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Recruit Hype is Nothing New, But Recent Transfer and NIL Rules Change the Expectations Game

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You're about to hear a lot about Victor Wembanyama.

Wembanyama is a 19 year-old French basketball player who will be the first pick in the upcoming NBA draft. Generally considered to be the best basketball prospect since LeBron James, Wembanyama is a 7 foot, 2 (or 3 or 4 or 5, it's not super clear to me) inch ostensible power forward/center combo with incredible handles, a great shot, and length that makes his mid-range game all but unstoppable.

There are some legit concerns that a skeptical fan of the San Antonio Spurs (Wembanyama's destination in the Draft unless someone in their front office has a psychotic episode) might have of a guy seemingly only slightly more solid than a beach umbrella; aside from his extremely thin build and associated questions about durability, he's still a work in progress in a few key areas of his game.