SAN ANTONIO — Victor Wembanyama has been absent from the San Antonio Spurs' bench at home games as of late. Thursday morning, French national coach Frédéric Fauthoux provided some insight.

Heading into the NBA season, not much was made of the 2024 draft class, considering the fanfare surrounding the rookies was dwarfed by that of Victor Wembanyama a year prior — figuratively and ...