The story, as Buford tells it, goes like this: Claudio Crippa, an international scout for the Spurs, proposed going to see a ...

Despite being only the third player to average 24 points, 10 rebounds, three assists, and four blocks per game, Wembanyama was not named a starter. The only other two players to record those numbers ...

PARIS – For all the glowing things said in Paris the past few days about San Antonio phenom Victor Wembanyama ... season with those numbers was Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, a half-century ago.

The last player to finish a season with those numbers was Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, a half-century ago. Now throw in 3-point shooting, which didn't exist 50 years ago, and Wembanyama — who just ...