This is an excerpt from The Buzzer, which is CBC Sports' daily email newsletter. Stay up to speed on what's happening in sports by subscribing here. Eight days after Chicago's NHL team won the right to select Connor Bedard, another teenage phenom touted as a generational talent is up for grabs in tonight's NBA draft lottery.
The big (and we do mean big) prize is Victor Wembanyama, the 19-year-old French phenom who many are calling the best basketball prospect since LeBron James went pro two decades ago.
Wembanyama's exact height remains something of a mystery after he didn't attend the draft combine. But he's listed between 7-foot-3 and 7-foot-5, which would make him one of the tallest players in the NBA.
Like a traditional centre, Wembanyama's height (and eight-foot wingspan) create nightmares for opposing scorers as he can block or alter their shots without even leaving his feet.