{"id":637484,"date":"2026-03-03T22:02:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T22:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/637484\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T22:02:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T22:02:17","slug":"monthly-nba-awards-victor-wembanyama-cade-cunningham-win-honors-for-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/637484\/","title":{"rendered":"Monthly NBA Awards: Victor Wembanyama, Cade Cunningham win honors for February"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2084777 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/players-of-the-month-feb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"750\"  \/><br \/>\nPlayers of the Month<\/p>\n<p>San Antonio Spurs forward-center Victor Wembanyama and Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham have been named the Kia NBA Players of the Month for games played in February.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@Kia<\/a> NBA Players of the Month for February!<\/p>\n<p>West: Victor Wembanyama (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/spurs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@spurs<\/a>)<br \/>East: Cade Cunningham (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DetroitPistons?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@DetroitPistons<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1MVRVdJZ26\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/1MVRVdJZ26<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/2028924712328311213?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Western Conference<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">First <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@Kia<\/a> NBA Western Conference Player of the Month award for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wemby?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@wemby<\/a> \ud83d\udc4f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kNpVeXADjK\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/kNpVeXADjK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 San Antonio Spurs (@spurs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/spurs\/status\/2028927921646174420?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Eastern Conference<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Cade Cunningham is your <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@Kia<\/a> Eastern Conference Player of the Month for the SECOND TIME this season! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eAZH2mUWWx\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/eAZH2mUWWx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Detroit Pistons (@DetroitPistons) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DetroitPistons\/status\/2028924795275108682?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rookies of the Month<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2084752 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/rookieofmonthfeb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"750\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>San Antonio Spurs guard Dylan Harper and Charlotte Hornets guard-forward Kon Knueppel have been named the Kia NBA Rookies of the Month for games played in February.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@Kia<\/a> Rookies of the Month for February!<\/p>\n<p>West: Dylan Harper (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/spurs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@spurs<\/a>)<br \/>East: Kon Knueppel (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hornets?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@hornets<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lKNj1PKd95\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/lKNj1PKd95<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/2028912950078042276?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Western Conference<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dylan Harper \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@Kia<\/a> \ud835\udc0d\ud835\udc01\ud835\udc00 \ud835\udc16\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc2c\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc27 \ud835\udc02\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc1f\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc1c\ud835\udc1e \ud835\udc11\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc24\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc1e \ud835\udc28\ud835\udc1f \ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc21\ud835\udc1e \ud835\udc0c\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc21 \u2b50\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8lcE0thji0\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/8lcE0thji0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 San Antonio Spurs (@spurs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/spurs\/status\/2028916216773935202?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Eastern Conference<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">he&#8217;s done it again\u2026 and again\u2026oh and one more time <\/p>\n<p>FOUR <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@Kia<\/a> Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month awards <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fyQE4abzTm\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/fyQE4abzTm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Charlotte Hornets (@hornets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hornets\/status\/2028914943957852270?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Defensive Players of the Month<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2084764 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/defenseplayerfebruary.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"750\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>San Antonio Spurs forward-center Victor Wembanyama and Boston Celtics guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/player\/1628401\/derrick-white\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Derrick White<\/a> have been named the Kia NBA Defensive Players of the Month for games played in February.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@Kia<\/a> Defensive Players of the Month for February!  <\/p>\n<p>West: Victor Wembanyama (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/spurs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@spurs<\/a>)<br \/>East: Derrick White (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/celtics?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@celtics<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eMjjsguJcn\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/eMjjsguJcn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/2028918136129437853?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Western Conference<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Locked in defense \ud83d\udd12<\/p>\n<p>Your <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@Kia<\/a> NBA Western Conference Defensive Player of the Month \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wemby?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@wemby<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FsDQZx9DCI\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/FsDQZx9DCI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 San Antonio Spurs (@spurs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/spurs\/status\/2028918317411377567?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Eastern Conference<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">An absolute dawg on defense \ud83d\ude24<\/p>\n<p>Congrats, Derrick <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mwzEKBLyNB\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/mwzEKBLyNB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Boston Celtics (@celtics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/celtics\/status\/2028915986368188551?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Coaches of the Month<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2084800 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/coachesfeb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"750\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>San Antonio Spurs head coach Mitch Johnson and Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Kenny Atkinson have been named the NBA Coaches of the Month for games played in February.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Players of the Month San Antonio Spurs forward-center Victor Wembanyama and Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham have been&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":637485,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[7,6,78347,11],"class_list":{"0":"post-637484","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba-playoffs","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-nba","10":"tag-nba-players-of-the-month","11":"tag-nba-playoffs"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116167505526773516","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=637484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/637485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=637484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=637484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=637484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}