Spurs reportedly optimistic Wembanyama will return from blood clot issue next season

The scary news that Victor Wembanyama is out for the rest of this season due to "deep vein thrombosis" in his right shoulder was a depressing post All-Star game alert. While fans feared the worst that this could be another Chris Bosh situation, there is promising follw-up news that the San Antonio Spurs are reportedly optimistic that their franchise center will return from his blood clot issue by the start of next season.

The Spurs are optimistic that Victor Wembanyama will make a full recovery by the beginning of next season, a team source told ESPN.

— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) February 20, 2025

Chris Bosh was forced to retire at the premature NBA age of 32 due to his blood clot issue. Webanyama just turned 21 so any talk of his career being threatened would have been even more devastating. MacMahon's report is promising, but the long term treatment for this issue and how things will play out is still a big unknown.

Boston fans of course are sensitive to issues of health as a "dream team" of doctors told Reggie Lewis that continuing to play basketball would put his life at risk and after a new doctor said it was ok for him to play again, the beloved Celtic died on the court that summer of 1993.