There are a lot of people commenting that heās French. I understand that. I grew up in a town with a hockey team in the OHL and Iāve heard the Canadian National Anthem more times live than some Americans have heard our anthem.
We also stood respectively during their anthem. If people around us were talking during, my dad always made it a point to tell them to show respect.
Thatās how I raised. Apparently some of the people in the comments were raised differently š¤·š»āāļø
Victor Wembanyamaās national anthem controversy didnāt end after Game 1.
After he was shown standing with his arms crossed, he reportedly skipped the anthem entirely before Games 3 and 4.
The silence from the NBA, Spurs, ESPN and the rest of the media has been deafening. š§µš