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60 Minutes Transcript: San Antonio Spurs star center Victor Wembanyama

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San Antonio Spurs star center Victor Wembanyama is known as "the Alien," a nod to his supernatural size and supernatural basketball skills. At 7-foot-4, Wembanyama can dunk without jumping, yet he also can freeze defenders with his ballhandling, drain three-pointers, and he is the NBA's reigning Defensive Player of the Year. But as nicknames go, "The Alien," misses the mark like a clunky jump shot, in that Wemby — there's your nickname — is a man making the most of his earthly minutes. He comes from France, plays pick-up chess in Manhattan parks, and trains at Chinese monasteries. With LeBron James turning 42 and Steph Curry now 38, Wemby, age 22, is the new face of the NBA.…

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