Victor Wembanyama | Before They Were Famous | Future NBA Superstar

Before Victor Wembanyama would be hailed as everything from an
Alien to the single greatest NBA prospect since LeBron James, he
was born in the Paris suburb of Le Chesney on January 4th, 2004 to
a family of very, well, tall stalk. Let’s start with his pops,
Felix -- a former longjumper who measures in at 6-foot-6. Then
there’s his mother, Elodie, a former basketball player and coach
who clocks in only three inches shorter than that at 6-foot-3!
While Victor’s parents tend to shy away from the spotlight, it was
his mom who introduced her young son to his love for the game of
basketball. And while Victor has suggested in the past that his mom
reminds him the most of himself, the list of athletes in his family
definitely doesn’t end there. Not only is Victor’s sister, Eve,
also a professional basketball player, his younger brother, Oscar,
plays for a French under-18 club, and even his grandparents used to
ball! Seriously, Victor’s grandfather played professionally in the
60s in the French first division for Paris University Club as a
rugged 6-foot-7 center, while his grandma was also known for her
skills on the court! So yeah, you could say that a dedication for
sports runs deep in this family, but for Victor himself, it started
when he spent his earliest days following his mom around the gym
with whichever youth basketball team she happened to be coaching at
the time. Soon enough, he started to play the ball around the age
of 7 for his local club, Entente Le Chesnay Versailles. Then, at
10, he entered the JSF Nanterre Youth system after being discovered
by their coach, Michael Allard, who originally thought he was
looking at an assistant-coach when he first laid eyes on Victor –
that’s how tall this kid already was back then.