Is This 12-Year-Old The Next Wembanyama?

Mohamed Dabone is only 12 years old.. But can be already considered as the next big thing in basketball. Standing at an incredible for his age 6’10 or 208 CM, he recently dominated a tournament with 3-year older competition and BasketNews’ Augustas Suliauskas takes a look into why we might be witnessing another future NBA superstar in the making
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[@mazasis_princas456]

Who now we have to see how he gonna play in nba

[@SikoMC]

he will be a top prospect until he is "18" and ready to draft, then they find out that he is 21+ already and his stock will plummet.

[@TheLevifrancisco]

Birth certificates from countries with shoddy record keeping are always sus

[@doods20fer41]

He's like Ayton, when he's no. 1 college player & told he's only 18 but looks like 28, this kid is 12 but looks like 22, I think some African countries are doctoring the actual age of their children?

[@valimity]

it has been revealed he's 16

[@Trevdawg48]

Robert Wadlow, the tallest man ever, was 7'0" at age 12. There is no way this kid is on the same growth path as Robert. He is not 12.

[@emogus4590]

you the kid karan singh he was 6'6 at 8

[@emogus4590]

now he is 8'2 at 15

[@emogus4590]

robert wadlow was 7'10 at 15

[@thomas860]

Robert Wadlow also had a condition that made his growth rapid and nonstop, and by the time he died at 22 (8'11) he was probably still growing. Mohamed most definitely won't grow that rapidly and for a ten year span, he'll most likely turn out anywhere from 7'2-7'6. The tallest man WITHOUT any type of condition boosting his growth was Angus Macaskill, and he was 7'9. If Mohamed was on the same growth path as Robert, he would most likely be very immobile and need to walk around with a cane, like Wadlow, and unable to play basketball.

[@user-id2ky8tb2p]

лъ

[@Karma-ck5yi]

Yes, he is 12 years, but years of service in Burkina Faso before he was come to Europe.

[@Ochohades]

He is actually 12 look at his face too

[@VictorAlbaa]

I’ve played basketball in spain during my teenage years and I can tell you how frustrating can be getting blocked by a 24 year old dude while being 14 and trying to do your best 🤣💀

[@pepejr10king]

😂😂😂 fr

[@onlyfacts3178]

@@Ochohades yes his face look like he is 18 or older

[@AugustasSuliauskas]

Hahaha that must've been brutal@@VictorAlbaa

[@ChrisWolfe31]

The real age of kids from 3rd world countries are often times either lost or intentionally altered to be younger. Knowing that and this kid's size, aggressiveness and mobility, I'm calling cap on him really being 12 years old. Probably 15 or 16.

[@JaMore]

I'm calling CAP in your analysis

[@darealliljable]

​@@JaMorethere was another case of a kid being from some country and he lied about his age he was actually disqualified from the nba draft or something like that. I cant remember but these things do happen. The pay off is huge so seeming like a phenom gor his age helps his stock thus is a way to hustle. It lucrative. How is this cap exactly?

[@christophergooding9820]

didn't they say in the vid that his passport was verified already?

[@ChrisWolfe31]

@@christophergooding9820 Did they? I thought I was listening closely but I must've missed it if they said it was.

[@aspleen1102]

@@christophergooding9820 the video said "his passport was cleared" (I have no idea if he have in fact any passport yet, maybe he just have a 'spanish visa'? I don't think he had any papers prior to Spain.) but that prove absolutly n-o-t-h-i-n-g. Without any papers prior to this passport / visa he can made up his age very easily.

[@junjiezerocool3307]

I had followed child prodigies, this kid doesn't have the body or movement of a 12-year-old, but let's say he is already around 15 years he is still going to be a good player.

[@igorstambak718]

Agreed. The issue is he gets screwed by losing years he could make it to the league by being say 16 when he is actually 19. He gets blocked from being drafted for 3 more years and developing as an NBA player. Assuming he will ever be good enough. If the goal is to scam a team into drafting a 23 year old thinking they are 19 and thinking they have all this potential when they are pretty much a finished product, then sure. But teams are also getting smarter at drafting these guys and ignoring their ages.

[@rb9888]

yep

[@bilogskii2216]

Not really since he's competing below his competition if he's 15 already. If he's playing against actual 15 year olds and do this then yes.

[@israelscrewface345]

@@bilogskii2216He was playing under 18’s tho

[@TheNmitch2311]

Many folks in this forum are saying no way based on WHAT THEY HAVE SEEN now, and, in the past. People are not open to realize we are going to change physically as we continue to evolve especially in sports. Look at Track n Field. Athletes back in the day can't compete with modern day athletes. look at basketball, kids leaping way above the rim and doing dunks you never SEEN BEFORE and compared from back in the day. Remember Vince Carter dunk contest in 2000? did Jordan or Dominique do anything remotely like Vince did in 2000? and no less then 5 years later, young kids are now doing his between the leg dunk with ease and won't win you a dunk contest for that matter. This kid here, although doing things we never seen as 12 year old, peoples are basing their judgment on THEY NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE. Now, you think this is amazing, wait until you see what a 10 year old is going to do maybe 20 to 30 years from now, and Guess what?, most of us won't be around to see this human wonder of evolution.

[@yingghit97]

That kind of aggression, ferocity and athleticism at his age its like watching a young Giannis but even longer limbs

[@georgepoly4842]

didn't think it was possible for a kid that young to have that combination of lenght, agility and ridiculous giannis like twitchy athleticism, but then again i didn't think a player like wembanyama was anthropologically possible either lol

[@aamirsgalaxy5123]

​@@georgepoly4842 He is most definitely not 12. First of all, if he really was 12, he would be on the same growth track as the tallest man in history, who grew to 8'11... 2nd of all, people from 3rd world countries usually have their age changed, like Manute Bol and Abiodun Adegoke, no one really knows their true ages.

[@dualhearts2035]

The clip of that first 2 hand dunk is all you need to see to be doubtful of his age... you couldn't find another 12 year old on the planet that could do that. He's either 1 of 1 athletically in terms of coordination, strength, mechanics, fluidity, etc, or he's older. I've seen athletic 12 year olds in the US dunking playing aau, but they don't jump like professional dunkers with 40"+ verts.. that 2 foot jump 2 hand tomahawk is insane for "12" years old...

[@jefffawcett]

He’s not remotely 12 in these clips. Eventually they’ll find out he’s actually 16.

[@TheNmitch2311]

Many folks in this forum are saying no way based on WHAT THEY HAVE SEEN now, and, in the past. People are not open to realize we are going to change physically as we continue to evolve especially in sports. Look at Track n Field. Athletes back in the day can't compete with modern day athletes. look at basketball, kids leaping way above the rim and doing dunks you never SEEN BEFORE and compared from back in the day. Remember Vince Carter dunk contest in 2000? did Jordan or Dominique do anything remotely like Vince did in 2000? and no less then 5 years later, young kids are now doing his between the leg dunk with ease and won't win you a dunk contest for that matter. This kid here, although doing things we never seen as 12 year old, peoples are basing their judgment on THEY NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE. Now, you think this is amazing, wait until you see what a 10 year old is going to do maybe 20 to 30 years from now, and Guess what?, most of us won't be around to see this human wonder of evolution.

[@dualhearts2035]

@@TheNmitch2311You wrote all of that for the FIBA website to have him listed at 16 years old... lol

[@sideshowbobsaget8876]

​@@TheNmitch2311do your research. Athlete's haven't evolved the science and techniques has. Vince dunk was being done in the 80s-90s. Vince is from the 80s-90s as a kid.

[@RasLion]

Being like Wemby is not about the height, it's about the height with the incredible coordination...being taller won't give you that.

[@umarjasmin9396]

Okay, i think the whole point of this video is what u just talked about

[@kouani1995]

dude watch the fkn video. i swear these wemby d riders never miss

[@timmytimeyt]

did you see how he moved? He has incredible coordination for that height at that age

[@tyty3150]

Don’t forget wembys insane mentality lmfao

[@ghostbravo7127]

People don't realize, Wemby is so skilled because his mother and grandfather (on mother's side) both played for the French national team, and his mother became a coach after retirement. If that wasn't enough, his father was also a national high jumper. He has athletic genetics, height, AND has been coached from a young age by a highly skilled hooper.

[@leeest3103]

He looks 15 going on 16 no cap. Just look at his strength and coordination already.

[@mikel6090]

He is clearly not 12. But he does look really good skill-wise.

[@mikel6090]

he does have skill. when he is burying baskets the way he is, it is showing he has lots of skill. I guess you don't know what skill is in basketball?@@Chomiaza

[@Forever_Laura]

@@Chomiaza Don't quit your day job

[@user-lw8cn4qh4z]

​@@Evorage_next level yappern

[@Takazoro]

@@Chomiazaif he’s actually 12 his skill is pretty solid for a big at 12

[@Takazoro]

@@Evorage_nobody his height can be D.Rose D.rose can jump 4 feet in the air in his prime

[@LambdaTheos]

even if he's not 12 and turned to be 14 or 16 he's gonna compete against grown adults anyway.

[@larrygerry985]

He is probably 16 or so.

[@simonhollis5256]

If he's 12, I'm Santa Claus

[@AugustasSuliauskas]

Any gifts this year, santa?

[@ronaldomessi7055]

​@@AugustasSuliauskas 😂😂😂😂

[@martymcintosh5026]

Definite future NBA legend

[@AugustasSuliauskas]

I was shocked when I saw that first highlight😳

[@Riggpoppa]

I can believe it because I knew two 6'10 twelve year olds. It was crazy. They were awkward though. Still getting used to their height.

[@svarozjov]

My son is 6 foot, he turned 12 week ago :) Thoguh, not interested in baskteball at all, he likes horse riding...

[@berkaykaplan4079]

we found the next Jokic guyss just tell him if he plays basketball he can have as many horses as he wants@@svarozjov

[@ColeHoman]

@@svarozjovWhy does that sound so much like Jokic at 12? 😂

[@svarozjov]

@@ColeHoman Hahah, actually, Jokić was much shorter at that age :)

[@mortystraphouse5077]

u did not know two 12 yr olds almost 7 ft tall. every body stupid lairs lmao

[@georockmann7113]

Y'all buggin if y'all actually think this dude is 12 💀

[@TheNmitch2311]

Many folks in this forum are saying no way based on WHAT THEY HAVE SEEN now, and, in the past. People are not open to realize we are going to change physically as we continue to evolve especially in sports. Look at Track n Field. Athletes back in the day can't compete with modern day athletes. look at basketball, kids leaping way above the rim and doing dunks you never SEEN BEFORE and compared from back in the day. Remember Vince Carter dunk contest in 2000? did Jordan or Dominique do anything remotely like Vince did in 2000? and no less then 5 years later, young kids are now doing his between the leg dunk with ease and won't win you a dunk contest for that matter. This kid here, although doing things we never seen as 12 year old, peoples are basing their judgment on THEY NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE. Now, you think this is amazing, wait until you see what a 10 year old is going to do maybe 20 to 30 years from now, and Guess what?, most of us won't be around to see this human wonder of evolution.

[@Devante808]

Every years these videos are made and then you never hear about them again

[@kasparasluzinas257]

Loving it!

[@AugustasSuliauskas]

🙏

[@josegabrielsanchez793]

Broo this happens in Puerto Rico all the time, kids claim to be 12 while being 16-17.. This is no surprise...

[@svarozjov]

Nice prospect, the only problem with this young prodigies is that they are pushed to much and to early into professional sport, and that means no life and no childhood, and they tend to get seriously injured very early in career, because they push to much to early, everyone being expecting from them only perfection and the best... It is always a question of longivity of such prospects, I seen already two our local prodigies that got crippling injury in age of 15-16, and never could after that play at professional level, and they were pushed very hard by surroundings from exactly that 12 years age to be next stars, and especially to play non-stop with categories older then them... And maybe if they had standard development with their own generation they would come to age 18-20 as fully developed players and leave some mark. Modern profesional sport is actually cruel and brutal to human body, and for too young, pshysically not yet fully developed youngsters, it is twice more cruel and brutal.

[@AugustasSuliauskas]

Great point. In one of my previous videos about AAU basketball in the USA, I mention an article about why there are more injuries in the NBA now than ever and being pushed to play too much too early is one of the main reasons. Because of this, guys reach their potential earlier, get injured more, thus we have load management in the NBA

[@svarozjov]

@@AugustasSuliauskas Yea, in USA it is already system: exhaust them to early and to hard, even before they stop growing, pressuring them to "succeed or fail whole life" if they don't get to NBA... They practically play already on coledge professional basketball, being even payed for that...

[@TheNmitch2311]

Can you be open to say anything positive? Good grief!!! Come on open up. Many folks in this forum are saying no way based on WHAT THEY HAVE SEEN now, and, in the past. People are not open to realize we are going to change physically as we continue to evolve especially in sports. Look at Track n Field. Athletes back in the day can't compete with modern day athletes. look at basketball, kids leaping way above the rim and doing dunks you never SEEN BEFORE and compared from back in the day. Remember Vince Carter dunk contest in 2000? did Jordan or Dominique do anything remotely like Vince did in 2000? and no less then 5 years later, young kids are now doing his between the leg dunk with ease and won't win you a dunk contest for that matter. This kid here, although doing things we never seen as 12 year old, peoples are basing their judgment on THEY NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE. Now, you think this is amazing, wait until you see what a 10 year old is going to do maybe 20 to 30 years from now, and Guess what?, most of us won't be around to see this human wonder of evolution.

[@svarozjov]

@@TheNmitch2311 Hm, and than the best basketball player in the world is chubby kid that really started to train basketball seriously at 17... And you are in delussion about athletics, especially olympic disciplines. It is not evolution, it is just professionalising sport. 30 year ago, that was not profitable sports. People was working their daily jobs 8-10 jours, trained in their free time and compette when they could to get some results and enter national teams (when they might, but not always, get finance from the state to focus on their sport...). Today you have organizied selection from youngest age, by 16, you already have stable pool of athlets that could perform on olympic level. That is why you get better and better athlets. But again, there is a dark side of that system. For example, in top swimming competition you have 5-10 top swimmers per country, maybe 20 from bigger countries, and to get 10 such athlets in age 20, you had to work with 100-200 16-18 years old, and to get that 100-200, you had to work with 1000-2000 14-year old. And they have full professional training from age 14, and that mean life dedicated to discipline. Now you ask yourself what hapenned to that 1000-1999 people in generation that didn't become Fellps... And they trained as hard as him... Dedicating everything in life to that goal... and they were ditched somewhere in the process because of 0.02 seconds not good enough... It is litle less brutal in popular sports, because if you are not good enough for major top league, every country has lower leagues, where you can still earn some living just of sport, but it is still brutal for many kids when they dedicate everything in their youngest years and then come to the point they cannot enter professional sport...

[@brooklynloutheskeptic]

Hard to Believe he is 12, if he is legit 12 year old, he should go on to be an all time great NBA player if coached right.

[@TheNmitch2311]

Many folks in this forum are saying no way based on WHAT THEY HAVE SEEN now, and, in the past. People are not open to realize we are going to change physically as we continue to evolve especially in sports. Look at Track n Field. Athletes back in the day can't compete with modern day athletes. look at basketball, kids leaping way above the rim and doing dunks you never SEEN BEFORE and compared from back in the day. Remember Vince Carter dunk contest in 2000? did Jordan or Dominique do anything remotely like Vince did in 2000? and no less then 5 years later, young kids are now doing his between the leg dunk with ease and won't win you a dunk contest for that matter. This kid here, although doing things we never seen as 12 year old, peoples are basing their judgment on THEY NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE. Now, you think this is amazing, wait until you see what a 10 year old is going to do maybe 20 to 30 years from now, and Guess what?, most of us won't be around to see this human wonder of evolution.

[@sherlock4791]

Might just be me but his shoulders looks pretty slump for a 12 y.o Usually shoulders indicate if someone still has growth spurt left in them And this kid shoulder almost looks like an adult, idk if he can grow another 4+inch

[@aamirsgalaxy5123]

He ain't twelve, he is most likely 16. Still crazy, but not twelve.

[@user-mp7dv3jp4e]

You definitely on the money!!!!!

[@fabrizioacali7023]

This guy is 12 years old but he has the body cordination of a pro player… just look how Wemby was goofy at this age This guy is a monster or an adult

[@mda990]

Wembi is not special actually. make an Africa tour and u will find out a lot of giraffes like Wembi and Dabone

[@jackbombay1423]

@@mda990 Yeah, that´s why they pay Wemby millions and not those others giraffes you are talking about. People are REALLY stupid.

[@saitamab.7296]

@@mda990 theres about 2800 people at least 7ft worldwide. not everyone is at the age of a professional athlete. wemby is 7ft 4 and still capable of moving normally. no you wont find a guy like wemby on random africa tour.

[@alphaomega9511]

According to African birth certificates this kids grandfather just turned 16

[@kyle1493]

Bro stop this stereotyping

[@thelawyer95]

​@@kyle1493Facts are not steroetypes

[@CARBONHAWK1]

Cope

[@edwardnewgate5511]

@@thelawyer95 it is if no evidence. Can't believe people are this dumb

[@thelawyer95]

@@edwardnewgate5511 Half of Africa has either no birth certificate or has a false one. Get outta here you naive kid.

[@SkyIon]

He's def at least 2 years older. 6'10" at 14 is still insane though.

[@mohamedabdourahman9845]

As a fellow Mohamed i hope he makes it

[@asandadust]

There r so many of u guys😂

[@mohamedabdourahman9845]

@@asandadust most common name in the world

[@proudmen1220]

​@@mohamedabdourahman9845 Maria number one

[@LiamCaldwellOfficial]

“I swear I’m 12!”

[@Powernab]

if he is born in Africa and came to Spain after 7 years old then he is really 17 years old

[@cognitonito2695]

Russo saying "What?" was so perfect. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@rhyanellmadesbscs3173]

Stay healthy youngin you're next.

[@charliegodinez9655]

Very athletic

[@jmilanoff]

2030, dude... He could be a Euroleague legend by the time he's 19 and goes to the NBA. Not to mention he'll be 2.30 m tall

[@AugustasSuliauskas]

I wonder if we'll have to comeback to this comment in 2030 and be like: oh.. you were so right lol

[@jmilanoff]

@@AugustasSuliauskas :)))

[@angelmendez6638]

Si tiene 12 años medirá más de 3 metros, pero como tiene 17 se quedará en 2,13

[@jmilanoff]

@@angelmendez6638 jaja puede ser, verdad :)

[@astheryx727]

Manut bol never known his own age.. some speculation saiid he entered THE NBA at 40 years Old, and retired at 55..

[@jsasicomplex9520]

This is Insanne!!

[@Raider2Pac]

By the time he's NBA eligible, he'll be 25

[@LarryFeesh]

They need to get him to the state’s ASAP

[@murtle8376]

Wemby was 6´6 at the age of 12 stop capping

[@aamirsgalaxy5123]

I do not know where you got that information. Wemby was somewhere around 5'10 - 6'0 at 12. Definitely not 6'6.

[@Trapligo]

Next akumbo

[@hdhxhebdh]

I think he can go to nba now as a 12 year old and be a beast 💪🤣

[@kdburner8689]

he's not 12, it is physically impossible for a 6'10 12 year old be this fluid, he seems 17-19.

[@mbengaful]

He¡s obviously not 12 but still a kid. I bet15, 16 tops.

[@someones_here]

he's not 17-19. Look at pictures of his face, under 15 for sure. If he's been getting personal training, he'll grow into his body much faster than the normal person.

[@kdburner8689]

he not younger than 15 bruh it is literally impossible for someone this fluid and this tall at that age. @@someones_here

[@TJay96]

His face looks too young to be 17-19 while at that height

[@ChrisWolfe31]

@@someones_here I looked young af when I was 17. He could def be 17.

[@spiro_kontos]

Didn’t commentators at the Adidas Global Next Up competition say that Dabone isn’t actually sure how old he is and said it could be a range of 12-16, so they officially classified him as 16 just to be safe?

[@SarahLeggs]

😮😯😲 Oh my God.......6'10" at 12?? Ok, so if I do the math........This kid would have been my height....5'2" at age 4 or 5??? and I am currently 36, so he would have caught me in height and passed me up by the time I was 29??? Holy crap!!!! LOL!!!!! I just literally feel an inch tall now.

[@stizostedion1221]

What casts doubt on his age is not so much his size as his mobility and athleticism. But his face looks young - 16 years old max And even if he is indeed 16 years old he would still be phenomenal for his age. -I have a question : in this video, what is the height of the baskets? Is it 3.05m?

[@mbengaful]

yep. 3.05

[@stizostedion1221]

@@mbengaful Thanks.

[@BSGTheMillionaireMaker]

Kid looks special.

[@FatherGrigoriAnabelle]

He's 16 , research it more

[@zpetar]

Why would we need to talk about 12 years old boy? Only God knows how many extraordinary talents at age of 12 achieved nothing later in their lives. Greatest talent someone can have is good work ethics. Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration - Thomas Edison

[@bobobububu]

Becuase it is fun, people want to hear about it, And unlike adult sports, there is something nice about following a teenager, because usually 99.9% of the fans cheer for him and want to see him make it.

[@Cardb33]

This reminds me of that movie where the guy hands the piece of paper with his face on it and the writing says "I am twelve" despite clearly being a grown man. This kid is NOT 12.

[@razybrew6013]

He play like a giannis what a freak athlete

[@masukuma]

He is 12 with some years of experience

[@jesusfranco]

Yeah, 12... yeah sure. Later when, with 30 years his career is almost over as he were mostly retired, you may start to think that maybe he is not 30 but 40.

[@mda990]

so you think he is 22 atm?? now thats reach

[@ghostbravo7127]

He is obviously not 12, he is likely 14-15, possibly even 16. Happens all the time. It just means they retire at 32-35 instead of trying to play to "40."

[@TwoPyramid]

Nothin' better than huge people

[@WanderingVolunteer46]

When he grew up, he was 8.1, believe me 😢

[@clickbait1981]

He more athletic and can handle his body the only thing Wemby has its his work ethic to move like that i hope this kid has the same vision

[@SSSMOR.]

This dude is not 12 lol but even if he is 14 he is very good

[@raffyabreu8761]

el tiempo nos dirá si tenia 12 verdaderamente o no. luce como que no crecerá mucho más luego, por la calidad física.

[@vaticinus]

He may have just gone through puberty a lot earlier than most. His current height and weight doesn't mean he is going to be over 8 feet tall.

[@krbcan1]

He is incredibly coordinated for someone of that height.

[@SnoGo902]

Dude can play in the NBA now

[@Robertoo13568]

This sound irreal but is real

[@hexagonplayz6184]

My friend is Australian and at 12 he is 5’9

[@haraldhardrade7539]

how many people from Africa have put fake age in past? he is 16 actualy for sure

[@vladchiriac2101]

He's somewhere between 16 and 19.

[@stizostedion1221]

There are still many places, particularly in Africa, where there are no official administrative registers for births. This means that many people do not know exactly when they were born and that they are subsequently given estimated dates of birth... sometimes effectively with the aim of allowing them to join sports training centers by making them pass themselves off as prodigies younger than their real age (and therefore further ahead of others of the same age). For Dabone, if within 3 years he will have finished growing, the problem will be resolved.

[@IoAi-bh6qz]

I don't think he's 12 years old but it's in Barcelona's best interest to say he's that age so that it takes longer to be drafted and he plays more time with them.

[@TheNmitch2311]

Many folks in this forum are saying no way based on WHAT THEY HAVE SEEN now, and, in the past. People are not open to realize we are going to change physically as we continue to evolve especially in sports. Look at Track n Field. Athletes back in the day can't compete with modern day athletes. look at basketball, kids leaping way above the rim and doing dunks you never SEEN BEFORE and compared from back in the day. Remember Vince Carter dunk contest in 2000? did Jordan or Dominique do anything remotely like Vince did in 2000? and no less then 5 years later, young kids are now doing his between the leg dunk with ease and won't win you a dunk contest for that matter. This kid here, although doing things we never seen as 12 year old, peoples are basing their judgment on THEY NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE. Now, you think this is amazing, wait until you see what a 10 year old is going to do maybe 20 to 30 years from now, and Guess what?, most of us won't be around to see this human wonder of evolution.

[@Cc3430-cj3ye]

Damn, whats kind of food these kids ate these day

[@dawsonkeigley2097]

I’ve never seen a 12 year old that tall with good coordination like that

[@TheNmitch2311]

Many folks in this forum are saying no way based on WHAT THEY HAVE SEEN now, and, in the past. People are not open to realize we are going to change physically as we continue to evolve especially in sports. Look at Track n Field. Athletes back in the day can't compete with modern day athletes. look at basketball, kids leaping way above the rim and doing dunks you never SEEN BEFORE and compared from back in the day. Remember Vince Carter dunk contest in 2000? did Jordan or Dominique do anything remotely like Vince did in 2000? and no less then 5 years later, young kids are now doing his between the leg dunk with ease and won't win you a dunk contest for that matter. This kid here, although doing things we never seen as 12 year old, peoples are basing their judgment on THEY NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE. Now, you think this is amazing, wait until you see what a 10 year old is going to do maybe 20 to 30 years from now, and Guess what?, most of us won't be around to see this human wonder of evolution.

[@utubedarko]

As Carl Sagan said: "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence". "Passport checking out" is not going to cut it I'm afraid. While some kids mature a bit earlier, I've never seen anyone that size move or play like that at 12 - not even close. I would not be surprised if he's actually 18. I would love it if he was actually 12 or 13, it would be super interesting to track his progress. But fantasy is one thing, reality quite another.

[@stevenscummy1458]

IF he ends up growing to be 7'4 or taller and he's a high level player mobile player in the NBA 6 or 7 years from now, it would make a good rivalry with Victor

[@Dragii]

Im 13 and 5.6 this guy gonna grow to 7,10

[@stevelau7694]

Usually doesn't work that way. Olivier rioux was 6'10 at 12 and ended up at 7'6 and this guy looks way more physically developed than Olivier so probably can be around Victors height but if he does become near an 8 footer, he would lose a lot of mobility

[@Dragii]

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[@Dragii]

@SergioNegao-op9qq you are like 7 and 4.7feet

[@30minforasn]

He’s practically doing the same thing i do with my kids when they ask me how old i am. 37 but i tell em im 27, no difference.

[@victorydaydeepstate]

Grok @grok At the age of twelve, Robert Wadlow stood at a height of 7 feet 0 inches (2.13 meters). Robert Wadlow grew to be 8'11"

[@rajdhillon1362]

Bruh the current Wembanyama just got here, we don't even know fully wwht he's capable of yet, let's let him establish himself before we already start calling people the next wemby lol

[@felixhchan]

The kid is definitely 15, 16. Still impressive, but not exactly Wemby's level

[@patrickjoshua1081]

Well i' a m agrree his very good

[@reese8097]

These teams importing 20yos to win u13 tournaments is crazy.

[@kedectoLT]

he's been 12 for a long time

[@eleventy-seven]

I was 5-11 at 12. I ended up 6-1.

[@XarisXI]

who currently dont know who the previous wembanyama is...

[@Isaac_Arango]

Wembanyama isn't even a top 25 player yet and not even a star and people are already talking about the next Wemby

[@nightingaleberkeleysquare]

How about he is older than Wemby?

[@niksavitskii]

Dadone is huge. My son is 11 and he is 5.5, one of the tallest guys in the league. He is addicted to video games, 7 weeks ago we deleted all games and focused on basketball. Result is amazing, he is more happy and grows in his skills. we record our journey, we hope more fathers and sons will be encouraged by our example. More basketball! yeah

[@AugustasSuliauskas]

good luck to you guys!

[@niksavitskii]

@@AugustasSuliauskas thanks friend. Respect to your country for huge love to basketball!

[@AugustasSuliauskas]

🙏@@niksavitskii

[@prodby2j]

That's crazy, my dad did the exact same thing but he worked alot so he didn't have time to help me with sports. He was also a single parent so he would come home after a long day at work and make dinner on top of that if there wasn't any leftovers. I didn't really understand it as a kid so we didn't get along much throughout my teenage years. I'm thankful he did it looking back because I was able to develop a crazy work ethic and was able to land a good paying job. We have a much better relationship and we talk about basketball pretty much every week. Just thought I'd share my story lol, good luck to you and your son!

[@niksavitskii]

@@prodby2j love it, thanks for sharing, it is amazing. I hope you can do even more for your kids, your father was a great example, respect to him. Happy new year

[@FPSAlann]

his movemennt its like his in IMG academm or prep school.

[@draninjagamerz1437]

Love how they go from "the next Jordan" to "the next LeBron" and now "the next Wemby" time really flies when wemby is put at the same level as LeBron and Jordan

[@igorstambak718]

He is called that because of his height. Not because he is on the same level as the other two.

[@ChodaStanks]

That #18 on the other team looks just as tall as him

[@emirkulovic713]

Age doesn't really matter in the NBA. It actually can be disadvantage. Because now you have 25 year old prime player and he's actually 30 already. This kid could be good 😮

[@franciscosamir5256]

Spain has got to make the move

[@robertotampioc7318]

He should play for his native country than play in Spain

[@crazy4pancake]

let's see if he grows another 8 inches or so over the next 5 years to know whether he doctored his west african age.

[@philipgregorysougles1744]

Dabone is older than his father

[@jackiepage6120]

Victor Wembanyama hasn’t even done anything yet.

[@oof3479]

What about now

[@Goosgoos-222]

ROY should have been DPOY

[@nupc717]

he need to stay stretching and flexible more acrobatics

[@zaedagod]

If he stops growing i know something 😂

[@Rob-xl6pd]

He’s about to be 8’3 at 19 😂

[@leonj301]

It's funny these twelve yr. olds can find the big man but the Spurs can't find wemby in the post ....

[@AugustasSuliauskas]

Hahaha stay strong, Spurs fans

[@Westphillymo00]

Hell yea 🇧🇫💪🏿💪🏿

[@mprm247]

He is 12 and 100 months old

[@ripito-eo6rh]

theres already a next?

[@tomselek7560]

He's at least 15/16

[@allxlan]

nah he jus has a height advantage at a younger age, the harder the competition it will be easier to see that his skillset is not there

[@BloodSynthetic]

He cannot be the next big thing in basketball,you forget this height is not normal for his age and it will continue to increase ,is almost certain he will have structure and health problems .If you see the history of such humans with extreme height ,they end up their career pretty young,its all about physics all about gravity and i believe Wembanyama will have the same health problems like others

[@jackbombay1423]

Can you tell me the numbers on the next powerball since you seem to know the future?

[@BloodSynthetic]

@@jackbombay1423 I dont know the future ,is about chances ,very tall players have weaknesses mainly in the knees ,specially the body type of tall/skinny players

[@jackbombay1423]

@@BloodSynthetic You weren´t talking about chances in your OC. You said you were CERTAIN and that this guy CANNOT be the next big thing. So, make up your mind, because there was no chance in those statements. And by the way, you JUST DON´T KNOW what you are talking about. Every person in the NBA is an extreme height person. Just 1% of the population is above 6'7''. And many 7ft or more have played many seasons in the NBA: Shaq, KD, KG, Pau Gasol, Wilt, Manute Bol, Marc Gasol, Mark Eaton, Rik Smits and the list goes on and on. And they were from many different sizes and frames. So being skinny is no less dangerous than being overbuilt. Some people are more injury prone than other and the reasons remain unknown so far. The medical care, sport science, training methods, nutrition and so are always updating in the pro sports field so maybe, MAYBE, by the time this kid hits the pro level people his height are taken care better than ever. Years ago an ACL was career ending or the torn of the achilles but nowadays, players can recover from that and keep playing. YOU JUST DON´T KNOW.

[@mbengaful]

He's obviously not 12 but still a kid. I bet 14-15. Still a terrific prospect assuming that. BTW Bagayoko is also, more than likely, a couple years older than his passport says. Even Ferran Lopez (the president of Fuenlabrada) acknowledged it in an interview back in the day.

[@AugustasSuliauskas]

Interesting, I didn't know that. Thanks for the info. And yes even if he's 14-15, amazing prospect to follow

[@timbarbour7288]

is it the angle or is that rim low...like 9 feet.