As expected, Spurs' Wembanyama gets hero's welcome in Paris
Jan 23, 2025 · PARIS (AP) — The first enormous roar from the crowd came before the game even started. All Victor Wembanyama needed to do to get the fans in Paris into a full-blown frenzy was, it turned out, say hello into a microphone. The cheering just from that lasted about 30 seconds. Welcome home, Wemby.
Wembymania: What Paris feels like when Victor Wembanyama is …
Jan 25, 2025 · The 21-year-old San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama stirred a media frenzy and had fans of all ages screaming at the sight ... While in Paris, Wembanyama has chosen to focus on engaging ...
As Wemby Week continues in Paris, the Spurs star is handling it all ...
Jan 22, 2025 · Wembanyama, who likely will be picked for his first All-Star Game in the coming days — starters will be revealed Thursday, reserves the following Thursday, Jan. 30 — is having a massive season. He is averaging 24.4 points, 10.8 …
For Spurs' Victor Wembanyama in Paris, it's all work and some play
Jan 22, 2025 · PARIS – Victor Wembanyama touched down in Paris earlier this week with an overarching desire to show his Spurs teammates a good time in his home country. He asked himself a question: What would...
Victor Wembanyama reflects on San Antonio's 2-game stay in Paris
Jan 25, 2025 · Victor Wembanyama scored 20 points and grabbed 12 rebounds in the 2nd game of the 2025 NBA Paris Games.
Victor Wembanyama shows why he is the future at the Paris …
Jan 26, 2025 · Victor Wembanyama is the future of the NBA. And everything he showed in Paris is why. The Spurs superstar goes above and beyond as a global ambassador for the NBA.
Victor Wembanyama returns to France with Spurs for NBA Paris …
Jan 20, 2025 · Victor Wembanyama returns to France with Spurs for NBA Paris Games. Wembanyama is back in his home country as the Spurs take on the Pacers in the 2025 NBA Paris Games.
Victor Wembanyama in Paris: The face of French basketball
Jan 21, 2025 · Paris, the host city for the 2024 Olympics, where he earned a silver medal against Team USA, a memory that ties into the bigger story of French basketball’s remarkable ascent.
Victor Wembanyama delights Paris crowd with dominating …
Jan 23, 2025 · With 15,935 raucous fans, most of them French, screeching in anticipation and appreciation as one of the country’s two most famous athletes took the microphone, Victor Wembanyama officially...
Victor Wembanyama Honored as Spurs Travel to Paris
Jan 21, 2025 · France power forward Victor Wembanyama (32) shoots against United States guard LeBron James (6) in the second half in the men's basketball gold medal game during the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer...