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One analyst thinks San Antonio Spurs big man Victor Wembanyama is the ninth-best player in the NBA. 

Frank Urbina of HoopsHype ranked Wembanyama ninth in his top 100 players list for the 2025-26 season. 

Wembanyama made his first All-Star team last season. He averaged 24.3 points, 11.0 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 1.1 steals and 3.8 blocks.

The 21-year-old Wembanyama is the only player in NBA history with 400-plus blocks and 200-plus 3-pointers in his first two seasons.

The Spurs selected Wembanyama with the first overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft. Wembanyama appeared in 71 games during his rookie season. He averaged 21.4 points, 10.6 rebounds, 3.9 assists, 1.2 steals and 3.6 blocks and won the Rookie of the Year Award.

One of the best two-way basketball players in the world, Wembanyama has led the NBA in blocks per game and total blocks for two consecutive seasons. It wouldn't surprise anyone if Wembanyama wins multiple Defensive Player of the Year Awards during his career.

Wembanyama played in just 46 games last season, as a blood clot in his shoulder prematurely ended his second year in the NBA. He has fully recovered and had a terrific summer. 

"My training this summer, it was brutal," Wembanyama said at Spurs media day. "This summer, I chose to do something much more violent. Maybe that takes away from some time I can spend on shooting the basketball, but it doesn’t matter. I wanted to get my body back.

"I can assure you, nobody has trained like I did this summer. And this is my best summer so far. I can tell the progress is just incredible. I feel better, I look stronger and the scale says I’m heavier. So everything is a green light."

Wembanyama has career averages of 22.5 points, 10.8 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 1.2 steals and 3.7 blocks. The Spurs haven’t made the playoffs since 2019, but they have a promising future with Wembanyama, De'Aaron Fox, Stephon Castle, Devin Vassell and rookie Dylan Harper leading the way.