Victor Wembanyama looks on during the 2025 Women's Volleyball Nations League match between France and Belgium at National Indoor Stadium on June 6, 2025 in Beijing, China.

NBA star Victor Wembanyama was spotted at the Shaolin Temple in China on Tuesday. The French star had ended his NBA season earlier due to deep vein thrombosis, a rare medical condition where a ...

HONG KONG — On the basketball court, NBA star Victor Wembanyama plays forward-center, but in China it seems he has temporarily taken up the position of Shaolin monk. The towering 7-foot-3 player ...

On Tuesday, the 21-year-old French phenom completed a 10-day stay at the Shaolin Monastery in Henan province, China, when he was awarded the level of "Shaolin First Duan," according to X user ...

From NBA All-Star to Shaolin monk: Victor Wembanyama goes on a China retreat The 21-year-old San Antonio Spurs star is in “closed-door martial arts training,” an employee at Shaolin Temple in ...

Victor Wembanyama, the 21-year-old Spurs star, is in “closed-door martial arts training,” an employee at Shaolin Temple in China told NBC News.

Victor Wembanyama looks on during the 2025 Women's Volleyball Nations League match between France and Belgium at National Indoor Stadium on June 6, 2025 in Beijing, China. - Fred Lee/Getty Images ...

“It’s Victor Wembanyama. Life in China on the Great Wall itself, having an amazing time. It’s crazy,” he said. The Shaolin temple often attracts well known figures.

The images were all over social media: 7'3" Victor Wembanyama with a shaved head, wearing robes and running with monks at a Shaolin Temple in Dengfeng, China. Perhaps the 'tallest monk' in history, ...