"It's very possible that he'll be the face of basketball. Not just NBA basketball, but world basketball," said Pacers coach Rick Carlisle.

Yahoo Sports senior NBA Vincent Goodwill and Yahoo Sports basketball analyst Isis ‘Ice’ Young discuss the potential of San Antonio acquiring the point guard from Sacramento and what it would mean for bolstering the team's roster behind its superstar big man.

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 the first time that day. And the seeds for the Spurs’ new master plan were immediately planted.