Spurs rookie sensation Victor Wembanyama is officially listed as 7′ 3″ (2.21 m), 225 lbs (102 kg). As most young Europeans entering the NBA, he is rather skinny.
Naturally, he is expected to add weight to his body. However, that’s not what his agent Bouna Ndiaye wants to do. He thinks that adding core strength is the way to go instead of adding weight.
Ndiaye says that he will fight to make sure that Wembanyama is not getting heavier. He seems Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as an example of what he wants his young client to be.
“Did you see an issue here in Vegas?” Ndiaye asked Marc J. Spears of Andscape in response to his question whether Wemby’s strength is a concern. “No. People are wrong. We’re not focused at all on weights. I don’t want to put weight on his body. We’re going to fight to not put weight on his body. Weight on his body [is] a big mistake. We focus on strength, core. We were very pleased that he linked up [with] Jabbar who played until [41] years old. That’s the path that we want to take …
“I’m very glad they, they connected because uh, have a similar body type. Kareem was not heavy. Victor is more mobile, gaudier and taller than Kareem. So, that difference in height is a challenge and is something that we are working on every day. Making him heavy? We don’t want to do that.”
