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NBA's Next Phenom Victor Wembanyama Bids Adieu to France After Final Defeat

  • Victor Wembanyama, the consensus number one pick in the upcoming NBA Draft, said goodbye to his French league team to begin his NBA career.
  • Despite Wembanyama's standout performance, his team lost to Monaco in the must-win Game 3 of the French league championship.
  • Interest in seeing the 18-year-old prodigy play before his NBA career rockets up caused Games 3 and 4 to be moved to a bigger arena.
  • The San Antonio Spurs are poised to make Wembanyama the first overall pick in next week's NBA Draft.
  • Wembanyama's journey to NBA stardom and status as a generational talent may just be beginning.
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