Veteran French forward praises Victor Wembanyama while comparing him to another French center (Photo credits: IMAGN)
French forward Nicolas Batum praised Victor Wembanyama in an interview with league insider Grant Afseth for RG.Org. The interview, published on Friday, covered French basketball, the players who have come before and the new generation of talent from the country.
After talking about Tony Parker and Boris Diaw as athletes who've inspired Batum, the conversation pivoted towards Rudy Gobert. Batum eventually compared Gobert to the San Antonio Spurs' center and fellow Frenchman, Wembanyama.
Batum sang Wemby's praises in the interview:
"The rim protection is similar. Victor has more ability to do different things on defense--he's unique."
