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    Victor Wembanyama sits courtside during an NBA summer league game between San Antonio Spurs and Philadelphia 76ers, Thursday, in Las Vegas. AP

    San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama expects to play this coming season and has been fully cleared after dealing with deep vein thrombosis in his shoulder for the past few months, he told the French newspaper L'Equipe in remarks published Monday.

    A person familiar with the situation later told reporters that the Spurs have indeed received word that Wembanyama has been cleared to resume play and, barring anything unforeseen, will be able to fully participate in training camp when it opens this fall. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the team has not revealed that detail publicly.

    It has been expected that the team anticipated Wembanyama would be able to start this coming season, though there was no official word until now.

    "I'm officially cleared to return. I'll finally be able to play a bit of basketball again," Wembanyama told the French sports daily.

    The fact that Wembanyama has been cleared suggests that his type of DVT was provoked, which would rule out a genetic predisposition to a clot returning. The Spurs have not disclosed specifics of Wembanyama's shoulder issue, but there is a type of DVT that can appear when a blood vessel in the upper arm is being compressed by a rib (the top rib is removed in some cases to relieve the compression, if that is the cause) or a muscle. Such issues have proven to be treatable in the past.

    Many other athletes have dealt with similar issues. Serena Williams came back to dominate women's tennis after a clotting issue following the birth of her daughter; Williams needed four surgeries to address the matter. Basketball Hall of Famer Chris Bosh had to eventually retire from the NBA after he was diagnosed with multiple clots. In hockey, Tomas Fleischmann developed clots and went on to play for years afterward; Tomas Vokoun needed surgery to relieve his clotting problem and never played in the NHL again.

    "I was afraid of not being able to play basketball anymore," Wembanyama said in the interview. "I think that we all have thoughts sometimes. Irrational thoughts about the things we care about most. But this type of thinking also changes you as a person, for the better."

    Wembanyama was the league's rookie of the year two years ago, Spurs guard Stephon Castle won that same trophy this past season, and the team has added another high pick — this year's No 2 selection, Dylan Harper — to a highly promising young core. Wembanyama was the front-runner to be defensive player of the year last season, before he was diagnosed with the blood clot in his right shoulder in February.

    "My injury was an adventure, obviously, but the hardest part is over," he told L'Equipe.

    "I'm much better today, physically and mentally."

    Wembanyama was averaging 24.3 points, 11 rebounds, 3.8 blocks and 3.7 assists per game when he was shut down by the issue; the only other player in NBA history to finish a season averaging all that was Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in 1975-76.

    There will be an obvious ramping-up period before Wembanyama is playing at full speed again, though there is plenty of time between now and training camp for him to get back to that level.

    "I have to continue specific work on my shoulder, and especially get back into everything related to my basketball habits," Wembanyama said in the interview. "It's been five months since I've played a 5-on-5 match. If I had to have a game tomorrow, it would be risky. There are plenty of reflexes to find, both conscious and linked to muscle memory."

    Wembanyama has traveled extensively in recent months, and spent time last month at a Shaolin Temple in Zhengzhou, Henan province. The temple is a place that welcomes visitors who wish to study Zen meditation, Shaolin kung fu, traditional Chinese medicine and more.

    Wembanyama told L'Equipe that he studied kung fu and Buddhism during his stay there, but added that he does not identify as Buddhist.

    "We were initiated there to the life of a warrior monk, which combines Buddhism and intensive kung fu practice," he said. "It was very hard. We discovered movements that we had never done in our lives. It was more than 1,000 kicks to do per day, jumps, balance exercises, stretching. We used muscles that we rarely use, and which were quickly overloaded. I had some of the biggest aches and pains of my life."

    Agencies via Xinhua

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