Wemby in midst of stay at Shaolin temple in China

Victor Wembanyama is successful China, and it's not each astir vacation.

The San Antonio Spurs prima is successful the midst of what's expected to beryllium a 10-day enactment astatine a Shaolin temple successful Zhengzhou, China. The temple is simply a spot that welcomes visitors who privation to survey Chan meditation, Shaolin Kung Fu, accepted Chinese medicine and more.

The NBA China bureau confirmed Wembanyama is astatine the temple, and immoderate Chinese media besides confirmed his beingness determination with the temple itself. "Concentrate connected training!" work portion of a societal media station connected the NBA's Weibo account, which besides revealed the plans for a 10-day stay.

Then again, the concealed was getting retired done different societal media means anyway.

Some photos of Wembanyama with a shaved caput -- it wasn't shaved erstwhile helium arrived successful China -- and wearing a robe akin to the different monks began wide circulating connected societal media this week. One of the photos showed the 7-foot-4 halfway sitting connected a Chinese-style seat successful beforehand of aggregate Buddha sculptures.

There evidently was immoderate sightseeing going connected earlier successful the travel arsenic well.

"Victor Wembanyama, unrecorded from China, connected the Great Wall itself, having an astonishing time. It's crazy," helium said connected a video posted to Instagram by the Spurs' relationship and others.

Wembanyama is expected backmost successful the U.S. successful the coming weeks and volition apt beryllium with the Spurs' delegation that goes to the NBA Summer League successful Las Vegas adjacent month. The Spurs, similar galore teams, often person galore players connected their NBA roster with the summertime league squad for assorted events.

The 21-year-old Frenchman led the NBA successful blocked shots during the regular season, contempt his play ending successful February -- conscionable aft his archetypal All-Star Game quality -- due to the fact that of heavy vein thrombosis successful his close shoulder. The Spurs are hopeful that helium volition beryllium capable to play erstwhile adjacent play begins and the French nationalist squad has besides expressed anticipation that Wembanyama volition beryllium capable to play for his state astatine this summer's European championships.

Wembanyama was the Rookie of the Year past play and was wide expected to beryllium a front-runner successful this season's Defensive Player of the Year race. He attempted 403 3-pointers and blocked 176 shots this play -- nary subordinate successful NBA past has ever finished a play with those numbers -- and helium was averaging 24.3 points, 11 rebounds, 3.8 blocks and 3.7 assists erstwhile the DVT was detected.

The lone different subordinate successful NBA past to decorativeness a play averaging each those numbers was Kareem Abdul-Jabbar successful 1975-76.