Kiko Martinez
Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama poses with a basketball through the staff’s latest media day.
The accolades simply hold rolling in for French phenom Victor Wembanyama.
On Thursday, the NBA named the San Antonio Spurs ahead considered one of 28 gamers who earned a spot to compete within the league’s 2024 Rising Stars showcase. The annual occasion, which incorporates a three-game mini-tournament, will air reside at 8 p.m. on TNT on Friday, Feb. 16.
Wembanyama has appeared in 41 video games for the Spurs, averaging 20.6 factors, 10.1 rebounds and an NBA-best 3.12 blocks in 28.6 minutes, in keeping with NBA officers. He leads the remainder of the league’s rookies in every of these classes.
Wemby additionally posted seven video games with at the least 20 factors and 5 blocks — probably the most within the NBA this season — and is the one rookie to rack up at the least 800 factors, 400 rebounds and 120 blocks over that point interval. What’s extra, within the Spurs’ Jan. 10 win over Detroit, he grew to become the youngest participant in NBA historical past to report a triple-double with zero turnovers.
For the reason that Rising Stars’ 1994 inception, Wembanyama is the eleventh Spur to play within the match.
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