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Cory Woodroof

Victor Wembanyama had the best reaction to 3 French players going so high in the 2024 NBA Draft

San Antonio Spurs superstar Victor Wembanyama seemed very proud to see his fellow French players get drafted so high during the first round of the 2024 NBA Draft.

Zaccharie Risacher (Atlanta Hawks), Alex Sarr (Washington Wizards) and Tidjane Salaün (Charlotte Hornets) all went within the first six picks of this year’s draft on Thursday night, making that three players from France taken that high.

Risacher followed in Wembanyama’s footsteps in being taken first overall in the draft out of France, which in part sparked the latter to tweet “C’est la France frère” from his Twitter (X) account and followed it with three French flag emojis.
That translates in English to “It’s France brother.”

We’ll see how these young French basketball players translate to the league once they make their debuts, as following in Wembanyama’s footsteps is a tall task for any player in the league, much less all the other great French players to make it in the NBA.

However, Wembanyama will undoubtedly welcome them once they arrive out of country pride.

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