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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 condition will keep him away from the game for a while.
In the 2023 NBA, Spurs chose the French player as their No. 1 pick. The San Antonio-based team reportedly signed a $55.2 million deal with Wembanyama for four years. Per Celebrity Net Worth, Wembanyama has an estimated net worth of $10 million.
As a part of his deal with the Spurs, Wembanyama earned around $12.1 million in his rookie season. He even claimed Rookie of the Year award in the 2023-24 season. Following a promising start to his NBA career, Victor Wembanyama was contracted to earn $12.7 million in the ongoing season.
Per his contract with the Spurs, the player will earn $13.3 million and $16.7 in the next two seasons.
San Antonio announced the exclusion of Victor Wembanyama after the NBA All-Star game
An official announcement from the San Antonio Spurs revealed that DVT had affected Victor Wembanyama’s right shoulder. The NBA star was diagnosed after his return to San Antonio following the NBA All-Star game in San Francisco.
In an official statement, the Spurs announced,
“Victor Wembanyama has been diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis in his right shoulder. The condition was discovered when Wembanyama returned to San Antonio following the All-Star Game in San Francisco.”
It further reads,
“Wembanyama is expected to miss the remainder of the 2024-25 regular season. The team will provide updates as appropriate.”
The condition will keep him out for an indefinite time, which has sparked concerns among the fans.
Fans share concerns after San Antonio Spurs announce Victor Wembanyama’s health update
Wembanyama was having a great season before his exclusion due to DVT. After Spur announced the same, many fans shared their concerns and sent get-well-soon wishes to the NBA player.
“We love you Wemby! Love all the spurs man. Prayers up 🙏🏾,” a user wrote.
“As a Mavs fan, I feel tor you Spurs fans. This sucks. Hoping for his speedy recovery.,” another user shared.
“Get well soon champ🤞🤍🖤. We'll try to play through the season and hopefully get our draft picks right.Come next season we'll be a top 5 in the league,” someone wrote down some encouraging words.
“We love you Wemby get well soon we love you 😘 thank you for an amazing season can’t wait till you come back and shine 🥰,” another one thanked Wembanyama for his contribution this season.
A user posted about how they will keep supporting Victor,
“Bigger than basketball. I just got tickets to see him in LA but I’ll rock the #1 jersey around all those Clippers fans till he is back ballin again. Get well soon Wemby.”
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Victor "Wemby" Wembanyama is leading “blocks per game” stats in the 2024-2025 season with an average of 3.8. Before his exclusion, Victor was also named one of the two Defensive Players of the Month based on the games played in October and November. His absence might come out as a big blow to the Spurs in the upcoming regular season games.
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