Victor Wembanyama Sends Out Viral Post After France Wins Silver Medal At Olympics

Spurs star Victor Wembanyama sent out a post after the Olympics.

Aug 8, 2024; Paris, France; France power forward Victor Wembanyama (32) celebrates during the second half against Germany in a men's basketball semifinal game during the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games at Accor Arena. Mandatory Credit: Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports / Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports

Victor Wembanyama is coming off a summer where he competed for France at the 2024 Olympics in Paris.

The San Antonio Spurs superstar helped lead the team to the Gold medal game where they put up a good fight against Team USA.

They lost by a score of 98-87 but still won the Silver medal.

Wembanyama finished the game with 26 points, seven rebounds, two assists and one steal while shooting 11/19 from the field and 3/8 from the three-point range in 30 minutes.

Via The NBA: "Victor Wembanyama was fantastic in #Paris2024 leading France to 🥈👏

👽 15.8 PPG 👽 9.7 APG 👽 2.0 SPG 👽 1.7 BPG"

Victor Wembanyama was fantastic in #Paris2024 leading France to 🥈👏

👽 15.8 PPG
👽 9.7 APG
👽 2.0 SPG
👽 1.7 BPG pic.twitter.com/yJ7rJVcuMn

— NBA (@NBA) August 10, 2024

After the Olympics, Wembanyama made a post to Instagram that had over 148,000 likes and 1,000 comments in less than one hour.

Wembanyama captioned his post: "It’s just the beginning…

Merci la France 🇫🇷 , merci aux supporters français 🇫🇷 .

Éternellement reconnaissant."

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A post shared by Victor Wembanyama 🇫🇷 (@wemby)

Wembanyama was the first pick in the 2023 NBA Draft and has lived up to all of the expectations so far.

“It’s just the beginning…”

— Victor Wembanyama’s latest Instagram post 😳👽

(via @wemby/ IG) pic.twitter.com/5OaZtNwPwE

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) August 13, 2024

He won the 2024 Rookie of The Year Award after averaging 21.4 points, 10.6 rebounds, 3.9 assists, 1.2 steals and 3.6 blocks per contest while shooting 46.5% from the field and 32.5% from the three-point range in 71 games.

The 20-year-old has also gotten high praise from players around the NBA.

Utah Jazz star Jordan Clarkson sent out a post during France's game against America.

Clarkson wrote: "wemby will win every award in the nba one day lol"

wemby will win every award in the nba one day lol

— Jordan Clarkson (@JordanClarksons) August 10, 2024