July 10 (Reuters) – The San Antonio Spurs have signed Frenchman Victor Wembanyama to a multi-year contract extension, the team said on Friday.
Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.
“Spurs family, I’m here to stay. Whatever it takes,” the 22-year-old wrote on social media.
Wembanyama became the youngest player to win the Defensive Player of the Year award this past season and helped guide the Spurs to the NBA Finals, where they lost to the New York Knicks in five games.
The first overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft averaged career highs of 25 points, 11.5 rebounds and 3.1 assists in 64 regular-season games.
The 7-foot-4 Frenchman also recorded a league-leading 3.08 blocks per game and 1.03 steals, becoming only the seventh player in NBA history to average at least 25 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks in a season.
(Reporting by Nicole Fernandes in Toronto, editing by Ed Osmond)
