Star Spurs center Victor Wembanyama could be absent for the Grizzlies game as he has come down with an illness.

Victor Wembanyama sat out the San Antonio Spurs’ game Saturday night against the Miami Heat because of an undisclosed illness.

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

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.

With Keldon Johnson in front of him and his teammates on his back, Bam Adebayo hunched over with the ball in hand. It wasn't long before he pinpointed a spot within the three-point arc — nearing the left elbow — and pulled up for a game-winning shot.