Just when basketball fans were getting spoiled by nightly doses of alien activity, the cosmos had other plans. The San Antonio Spurs announced that Victor Wembanyama, the NBA’s most captivating sophomore, will miss the remainder of the season due to deep vein thrombosis in his right shoulder.
For anyone who’s been watching this 7’4” marvel operate, this news hits like a Wemby chase-down block - swift and devastating. The French phenom had been painting masterpieces on NBA hardwood, averaging 24.3 points, 11 rebounds, and a league-leading 3.8 blocks per game. His combination of defensive dominance and offensive grace made him look less like a rookie and more like a basketball algorithm created in a lab.