Wembanyama costs only 133,000 euros to the NBA

Madness with Victor Wembanyama, the Unicorn of 2.20 tall, 2.31 wingspan and 18 years old raised on the outskirts of Paris and who plays for the French Metropolitans 92, he will not stop until the 2023 NBA draft, when he becomes one of the most anticipated and mediatic numbers 1 in history. It is not an exaggeration: with a combination of physique and talent never seen before for a player of his age, Wembanyama has already been hung with the banner of generational player, for many one that will change the history of the game. And that, of course, makes you lose games to reach that number 1 (the famous tanking) more appealing than ever to rebuilding franchises.

Even the biggest stars in the NBA follow closely in his footsteps. Giannis Antetokounmpo assured at the start of the season that Wemby It is something else, the player of the future: “In many years, all players will be like him, but we have to prepare for his arrival now.”. Sounds like a mothership landing, and LeBron James was there too: “Unicorn? It’s more of an alien. How can someone of that size move with such grace?

In the offices the thing is also hot: An executive told Adrian Wojnarowski, the pope of NBA information, which the franchise that gives Wembanyama the much-loved number 1 in the draft will add to its value, even before the boy debuts, 500 million dollars. This journalist spoke of the “greatest star project in the entire history of the draft” and of “an unprecedented race to win it.” He refers to tanking, Sure. That is to say, Wembanyama is already affecting the NBA before his arrival. Almost a year before. Commissioner Adam Silver goes out of his way to call for accountability in the tankingwithout circuses or constant public and media debate.

Number 1 is so clear that many executives asked the boy’s agent, Bouna Ndiaye (a very important character in current French basketball) that he not play anymore. That he dedicate himself to preparing and taking care of his body, that his next game was already in the NBA. They had seen enough they already knew what they had to know: there were no options, not even number 2. To finish baiting the franchises and public opinion in the US, Wembanyama traveled with his club to play two friendly matches against Ignite of the G League. and he signed in the first game 37 points, 5 blocks and 7 triples. In the second, 36 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 blocks. With 50% in field goals and 50% in triples 9/18.

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But in the NBA they want more Wembanyama, a player who is not easy to see this year because he chose to leave ASVEL, and the Euroleague level, and join that Metropolitans 92 that does not play European competition, only the French League. So, given the potential of the matter, the American League decided to take an unprecedented step and announced that all the games in its domestic competition of the new phenomenon, its last steps before the NBA, would be seen on NBA TV in all countries except France, where the rights of his League are already compromised. Now it is also known how much the NBA has paid for that batch of games that it is publicizing so noisy: only 133,000 euros. A tiny amount for a League that already generates close to 9,000 million dollars a year.

The president of the Metropolitans 92, Alain Bouvard, has given the information to le parisien while explaining that he has asked the French League that this money not be redistributed among the clubs, as is usually done with audiovisual rights, because it is an exclusive agreement for a single player: “It is a ridiculous amount compared to what the NBA handles. La Liga says that this is how they sell rights to the French championship, but the reality is that the NBA is only interested in Victor. They are playing with words, we were not even informed of the negotiations, so all we ask for is respect. These are things that not only concern us, the rest of the teams also want to know them well”. For now, the executive of the French League does not give in: “This sum enters into the LNB’s audiovisual rights fund and a part will be redistributed among the teams at the end of the season as our agreement on marketing and television rights says.” . What has been signed is an agreement to transfer part of those rights to the NBA”. So there is controversy: the Wembanyama club wants the money in its pocket while many in basketballandThis European movement sees this management as another example of how badly it negotiates and how little opportunities are maximized on this side of the Atlantic.

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