The SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS went with the header, "How Tony Parker sparked a French basketball revolution." There have been 53 French-born players to wear an NBA uniform. When the Sacramento Kings made Tariq Abdul-Wahad the 11th pick in the 1997 draft, he "became the first." Nearly three decades after Abdul-Wahad made the "unprecedented jump" from France to the NBA, there are "no more misconceptions -- the French can ball." Led by burgeoning 21-year-old French superstar Victor Wembanyama, the Spurs are in Paris this week to play a pair of showcase games against the Pacers on Thursday and Saturday at Accor Arena. The pipeline between France and the NBA "has provided the league with a steady stream of talent for decades." In recent years, "that pipeline has transformed into a gusher."
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