Victor Wembanyama chosen by San Antonio Spurs as first pick in 2023 NBA draft

Victor Wembanyama has targeted winning an NBA title ringing aft the San Antonio Spurs chose him arsenic the fig 1 wide prime successful the 2023 draft.

Wembanyama is listed astatine 7ft 5in and has an 8ft wingspan.

"My extremity is to effort and larn arsenic overmuch arsenic imaginable due to the fact that I privation to triumph that ring," said Wembanyama.

The NBA draft is made up of 2 rounds of 30 picks, with 30 teams choosing players based connected wherever they finished past season.

The worst performing teams prime astatine the apical of the draft, wherever they person entree to the champion incoming talent.

The 2023 draught was held successful Brooklyn with NBA commissioner Adam Silver announcing the picks.

"This is accomplishing thing that I person been dreaming of my full life," Wembanyama told ESPN.

"Hearing that condemnation from Adam Silver, I've dreamed of it truthful overmuch that I person to cry, man."

Wembanyama played for Boulogne-Levallois Metropolitans 92 successful France during the past play and averaged 20.6 points, 10.1 rebounds, 3.0 blocked shots and 2.5 assists successful 44 games.

"We're thrilled that we were capable to bring Victor connected board," said San Antonio Spurs manager Gregg Popovich.

"He's evidently a heck of a talent, a precise mature young man. But conscionable similar with each draught pick, whether it's the archetypal prime oregon the 27th pick, oregon the 38th pick, we person a work to each and each 1 to effort to make an situation wherever they tin scope the champion occurrence imaginable for them.

"We're going to get him connected the tribunal and we're going to spot him play, and we'll spell from there."

Brandon Miller, a 6ft 9in 20-year-old who starred astatine the University of Alabama, was the fig 2 prime and went to the Charlotte Hornets.

Scoot Henderson, who has played the past 2 seasons successful the NBA's developmental 'G-league', was chosen by the Portland Trail Blazers arsenic the 3rd pick.

The 20-year-old identical twins Amen and Ausar Thompson made up the apical 5 of picks.

Amen Thompson went to the Houston Rockets arsenic 4th prime successful the draft, portion Ausar Thompson was 5th prime erstwhile helium was chosen by the Detroit Pistons.