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Spurs celebrity Victor Wembanyama speaks to reporters through the Silver and Black’s Media Day final yr.
This season, rookie Victor Wembanyama met — if not blew previous — the excessive expectations that swirled round him when he landed with the Spurs because the league’s No. 1 draft decide.
Little shock then that the 7-foot-4 Frenchman on Monday was nominated for 2 of the NBA’s most prestigious awards: Defensive Participant of the Yr (DPOY) and Rookie of the Yr (ROTY). A world panel of sports activities journalists picks three finalists for every of the NBA’s annual awards. The winner in every is predetermined by a ranked vote.
To win ROTY, Wemby might want to beat out Charlotte’s Brandon Miller and Oklahoma Metropolis’s Chet Holmgren, the latter of whom was drafted in 2022 however missed the whole thing of final season after injuring his foot.
With Wembanyama averaging 21.4 factors and 10.6 rebounds a sport, some sports activities analysts, together with NBC’s Jay Croucher and Drew Sinsick, are calling “The Extraterrestrial” the clear favourite to bag the coveted award.
Nonetheless, much less optimism surrounds his potential to win DPOY.
Regardless of Wembanyama averaging 3.6 blocks per sport — the best within the league this season — most analysts and sports activities bettors count on one other 7-foot Frenchman, Minnesota’s Rudy Goebert, to win land that award.
Is smart, contemplating no rookie has ever gained DPOY.
The NBA will announce the winners of these awards and others on TNT through the playoffs.
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