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Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama selected as finalist for NBA Rookie of the Year, DPOY awards

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San Antonio Spurs phenom Victor Wembanyama became the first player in NBA history to be selected as one of three finalists for both the league’s Rookie of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year awards.

San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama scores against the Brooklyn Nets during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Austin, Texas, Sunday, March 17, 2024. – The NBA is old, but basketball is older.

Holmgren, who was drafted No. 2 overall in the 2022 NBA Draft but missed the entire 2022-23 regular season due to injury, started all 82 regular season games for a Thunder team that went from qualifying for last season’s NBA Play-In Tournament to capturing the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference in 2023-24.

Here are the categories where Wembanyama is ranked No. 1 among NBA rookies this season: scoring , rebounding , blocks and steals .Defensive Player of the Year The biggest difference this year versus the previous four years: Adebayo could finish, at worst, in third place, which is already the best showing he has ever had in DPOY voting.

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