The San Antonio Spurs had a rough 2023-24 season, but Victor Wembanyama made it all okay. His stellar play has given the city of San Antonio plenty of hope for a brighter tomorrow, as the 20-year-old Frenchman already looks like one of the better players in the NBA.
Wembanyama concluded his season with a second-place finish in Defensive Player of the Year voting and the first-ever unanimous Rookie of the Year victory. He also earned a spot on the All-Defensive First Team. He became the first rookie to ever make the First Team and the youngest player to ever make an All-Defensive Team.
The previous youngest player was Dejounte Murray, who accomplished the feat with the Spurs in 2018. After Wembanyama broke his record, Murray showed him some love on Twitter, tweeting out some fire emojis. (H/t Ben Stinar of Sports Illustrated)
https://x.com/DejounteMurray/status/1792982902797660661
Normally, this type of thing would fly under the radar, but there have been some rumblings of a potential Murray return to San Antonio. So perhaps Murray was inadvertently praising his former teammate.
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