File – Victor Wembanyama van Spurs arrives for a press conference in San Antonio, 5 May 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
Victor Wembanyama is in China and it’s not just about vacation.
The San Antonio Spurs star is in the midst of what is expected to be a 10-day stay in a Shaolin temple in Zhengzhou, China. The temple is a place that welcomes visitors who want to study Chan meditation, Shaolin Kung Fu, traditional Chinese medicine and more.
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The NBA China office confirmed that Wembanyama is in the temple and some Chinese media also confirmed his presence there with the temple itself. “Concentrate on training!” Read a part of a social media post on the Weibo account of the NBA, which has also revealed the plans for a 10-day stay.
On the other hand, the secret was on its way through other social media, means anyway.
Some photos of Wembanyama with a shaved head – it was not shaved when he arrived in China – and wearing a robe similar to the other monks started to circulate wide this week. One of the photos showed the 7-foot-4 center that was on a Chinese chair chair for several Buddha sculptures.
Apparently there was also a sightseeing going on earlier in the trip.
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“Victor Wembanyama, live from China, on the big wall itself, with a great time. It’s crazy,” he said on a video posted on Instagram by the Spurs’ account and others.
Wembanyama will be expected in the US in the coming weeks and will probably be with the delegation of the Spurs that will go to the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas next month. Like many teams, the Spurs often have many players in their NBA schedule with the Summer League team for different events.
The 21-year-old Frenchman led the NBA in blocked shots during the regular season, despite his season that ended in February network after his first All-Star Game-Opdachten-Due to deep venous thrombosis in his right shoulder. The Spurs hope that he will be able to play when next season starts, and the French national team has also expressed the hope that Wembanyama can play for his country at this summer’s European championships.
Wembanyama was the Rookie of the Year of the Year last season and was generally expected to be a leader in the defensive player of the year race of this season. He tried 403 3-Pointers and this season blocked 176 Schoten-no single player in the NBA history has once ended a season with those figures and he had on average 24.3 points, 11 rebounds, 3.8 blocks and 3.7 assists when the DVT was detected.
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The only other player in the NBA history who finished a season of all those figures was Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in 1975-76.
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