Since San Antonio selected Victor Wembanyama as the No. 1 pick in this year’s NBA draft, the anticipation to watch the French phenom in his first NBA game has become palpable.
The Spurs will open NBA Summer League action Friday against the Hornets at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. Wembanyama is slated to make his summer league debut in that game, according to NBA reporter Marc Stein. But before Wembanyama takes the floor for the first time as a Spur, he explained to Michelle Beadle why he chose No. 1 as his uniform number.
“It’s a mentality. … There’s no other option but to be number one. I can’t accept to be behind someone in some way,” Wembanyama said, per the Spurs’ Twitter account.
