Michael C. Wright Apr 20, 2026, 05:34 PM ET Close Joined ESPN in 2010 Previously covered Bears for ESPN.com Played college football at West Texas A&M SAN ANTONIO -- Spurs star Victor Wembanyama was named the NBA's Defensive Player of the Year Monday night, becoming the first to win the award unanimously and setting the 7-foot-4 phenom on a path he predicted for himself as a rookie. Just before fellow Frenchman Rudy Gobert won DPOY for the fourth time at the end of Wembanyama's rookie season in 2024, the then-20-year-old said in French that Gobert's days of winning the award were numbered. "I know that Rudy has a very good chance of winning it this year, and it would be deserved," Wembanyama said at the time. "Let him win it now, because after that, it's no longer his turn." Wembanyama is the youngest DPOY winner at 22 years old.…