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Victor Wembanyama’s former club, Metropolitans 92, is reportedly set to fold following financial difficulties.
The French phenom played one season for the club before being drafted No. 1 overall by the Spurs last June.
And now, the Mets will reportedly ‘disappear’ after they decided not to re-enter the club for competition next season, according to Le Parisien.
The club had been looking for a new buyer before informing the the National Basketball League (LNB) of their decision.
According to Le Parisien, the club informed its employees of the decision to fold on Tuesday morning.
Victor Wembanyama spent one season with Metropolitans 92 before entering the NBA Draft
Wembanyama won the NBA’s Rookie of the Year award after a fantastic debut season
‘These painful decisions are unfortunately imposed on us,’ Boulogne-Billancourt Mayor Pierre-Christophe Baguet said in a press release.
‘We have done everything in recent years to maintain our financial support for our professional basketball team and the ice rink (the closure of which was also announced). But today we must make choices for the future.’
Metropolitans 92 was founded in 2007.
This season, the club finished dead last in LNB Elite with just four wins, and would have been relegated to the second tier of French basketball if it continued playing.
Wembanyama, meanwhile, starred in the NBA during his rookie season as he averaged 21.4 points, 10.6 rebounds and a league-leading 3.6 blocks per game.
Metropolitans 92 also lost Bilal Coulibaly to the NBA last year. He was taken No. 7 overall.
He was awarded the league’s Rookie of the Year award after the regular season.
Notably, Wembanyama was not the only elite prospect that the Mets lost to the NBA following last season.
His ex-teammate Bilal Coulibaly shot up draft boards to go No. 7 overall to the Wizards.
