{"id":482800,"date":"2024-05-07T06:48:36","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T10:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=482800"},"modified":"2024-05-07T03:31:11","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T07:31:11","slug":"wembanyama-unanimously-voted-rookie-of-the-season-in-nba","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/wembanyama-unanimously-voted-rookie-of-the-season-in-nba\/","title":{"rendered":"Wembanyama unanimously voted Rookie of the season in NBA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>French sensation Victor Wembanyama of the San Antonio Spurs has been unanimously crowned the NBA&#8217;s rookie of the year, following an exceptional season marked by his stellar performances in scoring, rebounds, and blocks.<\/p>\n<p>As the first overall pick in last year&#8217;s NBA Draft, Wembanyama showcased his remarkable talent by averaging 21.4 points, 10.6 rebounds, 3.9 assists, and an impressive league-high of 3.6 blocks per game throughout the season.<\/p>\n<p>In a remarkable feat, Wembanyama secured all 99 first-place votes from a media panel, becoming the first rookie since Karl-Anthony Towns in the 2015-16 season to achieve unanimous rookie of the year status.<\/p>\n<p>At just 20 years old, Wembanyama makes history as the first French player to clinch the NBA&#8217;s rookie of the year award. He also joins the prestigious company of Spurs legends David Robinson (1989-90) and Tim Duncan (1997-98) as the third player to earn this honor while representing San Antonio.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The 2023-24 Kia NBA Rookie of the Year is&#8230; Victor Wembanyama!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NBAAwards?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#NBAAwards<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KiaROY?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#KiaROY<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Kia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tgxkaeA1bS\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/tgxkaeA1bS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/1787619814350959040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Moreover, Wembanyama&#8217;s exceptional defensive prowess earned him recognition as one of the top contenders for the defensive player of the year award, alongside Minnesota&#8217;s Rudy Gobert and Miami&#8217;s Bam Adebayo. The winner of this accolade will be unveiled on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Wembanyama&#8217;s outstanding rookie campaign not only cements his place among the NBA&#8217;s brightest young talents but also positions him as a formidable force to watch in the seasons to come.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">One of the greatest rookie seasons the NBA has seen.<\/p>\n<p>Victor Wembanyama, the unanimous <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KiaROY?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#KiaROY<\/a>. \ud83d\udc7d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZKKhqo9ymj\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/ZKKhqo9ymj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/1787626252343431326?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>French sensation Victor Wembanyama of the San Antonio Spurs has been unanimously crowned the NBA&#8217;s rookie of the year, following an exceptional season [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":482801,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[17104,19413],"news_category":[16706,14084],"gn_keywords":[18132,19414],"acf":{"announce":"Spurs' star had a very good first season, despite his team couldn't reach the playoffs ","video":["video"]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/482800"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482800"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/482800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":482805,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/482800\/revisions\/482805"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482800"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=482800"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=482800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}