Victor Wembanyama
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Victor Wembanyama, nicknamed "Wemby" and "the Alien", is a French professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected first overall by the Spurs in the 2023 NBA draft and is considered one of the best basketball prospects ever due to his rare combination of height, agility, and skills.
Film & TV
Le Chesnay, Yvelines, France
Known for
- Jalen Brunson: The Man Who Saved the New York Knicks — Himself (Archive Footage)2026
- The American Dream — Self2026
- Court of Gold — Self2025
- Un1que, Victor Wembanyama — Self (archive footage)2023
- Wembanyama, l'an 1 — Self (archive footage)2023
- Futurama — Wembanyana (voice)1999
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Key facts
- Position
- Center / power forward
- League
- NBA
- Born
- ( 2004-01-04 ) 4 January 2004 (age 22) , Le Chesnay , France
- Listed height
- 7 ft 4 in (2.24 m)
- Listed weight
- 235 lb (107 kg)
- Nba draft
- 2023 : 1st round, 1st overall pick
- Drafted by
- San Antonio Spurs
- Playing career
- 2019–present
- 2019 2021
- Nanterre 92
- 2020 2021
- → Centre Fédéral
- 2021 2022
- ASVEL
- 2022 2023
- Metropolitans 92
- 2023 present
- San Antonio Spurs
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Victor
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Le Chesnay
- Occupation
- basketball player
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Sport
- basketball
- Member of team
- San Antonio Spurs
- Position played
- center
- Country for sport
- France
- Mass
- 95
- Image
- Victor Wembanyama San Antonio Spurs 2024.jpg
- Height
- 88
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- date of birth
- 2004-01-04
- start of work period
- 2019-00-00
- Commons category
- Victor Wembanyama
- name in native language
- Victor Wembanyama
- sport number
- 1
- drafted by
- San Antonio Spurs
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Encyclopedic overview
Victor Nonga Wembanyama-de Fautereau-Vassel (/ˌwɛmbənˈjɑːmə/ WEM-bən-YAH-mə; French: [viktɔʁ wɛmbanjama]; born 4 January 2004), nicknamed "Wemby" and "the Alien", is a French professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected first overall by the Spurs in the 2023 NBA draft and is considered one of the best basketball prospects ever due to his rare combination of height, agility, and skills.
Wembanyama began his professional career at age 15 with Nanterre 92 of the LNB Pro A in 2019. Two years later, he moved to ASVEL and won the Pro A title in his only season with the team. In the 2022–23 season, Wembanyama signed with Metropolitans 92 and became the youngest player to win the Pro A MVP award, while earning Pro A Best Defender honours and leading the league in scoring, rebounds and blocks. He was unanimously named an LNB All-Star twice, winning the All-Star Game MVP once, and was a three-time Pro A Best Young Player from 2021 to 2023.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Victor Wembanyama” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.