NBA will stream games for top 2023 draft prospects for free
If you want to watch top prospects Victor Wembanyama and Scoot Henderson, the NBA has set a price. Free.
Last week the NBA announced that all of Wembanyama's games for French powerhouse Boulogne-Levallois Metropolitans 92 would stream on the NBA App absolutely free. Wembanyama is 18 years old, 7'3" in bare feet, and has a sweet jump shot to go along with his eight-foot wingspan and big bag of basketball moves. He's the presumptive first pick in next year's draft.
But Scoot Henderson, playing for G League Ignite, is also a killer prospect and likely to be picked No. 2 overall next June. The NBA wants fans to be able to see him, too.
The league will be showing eight Ignite games on the new NBA App, a move designed to showcase Henderson, G League Ignite and the app itself. In addition, eight other Ignite games will be broadcast on various ESPN channels.
While ESPN televised one of LeBron James high school games in 2003, Victormania has a chance to eclipse that level of viewership interest, simply because of more streaming options and more general knowledge of NBA prospects. Of course, the top prospects often get on television a lot because their college teams are good, especially if like recent top picks Kyrie Irving, Zion Williamson and Paolo Banchero, they played for Duke.
So if your friends suddenly develop strong opinions about JL Bourg Basket and Bourg-en-Bresse, it doesn't mean they're moving to France. They've just been streaming Wembanyama's games.
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