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San Antonio Spurs (DR) / BEN SPORT (DR)
By Pierre-Andréa Fraile | Sports journalist
Candidate for the Draft WNBA which was held this Monday in the United States on Monday, Dominique Malonga landed at Seattle Storm as a 2nd choice. The Americans then quickly brought her closer to Victor Wembanyama, to which she reacted with honesty.
When you play your first professional match at only fifteen years, it is impossible to go unnoticed. This is pretty good, since a phenomenon such as Dominique Malonga deserved to be noticed prematurely in this way. Recruited very early by ASVEL, the young French interior did not need a lot of time to make her talent unanimously.
At the origin of his arrival in the Villeurbannais club, Tony Parker had not mince his words about him. Questioned by The teamhe had not hesitated to compare it to a certain … Victor Wembanyama:
Tony Parker : It is Victor Wembanyama in the feminine, the biggest potential from Sandrine Gruda.
Dominique Malonga responds to comparisons with Wembanyama
Since this speech as flattering as it is viral, Malonga has continued his little man in a very beautiful way. This, until you go to the Draft WNBA and be selected there by the Seattle Storm with the second choice, this Monday. A great reward for the one who has again seen her name close to that of Wembanyama in recent hours, which she first congratulated in the show NBA Today :
Dominique Malonga: I think this nickname will continue to stick to my skin for a long time! (Laughs) First of all, it is obviously an honor to be compared to him because we all know Victor and we know what he is capable of. And of course I can see certain similarities between us on the physical level and at the level of the game, so I understand why people say that.
That said, the Olympic vice-champion does not intend to remain in the shadow of Victor all his life. She therefore also wants to distance her distance from him:
Dominique Malonga: I want to keep my own identity on the parquet floor. I have my own way of playing. Of course I can get inspired by him and watch him play, but I will never try to be exactly like him or to play like him. I am very attached to my identity and the one I am. I know what I am capable of.
Invited to define her profile and his way of playing, Malonga therefore took as a reference for other stars and freaks from the NBA:
Dominique Malonga: I will not go so far as to say that I play like them, but I really inspire Kevin during and Anthony Davis. Large players capable of playing far from the basket, who do not respond to the prototype of the great player who spends his life in racket, who are also able to shoot, driver and defend well.
Certainly flattered and understanding with regard to comparisons with Victor Wembanyama to which she is the subject, Dominique Malonga does not wish to live only through them. It is up to her to support her remarks on the parquet floors of WNBA and to write her own story there.
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