The French can ball. Led by burgeoning 21-year-old French superstar Victor Wembanyama, the Spurs are in Paris this week to play a pair of showcase games against the Indiana Pacers on Thursday and Saturday at Accor Arena.
You mentioned you spoke with Gregg Popovich. Do you have any updates on him? I imagine he’s missing out on this trip, given his love for wine, Paris, and France. It must be tough for him,
Basketball legends and celebrities went out to watch San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama's NBA game in his home country, France.
The trip is a homecoming for the Spurs' biggest star, and Victor Wembanyama unveiled two basketball courts in his hometown of Le Chesnay (a suburb just 10 miles from the heart of Paris) on Tuesday. Wembanyama was in attendance for the unveiling of the courts,
A group of Wembanyama’s former coaches, teammates and trainers greeted him and the Spurs at Palais des Sports Maurice Thorez on Monday.
San Antonio Spurs legend Tony Parker shared an important update on Gregg Popovich's health on Wednesday in Paris.
Wemby’s first NBA game in France was a smashing success, as he went off for 30 points in the Spurs’ 140-110 win over the Pacers.
San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama was playing in the French league a year and a half ago before becoming the number-one pick in the 2023 NBA draft. French four-time champion Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili and David Robinson,
Wembanyama was born and raised in Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt, a western Paris suburb, and has made it a focus this week to introduce his teammates to Parisian culture and the life he led before he became the NBA Rookie of the Year and likely next face of the league.
The teams arrived in Paris on Monday, with practices and other events scheduled throughout the week and then the games toward the end. The Spurs were coming straight from the airport to a light workout in Nanterre — on the court that Wembanyama called home when started his pro career in the French league as a 15-year-old.
T he San Antonio Spurs won the first of two games against the Indiana Pacers on Thursday as the two sides met in Paris as a part of the NBA's initiative to grow the game and the l