https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOGg1xSUk2c

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https://reddit.com/link/17qwjby/video/ushxh4pz17zb1/player

Q : “How does it feel to p lay in such a mythical arena ?”

W : “How does it feel ? The atmosphere is special, and I know that a great part of the worldwide basketball eyes are gonna be focused on this court tonight. It is impressive to play in such a place, where we’ve seen so many films and scenes”.

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Q : “Are you more excited or under pressure?”

W : “Excited.”

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Q : “You’ve made your first step in the NBA at 19 years old, are you tired of people talking to you about your age, would you rather shine with only your talent ?”

W : “In truth… now that I’m in the “big league” there’s not so much of an age excuse, that’s my job, I’ve got responsabilities.”

Q : “You were gonna say the same thing as Mbappe, right ?”

W : “is that so ?”

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That last girl asking about age was cringe AF. She was CLEARLY fishing for that “Mbappe” answer, he doesn’t give it to her, and she goes at it again. Wemby handled that perfectly, shutting her up saying “ah bon? /really?” and switching his attention.

In truth Wemby did almost make a joke about it, you can clearly see him smiling and almost saying something after her first question about the age.

For reference, back when he was 18 yo or smthg, Mbappe said : “too young doesn’t exist, you’re eather good and you play, or you’re not and you shut up and stay on the bench. That’s a thing that would make me angry, don’t talk to me about my age” Source

This has become a widely used meme in France, and you can clearly see Wemby smiling, almost saying something, and stopping. But he didn’t, and that journalist coming back at it just to have her headline, sheesh… Good job Wemby.