After having already lost Charles Kahudi in the quarter-finals, ASVEL gives up another soldier along the way. And not just any since it is about Victor Wembanyama, victim of a muscular injury (without further details). The junior world vice-champion will not return before the end of the playoffs. Either a major loss for Villeurbanne as the giant of Chesnay has proven that he is capable of changing the course of a meeting in short sequences.
Transferred from Nanterre last summer, he thus completes a first season between Rhône and Saône marred by physical glitches. Four in total: first an illness that weakened him for three weeks, followed by a small fracture in a finger in November, then almost two months off until mid-February due to a contusion bone in the scapula, before this return to the infirmary, for the first time due to a muscular problem.
During his four months of respite during this year 2022, Victor Wembanyama showed great things, with many remarkable outings, both in Betclic ÉLITE (25 against Le Portel, a double-double against Élan Béarnais) and in EuroLeague (23 rating in Kaunas, 18 dpoints against Milan).
He will have played 34 games in all competitions, with a statistical reference line in Betclic ELITE (9.4 points at 47%, 5.1 rebounds and 1.8 against for 11.5 evaluation in 18 minutes on average). Even if for his experience and his experience, it is very unfortunate not to see him take part in the rest of the semi-final against the JDA Dijon, then potentially in a final.
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