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    Victor Wembanyama, the French teenage star, wows NBA folks in Vegas

    by Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times Oct 06, 2022 3 minutes
    Victor Wembanyama of Boulogne-Levallois Metropolitans 92 looks on during the second quarter of an exhibition game against G League Ignite at The Dollar Loan Center on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022, in Henderson, Nevada.

    HENDERSON, Nev. — Everything you needed to know about the 2023 NBA draft could be learned in the parking lot sandwiched between the water slide and nondescript minor league hockey arena.

    As NBA executives and scouts piled out of their black SUVs, no one was wiping a late Vegas night out of the corners of their eyes.

    “You ready for the show?” one said to another with a huge grin, practically rubbing his hands together in excitement.

    Victor Wembanyama was about to play in a showcase event and 30

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