Victor Wembanyama is aware NBA teams are positioning themselves to select him at the 2023 NBA Draft. Wembanyama even humorously noted that he hasn’t spent a lot of time watching the teams positioning for the best draft lottery spots.
“Let’s just say I’ve been following along, but it’s easier to watch teams at the top of the standings,” Wembanyama said. “It’s a little hard to look down.”
That said, Wembanyama will be happy to go to whatever team drafts him.
“There is no wrong team,” Wembanyama said. “I am not worried; there is no bad organization. I never tell myself I don’t like to go there.”
When he gets to whatever NBA team he’ll play for, the 7-foot-4 big man said his focus is a simple one.
“The only thing I can tell you is I love winning, and I hate losing. I want to build something that eventually is going to be remembered. But it’s more about building every day, adding a little piece to the building every day,” Wembanyama said.
It was a Sunday buffet of beating the buzzer, and an example of how you don't need the biggest names to find magic in men’s college basketball.
Eight HBCUs have won 14 games in DI men’s basketball tournament history.The NBA and NBPA have extended their opt-out deadline of the current collective bargaining agreement twice as they continue to negotiate a deal. During All-Star weekend, both sides expressed optimism talks are moving in the right direction.
“I would just say it’s an absolute priority for us as well to get a deal done as soon as possible,” Silver said at his annual news conference.
Tamika Tremaglio echoed Silver’s sentiment a couple of hours earlier, after the NBPA spent the past two days meeting to elect members to its executive committee and discuss the CBA talks.
“We are very motivated to get this done,” Tremaglio said. “Our players are very competitive, and we want to see [this to] completion as well. So, it is absolutely a priority for us.”
“I would say that we’re in a great space,” said CJ McCollum, who is president of the NBPA. “We continue to move forward, and I’m happy with the progress that we continue to make, although there is room for more improvement in areas in which we’ll continue to grow. I think we’re definitely heading in the right direction.”
