VICTOR Wembenyama’s basketball abilities are out of this world and this is the person that helped fine-tune them. 

Guillaume Alquier, 30, is the lead trainer for Wembenyama’s skilled French workforce and has been entrusted with making ready one of the sport’s most outstanding prospects ever. 

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Alquier started coaching the 7-foot-4 heart final August and wished to emphasise pure actions to sharpen his actions and coordination whereas triggering his physique in the method.

He works with Victor earlier than and after video games and is basically his solely trainer. 

Alquier was interviewed by ESPN and requested what he did to maintain the prized heart wholesome all through the season.

“The most important thing is to have strength in the legs, to produce force to play basketball: To play inside, to play D, post up, everything,” Alquier mentioned. 

“After that, you have core activation, and the last thing is the prevention stuff — trying to do the best thing to be healthy all the time during the season.”

Victor’s exercise plan is severe, and his food regimen is intense. 

He has eaten 5 meals each day for the previous 5 years however would not need Victor to weigh an excessive amount of.

“He’s adding some weight normally, but not 10 pounds or 20 pounds every month,” Alquier mentioned. 

“That could be difficult for his motor control, knees, and joints. We try to build it as best as we can.”

So far, the constructing has gone based on plan. Victor had a monster season for the Metropolitans 92, averaging 21.6 factors, 10.4 rebounds, 2.4 assists, and three.0 blocks in 34 video games. 

The 7-foot-4, 19-year-old grew up simply outdoors Paris, France, in Le Chesnay.

Victor additionally has two siblings, Eve and Oscar, who additionally play basketball.

The 2023 NBA Draft will happen Thursday, June 22, on the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, the place Wembanyama is anticipated to listen to his title known as with the No.1 choose by the San Antonio Spurs.