Victor Wembanyama has officially met the 65-game requirement for major yearly awards. As the favorite for Defensive Player of the Year and the leader of the Kia MVP Ladder, this is huge news.
Victor Wembanyama is putting up big numbers. He is also doing the math. The Spurs star reached the NBA’s 65-game threshold for awards eligibility in Friday’s 139-120 win over the Mavericks, finishing with 40 points and 13 rebounds in his fifth 40-point game of the season.
NBA history is full of players who were perfectly of their era, possessing the right skills and attributes to thrive during their time. There are also plenty of guys whose careers might have played out differently had they been born years later.
Victor Wembanyama is not modest about his expectations for an end-of-season award haul. The San Antonio Spurs center was asked if he would be surprised if he did not win Defensive Player of the Year honors unanimously at the end of the season, and Wembanyama did not mince words.
LeBron's career can't go on forever, can it? If it were to end tomorrow, it would be the greatest run of sustained excellence the league has ever seen.
It’s wonderful to end the regular season on a high note, and it would appear that the Spurs are going to do that after securing the team’s 62nd and Vic’s 65th game in an ultimately comfortable win over the Mavs.
Victor Wembanyama fulfilled an important requirement to qualify for the NBA’s end-of-season awards after his appearance in the San Antonio Spurs’ win over the Dallas Mavericks on Friday night.
For 24 minutes, it didn’t look like a blowout. Inside the Frost Bank Center, the San Antonio Spurs found themselves in a game that felt tighter than expected.
For as great as Victor Wembanyama, Stephon Castle and De’Aaron Fox have been, a huge reason the San Antonio Spurs will finish with a better record than everyone in the NBA but the Oklahoma City Thunder is their role players, like Luke Kornet.
De'Aaron Fox poured in 25 points and San Antonio's reserves contributed 48 points as the host Spurs defeated the Portland Trail Blazers 112-101 on Wednesday.
The San Antonio Spurs will enter Wednesday night's game against the Portland Trail Blazers without two key players. Victor Wembanyama sat out after taking a rib contusion during Monday's contest, and Stephon Castle remained sidelined with soreness in his right knee.