New Delhi, June 14 -- SAN ANTONIO - Several minutes passed before Victor Wembanyama walked to the podium. The New York Knicks were still celebrating on the floor of Frost Bank Center, his home floor, and Wembanyama - 22 years old, seven feet four inches tall, the most anticipated player of his generation - had positioned himself behind a black curtain outside the Spurs' locker room. Inhaling. Releasing. Holding it together.

When he finally sat down in front of the cameras, the reporters, the weight of a 94-90 loss in Game 5 that handed the Knicks their first championship in 53 years, he did something that every other superstar in his position has tried to avoid. He told the truth about what he did not know.

"This is the biggest lesson o...