\- The franchise that will pick first on June 22 will be San Antonio, and I’d like your first reaction
\- **(Sighs) Now that it’s over, I can say that I’ve seen teams go by, and I was happy to see them go by. I’m happy with the result, there is a lot of emotions.**
\- I would like to know what it evokes to you, your life will move there, in this place of Texas that we know well in France, what does it evoke to you, the city, the franchise of San Antonio?
**- What San Antonio evokes in me is a solid and faithful fanbase despite the ups and downs, especially a history and a culture of winning like nowhere else.**
\- Did you also grow up like all the French by seeing the success of this team that won many titles in 15 years?
**- I remember the finals around 2013, I remember Ray Allen’s shot, everyone remembers it as a crazy shot but since it was TP who was playing I remember it as the villain’s shot.**
\- We can talk about the state of this franchise, the first name that comes to mind when we talk about San Antonio is Pop, tell me what comes to mind when we talk about being coached by Pop?
**- If all goes well yeah… But, it would be an honor for sure. From what I’ve heard, he’s demanding, but one thing I know for sure is that he’s good, and until proven otherwise he has more experience than I do. If I have the chance to be coached by Pop it will be with a lot of humility and excitement too.**
\- If we talk about sports, if we look at this franchise, today it is totally at the bottom of the ladder. The leader of the team is Keldon Johnson maybe Devin Vassell, do you know this team well, could you tell me a little bit about it?
**- In the NBA, in basketball in general but especially in the NBA, we see teams from the bottom of the league from one year to the next go from a playoff level to the conference finals… in the NBA with the speed of the trades and the team construction, I have no worries. What’s important is that the structure and culture there is strong.**
\- How do you feel right away, when Mark Tatum announced the franchises, the pressure drops a little?
**- Yeah, the pressure is off a little bit, there was a lot of excitement at the time but I’ll be in a daze in the next few hours, I don’t know if I can sleep right away. It’s a touching and special evening.**
**- What’s the road to the next season going to be like in the next few weeks?**
**- First it will be to do everything I can to win a title in France, then the draft, the summer league, if possible the World Cup and before and after the World Cup, the preparation necessary to endure an NBA season.**
\- Everyone will draw the parallel with Tony Parker, what does that mean to you?
**- I’m not worried about it at all, it’s an honor to see our names next to each other, and I know people have expectations but they don’t exceed the expectations I have of myself so I have nothing to worry about**
\- Last thing Victor, are you happy tonight?
**- Yeah, very happy. Especially because I won my game against Paris earlier.**
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Link to the interview:
[**https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8V8uNlHlA0**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8V8uNlHlA0)
by BIGCY5
6 Comments
Very positive and well articulated answers. He seems like he’s has a great head on his shoulders, is eager and passionate to perform well, and is happy to be here. FUCK YESSSS!!!!!!!!
Sounds promising! He legit wants to be here, if we’re lucky maybe beyond his rookie extension!
So excited for victor to join the spurs he fits into our culture very well
Lol of course he was a spurs fan growing up, Ray Allen shot is most definitely a “villain” shot lmfao
Bro is this a dream
He’s one of us