“Vembanyama switches off his phone at 9:00 pm.”

Cedi Osman, current San Antonio Spurs player, gave an interview in Socratesa Turkish program. At the same time, he spoke about his teammate in the Texas franchise Victor Vembanyam, whom he compared to LeBron James. He also commented on the season of Alperen Sengun, a Turkish player of the Houston Rockets, where he is winning, and his teammate in Turkey.

I confirm this has a very close relationship with Vembanyama. He praised the play of the 2.24m centre who can move like a smaller player. And he stated that At first they didn’t know how to take advantage of their height, be a player who can catch the ball wherever it’s thrown to him: “Some games, he’ll have two or three guys on him. You’re just waiting under the basket, and all of a sudden they’re gone. “I don’t know when we’ve seen that before.”

The San Antonio Spurs finished 22-60, 14th in the Western Conference and 26th overall in the NBA in Wembanyama’s first year with the club. The Frenchman won the Rookie of the Year award this season, averaging 21.4 points, 10.6 rebounds and a league-leading 3.6 blocks.

Compare Wembanyama to LeBron, since he matched up with the latter when he was a rookie with the Cavaliers in 2017-18, so he knows what it’s like to share a locker room with both of them: “LeBron can do what Victor does, but not to that extent. It’s completely different.” He praised the lifestyle and work of both players and singled out Wemby: “Come to training early. Before going on the court, he goes to the gym, lifts weights, warms up and warms up well. After training, go back to the gym. “He works all the time, turns off his phone after 9 p.m. so that no one can contact him or disturb him,” Osman added.

He concluded by talking about Alperin Sengun, a teammate he had nothing but words of admiration for: “He’s the best player in Houston right now.” “That’s huge.” He also added that he was not a selfish player at all and that he was happy to be aligned with the 21-year-old who is having success with the Rockets.

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