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Victor Wembanyama

Victor Wembanyama
Victor Wembanyama
The latest news on Victor Wembanyama, French professional basketball player, including competition news and updates.
Jalen Brunson drove the New York Knicks to an improbable comeback in Game 1. Photo: Getty Images
NBA

NBA Finals: Wembanyama says Knicks’ win in Game 1 not complicated, ‘I was bad’

Jalen Brunson scores 30 points as New York come from behind to stun Spurs in San Antonio.

NBA

New York Knicks aim to end 53-year title drought against Spurs in NBA Finals

NBA

Wembanyama eyes ‘childhood dream’ after helping Spurs stun Thunder in NBA playoffs

NBA

Wembanyama’s dominant showing in Spurs win attributed to Shaolin Temple stint

French NBA star spent 10 days with monks in China last June, when he learned kung fu and meditation in system centred on focus and balance.

Victor Wembanyama, the highly touted San Antonio star, trained at the famous Shaolin Temple near Zhengzhou last June. Photo: Handout
NBA

Oklahoma City Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander repeats as NBA MVP

First guard to win consecutive awards since Steph Curry and 14th player in league history with back-to-back titles.

NBA

Wembanyama named NBA MVP finalist for first time, with Gilgeous-Alexander, Jokic

Spurs forward would be youngest player to win and eighth foreigner if he were to win; is also a finalist for Defensive Player of the Year.

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Style Edit

Style Edit: Stars reveal what’s in their bag for Louis Vuitton’s new campaign

Leading men like rapper Future and NBA’s LeBron James reveal the personal essentials they carry daily in their Speedy P9s, conceived of by Pharrell Williams.

Victor Wembanyama and LeBron James are two of the celebrities revealing what’s in their bag for the new Speedy P9 campaign. Photo: Handout
Chinese Basketball Association

Meet the Chinese teenager already being compared to NBA star Victor Wembanyama

Cao Xichen, 14, is a towering 7ft 2in tall and has been raising eyebrows with her performances despite only taking up the game 3 months ago.

NBA

NBA targets US$1 billion team valuations as it courts investors for Europe league

Proposed competition, which could start as soon as next year, would comprise 12 franchises, with the NBA retaining 50 per cent ownership.

NBA

Who are the NBA’s ‘most viewed’ players and where does rookie Cooper Flagg rank?

Nine of the list of 10 players most watched across the league’s social media platforms this season will be in action on Christmas Day.

Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James remains one of the most popular players in the NBA, but is he No 1? Photo: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images
NBA

NBA: Spurs’ Wembanyama scores 40 in triumphant return, spoils Flagg’s debut

San Antonio down Dallas Mavericks 125-92, while VJ Edgecombe makes historic rookie debut, scoring most points since Wilt Chamberlain in 1959.

San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama dunks during the second half against the Dallas Mavericks. Photo: Reuters
NBA

As China hosts NBA, ex-All-Star says game is more exciting now – but has 1 flaw

Tim Hardaway and Mitch Richmond debate the current state of NBA as pre-season matches take place in Macau.

NBA

NBA star Wembanyama joins Shaolin Temple, Game of Death, Airbender memes follow

Fans wonder whether Bruce Lee film starring Kareem Abdul-Jabbar could be remade, while others worry about what it means for league next season.

NBA

Gilgeous-Alexander, Jokic, Antetokounmpo: NBA playoffs again a global showcase

About 30 per cent of players represent 44 nations, and in a first, the NBA’s five statistical champions come from five different countries.

Canadian Oklahoma City star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (left) is the NBA’s scoring champion this season, while the Los Angeles Lakers’ Luka Doncic (right), of Slovenia, has sold the most jerseys. Photo: TNS
Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Can Wembanyama foil US quest for fifth straight basketball gold in Paris?

LeBron James is back to add more gold to an already glittering career, and does anyone really think the US won’t win again.

France’s San Antonio Spurs centre Victor Wembanyama, who was the NBA rookie of the year, will be one of the faces of the Paris Games. Photo: AP
NBA

Hawks select Frenchman Zaccharie Risacher No 1 overall in 2024 NBA Draft

France land three players in the top six in historic draft, which is held over two days for first time, with Hong Kong’s David Muoka still a possible pick.

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NBA

Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama makes history after winning 2024 NBA Rookie of the Year

Prodigy who was the top pick in last year’s NBA Draft, averaged 21.4 points, 10.6 rebounds, 3.9 assists, a league-high 3.6 blocked shots and 1.2 steals a game.

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Millionaires and billionaires

8 of the richest female athletes of 2024 – net worths, ranked

Many female athletes are not paid equally as their male counterparts – except in tennis, which is why this list is topped by players like Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams … but who else made it?

Venus Williams, Danica Patrick and Maria Sharapova are some of the richest female athletes in 2024. Photos: @venuswilliams, @danicapatrick, @mariasharapova/Instagram
Fame and celebrity

Meet Victor ‘Wemby’ Wembanyama, an NBA legend at just 20

Victor Wembanyama, the 224cm French basketball prodigy, is dazzling the NBA with historic performances and earns praise from legends like Kevin Durant and LeBron James

NBA

Unlucky NBA fans ‘pay US$4,235 to look at back of Yao Ming’s head’

Social media sees funny side as 2.29-metres NBA legend sits in front row for Brooklyn Nets game – to the misfortune of those behind him.

Yao Ming casts a towering figure as he sits courtside at the Barclays Centre. Photo: X/@BusterScher
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