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Inside Victor Wembanyama's summer of transformation

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Michael C. Wright details how Victor Wembanyama pushed himself this offseason to improve for the upcoming season. (1:11) Editor's note: This story was originally published on Oct. 8. INSIDE A QUIET gym located on a sprawling 400-acre ranch in Katy, Texas, some 30 miles due west of Houston, Victor Wembanyama backed down new San Antonio Spurs assistant coach Rashard Lewis near the basket. The 21-year-old pupil was there to attend one of the most secretive, legendary big man camps in basketball -- one whose teacher has quietly mentored Giannis Antetokounmpo, LeBron James, Dwight Howard and many others. Even Kobe Bryant spent time on this most hallowed of grounds. Other Spurs assistants, Matt Nielsen and Sean Sweeney, looked toward the court, where the future of NBA big men was learning from one of the icons of its past. The court, painted in Houston Rockets red, was emblazoned with a No. 34 at the center of it. Above it was his famed nickname in cursive. Dream. Wembanyama met the 62-year-

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