Drafting Victor Wembanyama might add $500M in value to NBA franchise / News - Basketnews.com

One team president said to NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski that drafting Victor Wembanyama might add as much as $500M to the value of the NBA franchise.

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Potential 2023 No. 1 pick Victor Wembanyama is a generational talent that will change the NBA landscape once he gets a cap with a certain team name written on it.

Victor Wembanyama

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His huge worth is not only estimated on the basketball hardcourt, as he is set to increase the NBA franchise's value up to $500 million when drafted.

"Victor Wembanyama is the singular, greatest prospect in NBA draft history. He is that at 18 years old, he was also that at 17 and 16. He is not coming out of nowhere. The impact he is going to have on the NBA this season is dramatic," NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski spoke on ESPN's NBA countdown.

"As one GM told me the other day, we are going to see a race to the bottom like we have never seen before in the NBA. Teams are trying to put themselves in a position to be able to draft Wembanyama or get a second pick Scoot Henderson, who in any other year would be a No. 1 overall pick.

"One team president said to me, drafting Wembanyama might add as much as $500M to the value of your franchise," Wojnarowski pointed out.

"Wembanymana is so advanced skill-wise that nobody has ever been any like him."

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