that light being that big. And skilled. And his feel for the game. I never saw it before. The Blazers took Greg Oden over Durant in 2007, but the former Ohio State big man played in only 105 games over seven injury-plagued NBA seasons.Ten years after selecting James first overall — in a top-five that also included Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade after the Pistons took center Darko Milicic at No. 2 — the Cavaliers won the lottery again in 2013.
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