The story, as Buford tells it, goes like this: Claudio Crippa, an international scout for the Spurs, proposed going to see a youth game before checking out Doumbouya. Buford saw Wembanyama play for ...

While Sekou Doumbouya, the 15th pick in the NBA Draft a month later, played that day, the scout had Buford sit for the junior game that preceded Doumbouya’s. Advertisement Victor Wembanyama ...

Back in May 2019, a few weeks before that year's NBA draft, Buford was on a scouting trip in France and planning to see a prospect named Sekou Doumbouya. Someone then proposed a different idea.