San Antonio Spurs celebrity Victor Wembanyama is actually dwelling as much as his “Alien” nickname.
On Sunday, Wembanyama led the Spurs to a 111-98 win over the Portland Path Blazers in Game 1 of the Western Convention quarterfinals spherical. Wembanyama scored 35 factors, essentially the most ever in a playoff debut for a Spurs participant in franchise historical past.
Now, Wembanyama has been named the KIA NBA Defensive Participant of the Yr, and he acquired each first-place vote to develop into the first-ever unanimous winner because the inception of the award.
Wembanyama acknowledged beforehand that he would be surprised if he wasn’t the winner of the award, though there isn’t a upset right here.
Wembanyama, 22, can be the youngest participant to win the award, and he turns into the primary to win it in his first three seasons within the league.
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