San Antonio Spurs middle Victor Wembanyama has been named the NBA’s first-ever Western Convention Defensive Participant of the Month for October/November.
Kicking off the inaugural season of the award, Wembanyama is joined by Hawks guard Dyson Daniels within the East.
In 16 video games to begin the season, Wembanyama led the league with 3.56 blocks per recreation and 57 complete blocks whereas averaging 1.31 steals in October/November. He additionally accounted for 45.9% of the Spurs complete blocks. The sophomore’s 103.8 defensive ranking helped anchor the Spurs to an eighth-ranked protection and has put them among the many prime three shot-blocking groups within the league.
A season after changing into the primary rookie in NBA historical past to be named All-Defensive First Group, opponents shot 104-262 from the sector final month when guarded by Wembanyama as he held a 39.7% defended area aim share. Inside 4 ft of the rim, groups took 3.3% fewer photographs when Wembanyama is on the ground and shot simply 38.2% inside 4 to 10 ft.
