'Never seen anything like it': Why future NBA freak's wallet is set to explode as draft looms

Victor Wembanyama is only 19 and has not played a minute in an NBA jersey but the French teenager is poised to land an array of lucrative deals likely to make him one of the most commercially successful athletes in history. Wembanyama will take center-stage at the NBA Draft in Brooklyn on Thursday, when the gifted 7ft 4in (2.24m) centre widely viewed as a once-in-a-generation basketball talent is set to be chosen with the number one pick by the San Antonio Spurs. Watch every moment of the 2023 NBA Draft LIVE on Kayo from 9:30am AEST on Friday June 23….