Victor Wembanyama of the San Antonio Spurs wins NBA Rookie of the Year award

(CNN) — San Antonio Spurs big man Victor Wembanyama is the NBA’s Rookie of the Year, the first player from France to ever win the honor. The 7-foot, 4-inch, 20-year-old was a unanimous selection for the award, topping Chet Holmgren of the Oklahoma City Thunder and Brandon Miller of the Charlotte Hornets in the voting of 99 members of the media. He was the sixth unanimous pick for the honor in league history. “My goal was always to help my team as best as I could and get better as the year went on and I knew in order to do this I had to be individually good on the court and dominant,” Wembanyama, the No. 1 pick in the 2023 NBA draft. said. “It was a huge thing for me and a big thing to get.” Wembanyama, a center-forward, averaged 21.4 points, 10.6 rebounds, and led the league with 3.6 blocks per game in 71 games. He finished his rookie reason as the first player in NBA history to score over 1,500 points (1,522), block at least 250 shots (254) and hit 100 3-pointers (128) in a single campaign. Wembanyama’s points and rebounds per game are the highest for...