It will therefore be the Metropolitans of Boulogne-Levallois. Victor Wembanyama, who made the decision last week not to stay at Asvel, has signed up for two years with the Mets 92, the Ile-de-France club announced on Monday. The young strong winger (2.19m, 18 years old), announced for several months as the possible number 1 of the 2023 Draft in the NBA, will therefore prepare for this deadline without competing in the European Cup but in close collaboration with Vincent Collet, the coach of the France team also coach of the Mets.
Wembanyama preferred this option to that of joining Paris Basket, which was also ready to welcome the player from Chesnay, in the Yvelines. Arrived at Asvel last summer, he activated his exit clause at the end of June, to the great despair of the triple champion of France, who intended to gain strength with him next season. “We didn’t understand. It was a two-year project, he was injured six months in the year. It was hard to find a rhythm. He never really had time to fit into the squad, said coach TJ Parker on our Twitch show, Thursday. The coming year is the year of the draft, it was the most important. We had started to build something, but that’s how it is. »