League sources have told NBC Sports not to bet on that happening, as San Antonio doesn’t see Young as a fit with Wembanyama going forward. The Spurs might be more interested in the Hawks’ Dejounte Murray if he is available.
Source: NBC Sports
Source: NBC Sports
What’s the buzz on Twitter?
BasketNews @BasketNews_com
Do you agree with the opinions on European players in the NBA player poll by @TheAthleticNBA? 🗣
MOST OVERRATED PLAYER – 🇫🇷 Rudy Gobert
BEST DEFENDER – 🇫🇷 Victor Wembanyama
MVP – 🇷🇸 Nikola Jokic
PLAYER TO BUILD THE TEAM AROUND FROM SCRATCH – 🇫🇷 Victor Wembanyama pic.twitter.com/yxbsIf51ZS – 12:56 PM
Do you agree with the opinions on European players in the NBA player poll by @TheAthleticNBA? 🗣
MOST OVERRATED PLAYER – 🇫🇷 Rudy Gobert
BEST DEFENDER – 🇫🇷 Victor Wembanyama
MVP – 🇷🇸 Nikola Jokic
PLAYER TO BUILD THE TEAM AROUND FROM SCRATCH – 🇫🇷 Victor Wembanyama pic.twitter.com/yxbsIf51ZS – 12:56 PM
Eurohoops @Eurohoopsnet
The NBA announced the award finalists, and the European presence was notable
Luka Doncic and Nikola Jokic (MVP)
Victor Wembanyama (ROY and DPOY)
Rudy Gobert (DPOY)
Alperen Sengun (MIP) pic.twitter.com/xO9FbFxh2D – 12:18 AM
The NBA announced the award finalists, and the European presence was notable
Luka Doncic and Nikola Jokic (MVP) Victor Wembanyama (ROY and DPOY) Rudy Gobert (DPOY) Alperen Sengun (MIP) pic.twitter.com/xO9FbFxh2D – 12:18 AM
Tim Reynolds @ByTimReynolds
Jokic, Gilgeous-Alexander and Doncic picked as the NBA’s MVP finalists. Wemby up for 2 trophies, too apnews.com/article/nba-aw… – 7:02 PM
Jokic, Gilgeous-Alexander and Doncic picked as the NBA’s MVP finalists. Wemby up for 2 trophies, too apnews.com/article/nba-aw… – 7:02 PM
Tom Orsborn @tom_orsborn
Wemby a lock for rookie of the year and will likely be the runner-up to fellow Frenchman Gobert for DPOY, although a case can be made that it should be the other way around in that category. pic.twitter.com/lMRv7G2HE0 – 6:53 PM
Wemby a lock for rookie of the year and will likely be the runner-up to fellow Frenchman Gobert for DPOY, although a case can be made that it should be the other way around in that category. pic.twitter.com/lMRv7G2HE0 – 6:53 PM
Paul Garcia @PaulGarciaNBA
No surprise here, Wemby is a finalist for Rookie of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year – 6:45 PM
No surprise here, Wemby is a finalist for Rookie of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year – 6:45 PM
KC Johnson @KCJHoop
Alex Caruso is not a finalist for Defensive Player of the Year award. But he’s virtually a lock to repeat on first team All-Defense.
Rudy Gobert, Bam Adebayo and Victor Wembanyama are finalists for DPOY – 6:43 PM
Alex Caruso is not a finalist for Defensive Player of the Year award. But he’s virtually a lock to repeat on first team All-Defense.
Rudy Gobert, Bam Adebayo and Victor Wembanyama are finalists for DPOY – 6:43 PM
Ira Winderman @IraHeatBeat
Bam Adebayo a finalist for Defensive Player of the Year, along with Victor Wembanyama and Rudy Gobert. – 6:43 PM
Bam Adebayo a finalist for Defensive Player of the Year, along with Victor Wembanyama and Rudy Gobert. – 6:43 PM
Anthony Chiang @Anthony_Chiang
Jaime Jaquez Jr. not among the three finalists for the Rookie of the Year award, but …
Bam Adebayo is among the three finalists for the Defensive Player of the Year award, along with Rudy Gobert and Victor Wembanyama. – 6:42 PM
Jaime Jaquez Jr. not among the three finalists for the Rookie of the Year award, but …
Bam Adebayo is among the three finalists for the Defensive Player of the Year award, along with Rudy Gobert and Victor Wembanyama. – 6:42 PM
Ira Winderman @IraHeatBeat
Jaime Jaquez Jr. not in the three finalists for Rookie of the Year. Victor Wembanyama, Chet Holmgren and Brandon Miller the finalists. – 6:42 PM
Jaime Jaquez Jr. not in the three finalists for Rookie of the Year. Victor Wembanyama, Chet Holmgren and Brandon Miller the finalists. – 6:42 PM
Matthew Tynan @Matthew_Tynan
Ya know what, one more just to have fun with the Trae talk. Pretty obvious this is a current Spur. pic.twitter.com/oCeBpzHrYT – 4:01 AM
Ya know what, one more just to have fun with the Trae talk. Pretty obvious this is a current Spur. pic.twitter.com/oCeBpzHrYT – 4:01 AM
More on this storyline
Gobert has the elite résumé, though, with the three DPOY awards, three All-Star appearances, an All-NBA Second Team selection and three All-NBA Third Team nods. He has the receipts from this season, as he was the indisputable anchor of a Minnesota defense that was the best in the league while Gobert finished second in rebounds (12.9) and sixth in blocks (2.1) on a team that came just two wins shy of earning the No. 1 seed in the West (it finished third). And as our resident Timberwolves expert Jon Krawczynski wrote in January, the truth about those Jazz teams was that their lack of perimeter defense was the real problem that was exposed in those playoffs. These Timberwolves don’t have that deficiency. Still, Gobert joins Draymond Green (2019) and Trae Young (2023) as the latest winner of this undesirable award. -via The Athletic / April 22, 2024
The three-time All-Star would seem like an easy player to move because of his elite talent as an offensive player. However, during a conversation with Sportsnaut this week, NBC Sports Senior Writer Kurt Helin revealed the poor opinion talent evaluators around the NBA have about Young heading into his seventh season in the league. “They are going to try hard to trade Trae Young. That’s going to happen,” Helin claimed. “But from people I’ve talked to around the league these calls often go something like this, ‘Trae Young, yea, what would that [trade] look like? By the way, is Dejounte available?’ People in the league just like Dejounte’s game better. -via sportsnaut.com / April 21, 2024
Another potential sidebar to make note of here: Young continues to be represented by Klutch Sports — same as Murray — but league sources say Young’s father Rayford Young also recently secured formal NBA agent certification. -via marcstein.substack.com / April 20, 2024
Victor Wembanyama said last month that his friend and fellow Frenchman Rudy Gobert would be a worthy winner of the 2023-24 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award. But Wembanyama also added that, in future seasons, he, and not Gobert, would be the front-runner. Their NBA peers, however, feel Wembanyama’s time has already arrived. Players voted the towering Spurs rookie as the league’s best defender right now. Wembanyama led the league in blocks, averaging 3.58 per game. His next closest competitor, Utah’s Walker Kessler, recorded 2.41 blocks per game. -via The Athletic / April 22, 2024
ClutchPoints: 2024 Defensive Player of the Year finalists: 🏆 Bam Adebayo — Heat 🏆 Rudy Gobert — Timberwolves 🏆 Victor Wembanyama — Spurs pic.twitter.com/y3gDK6Cy9Y -via Twitter @ClutchPointsApp / April 21, 2024
Andrew Lopez: Not only is Victor Wembanyama a finalist for the Rookie of the Year, he’s also one of the three finalists for Defensive Player of the Year. With positionless voting this year, Wembanyama could become the first rookie in NBA history to make first team All-Defense. -via Twitter @_Andrew_Lopez / April 21, 2024