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Victor Wembanyama\u2019s first, and likely last, Summer League<\/a> is over.<\/p>\n

The San Antonio Spurs<\/a> said Monday that they have seen all they needed from the No. 1 pick in this year\u2019s draft and won\u2019t play him during their remaining games in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

Wembanyama\u2019s final numbers from two games: 36 points, 20 rebounds, eight blocks and three assists on 41% shooting from the floor. He played about 54 minutes.<\/p>\n

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The shutdown wasn\u2019t a surprise; the Spurs never planned for Wembanyama to play the entirety of Summer League, and now they\u2019ll have a chance to use the minutes he would have gotten to take a look at other players.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m going to sit down with the Spurs to know what the next months are going to be like,” Wembanyama said Sunday night after what became his summer finale. “When to go on vacation, when to start back working out, where I\u2019m going to practice, in San Antonio or somewhere else. I just know I\u2019ve got two to three months \u2014 two to three great months \u2014 that are coming and they\u2019re going to change my life.”<\/p>\n

Shutting him down from games \u2014 San Antonio has either three or four games left in Las Vegas \u2014 starts what will be a needed break for the 19-year-old from France whose last professional season in his homeland started nearly a year ago. He was in the French playoffs up until a few days before the draft<\/a> in June, and his schedule has been crazed since.<\/p>\n

Put simply, the Spurs believe he needs a chance to rest and reset to get ready for training camp that starts in early October and then an 82-game regular season.<\/p>\n

SPURS’ VICTOR WEMBANYAMA PLANS TO ‘DISAPPEAR’ FROM MEDIA AFTER BRITNEY SPEARS INCIDENT, SUMMER LEAGUE DEBUT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“In the past month, I think basketball wasn\u2019t even 50% of my schedule,” Wembanyama said. “I can\u2019t stand it. I know it\u2019s a special moment in my life, but I\u2019m glad it\u2019s over. Honestly. I just want to hoop. I just want to work out, lift because this is my life. Obviously, every first pick is going to go through this. And it just makes me better for the future.”<\/p>\n

It has been a whirlwind few days in Las Vegas for the Spurs. Wembanyama\u2019s debut on Friday night had a circus-like atmosphere with a sold-out crowd and enormous attention; Sunday\u2019s game wasn\u2019t quite the same, but the crowd was still huge. And more big news came between those games on Saturday when Gregg Popovich\u2019s new five-year contract to remain coach and president of the team was announced.<\/p>\n

As would be expected, the Popovich signing delighted Wembanyama.<\/p>\n

SPURS’ VICTOR WEMBANYAMA DROPS 27 POINTS IN SUMMER LEAGUE GAME: ‘I THINK I COULD HAVE DONE MORE’<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“There\u2019s something great going on, starting,” Wembanyama said. “We kind of knew it was going to happen, but now it\u2019s, let\u2019s get it rolling. We can get started now.”<\/p>\n

Wembanyama took part in the NBA’s required rookie transition program on Monday, where he spoke with NBA Commissioner Adam Silver \u2014 who has raved about the 7-foot-3 star many times since first meeting him in Paris in January.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m not sure if anything else I\u2019d say could put more pressure on him, because there\u2019s already so much pressure on him and attention,” Silver said Monday while speaking to the Associated Press Sports Editors convention in Las Vegas. “But it seems, at least initially, that he\u2019s well equipped to handle it.”<\/p>\n

And everyone from teammates, opponents and even NBA greats like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Jerry West have raved about what they’ve seen from Wembanyama in recent days.<\/p>\n

“The difficulty is learning how you can best contribute to a winning effort,” Abdul-Jabbar told him. “That\u2019s what you\u2019ve got to learn how to do with your skill set. You will find out what that is basically in preseason. You\u2019ll find out a lot about that.”<\/p>\n

Vegas is a showtown. Wembanyama put on a show, and the Spurs said it was enough. And now his focus shifts to his first real season.<\/p>\n

“He\u2019s amazing,” San Antonio guard Blake Wesley said. “He\u2019s an amazing person on and off the court.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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