Victor Wembanyama, the projected No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 NBA draft, worked with Dallas trainer Tim Martin since 2020. The French basketball prodigy has...
of receiving the No. 1 pick. But stories about Wembanyama’s Dallas visit last summer and his years of creative work with Martin add Texas flair to his international credentials.
But Martin and Wembanyama didn’t meet before their laptop video connection and the hot Texas sun became Wembanyama’s platform for development. Each time, Martin set up a folding chair under an umbrella. First, he’d prop the laptop on the chair — shaded so it wouldn’t overheat — and demonstrate footwork, defensive concepts and other movements on camera for Wembanyama.Martin takes a “holistic” approach to training his clients, so he also learned about Wembanyama’s interests outside of basketball. He used soccer analogies, for example, to explain the differences in NBA spacing to Wembanyama, who’d played only under FIBA rules.
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