After a first day of Summer League in Las Vegas marked by the great debut of Victor Wembanyama, another Frenchie takes to the track this Saturday. We are of course talking about Bilal Coulibaly, 7th choice of the last Draft and about to wear the colors of the Wizards for the first time.
# The program of the night
21h : Celtics – Heat
21h30 : Thunder – Mavericks
23h : Sixers – Knicks
23h30 : Magic – Pistons
1h : Bulls – Grizzlies
2h : Wizards – Pacers
3h : Suns – Bucks
4h : Jazz – Clippers
# The poster not to be missed: Wizards – Pacers
Bilal Coulibaly’s great debut is for tonight! The former teammate of Victor Wembanyama will make his first appearance in an NBA jersey, like Wemby yesterday with the Spurs. Of course, Coulibaly does not raise the same expectations as his friend, but we will clearly have our eyes on this Wizards – Pacers (2am) to see what Bilal will offer.
The poster is all the more interesting as the opponent will land with beautiful people in Vegas tonight: Ben Mathurin is notably part of the Pacers squad for the Summer League, but also the solid Andrew Nembhard and the 8th choice of the Draft 2023 Jarace Walker.
A nice little context around this match: we recall that Bilal Coulibaly was initially selected by Indiana on June 22, before being transferred to the Wizards in stride against Walker, selected by Washington in number 8.
# But also…
We will also keep an eye on the other French in the running this evening: Ousmane Dieng (Thunder), Joel Ayayi (Grizzlies), Hugo Besson (Bucks), Malcolm Galazon (Pistons) and Moussa Diabaté (Clippers). We will take advantage of the presence of Ousmane Dieng with the Thunder to watch Chet Holmgren, number 2 in the 2022 Draft and back on the court after his white season last year. The two Williams – Jalen and Jaylin – could also wow the Vegas crowd. Anthony Black, number 6 in the 2023 Draft, will make his debut with the Orlando Magic. To be continued. We will also follow the Pistons, who arrive with very nice names in Vegas: Jaden Ivey, Jalen Duren, James Wiseman or Ausar Thompson (5th choice of the 2023 Draft). Kenneth Lofton Jr. against the Bulls, it can do damage. Tacko Fall in the Bucks jersey, who knows what can happen. Jazz and its nucleus of very promising youngsters (Ochai Agbaji, Taylor Hendricks if he plays, Keyonte George…) can make sparks fly. We will finally observe Kobe Brown (Clippers), just because his first name is Kobe and he plays in Los Angeles.
2023-07-08 16:23:00
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