Vembanyama, who was selected by San Antonio “Spurs” with the first overall pick in last summer’s draft, 2023/24. played 71 regular season games. The Frenchman spent an average of 29.7 minutes on the floor, during which he scored an average of 21.4 points (46.5 percent of shots from the game), won 10.6 rebounds (2.3 offensive balls), gave an average of 3.9 assists, intercepted 1.2 balls, blocked an average of 3.6 opponent shots and allowed 3.7 errors on average.
Vembanyama became the first French basketball player in history to be recognized as the best rookie of the year. This award has been presented since 1952/53. seasons of the year. Also, he is the third representative of “Spurs” to receive this recognition. 1989/90 the best in the season rooky was David Robinson, but in 1997/98 In the season of 2008, Tim Duncan earned this recognition.
The Frenchman was the best freshman in points, rebounds and blocks this past regular season, while he was fourth in assists and second in steals. He is the second rookie in NBA history to become the top player in the entire NBA blocked shots category in his debut season. 1985/86 Manute Bol also did it in the season of 2008.
The “Spurs” star became the first player in NBA history to finish the season with an average of at least 20 points, 10 rebounds and three blocked shots in less than 30 minutes per game. Also, he is the first in history to score at least 1,500 points, 700 rebounds, 250 assists and make at least 100 field goals in a season.
99 members of the jury participated in the vote for the best debutant of the year – all of them chose Vembanyama as the first. Thus, he became the first undisputed best rookie of the year since 2015/16. 2018 season, when Karl Anthony-Towns also received all the first-place votes.
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