After averaging 21.4 points, 10.6 rebounds, 3.9 assists, a league-high 3.6 blocked shots, and 1.2 steals per game, the 20-year-old Frenchman becomes the first to earn the honor.
With all 99 first-place votes, Wembanyama—the top pick in the previous year’s draft—was selected without a single disagreement.
Since Karl-Anthony Towns in 2016, he is the first Rookie of the Year to be selected unanimously.
According to Wembanyama, “my goals were always to help my team as best I could and to get better as the year went on,” Sports was told.
“I was aware that I needed to be dominant and good on the court on my own in order to accomplish this. [The Year’s Rookie] is big thing.
