Victor Wembanyama’s 2024-25 season is probably going over.
The San Antonio Spurs star has deep vein thrombosis in his proper shoulder, which is anticipated to sideline him for the rest of the yr, the group introduced Thursday.
The deep vein thrombosis, extra generally often known as a blood clot, was found when Wembanyama returned to the group from the 2025 NBA All-Star Sport. Wembanyama was coping with low vitality not too long ago and through All-Star Weekend, inflicting the analysis that discovered he had a blood clot, The Athletic reported.
The Spurs imagine the blood clot is an remoted situation and are hopeful that he’ll make a full restoration, according to ESPN.
Wembanyama has lived as much as the extremely excessive expectations that surrounded him when the Spurs chosen him with the No. 1 general choose within the 2023 NBA Draft this season. He is averaging 24.3 factors, 11 rebounds and three.7 rebounds per sport, including a league-high 3.8 blocks per sport. These stats helped Wembanyama earn his first All-Star nod and positioned him because the front-runner for Defensive Participant of the Yr. Nevertheless, Wembanyama will fall wanting the 65-game threshold in an effort to be eligible for particular person efficiency awards on the finish of the season, ruling him out from successful his first Defensive Participant of the Yr award.
With Wembanyama’s rise, the Spurs turned a playoff hopeful this season. They made one of many greatest strikes forward of the NBA’s commerce deadline earlier in February, touchdown All-Star level guard De’Aaron Fox in a three-team commerce with the Sacramento Kings. The transfer added some extra pop to the Spurs’ backcourt, which already had future Corridor of Famer Chris Paul and Rookie of the Yr favourite Stephon Castle.
Nevertheless, Wembanyama’s damage will virtually actually change the trajectory of the Spurs’ season. They have been already on the skin trying in with a 23-29 report, sitting in twelfth place within the Western Convention and three.5 video games again of the Golden State Warriors for the ultimate play-in spot within the Western Convention. The Portland Path Blazers path them by a sport as nicely, doubtlessly placing the Spurs extra in play to obtain the No. 1 general choose within the 2025 NBA Draft.
There have been just a few notable NBA gamers who’ve handled blood clots lately. Corridor of Fame massive Chris Bosh successfully had his profession ended by blood clots in 2016, coping with the difficulty in his legs. Brandon Ingram‘s 2018-19 season ended prematurely resulting from a blood clot in his arm. He returned for the beginning of the 2019-20 season when he was traded to the New Orleans Pelicans and received Most Improved Participant of the Yr. Detroit Pistons ahead Ausar Thompson additionally had a season-ending blood clot challenge in 2023-24, however returned to motion this season.
The Spurs have additionally been with out long-time head coach Gregg Popovich for a lot of the season. Popovich took a depart of absence in November after struggling a gentle stroke. It is not clear if he’ll return to the group this season, with assistant Mitch Johnson serving because the interim coach.
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