San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama won't play against the Oklahoma City Thunder as he recovers from a bruised right knee.

Victor Wembanyama had a career-high 50 points and the San Antonio Spurs rolled to a 139-130 victory over the Washington Wizards on Wednesday night.

Victor Wembanyama had a career-high 50 points and the San Antonio Spurs rolled to a 139-130 victory over the Washington Wizards on Wednesday night.

San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama had another monstrous outing that put him in the record books among some impressive company.

Chet Holmgren gets tired of addressing what he considers a manufactured rivalry with Victor Wembanyama, but he understands the hype.

The reigning NBA rookie of the year.

Here are some of the awards that Victor Wembanyama received over the last 12 months: the NBA rookie of the year trophy, a spot on the All-Rookie team, a first-team All-Defense selection, three rookie of the month awards and most recently an Olympic silver medal.

Klay Thompson walked through the Dallas Mavericks’ facility in his new uniform for the first time.

Boston will get its championship rings on Oct. 22, and the rival New York Knicks will be there for the celebration.

The United States men’s basketball team is seeking a thrilling finish to its Paris Olympics run when it plays France in a gold-medal showdown.

Someone is going to have a very difficult task on Saturday.

Guerschon Yabusele scored 17 points and France beat Germany 73-69 to advance to the men’s Olympic basketball gold medal game.

The opening ceremony for the 2024 Paris Olympics is over, and the competition is really going to rev up on Saturday all across France.

Athletes have a hard time standing out in a Paris cultural sphere driven largely by food, fashion and the arts.

Zaccharie Risacher says he’s not worried about the expectations that accompany being the No. 1 overall pick in the NBA draft.

There have been two straight NBA drafts with an international prospect going first overall.

Victor Wembanyama plays against the top names in the game with the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA.

The Atlanta Hawks took Zaccharie Risacher with the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft on Wednesday night, the second straight year a player from France was the first player selected.

Two people with knowledge of the details say that Mikal Bridges is being traded by the Brooklyn Nets to the New York Knicks, where he will join Jalen Brunson and his other former Villanova teammates.

Alex Sarr was born in France and spent last season playing in Australia.

Victor Wembanyama’s on-court warmup session before games when he played in France would last for about an hour.

France isn’t the only country producing top prospects for the NBA — it just sort of seems that is the case.

The only certainty in the NBA draft used to be a college freshman at the top of it.

Victor Wembanyama’s latest accolade was like none other.

The Atlanta Hawks won the NBA draft lottery, landing the No. 1 pick and a potential cornerstone player in a year where there’s no clear-cut choice.

Rudy Gobert made some history.

Victor Wembanyama had a year like no rookie in NBA history.

Victor Wembanyama will return to Paris, he hopes as an Olympic champion, when the San Antonio Spurs face the Indiana Pacers in two regular-season NBA games early next year.

Denver's Nikola Jokic is one step closer to winning a third MVP award in the last four seasons.

Michael Porter Jr.'s teammates on the Denver Nuggets say their starting forward seems to be handling his family's troubles well as the team heads into the playoffs.

Victor Wembanyama's rookie season with the San Antonio Spurs is coming to an end.

Victor Wembanyama’s celebratory tossing of a basketball into the stands was costly.

Victor Wembanyama had a career-high 40 points and added 20 rebounds and seven assists, and the San Antonio Spurs overcame Jalen Brunson’s career-high 61 points to beat the New York Knicks 130-126 in overtime on Friday night.

San Antonio Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama will miss Monday’s game against the Phoenix Suns because of a sprained left ankle.

Contrary to popular belief, there has been some defense played in the NBA this season.

Victor Wembanyama sounds like he expects to be playing an NBA game — or two, perhaps — in his native France next season.

Nikola Jokic scored 31 points and the Denver Nuggets beat San Antonio 117-106 on Friday night in a game played in the Texas capital as the Spurs drew a record crowd in their bid to broaden their regional fan base.

San Antonio Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama, already ruled out of Thursday night’s game at Sacramento with a sprained right ankle, is expected to miss Saturday’s game at Golden State, too.

The Los Angeles Lakers beat the San Antonio Spurs 123-118.

In Adam Silver’s eyes, the NBA’s new 65-game policy is working.

Indiana guard Bennedict Mathurin put on a show for Pacers fans Friday night, earning the Rising Stars MVP award after scoring 13 points in a 26-13 victory in the championship game.

The NBA has used artificial intelligence for some time.

Welcome back, LeBron James.

Victor Wembanyama’s first NBA All-Star experience will be hectic, just like everything else has seemed so far in his rookie season with the San Antonio Spurs.

A bat descended on the court and delayed play after Victor Wembanyama made a 3-pointer two minutes into the San Antonio Spurs’ 113-112 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday night.

Joel Embiid scored a franchise-record 70 points, the most in the NBA this season, to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to a 133-123 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Monday night.

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver says the In-Season Tournament will “no doubt” be back next season with some unspecified tweaks.

Victor Wembanyama had 16 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists for his first triple-double in the NBA, leading the San Antonio Spurs to a 130-108 win over the Detroit Pistons.

Giannis Antetokounmpo had 44 points and 14 rebounds and the Milwaukee Bucks overcame an electric performance by Victor Wembanyama on his 20th birthday to beat the San Antonio Spurs 125-121 on Thursday night.

Ja Morant had 26 points, 10 assists and a fourth-quarter dunk over Victor Wembanyama, Desmond Bane added 24 points and the Memphis Grizzlies used a second-half spurt to beat the San Antonio Spurs 106-98 on Tuesday night.

San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama is a late scratch against Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks because of a sprained right ankle after stepping on a ball boy’s foot during warmups.

Damian Lillard scored a season-high 40 points to push his career total over 20,000, Giannis Antetokounmpo had a triple-double and the Milwaukee Bucks trounced San Antonio 132-119 on Tuesday night as the Spurs played without Victor Wembanyama.

Devin Vassell had 36 points, Victor Wembanyama had 13 points and 15 rebounds, and the San Antonio Spurs snapped an 18-game losing skid with a 129-115 win over the Los Angeles Lakers.

There are a few surprises who have played their way into the early season MVP conversations, joining the list usual list of NBA stars that includes Nikola Jokic and Joel Embiid.

Victor Wembanyama of the San Antonio Spurs and Chet Holmgren of the Oklahoma City Thunder seemed to be trying to avoid creating a rivalry after the much-anticipated first regular season meeting between two of the NBA’s top rookies.

Victor Wembanyama’s first game at Madison Square Garden was one of the worst of his young career, as the No. 1 draft pick managed just one basket in the first three quarters of the New York Knicks’ 126-105 victory over the San Antonio Spurs.

San Antonio’s Victor Wembanyama has experienced the wide spectrum of highs and lows during this first couple of weeks in the NBA.

Tyrese Haliburton scored 23 points, and the Indiana Pacers routed the San Antonio Spurs 152-111 for coach Rick Carlisle’s 900th career victory.

The NBA and Diamond Sports Group, the largest owner of regional sports networks, have reached an agreement that will keep local broadcasts for 15 teams on Bally Sports through the end of this season.

Victor Wembanyama strolled through the hallways at Footprint Center after the best game of his short NBA career when he passed 13-time All-Star Kevin Durant, stopping for a quick handshake and quick hug.

Rookie Victor Wembanyama scored a season-high 38 points, Zach Collins added 19 and the San Antonio Spurs held off Phoenix’s late charge to beat the Suns 132-121 on Thursday night.

The NBA’s In-Season Tournament starts Friday and runs through Dec. 9.

Los Angeles Clippers stars Kawhi Leonard and Paul George schooled Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama in his first road game, beating San Antonio 123-83.

Victor Wembanyama made the tying basket with 20 seconds left in regulation, the opening basket in overtime and finished with 21 points and 12 rebounds in his first NBA victory, helping the San Antonio Spurs beat the Houston Rockets 126-122.

The Victor Wembanyama era is underway in San Antonio.

NBA teams currently have about $4.8 billion in salary committed to players for this season, meaning the average per team is around $160 million.

Damian Lillard went to Milwaukee, Bradley Beal went to Phoenix, Jrue Holiday ended up in Boston and Chris Paul ended up with Golden State.

Victor Wembanyama's rookie season with the San Antonio Spurs is set to begin.

Britney Spear’s highly anticipated memoir “The Woman in Me” will be released Tuesday.

When the NBA season begins, it’s pretty easy to anticipate who will take center stage.

The San Antonio Spurs began preparing for what should be one of this season’s most demanding tasks.

Victor Wembanyama will be aiming for the gold medal at the Paris Olympics.

Maximizing player rest and limiting travel demands were again part of the NBA’s formula for the coming regular season.

Paris is on track to host millions of visitors and successfully stage 32 sporting events next year when the 2024 Olympics open on July 26.

Victor Wembanyama’s first and likely last Summer League is over.

Victor Wembanyama was yelling in celebration, punching the air, even got a Band-Aid on his right cheek because of some physicality.

Victor Wembanyama and Scoot Henderson won’t get a second act in Las Vegas.

Victor Wembanyama freely acknowledged that he was often confused in his first NBA Summer League game, going as far as to say that there were times when he didn’t know what he was doing.

Police say no charges will be filed following a brief investigation of the altercation involving pop star Britney Spears, San Antonio Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama and a member of the player’s security team.

Victor Wembanyama’s first NBA game had a tough act to follow.

San Antonio Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama says he believes Britney Spears grabbed him from behind as he was walking into a restaurant at a Las Vegas casino, and that the security detail he was with pushed the pop star away.

Victor Wembanyama’s debut at NBA Summer League is Friday night.

More tickets go on sale Wednesday for four sports at the Paris Olympics that will be staged in cities far from the French capital, including soccer and basketball.

After being pulled in many directions as one of the most hyped prospects in the NBA history, French phenom Victor Wembanyama is finally enjoying being a player again.

Victor Wembanyama’s official height is 7 feet, 3 1/2 inches.

Major League Baseball wants to grow in Europe and is looking for ways to connect with the local fans.

Victor Wembanyama says he won’t play with France's national basketball team at this year's World Cup in order to protect his still developing body.

The first dinner that Victor Wembanyama had in his new home city was filled with San Antonio royalty.

The chants from hundreds of fans, some of whom waited outside for hours in nearly 100-degree heat, started at the very moment Victor Wembanyama stepped out of the private plane that carried him to his new NBA home.

No. 1 draft pick Victor Wembanyama of San Antonio and No. 2 pick Brandon Miller of Charlotte might go head-to-head on the first day of NBA Summer League in Las Vegas.

It’s the easiest call of the NBA draft: The San Antonio Spurs won.

For the first time since 2001, four of the top five picks in the NBA draft did not play college basketball in the United States.

The San Antonio Spurs are looking to end their four-year playoff drought with the addition of Victor Wembanyama.

Victor Wembanyama is the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft, headed to San Antonio with enormous expectations to become basketball’s newest sensation.

Keyontae Johnson fought for his chance.

The day Victor Wembanyama has dreamed of for years has arrived.

The Charlotte Hornets are leaning toward keeping the pivotal No. 2 pick in Thursday night's NBA draft.

Victor Wembanyama’s towering shadow has hung over this NBA draft for months, blocking much of what is usually part of the process.

Victor Wembanyama, the 7-foot-plus French player expected to be taken by San Antonio with the first pick in the NBA draft this week, threw out a wild ceremonial first pitch before the New York Yankees played the Seattle Mariners.

The tall task of determining Victor Wembanyama’s height isn’t finished yet.