There was no suspense, mirroring how things went down just over a year ago when everyone knew it was all about the French phenom.
Victor Wembanyama’s name was the one called on national television on Monday night, completing a whirlwind 12-plus month stretch. The San Antonio Spurs rising star collected his first major piece of hardware on this side of the Atlantic, grabbing the 2023-24 rookie of the year award over Oklahoma City’s Chet Holmgren and someone else Charlotte Hornets fans are extremely familiar with.
Brandon Miller finished third in voting behind Wembanyama and Holmgren, which was expected given Wembanyama’s freakish nature and Holmgren’s solid season as a key contributor for an extremely young team that captured the top seed in the Western Conference.