BREAKING: Victor Wembanyama OUT vs. Mavs After Warm-Up Injury

San Antonio Spurs star rookie Victor Wembanyama was set to make his Dallas debut against Luka Doncic and the Mavericks on Saturday, but he was a late scratch from the lineup due to an injury that occurred during warm-ups.

Dalton Trigg | Dec 23, 2023

BREAKING: Victor Wembanyama OUT vs. Mavs After Warm-Up Injury /

In this story:

The Dallas Mavericks and San Antonio Spurs opened the 2023-24 season with a fun game on Oct. 23, where Luka Doncic and company came away with an entertaining 126-119 win over rookie phenom Victor Wembanyama.

On Saturday, Wembanyama was supposed to make his Dallas debut as Doncic also made his return from a one-game absence due to a thigh injury, but he was ruled out after stepping on a ball boy's foot in warm-ups and tweaking his ankle.

USATSI_21735860-2 — Daniel Dunn-USA TODAY Sports

Although the Spurs are the second-worst team in the league with a 4-23 record, the Mavs will take any additional breaks they can get while currently riding a three-game losing skid. The second duel between Doncic and Wembanyama will have to wait for another day.

Mavs Top 3 Betting Picks vs. Spurs: Luka Doncic, Victor Wembanyama

After Dallas' game against the Spurs, they'll prepare to take on Kevin Durant, Devin Booker and the Phoenix Suns on Christmas Day. Stay tuned to DallasBasketball.com for all in-game and postgame updates.

Published Dec 23, 2023

DALTON TRIGG

Dalton Trigg is the Editor-In-Chief for Dallas Basketball, as well as the Executive Editor overseeing Inside The Rockets, Inside The Spurs, All Knicks, and The Magic Insider. He is the founder and host for the Mavs Step Back Podcast, which is a proud part of the Blue Wire podcast network. Trigg graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi’s College of Business and Economic Development with a bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurship in 2016. After spending a few years with multiple Dallas Mavericks-related blogs, including SB Nation’s Mavs Moneyball, Trigg joined DallasBasketball.com as a staff writer in 2018 and never looked back. At the start of 2022, he was promoted to the EIC title he holds now. Through the years, Trigg has conducted a handful of high-profile one-on-one interviews to add to his resume — in both writing and podcasting. Some of his biggest interviews have been with Mavs owner Mark Cuban, Mavs GM Nico Harrison, now-retired legend Dirk Nowitzki and many other current/former players and team staffers. Many of those interviews and other articles by Trigg have been aggregated by other well-known sports media websites, such as Yahoo Sports, CBS Sports, Bleacher Report and others. You can find Trigg on all major social media channels, but his most prevalent platform is on Twitter. Whether it’s posting links to his DBcom work, live-tweeting Mavs games or merely giving his opinions on things going on with Dallas and the rest of the NBA, the daily content never stops rolling. For any inquiries, please email Dalton@MavsStepBack.com.