Victor Wembanyama has been named the NBA’s Western Convention Participant of the Week for the opening week of the season, becoming a member of Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo within the Japanese Convention. This marks Wembanyama’s second Participant of the Week honor of his profession and the twenty eighth for Antetokounmpo.
Wembanyama helped information the Spurs to a 3-0 document to start out the season for the primary time since 2019, averaging 33.3 factors, 13.3 rebounds, 6.00 blocks, 2.3 assists and 1.67 steals in 33.3 minutes whereas taking pictures 56.9 % (37-65) from the sector. He’s the primary participant in NBA historical past to document 100+ factors, 40+ rebounds and 15+ blocks via his workforce’s first three video games.
Main the Bucks to a 2-1 document final week, Antetokounmpo averaged 36.0 factors (2nd in NBA), 16.0 rebounds (1st in NBA) and seven.0 assists (14th in NBA) per sport whereas taking pictures 68.3% from the sector (eleventh in NBA). He tipped off the week with 37 factors, 14 rebounds and 5 assists in a win over the Wizards in Milwaukee’s season opener on Wednesday earlier than hauling in an NBA season-high 20 rebounds with 31 factors and 7 assists in Friday’s win at Toronto. He completed the week with 40 factors, 14 rebounds and 9 assists on Sunday in opposition to Cleveland to log his fifty fifth profession 40-point sport, tying Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the franchise document.