Victor Wembanyama unveiled a new basketball court in his hometown of Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt.
Really he’s not actually much older than those kids
Yea he’s almost definitely closer in age to those kids than he is to the older generation of stars like Lebron, KD, Steph, CP3, Harden, Russ
Why did you have to make feel old too? Uncalled for 😂
I still can’t believe LeBron is 40. Where’s the time gone?
I still remember when he was just a little baby like us on the cover of Slam Magazine 😭😂
“Why he say, ‘fuck me’ for??”
-wise words of Fiftieth Cent.
He’s closer in age to some of those kids than he is to Harrison Barnes.
They could all be in the age group of Pop’s grandkids, Wemby included.
I mean, Bron could realistically be Pop’s grandkid as well… If Pop had a daughter and 23 and said daughter had Bron at 22. They have different skin colors though Bron is darker than Pop
They have different skin colors though Bron is darker than Pop
This is a really great point that I’m glad you were willing to state. Really puts Wembys age into context.
doesn’t get mentioned much, which is how you can tell people here really don’t watch ball
those kids are actually 6’4
The French Revolution
Yeah I cant believe some of those kids arent really that much smaller than him
It’s actually frustrating how little effort he has to put into dunking lol.
He gets to use his innate selfie stick. What a chad
Probably has better range than your typical selfie stick too
What a chad
Nah, that’s Wemby.
Legit looks like a little tikes hoop next to him.
Some dudes out there doing specific workouts dedicated to increase their vertical jump while this dude “fine, I’ll hop a bit” and dunks effortlessly lmao
He has a lot of time to decide in mid air whether to alley oop or block.
Equally as frustrating as how much effort it takes me to stand up from the couch
This guy is really wholesome. Hopefully he stays that way throughout a long and productive career.
Single handedly making future spurs fans 👏🤠
As if French fans werent already Spurs fans lol
He just seems super nice. No idea if it’s an illusion or not
By all accounts he’s always been like that. I doubt he had an elite tier PR team to make all that shit up when people were reporting on him at 14.
Reminds me of early 2010s KD, hope wemby maintains it
Mother fucker has a built in selfie stick
Dude captured all of France in that selfie.
Someone said Wemby has to zoom in when he takes selfies lmao
He’s the fucking coolest.
Easily my favorite player not on my favorite team.
….and above the majority of those guys too
seriously, he just oozes being the real deal
thats a tall mf
Man how is he staying healthy? His knees should be shot
He seems to work a lot on flexibility amd stretching. With how top of the line NBA medical staff are nowadays there’s no reason that he can’t keep being healthy longer than in the past. I’d wager that some of the regularly injured players in the 90’s and 2000’s would have had better careers with today’s medical technology and techniques.
1-he manages his weight very carefully, to not put stress on his lower joints
2- he is not a leaper at all, notice. His vertical jump is actually weak and that’s a good thing; he doesn’t put stress on his knees and ankles with explosive take offs and hard landings from a height. Look at his opposite, Zion Williamson…
The way he treats his body, with respect, with care, with discipline , he is going to have a long career, I suspect. He truly is one of a kind, you don’t see 20 year olds body-conscious like that, at that age, you don’t care because you’re immortal.
Why he shoots so many jumpers instead of banging down low in the paint
Don’t jinx it.
Exercise
That’s our spicy baguette!
Le Banana Bread
I was waiting for him to absolutely stuff the shit out of that kids shot
He definitely thought about it for half a second
So you’re not left wanting
Lmao im so glad i watched those
Needs to pull off an Embiid windmill at a pickup game
He did play with kids after and OFC, he did some nasty blocks :)
Twin city in Germany is Heppenheim (an dwr Bergstrasse). I think the local Basketball Club would be enthusiastic to take a visit.
I wonder if they have their own version of Wemby? Maybe he’s the exact opposite and is called Wembein or something.
only an hour and a half away from Dirk’s hometown so we can kinda count it (but not really)
Actually I am from the next town and had family live there (HP). Decent basketball scene with some national players from the greater region but no NBA level and Heppenheim itself doesn’t contribute much certainly much worse than my hometown club 💪
Probably Banana Bread Hector
Le Chesnay is so posh and tidy, it makes Monaco look like complete trash.
Thats awesome, imagine being the 12 year old who got to throw an alley oop to wemby, thats dope
Who else thought that Vic was going to swat that ball into the next commune?
You could see he was thinking about it
That’s a pretty rockin court indeed
His hometown has Le and Court in the name? Destined for greatness
There’s a LeBron joke there somewhere..
I love wembanyama man, we are the same age and I can’t help but be inspired by his greatness already. Truly someone I can grow alongside through life.
I really thought he was gonna block that first kid’s shot 😂
That would have been savagery. “Here’s your new court, now welcome to the big leagues “
It definitely looked like he had to hold back his instincts at the last second! Intrusive thoughts almost won.
I don’t mind a foreign face of the league if it is this kid.
Wholesome af.
Cheering for this guy. He loves the game and you can tell. Here’s to hoping he brings that same competitive edge out of this next generation of nba players.
He knows his importance and gives back with grace and respect.
Curry is my favorite active player. Wemby will replace him as my fav when Steph retires (someday!)
He still needs to jump in order to dunk? I thought at his height he can just reach up and throw it down lol
His standing reach is 9 ft 7 inches, rim is 10 ft.
Good to know thanks, tip toes on those giant feet should narrow the gap
I think it’s close to 10 ft. He’s 7 ft 4 and has an 8 ft wingspan
That selfie was an aerial phot.
Damn his hometowns right next to Versailles. Call him Wemby the XIV
This BB is literally 200, 300 meters from the Grand Trianon palace, LOL. Surreal, isn’t it ?
BRB making babies so Wemby can meet them
When he is playing with the kids in that outfit he looks like he is the top of some little kids stacked up wearing giant clothes …
“I threw a lob to Wemby.”
Yeah and I threw a rock onto the ground. Pretty sure you had a bigger margin of error.
Was Chris Paul in the crowd rolling his eyes at that weak ass alleyoop and looking to pull that kid aside and show him how to do it right
His hometown is already named after it
Which one is the basketball player?
Welcome to le Wembe court
He seems like a cool dude.
this is nice. Those kids are super excited.
He’s a real treasure for NBA
wemby sounds like someone is putting his voice through a distortion effect
Look at wemby man, so inspirational
I like this dude a lot ngl. gonna be an amazing face of the league once Curry and LeBron go
He could dunk even if he had divacs vertical
In the grey sweats too! What a G!
the corteiz x nike sweats at that
Don’t know if anyone has realized but that motherfucker is tall.
Wemby is the kind of guy to have kids throw him alley oops instead of swatting their shots. Very wholesome.
It’s kinda ridiculous that a normal sized podium goes up to his waist
The rims should be 15’
That would be cool if he christened the court like they used to christen boats, with a dunk maybe, or pull the net down through the hoop or something symbolic like that
these kids are all 6’6 btw
It’s gotta be so cool to have admiration and influence over your local area like this by playing basketball. Love to see it
I really hope he doesn’t become jaded about engaging with the public cuz his wholesomeness is infectious
theres a good future in basketball outside USA.. theres a chance that france, serbia or other europe country could win gold in basketball in 2028 olympics
Imagine reading a speech from a podium but it’s at your hip level
That’s pretty awesome but when did he fit this into the schedule? Seems like it would be impossible to fit this between games
Idk why his underhand toss looked like it was going to knock a child over! He literally tricks my mind with how fuggin huge he is.
I was wondering what he was doing in France, but it’s the Paris game up next on Thursday, so it’s basically a business trip for him.
It’s visibly not a business trip but a very personal and enjoyable thing to be here. Just look at his face.
Nah, I meant I thought it was weird him flying to France for 24h between two NBA games, because that would be pretty stressful (and also not environmentally friendly). But since Spurs play there tomorrow, it makes sense.
He is the future
I like how his first instinct was to block that kid’s shot…then he thought better of it.
This kind of PR might play in the sticks but this is r/nba!
Badass
That kid that threw the lob to Wemby? He’s the next Tony Parker
He is so cool. I love the Magic, but I love the alien technology that went into Wemby.
Thank you Silver for rigging the draft. He’s the perfect player on and off the court for us 🥹
He puts the roc en court
Just puts a smile on my face 😊
Victor, stop. I already like you.
Jazz just traded for one of them
For the kids
Wemby’s a good dude.
He’s so… BIG.
I don’t follow super closely, but he seems like a good egg
Selfie at the height of a drone shot.
Dude’s arm is longer than most selfie sticks lol
I did not expect him to have grew up in such a posh city.
Wrote an article about this in the daily sports newsletter I write (https://stompinggroundsports.beehiiv.com/p/calm-amidst-the-storm). It’s so cool to see Wemby give back to his community, also shoutout to the Spurs for supporting him on this. Such a class organization that takes care of their players. Love their international pulse too, especially for a team in the middle of the US and not on one of the coasts, they really just understand how to develop players and humans!
Wemby continues to have a good PR team