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How latest injury could prevent Victor Wembayama from winning major NBA award

If you looked at most sportsbooks prior to the news breaking that Victor Wembanyama would be sidelined for multiple weeks with a left calf strain, the San Antonio Spurs star center was listed as the odds-on favorite to win the NBA’s Defensive Player of the Year award for the 2025-26 season.

The third-year player is leading the league in blocks (3.6) and defensive rebounds (10.9) per game, and the Spurs have a top five defense in the league with Wembanyama as the catalyst.

However, thanks to this latest injury, he very well could be robbed of the award, again.

Wembanyama in jeopardy of falling short of 65-game threshold

A couple years back, the NBA instituted a rule that a play

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