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<\/div>\nVictor Wembanyama has targeted winning an NBA championship ring after the San Antonio Spurs chose him as the number one overall pick in the 2023 draft.<\/p>\n
The 19-year-old Frenchman is regarded as one of the games biggest prospects and one of the most coveted picks since LeBron James in 2003.<\/p>\n
Wembanyama is\u00a0listed at 7ft 5in\u00a0and has an 8ft wingspan.<\/p>\n
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\u201cMy goal is to try and learn as much as possible because I want to win that ring,\u201d said Wembanyama.<\/p>\n
The NBA draft\u00a0is made up of two rounds of 30 picks, with 30 teams choosing players based on where they finished last season.<\/p>\n
The worst-performing teams pick at the top of the draft, where they have access to the best incoming talent.<\/p>\n
The 2023 draft was held in Brooklyn with NBA Commissioner Adam Silver announcing the picks.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is accomplishing something that I have been dreaming of my whole life,\u201d Wembanyama told ESPN.<\/p>\n
\u201cHearing that sentence from Adam Silver, I\u2019ve dreamed of it so much that I have to cry, man.\u201d<\/p>\n
French President Emmanuel Macron congratulated Wembanyama on becoming \u201cthe first Frenchman to be the first pick in the NBA draft\u201d.<\/p>\n
In a post on social media,\u00a0he added: \u201cYou\u2019re already making us dream, Victor Wembanyama. No doubt about it: you\u2019ll change the game!\u201d<\/p>\n
Wembanyama played for Boulogne-Levallois Metropolitans 92 in France during the past season and averaged 20.6 points, 10.1 rebounds, 3.0 blocked shots and 2.5 assists in 44 games.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled that we were able to bring Victor on board,\u201d said San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s obviously a heck of a talent, a very mature young man. But just like with every draft pick, whether it\u2019s the first pick or the 27th pick, or the 38th pick, we have a responsibility to each and everyone to try to create an environment where they can reach the best success possible for them.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re going to get him on the court and we\u2019re going to see him play, and we\u2019ll go from there.\u201d<\/p>\n
LA Lakers star LeBron James watched when Wembanyama starred in an exhibition game in Las Vegas last October.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s more like an alien, he\u2019s for sure a generational talent,\u201d said James.<\/p>\n
In basketball circles the teenager is what\u2019s known as a \u2018unicorn\u2019 \u2013 a player who can do it all \u2013 but Wembanyama recently said he preferred the description from James.<\/p>\n
\u201cFirst of all, I\u2019m really glad he said that because I didn\u2019t like to be called a unicorn,\u201d Wembanyama told Sports Illustrated.\u00a0\u201cI like it because it\u2019s just something not from this world.<\/p>\n
\u201cI like being called an alien, yeah. It\u2019s really what I\u2019m working to be \u2013 something unique and original.\u201d<\/p>\n
Brandon Miller<\/strong>, a 6ft 9 20-year-old who starred at the University of Alabama, was the number two pick in the draft and went to the Charlotte Hornets.<\/p>\n Scoot Henderson<\/strong>, who has played the last two seasons in the NBA\u2019s developmental \u2018G-league\u2019, was chosen by the Portland Trail Blazers as the third pick.<\/p>\n The 20-year-old identical twins\u00a0Amen and Ausar Thompson\u00a0made up the top five of picks.<\/p>\n Amen Thompson went to the Houston Rockets as fourth pick in the draft, while Ausar Thompson was fifth pick when he was chosen by the Detroit Pistons.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n