"It's very possible that he'll be the face of basketball. Not just NBA basketball, but world basketball," said Pacers coach Rick Carlisle.

The fantasy scenario of a De'Aaron Fox-Victor Wembanyama partnership may no longer be just a figment of our imagination, but rather a plausible scenario that could soon materialize. "De'Aaron Fox, driving to the hole,

The story, as Buford tells it, goes like this: Claudio Crippa, an international scout for the Spurs, proposed going to see a youth game before checking out Doumbouya. Buford saw Wembanyama play for the first time that day. And the seeds for the Spurs’ new master plan were immediately planted.