The most marquee event in the basketball world is currently in play — the NBA Finals between Denver Nuggets and Miami Heat.
Even as this premier event is being played under the watchful eyes of fans, players, coaches across the world, some attention is also being garnered by a less heralded league playoffs — the French top tier professional basketball league or LNB Pro A — and largely because of one large individual — Victor Wembanyama. The 19-year-old Frenchman is the cynosure of all eyes as he helped Boulogne-Levallois Metropolitans 92 beat ASVEL and reach the LNB Pro A finals on Sunday.
Though one of the youngest players in the league, Wembanyama played a major role in his team’s journey to the finals, by averaging 21.6 points, 10.4 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 3 blocks and 0.7 steals. Wembanyama plays a hybrid position as a power forward/centre and his skill-set and production is far beyond his years.
