The top two projected picks in next year’s draft will square off in Las Vegas next month, Jonathan Givony of ESPN reports.
Projected No. 1 pick Victor Wembanyama and his team, Metropolitans 92 from Paris, will face the G League Ignite and projected No. 2 pick, Scoot Henderson, on October 4 and 6 in a pair of exhibition games in Henderson, Nevada.
Rafael Barlowe revealed earlier that discussions were ongoing about a potential matchup featuring those two teams (Twitter link).
They naturally won’t be guarding each other. Wembanyama is a 7’4” center with an eight-foot wingspan, while Henderson is a lightning-quick 6’3” point guard.
We have more from around the basketball world:
- LeBron James and rappers Drake and Future are accused in a $10MM lawsuit filed by former NBPA executive director Billy Hunter of stealing the “intellectual property rights” to a film, according to Carl Campanile and Priscilla DeGregory of the New York Post. Hunter is seeking a share of profits from the documentary as well as $10MM in damages in a complaint filed in Manhattan State Supreme Court. The film, “Black Ice,” focuses on a segregated hockey league for black players in Canada.
- Former NBA guard Norris Cole and Craig Sword combined for 28 points as Team USA rolled past Panama 88-58 in the AmeriCup basketball tournament on Monday, ESPN reports. Sword appeared in three games with the Wizards last season. Another former NBA guard, Jeremy Pargo, added 10 points.
- A $3 billion sports and entertainment center, including a $1 billion, 20,000-seat arena, near the Las Vegas Strip could be a stepping stone for the city to get an NBA franchise, Tashan Reed of The Athletic writes. The complex, which will break ground in 2023 and is set to be completed in 2026, will also include an amphitheater, hotel and casino. “There are no guarantees the NBA is coming, and that’s been made very clear,” Oak View Group CEO Tim Leiweke said. “So, what you’ve got to do is go build (the arena) and make it work on everything else. My guess is they’ll get more interested and fascinated by Vegas if there is a world-class, billion-dollar arena.”
Las Vegas is gonna get a franchise.
Santa Fe is going to beat them to it.
Scoot Henderson, Jabari Smith Jr, Walker Kessler, Anthony Edwards, BJ Boston, Isaac Okoro, Devin Vassell, Collin Sexton, Wendell Carter Jr, Jaylen Brown.. Atl is truly pumping out elite talent rn
Don’t forget Malik Beasley
I don’t think he’s from Atl but boy has game, I’ll def take him
None of those players are particularly good.
Yeah, Jaylen Brown. What a scrub /s
@MrLolz dude…jaylen brown? anthony edwards? wendell carter jr? even collin sexton? all players with an all star or superstar ceiling
No they aren’t.
@MrLolz they’re all 20 ppg scorers (except for wendell who’s close) and one of them has literally been an all star before lmao. i don’t like a lot of sankara’s opinions either but i’m mature enough that when he’s right, i agree with him because I choose not to be petty. i’ve agreed with you a lot in the pass but like cmon man, how are they not great players?
i swear to god i’m only 15 and im more mature than 70% of people on this site smh
I’m not exactly sure how you can own a non-fiction sorry. That being said if it’s based off of a book and is outlines with the exaggerated points of history that are not easily known/researched then I can see where the case gets settled.
Henderson is thick and 6’ 3”. Big body for a PG and still very young. Needs to pass and control gms more. Not as a scorer but a gm manager. He can be like a bigger CP3. Big upside here. Top 5 picks next yrs draft is very talented imo.
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I am so going to those games in Henderson. This Wenbamyana guy I have to see in person.
A black hockey league in the country where most hockey happens is not exactly a revolutionary movie idea.
Next someone will steal my idea about people playing soccer in Spain!