The NBA is unanimous, the successor to LeBron James has already been found

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The NBA is unanimous, the successor to LeBron James has already been found

Published on October 20, 2022 at 12:35 p.m.

LeBron James has reached the heights of the NBA by meeting the expectations placed on him from his beginnings in the elite of American basketball. As for his succession, it seems that it is already assured by the future arrival: Victor Wembanyama.

LeBron James was the chosen one Sports Illustrated made it known in 2003 when he arrived in the NBA. The one who has since become King James to the four rings of NBA champion, was to take the throne of Michael Jordan after his number one spot in the draft edition of the year in question. 20 years later and for the 2023 draft, Victor Wembanyama should inherit this position and would have the precocity of LeBron James.

“And we just saw it with our own eyes at Wembanyama for the first time in this generation since, most likely, LeBron”

For The Athletic and in comments reported by Let’s Talk Basketball, a manager of a franchise in the West explained that the enormous technical palette available to Victor Wembanyama has not been seen for some time James james before the 2003 draft. “I think it’s just a product of how basketball has evolved, that everybody wants basketball without fixed positions – anybody can switch, anybody can shoot, anybody can dribble, anyone can pass. And we just saw it with our own eyes at Wembanyama for the first time in this generation since, most likely, LeBron. I walked into the gym for five minutes. I saw the warm-up and I saw the first five minutes. If I really wanted to, I could leave after that, I had seen enough.

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“When I see Victor, he is now the current example of the skill that we want all of our players to have”

Also a member of the front office of a Western Conference franchise, such an anonymous executive didn’t skimp on praise by comparing him to Ralph sampson and explaining that Victor Wembanyama is the perfect prototype player that every franchise seeks. “He’s a reincarnation of Ralph Sampson in our basketball days, with his fluidity and ball-handling skills. When I see Victor, he is now the current example of the skill that we want all of our players to have, and he happens to be 2m21 tall, longer than anyone, and he has all these qualities, in addition to being a good athlete. And he plays hard enough. He ticks all the boxes.”

“He shoots like, I can’t say it’s like Steph Curry, but his mechanics feel like it”

Finally, a manager of an Eastern Conference franchise wanted to highlight his shooting skills, a discipline dominated by Stephen Curry for quite a while now. “I would make him play pivot, because there is no pivot in the league who can defend him. None. He moves as if he were 1m98 tall. He shoots like, I can’t say it’s like Steph Curry, but his mechanics feel like it. And that’s what’s crazy. All those great insides apologize for not being able to shoot, because their hands are so big and the ball is so small. This guy has no problem shooting. He just does it.”

As for the future franchise in the NBA of Victor Wembanyama, the suspense remains at its height when it is still too early to know which franchise will inherit the future number one in the draft.