SAN ANTONIO — Hall of Fame coach Gregg Popovich’s reaction was like that of everyone else when Victor Wembanyama first arrived in The Alamo City after the San Antonio Spurs made the French teenager the No. 1 pick in the 2023 NBA Draft.
He had seen hours of video of Wembanyama’s games in France and the October 2022 exhibition games in Las Vegas that featured Wembanyama and the G League Ignite’s Scoot Henderson, whom the Portland Trail Blazers would select third in the 2023 NBA Draft.
Yet, he still needed to see what Wembanyama would do against NBA competition.