After the final game in Boston before halftime, he admitted in the locker room that he was exhausted. Has he hit a wall? Is the pace and brutality of the NBA season too much for him? Regardless, he said he’s looking forward to taking a break during the All-Star festivities. Instead, the proverbial wall hit him harder. “Last year’s All-Star Game was the worst I’ve ever felt in my life on a basketball court,” Wembunyama said Thursday. “I mean, I have maybe 5 percent blood flow in my right arm.” He had never shared that number before, either. While he was careful to note that he couldn’t be certain that last February’s fatigue was entirely due to blood clots, he reiterated that he “felt very, very bad in the weeks leading up to (his) diagnosis.” In a way, when Wembanyama got over the initial shock of the dire medical news and learned that deep vein thrombosis could be treated so that it didn’t threaten his long-term health, the details were reassuring.
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