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IT'S LATE IN the evening on Jan. 15, and Tony Parker is walking down a hall at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio. The sleeves of his mauve bomber jacket rolled up, he stops every few steps to soak in adulation from fans paying homage to the greatest player in French basketball history.
The Hall of Fame point guard and four-time NBA champion represents the past for both the San Antonio Spurs and the country of France.
Just a few feet down the hall, Victor Wembanyama -- the present and future of the franchise, French basketball and possibly the entire NBA -- waits for second-half instructions in the locker room after blocking eight shots in helping San Antonio build a 63-51 halftime lead over the Memphis Grizzlies.