Spurs Expected to Pursue Victor Wembanyama French National Teammate in Free Agency

The Spurs could add one of Wemby's France teammates.

Josh Wilson | Jun 28, 2025

The Spurs could seek a contract with one of Victor Wembanyama's national teammates / Kyle Terada-Imagn Images

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As the San Antonio Spurs look to continue building around their young budding star Victor Wembanyama, how they approach free agency this upcoming week will be incredibly intriguing.

The Spurs finished last season 34-48, but Wembanyama missed a significant portion of the second half of the season after being diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis, limiting what the team was able to accomplish.

There is plenty of reason for optimism next year. San Antonio will return key players in De'Aaron Fox, Devin Vassell, Keldon Johnson and Harrison Barnes, among others. Chris Paul is the only big name hitting free agency, giving San Antonio room to add around the margins or even to improve its starting lineup if the right opportunity emerges.

According to Jake Fischer, writing as a guest on Marc Stein's Substack newsletter, one of the players they look poised to pursue in free agency is Guerschon Yabusele, incumbent of the Philadelphia 76ers. Yabusele is a French national and played alongside Wemby in the Paris Olympics in 2024.

According to Fischer, San Antonio could also pursue Luke Kornet. The Sixers and Milwaukee Bucks are expected to be competition for San Antonio on the French forward.

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Published Jun 28, 2025

JOSH WILSON

Josh Wilson is the news director of the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. Before joining SI in 2024, he worked for FanSided in a variety of roles, most recently as senior managing editor of the brand’s flagship site. He has also served as a general manager of Sportscasting, the sports arm of a start-up sports media company, where he oversaw the site’s editorial and business strategy. Wilson has a bachelor’s degree in mass communications from SUNY Cortland and a master’s in accountancy from the Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois. He loves a good nonfiction book and enjoys learning and practicing Polish. Wilson lives in Chicago but was raised in upstate New York. He spent most of his life in the Northeast and briefly lived in Poland, where he ate an unhealthy amount of pastries for six months.