Kylian Mbappé in Levallois for the last regular season match of Victor Wembanyama’s “Mets”. FRANCK FIFE / AFP
Present at the Levallois match a few hours earlier, Kylian Mbappé spent Tuesday evening with Victor Wembanyama to follow the NBA draft lottery.
They did not let go of the evening. Tuesday evening, Victor Wembanyama guided Boulogne-Levallois to a victory against Paris Basketball (93-85) for the last match of the regular season of Betclic Elite. Among the spectators, a certain Kylian Mbappé. The PSG and France team striker did not just come to the match: he spent the evening, or rather the night, alongside the French basketball phenomenon.
Wembanyama (19), promised to the first choice of the next NBA draft, stayed awake to follow the lottery, which designated the San Antonio Spurs holders of the famous “first pick”. Mbappé was filmed chatting with the Metropolitans 92 player minutes after the lottery. Earlier in the evening, the captain of the Blues said to himself “impatientto see Wembanyama in the NBA.
The NBA draft will take place on June 22. Before that, Wembanyama and the “Mets” will play in the play-offs of the French championship. They will face Cholet in the quarter-finals, with a first leg on May 21 before the return two days later.
