The Spurs coaching staff has determined that the 19-year-old center will not be part of the team in the remaining games of the summer tournament, and will only return for the start of the NBA.
In just 19 years Victor Wembanyama has become one of the highest expectations for the next NBA seasonwhere he was selected in the first position of the Draft San Antonio Spurs. After he debuted in Summer League and will confirm that he will miss the World Cup with France, the coaching staff of the franchise made the decision that the pivot would not play until October.
According to San Antonio Express-Newsthe Frenchman, who made his debut in a 76-68 win against Charlotte Hornets, will have no further involvement in the league, with the goal of reaching his first season in the highest basketball league in the best possible way. During the summer tournament, the former player of Metropolitans 92 scored 36 points, with 20 rebounds and eight blocksbetween the match against the North Carolina team and the loss against the Portland Trail Blazers.
The idea of the coaching staff of Gregg Popovichwho renewed his contract for five seasons, It is the greyhound that has had minutes in two games so that he can get into the rhythm required by the NBA.
“The last month even the 50th on my calendar is basketball, I just want to play, train in the gym, this is my life”declared Wembanyama, who had already graduated, by not being in World Cup in Japan, Philippines and Indonesia, he will have two or three months to “change his life”.
Popovich has renewed his contract with the San Antonio Spurs
The iconic American coach, He agreed to a five-year renewal with the San Antonio Spurs and will become the highest paid coach in NBA history.
Popovich is an NBA legend and the winningest coach in league history (1,366). At Spurs he is synonymous with success, perseverance and loyalty, and he has taught them without interruption since the 1996-1997 season.
Popovich completely changed the DNA of the franchise and led the Spurs to win five rings (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2014). Popovich’s extraordinary career in the NBA is mainly associated with a basketball legend like Tim Duncan and also with other extraordinary players like David Robinson, Kawhi Leonard, Tony Parker or the Argentine Manu Ginobili.
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