{"id":696526,"date":"2026-04-03T20:44:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T20:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/696526\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T20:44:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T20:44:50","slug":"nba-expert-pushes-victor-wembanyama-for-another-nba-award-beyond-mvp-dpoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/696526\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA expert pushes Victor Wembanyama for another NBA award beyond MVP, DPOY"},"content":{"rendered":"

ESPN’s Brian Windhorst believes that the Spurs superstar also has a considerable argument for the Most Improved Player honors.<\/p>\n

Victor Wembanyama is completely taking it over for the NBA. As the 2025-26 season is now in its final stretch, the San Antonio Spurs superstar has emerged as a sudden key frontrunner for the Most Valuable Player and Defensive Player of the Year honors.<\/p>\n

\t\tVictor Wembanyama<\/a><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\"Victor<\/a>
\n\t\t\t\"Victor<\/a><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\tMIN:
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t29.18<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tPTS:
\n\t\t\t\t\t24.63 (59.74%)<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\tREB:
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t11.39<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\tAS:
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t3.02<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\tST:
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t1.05<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\tBL:
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t3.05<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\tTO:
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t2.44<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tGM:
\n\t\t\t\t\t62<\/p>\n

Apparently, beyond these two major individual awards, another trophy stands as a likely possibility for Wembanyama to capture. ESPN’s Brian Windhorst claimed on Thursday’s edition of NBA Today that the French sensation actually has a considerable argument for the Most Improved Player nod.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m not saying anything negative about any of the other candidates. I\u2019m just saying you can make a case that Victor [Wembanyama] should win Defensive Player of the Year, MVP, and Most Improved,” the NBA analyst said.<\/p>\n

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Wembanyama is averaging 24.7 points, 11.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists and a league-leading 3.1 blocks this season for the Spurs.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, his current numbers mirror what he had from the past 2024-25 campaign, until a blood clot diagnosis prematurely ended his season which limited him to just 46 games.<\/p>\n

Regardless, his impact to the Spurs’ success this year is off the charts. He carried San Antonio to the No. 2 seed of the Western Conference standings with a 58-18 record.<\/p>\n

No player yet in the history of the NBA has won the three of MVP, DPOY and MIP in a single season, yet Windhorst is convinced that Wembanyama has a strongly decent case to be that one.<\/p>\n

“If you look at what he has done year over year, I remember when I was a kid watching Shaquille O\u2019Neal play. I would watch NBA on NBC on Sunday afternoons, and I would not take my eyes off Shaq. I didn\u2019t care where he went. I didn\u2019t care what Penny was doing or what Dennis Scott was doing. I was just watching Shaq go up and down the court,” Windhorst said.<\/p>\n

“This is what I do with him. I\u2019m just watching No. 1 go up and down the court. There\u2019s other good stuff happening, and you\u2019re going to tell us about it, coach, but I can\u2019t take my eyes off him. I watch basketball all day long, and I can\u2019t take my eyes off him.”<\/p>\n

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