SAN ANTONIO – While enjoying the festivities of the NBA 2K26 Summer League in Las Vegas, San Antonio Spurs center/forward Victor Wembanyama sat down with French newspaper L’Équipe to discuss his progress recovering from a deep vein thrombosis in his right shoulder.
According to L’Équipe sports reporter Maxime Aubin, Wembanyama shared that the Spurs medical staff cleared him to start participating in full basketball activities.
I sat down with Victor Wembanyama for an in-depth 30-minute conversation in Las Vegas.
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Audin elaborated in a post on X that Wembanyama was relieved to get the news, saying, “I’m officially cleared to return. It just happened — I got the green light from the Spurs’ medical staff just a few hours ago (last Friday). Phew, I’ll finally be able to play a bit of basketball again!”
Wembanyama’s 2024-25 season ended prematurely due to the blood clot in his shoulder.
Nick Mantas is an award-winning sports reporter who joined the KPRC 2 Sports Team in September of 2025, coming from channel 2's sister station, KSAT in San Antonio. Before reporting on the San Antonio Spurs for two years, he spent three years in Lansing, Michigan, and one year in Abilene, Texas. He's Greek & a native of Brookline, Massachusetts.