The Silver and Black were knocked out of the inaugural In-Season Tournament after failing to win a single game. Credit: Reginald Thomas II / San Antonio Spurs

Spurs star Victor Wembanyama recently made a young fan’s holiday.

After the high schooler voiced frustration online about not being able to see Wemby play against Dallas Mavericks on  Dec. 23 due to an injury, the No. 1 draft pick and the Spurs floated him tickets to see the next game against the Mavs. Spurs Sports & Entertainment also threw in tickets to the team’s nail-biting matchup last week against the Milwaukee Bucks.

“Literally heartbreaking,” the fan, who goes by the online handle @brayknowball, tweeted last month after learning about the player’s injury. “One of my Christmas gifts was this game, and I got these tickets last summer. I was looking forward to seeing Wemby play for months and I get here and it’s ruined.”

Brayden, who lives in Dallas, got tickets to the Spurs-Mavericks game as a present from his mom, KENS5 reports.

✖ i As fate would have it, Wembanyama tripped over a ball boy’s foot while warming up for the game. Not taking any chances, Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich ruled him out, crushing Brayden’s dreams of watching the 7-foot-3 French phenom play.

Lucky for Brayden, the star saw his tweet and reached out, offering tickets to the Spurs’ next matchup against the Mavericks, scheduled for February.

“[Somebody] showed me your tweet,” Wembanyama said in a direct message to Brayden. “I’ll make sure to send you tickets for when we come back February 14.”

Brayden told KENS5 that Spurs Sports & Entertainment reached out shortly after, offering tickets to the Silver and Black’s Jan. 4 game against the Bucks.

“Wemby thank you for the tickets and I’ll never forget tonight,” Brayden tweeted.

Wembanyama put on quite the performance for Brayden as he and the Spurs took on Milwaukee. The forward put up 27 points, grabbed 9 rebounds and had five blocks — including against All-Star Giannis Antetokounmpo — in a 125-121 loss.

It’s not the first time Wembanyama has grabbed headlines for his charitable work. In December, the player dressed as Santa, surprising underprivileged children on San Antonio’s West Side with gifts.

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This article appears in Dec 27, 2023 – Jan 9, 2024.

Michael Karlis is a multimedia journalist at the San Antonio Current, whose coverage in print and on social media focuses on local and state politics. He is a graduate of American University in Washington,...