San Antonio Spurs' Wembanyama spotted at Blue Star Arts Complex

The No. 1 NBA draft pick has largely remained out of the public eye since his 27-point Summer League performance.

click to enlarge Basketball phenom Victor Wembanyama takes a photo with a fan at Blue Star Arts Complex on Sept. 3. - X / @AssassinateHate
X / @AssassinateHate
Basketball phenom Victor Wembanyama takes a photo with a fan at Blue Star Arts Complex on Sept. 3.
San Antonio recently learned that the Spurs’ No.1 NBA Draft pick loves breakfast tacos, a staple of the local cuisine. Now, after French basketball phenom Victor Wembanyama was spotted this weekend wandering Blue Star Arts Complex, there's reason to suspect he also enjoys SA arts and culture.

On Sunday, San Antonio users of X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, posted pictures of Wembanyama posing for snaps with fans at the Southtown gallery and entertainment complex.

“Today, Wemby stopped by and visited Brick, Mockingbird Handprints and other spots around the complex,” Blue Star Arts Complex wrote on X. “Pretty awesome!”
After San Antonio resident Joey Wilkinson posted about the Wemby sighting, X users commented that his photo, taken at an awkward angle, makes it look like the 7-foot-3 NBA star only has one leg.

“Dang where’s his leg?” commented X user @Austinforkeep.

“Why did you eat his leg tho?” @TimSpursFan chimed in.
Wemby has largely been absent from the public eye since his 27-point, 12-rebound performance in an NBA Summer League matchup against the Portland Trail Blazers on July 9.

“I’m probably going to disappear from the media for the next months, honestly," Wemby told reporters after the game. Days earlier, an alleged tangle between the player's bodyguards and pop-star Britney Spears grabbed unwanted headlines.

Although Wemby has lived up to his promise to lay low, he's apparently not averse to showing has face occasionally in places where San Antonians congregate.

Wembanyama will make his highly anticipated NBA debut during the Spurs' season opener against the Dallas Mavericks. That game will take place Wednesday, Oct. 25, at the AT&T Center (soon to be the Frost Bank Center).

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Michael Karlis

Michael Karlis is a Staff Writer at the San Antonio Current. He is a graduate of American University in Washington, D.C., whose work has been featured in Salon, Alternet, Creative Loafing Tampa Bay, Orlando Weekly, NewsBreak, 420 Magazine and Mexico Travel Today. He reports primarily on breaking news, politics...

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