It's not a new concept for France to have players in the NBA; there's been about four dozen over the years. San Antonio's Victor Wembanyama is the reigning rookie of the year, Minnesota's Rudy Gobert is a four-time defensive player of the year and the new influx of French talent is set to start its climb this season with No.

Here are some of the awards that Victor Wembanyama received over the last 12 months: the NBA rookie of the year trophy, a spot on the All-Rookie team, a first-team All-Defense selection, three rookie of the month awards and most recently an Olympic silver medal.

The coaching staff is finding better ways to give Wemby the ball in a position to score and the big man is hesitating less before attacking.