Rudy Gobert talks Victor Wembanyama, poses for viral photo

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Boulogne-Levallois Metropolitans 92’s Victor Wembanyama plays against the NBA G League Ignite in an exhibition basketball game Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022, in Henderson, Nev. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Boulogne-Levallois Metropolitans 92’s Victor Wembanyama performs towards the NBA G League Ignite in an exhibition basketball sport Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022, in Henderson, Nev. (AP Photograph/John Locher)

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For plenty of totally different causes, one the NBA gamers presumptive No. 1 choose in subsequent 12 months’s draft, Victor Wembanyama, has been in comparison with is former Utah Jazz middle Rudy Gobert.

On Thursday afternoon, the celebrities aligned for Gobert to see Wembanyama, his fellow French countryman, in motion towards presumptive No. 2 choose Scoot Henderson within the second sport of their much-hyped exhibition sequence this week close to Las Vegas.

It simply so occurred that Gobert and his new workforce, the Minnesota Timberwolves, had an exhibition sport of their very own Thursday evening in Las Vegas towards the Los Angeles Lakers, so he and a few of his teammates sat courtside to look at Wembanyama and Henderson.

In the course of the third quarter of the sport, Gobert was interviewed on the ESPN broadcast, and naturally a lot of the dialogue was in regards to the 18-year-old Wembanyama, whom Gobert is aware of properly and shares an agent with (Bouna Ndiaye).

Talking of the basketball expertise in France, Gobert stated, “Clearly we’ve by no means seen something like Victor.”

Gobert stated he’s recognized the 7-foot-3 Wembanyama for the reason that phenom was 13 years previous.

“Clearly we knew he was going to be actually, actually tall, however I believe what I actually love in regards to the child is that he loves the sport and he’s very mature,” Gobert stated.

“He’s very mature. He is aware of the place he needs to go and he’s very assured, however on the identical time very humble, and I believe to me that’s actually what separates him from (doubtlessly) being a extremely good participant to being an all-time nice.”

Gobert stated he has suggested Wembanyama to only benefit from the course of as he will get able to make the transfer to the NBA subsequent summer season (as he was saying that, Wembanyama inadvertently kicked the ball in Gobert’s path).

“He’s a pupil of the sport,” Gobert stated. “He needs to be taught. He needs to find out about ... each little factor — about protection, about little particulars about screening. I knew early that he was going to be one thing particular.”

Gobert stated he doesn’t suppose there’s “any comparisons” to Wembanyama and any participant that has ever performed within the NBA.

“I believe he needs to be distinctive,” Gobert stated. “He is aware of that he may be in a league of his personal, and he’s studying.”

Gobert stated there’s a “excessive chance” he and Wembanyama will workforce up within the frontcourt for France on the Summer time Olympics in 2024, which will probably be in Paris.

“Only a nice child, man,” Gobert stated of Wembanyama. “It’s a pleasure for me to see the world getting to find him as a result of he’s working actually laborious and he’s an excellent individual.”

After Wembanyama’s sport, he and Gobert posed for a photograph, and it went viral on Twitter as a consequence of Wembanyama being taller than his elder statesman, at the same time as Gobert is thought to be a behemoth.

“I really feel good. I really feel small,” Gobert may very well be heard saying.

Right here is a few of the response to the photograph.

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