Jolie Fuselier (@TheRealJolie)

May 18, 2023 🔴 #SanAntonio #Spurs win #NBA #Draft #lottery and right to select Victor Wembanyama In the NBA’s most anticipated lottery drawing of the past 20 years, the San Antonio Spurs emerged as the winner of the #VictorWembanyama #sweepstakes by earning the right to select first in the June 22 draft. Wembanyama, who stands 7-foot-4 and has an eight-foot wingspan, will follow in the footsteps of San Antonio’s two previous No. 1 overall picks: #HallOfFame centers #DavidRobinson and #TimDuncan, who were selected in 1987 and 1997, respectively. Following the #Spurs at No. 1, the #NorthCarolina #Charlotte #Hornets will pick second, the #PortlandTrailBlazers will pick third, the #HoustonRockets will pick fourth and the #DetroitPistons will pick fifth. The #WashingtonWizards , with a 35-47 record, will select eighth. #Wembanyama , 19, is the most #acclaimed teenage #basketball #prospect since #LeBronJames , thanks to his remarkable #size, well-rounded #game and #OffCourt #polish . The #French #center will join a #Spurs organization known for its #international ties, as his #countrymen #TonyParker and #BorisDiaw were part of #championship #teams in #SanAntonio . Wembanyama previously played for #ASVEL , a #French team #owned by #Parker , but he spent this #season starring for #Metropolitans 92 in the country’s top #professionalLeague . The #Spurs group, which included #chairman #PeterJHolt and #executives R.C. #Buford and #BrianWright , posed onstage with table tennis balls and the #winning #placard displayed by #NBAdeputyCommissioner #MarkTatum during the #nationally #televised reveal. “Our fans stuck with us. It’s going to be unbelievable,” Holt said. “Our future was already bright. Now, it’s through the moon. #Wembanyama is quite obviously an amazing #young man, a good #teammate, and he looks like he has *incredible* #qualities .” Wembanyama wowed #NBAexecutives, #scouts and #players during a pair of #exhibitionGames outside #LasVegas in October. After the two showcases against the NBA’s G League Ignite developmental team, #LeBronJames hailed Wembanyama as an “alien” and #talentEvaluators compared him to a young #KareemAbdulJabbar . https://apple.news/AaZ10kVcXQMWdWdPF98wQpA