Victor Wembanyama’s enormous hands leave fellow rookie Jalen Pickett stunned during pre-game intro: Nuggets guard says Spurs star’s ‘middle finger came up to’ his forearm
- The 7-foot Wembanyama was not measured at the 2023 NBA Draft combine
- Pickett was measured and actually had some of the smallest hands in the draft
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An exact measurement of Victor Wembanyama’s hands wasn’t recorded at the 2023 NBA Draft combine, but it’s safe to say the 7-foot-4 San Antonio Spurs star is carrying some pretty big mitts.
Take it from Denver Nuggets guard Jalen Pickett, who happened to have some of the smallest hands as measured at the combine: 8.5 inches wide and 9.5 inches long.
The two were introduced before Sunday’s Spurs-Nuggets game in Denver, where the 6-foot-2 Pickett was left stunned after the introduction.
“We shook hands,” Pickett told a teammate before Sunday’s 132-120 win over the visiting Spurs.
“I’m not going to lie, his hand went over here,” Pickett continued, pointing to the area where his wrist meets his forearm.
Wembanyama shakes hands with Jalen Pickett (left) and coach Gregg Popovich (right)
We don’t have a definitive measure of Wembanyama’s hands, but it’s safe to say they’re big
Later, speaking to teammates on the bench, Pickett reiterated his point.
“Look at his hands,” Pickett said. “His middle finger came up, like here, bro.”
While we don’t know the exact size of Wembanyama’s hands, NBA’s Twitter account previously depicted the 19-year-old Frenchman holding a basketball in his hand using only his middle finger and thumb.
Currently, the largest mitts in the NBA belong to 7-foot-2 Dallas Mavericks center Boban Marjanovic, whose hands measure a foot wide and 4.75 inches long.
19-year-old Wembanyama is seen holding a basketball with his middle finger and thumb
But not every record-setting pair of hands belongs to a seven-foot center.
For example, 6-foot-4 Julius Erving, 6-foot-1 Michael Jordan, and 6-foot-4 Kawhi Leonard all have hands that are almost a foot wide.
Unfortunately for Wembanyama, his hands weren’t big enough to carry the Spurs past the Nuggets in Denver.
Although the top overall pick of the 2023 NBA Draft finished with a team-high 22 points, 11 rebounds and four blocks, reigning NBA Finals MVP Nikola Jokic was simply too much, scoring 39 and adding 11 rebounds and nine assists in the 12 – point victory.