San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama said that as a fan of Phoenix Suns forward Kevin Durant, the exchange of words during the 2024 Paris Olympics was very meaningful to him.

Wembanyama, the French national team. He is defeate by ‘KD’s’ USA in the gold medal game, but the encouragement, advice and praise from the 35-year-old role model made the young Spurs star feel even more motivated to improve himself. 

” Durant was obviously my favorite player as a kid , ” he told M6Info .

“ It’s even clearer that you’ve become my all-time favorite … because we talked about wanting to learn from you. If possible, we’d like to steal a few secret techniques and finishing moves . ” 

Wembanyama will likely create a new generation of basketball fans in the future. As the Spurs have been chosen by the NBA to broadcast 13 of their games across the United States in the 2024-25 season.

They did an excellent job of getting to the Gold medal game ยูฟ่าเบท but end up losing to Team USA by a score of 98-87 (they won the Silver medal).

Wembanyama finished the loss with 26 points, seven rebounds, two assists and one steal while shooting 11/19 from the field in 30 minutes of playing time.