PARIS (AP) — Victor Wembanyama, tauraron NBA, ya yi fice a wasansa na farko a ƙasarsa ta haihuwa, Faransa, a ranar Alhamis, 23 ga Janairu, 2025. Wembanyama, wanda ke taka leda a ƙungiyar San Antonio Spurs, ya samu goyon baya mai ƙarfi daga masu kallon wasan a Paris, inda ya zama babban abin sha’awa a wasan NBA da aka yi tsakanin Spurs da Indiana Pacers.
Wembanyama ya ci kwallaye 30, ya samu rebounds 11, ya ba da taimako 6, kuma ya toshe harbi 5 a wasan da Spurs suka ci Pacers da maki 117-98. Wannan shi ne mafi girman nasara da Spurs suka samu a wannan kakar wasa, kuma mafi girman asara da Pacers suka fuskanta.
“A yau wasan ya kasance daban,” in ji Wembanyama bayan wasan. “Goyon bayan da masu kallon wasan suka ba mu ya kasance daban. Mun yi ƙoƙarin amfani da yanayin wasan don samun nasara, kuma a yau ya kasance da sauƙi.”
Masu kallon wasan sun nuna sha’awarsu ga Wembanyama ta hanyar sanya riguna masu launuka daban-daban na Spurs da kuma rigunan ƙungiyar ƙwallon kwando ta Faransa. Hakan ya nuna irin girmamawa da ƙasar Faransa ke yi wa Wembanyama, wanda ya kasance tauraro a gasar ƙwallon kwando ta Faransa kafin ya shiga NBA.
Adam Silver, shugaban NBA, ya bayyana cewa, “Ina jin daɗin kasancewa cikin ƙungiyar da ke da Victor Wembanyama.” Ya kara da cewa, “Ƙasar Faransa ta kamata ta yi farin ciki da shi. Shi ɗan wasa ne na musamman.”
Wembanyama ya samu goyon baya mai ƙarfi daga masu kallon wasan, inda suka yi masa tafi da tafi a duk lokacin da ya yi aiki mai kyau a filin wasa. Kocin Spurs, Mitch Johnson, ya bayyana cewa, “Ba mu buƙatar ƙarfafa ‘yan wasan don wannan wasan. Wembanyama ya kasance cikin hali mai kyau.”
Duk da yake Wembanyama ya kasance babban abin sha’awa, ya bayyana cewa bai damu da yabo ba, sai dai ya yi nasara. “A yau, ina alfahari da ƙungiyara. Mun ci nasara daidai,” in ji Wembanyama.
