A FIBA panel named Victor Wembanyama the “Rising Star” of the Paris Games and selected him to its “All-Star Five” team.
With the hopes of the host nation resting on his shoulders last Saturday, Victor Wembanyama stared down LeBron James and Team USA with eager eyes. The towering 20-year-old would not shrink from the moment, battling tooth and nail in an effort to deliver France a stunning gold-medal game triumph on the penultimate day of the Paris Olympic s and officially usher in a new era of basketball.
The best Spurs coverage in Alamo City, delivered to your inbox A FIBA panel named Wembanyama the “Rising Star” of the Paris Games and selected him to its “All-Star Five” team alongside tournament MVP James, Curry, Serbia’s Nikola Jokic and Germany’s Dennis Schroder. “What your eyes see is what your eyes should believe,” Hall of Famer and NBA color analyst Dwyane Wade said of Wembanyama. “I mean, he’s a guy who you would not be able to tell just by points.
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