The Victor Wembanyama era has officially begun in San Antonio, as the Spurs made him the No. 1 overall pick in Thursday's NBA draft.
Wembanyama, a 7-foot-5 French phenom with an 8-foot wingspan, walked across the stage at the Barclays Center in New York to shake NBA commissioner Adam Silver's hand and formally mark the start of his new career.
An emotional Wembanyama was in tears when talking with ESPN's Monica McNutt shortly after being selected. «It's accomplishing something that I've been dreaming of my whole life,» he said. «Hearing that sentence from Adam Silver, I've dreamed of it so much, I gotta cry.» At 7-foot-5, the second-tallest player to be selected No.
1 overall in the NBA draft (Yao Ming, 7-6, in 2002). First player drafted No. 1 overall without a college background since Andrea Bargnani in 2006.