Victor Wembanyama on being called generational prospect: “No pressure from that”

The hype surrounding Victor Wembanyama can solely be in comparison with that of LeBron James earlier than he entered the NBA. Greater than a 12 months earlier than the NBA Draft he was mainly a consensus primary choose and was labelled a generational expertise.

Regardless of all of the hype round him, Wembanyama says that he doesn’t really feel any stress from it, which may be very uncommon to see from younger prospects like him.

“When somebody says that you’re the very best prospect in a era, the very best prospect since LeBron [James]. I consider one in every of my colleagues referred to as you the very best prospect ever in staff sports activities. That simply goes in a single ear and out the opposite? There’s no stress from that?” Redick requested Wemby.

“True. No stress from that,” the 19-year-old French prodigy replied.