The losing is done, NBA teams now await 7-foot-3 Wembanyama

FILE - Boulogne-Levallois' Victor Wembanyama celebrates after a dunk against Lyon-Villeurbanne during a basketball game in Levallois, France, Jan. 9, 2023. Wembanyama is now about a month away from finding out which team will win the NBA draft lottery and earn the right to take him with this year's No. 1 overall pick.

FILE - Boulogne-Levallois' Victor Wembanyama celebrates after a dunk against Lyon-Villeurbanne during a basketball game in Levallois, France, Jan. 9, 2023. Wembanyama is now about a month away from finding out which team will win the NBA draft lottery and earn the right to take him with this year's No. 1 overall pick. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)


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There are very specific rules that NBA teams must follow right now when it comes to mentioning the name of 7-foot-3 French star Victor Wembanyama. He's got big-man height and elite guard skills and will be the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft. But because he isn't officially in the draft yet, teams can't discuss him publicly. So they don't. And they don't have to, either. Everyone knows what the teams who'll be in the NBA lottery next month are hoping to have happen. They want the No. 1 pick and the right to select Wembanyama.

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