The San Antonio Spurs have selected Metropolitans 92 center Victor Wembanyama with the No. 1 pick.Wembanyama is the highest-upside prospect to enter the NBA since LeBron James. There are things that could go wrong here and hold him back from that type of upside — particularly, if his body breaks down and his durability becomes a question, or if the passing and playmaking never quite come along to the levels they need to.
He will immediately be the biggest, longest player in the NBA, which allows him to change the geometry of the court defensively. He has great instincts and recovery ability on that end. But moreover, he is a legitimate shot creator at center or even at the four who can create off the bounce and knock down shots with ease off pull-ups or drives to the rim.
Wembanyama has every chance to have the kind of storied career all those players had as Hall of Famers. It is somewhat easy to envision Wembanyama’s upside as being the best player on planet Earth someday, which is a sentence I have never written about another prospect before.
The best draft prospect to enter the NBA since LeBron James. It’s that simple. Victor Wembanyama is the epitome of a franchise changer. Sam_Vecenie on how he fits in San Antonio: