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Victor Wembanyama had a year like no rookie in NBA history. The long-expected result became reality on Monday, when the Spurs' star from France was announced as the unanimous winner of the NBA's Rookie of the Year award. “My goals were always to help my team as best as I could and get better as the year went on,” Wembanyama said from San Antonio on TNT after the award was announced on the network's NBA playoff pregame show.

We've never seen anything like Victor Wembanyama. The 20-year-old stands 7-foot-4 (many, including me, believe he's closer to 7-foot-5). He has a gargantuan 8-foot wingspan. And, operating within this frame, he constantly creates basketball moments that we haven't experienced before. Silicon Valley has been captivated by generative artificial intelligence — computer algorithms that generate new content based on reading existing material and creating a novel product. It's here now, but it's the future. That sounds a lot like Victor Wembanyama — the NBA's first ...

Anthony Edwards had high praise for Nikola Jokić after the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Denver Nuggets in Game 1 of the Western Conference Semifinals on…

The Clippers' three-year plan has crumbled in front of them. And their conference has been unforgiving.

The Nuggets suddenly require a sense of urgency in Game 2 against the Minnesota Timberwolves, lest they fall behind 2-0 in the second-round playoff series.