Basketball legends and celebrities went out to watch San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama's NBA game in his home country, France.
The French can ball. Led by burgeoning 21-year-old French superstar Victor Wembanyama, the Spurs are in Paris this week to play a pair of showcase games against the Indiana Pacers on Thursday and Saturday at Accor Arena.
The Texas-based basketball franchise will play the first of its two NBA games in Paris against the Indiana Pacers on Thursday.
You mentioned you spoke with Gregg Popovich. Do you have any updates on him? I imagine he’s missing out on this trip, given his love for wine, Paris, and France. It must be tough for him,
San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama was playing in the French league a year and a half ago before becoming the number-one pick in the 2023 NBA draft. French four-time champion Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili and David Robinson,
Besides opening up about projected plans of the NBA in Europe, Tony Parker also talks about Victor Wembanyama and Theo Maledon
A group of Wembanyama’s former coaches, teammates and trainers greeted him and the Spurs at Palais des Sports Maurice Thorez on Monday.
The trip is a homecoming for the Spurs' biggest star, and Victor Wembanyama unveiled two basketball courts in his hometown of Le Chesnay (a suburb just 10 miles from the heart of Paris) on Tuesday. Wembanyama was in attendance for the unveiling of the courts,
San Antonio Spurs legend Tony Parker shared an important update on Gregg Popovich's health on Wednesday in Paris.
Victor Wembanyama said he played one of the best five games of his young career after delighting his home crowd in Paris on Thursday (Friday Manila time) by scoring 30 points to lead the San Antonio Spurs to a 140-110 rout of the Indiana Pacers.
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