SAN ANTONIO – While enjoying the festivities of the NBA 2K26 Summer League in Las Vegas, San Antonio Spurs center/forward Victor Wembanyama sat down with French newspaper L’Équipe to discuss his progress recovering from a deep vein thrombosis in his right shoulder.
According to L’Équipe sports reporter Maxime Aubin, Wembanyama shared that the Spurs medical staff cleared him to start participating in full basketball activities.
🚨🇺🇸 BREAKING @lequipe
— Maxime Aubin (@MaximeAubin1) July 14, 2025
I sat down with Victor Wembanyama for an in-depth 30-minute conversation in Las Vegas.
Fully recovered from a shoulder thrombosis, he reflects on the doubts he faced and the lessons learned from his first major injury, now more determined than ever to… pic.twitter.com/lQ3eKUfEfL
Audin elaborated in a post on X that Wembanyama was relieved to get the news, saying, “I’m officially cleared to return. It just happened — I got the green light from the Spurs’ medical staff just a few hours ago (last Friday). Phew, I’ll finally be able to play a bit of basketball again!”
Wembanyama’s 2024-25 season ended prematurely due to the blood clot in his shoulder.
The Spurs got some much needed help this offseason with high-energy draft picks and frontcourt free agent signings in Luke Kornet and Kelly Olynyk.
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