Victor Wembanyama Injury Update: Spurs Star Returns From Concussion, Criticizes Process

Wembanyama “very disappointed” with concussion protocol

Cleared after Game 2 head injury, Victor Wembanyama had 27 points, 7 blocks Sunday. He said Spurs “took great care” but was frustrated by league protocol.

Wembanyama returned with 27-11-7 to lead Spurs past Blazers 114-93. San Antonio can close series Tuesday...

 

San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama returned Sunday after clearing the NBA’s concussion protocol but said he was “very disappointed” with some aspects of the process.

The 22-year-old from France, named the 2026 Defensive Player of the Year and an MVP contender, hit his head on the court in a hard fall during last Tuesday’s Game 2 of the Spurs’ first-round playoff series against the Portland Trail Blazers.

The Spurs lost that game but won Game 3 without him on Friday when he wasn’t cleared to play.

He returned with 27 points, 11 rebounds and seven blocks in Sunday’s 114-93 win in Portland.

Wembanyama said the frightening-looking fall on Tuesday was “not too much of a scary moment.”

“I think it was always under control,” he said.

  

But he admitted that “being concussed like that, very weird feeling.”

 

Wembanyama said the Spurs and all the doctors involved had “taken great care of me.”

  

But he was clearly frustrated by the concussion protocol, which mandates a 48-hour rest period followed by a gradual return to physical activity and daily neurological tests.

A player must be cleared by both his team and the NBA’s concussion program director before returning to play.

After telling ESPN in an on-court interview that he was “unhappy” with how some parties handled the process, Wembanyama said he didn’t want to get into specifics.

WEMBY STUFFED THE STAT SHEET IN GAME 4!

👽 27 PTS
👽 11 REB
👽 3 AST
👽 4 STL
👽 7 BLK

SPURS RALLY FROM 19 DOWN TO WIN.
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“I won't get into the details,” he said. “I don't want it to become a distraction. Ask me again at the end of the season.”

“The way the situation was handled was very disappointing,” Wembanyama said.

Pressed about the reasons he was given for having to sit out on Friday, Wembanyama said: “There was no reason given.”

San Antonio, the Western Conference No. 2 seed, leads the Trail Blazers 3-1 in the best-of-seven series and can clinch it at home Tuesday.