Wembanyama, the reigning Rookie of the Year and a first-time All-Star this season, was averaging 24.3 points, 11 rebounds, 3.7 assists and a league-leading 3.8 blocks in 46 games for the 23-29 Spurs. The Spurs are set to take on the Pistons on Friday.

As if the NBA needed more proof that San Antonio’s Victor Wembanyama is different, the latest example came Sunday in a locker-room video posted by the league.

Damn. San Antonio Spurs’ rising star, Victor Wembanyama, has been ruled out for the rest of the 2024-2025 season due to a blood clot in his right shoulder, as reported by ESPN.

At 23-29, the Spurs occupy just the No. 12 seed in a crowded Western Conference. They are a scant 3.5 games behind the No. 10-seeded Golden State Warriors (28-27), but without their best player, they seem doomed now to miss the play-in tournament entirely and head straight for the lottery.

All-Star center Victor Wembanyama was diagnosed with a blood clot in his right shoulder and is expected to miss the rest of the 2024-25 NBA season, the San Antonio Spurs said Thursday.

Victor Wembanyama is expected to miss the 2024-25 NBA regular season, San Antonio Spurs announced on Thursday, February 20. Wembanyama has been diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis.

The Spurs said they discovered a deep vein thrombosis upon Victor Wembanyama's return from San Francisco for the All-Star Game.

RELATED: Don Harris, Chuck Miketinac and Matt Roy explain the injury - deep vein thrombosis (a blood clot in shoulder). And what this means for the Spurs. He was diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis in his right shoulder which was discovered after he returned from San Francisco following the NBA All-Star Game.

Watching courtside as Osceola Magic guard Mac McClung cleared a platformed individual before tapping the front iron and promptly flushing, San A

Kevin Durant went back to the Bay Area last weekend. He’s now going back to school. A nostalgic time for Phoenix’s All-Star forward continues Thursday, when Durant and the Suns play San Antonio in Austin,

For the past few days, San Francisco was the center of the basketball universe. It was the first time in 25 years NBA All-Star weekend was in the Bay Area. Coming into