The 2023/24
NBA regular season concludes this Sunday with a final day where the league's 30 teams will play the last of their 82 games. However, for some players, the campaign is already over, as is the case of
Victor Wembanyama, who has been rested by the
San Antonio Spurs for their game against the Detroit Pistons. Therefore, it is safe to say that the Frenchman's rookie year is already history, and never better said.
Wembanyama has completed an absolutely historic first NBA season. At 20 years old, he has shattered records never before seen in a rookie, who is clearly the favorite to win the
Rookie of the Year award for the 2023/24 season. Below, we review his numbers and averages with the Texas franchise.
Victor Wembanyama has averaged a total of 21.4 points per game, shooting 46% from the field, 32.5% from three-point range and 79.6% from the free throw line. In addition, he has been held to 10.6 rebounds, along with 3.9 assists. Very remarkable numbers considering his position and his competitive precocity.
Wembanyama has swept the entire NBA in the blocking record. He has averaged 3.6 per game, the best figure of the entire competition, and in the month of April, the animal of 5.6 blocks.
But all this data, already impressive in itself, takes on an even greater dimension when it comes to Victor Wembanyama's impact in the NBA, when the player has been on a minutes restriction all season. In the 71 games that 'Wemby' has played in the current campaign, all of them as a starter, he has averaged just 29.7 minutes per game.
To give an example, in his rookie year with the San Antonio Spurs in the 1997/98 season,
Tim Duncan played 82 games averaging 39.1 minutes per game, where he had 21.1 points, 11.9 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 2.5 blocks. This is a good measure of what Victor Wembanyama has done in his first NBA season.
