Victor Wembanyama Done for the Season | Fantasy Basketball Impact for Spurs, Including Jeremy Sochan, Harrison Barnes, Keldon Johnson, De'Aaron Fox and More

The hits keep coming for fantasy basketball owners.

After it was announced that Bobby Portis would be suspended for 25 games, it was revealed that San Antonio Spurs' Victor Wembanyama would miss the remainder of the season with an injury.

Wembanyama is obviously one of the top fantasy basketball players in the NBA, so his loss will be massive.

Let's discuss what the move means for Wemby, the Spurs and the team's other players. We'll look at the real world and fantasy impacts of things.

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Wembanyama's Impact

Everyone was curious as to how improved Wembanyama would be in his second NBA season. Getting about 3.5 more minutes per game, Wemby pretty much improved all of his numbers.

In 46 games and across 33.2 minutes per game this season, Wemby averaged 24.3 points, 11 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 1.1 steals and 3.8 blocks per game. 

He shot 47.6% from the floor overall, and was 35.2% from 3-point land and 83.6% from the free throw line.

Real World Impact

Wembanyma was the driving force for a San Antonio team that acquired De'Aaron Fox near the trade deadline and that sits 12th in the Western Conference.

Instead of competing for a playoff spot, the Spurs are more than likely going to miss the playoffs now. This also brings Wemby's durability for the future into question. As the tweet said earlier, the team is hoping they are able to get things handled and that it won't impact the talented superstar in the long run. 

It likely will be Fox leading the team the remainder of the season now.

Devin Vassell, Chris Paul and Harrison Barnes have averaged the next-most minutes on the team, and will be utilized much more now without Wemby around.

Jeremy Sochan is likely to take on a bigger role without Wemby playing the 5 spot. Sandro Mamukelashvili and Charles Bassey are a couple more big men on the roster who will need to step up without Wemby around. It's also likely that the Spurs will eventually sign an additional center to help the team get through this season.

Guys like Keldon Johnson, Stephon Castle, Julian Champagnie, Blake Wesley, Jordan McLaughlin and Malaki Branham are other players who might get more playing time now too.

Fantasy Impact

Let's start with Wemby, who should be dropped in all standard leagues. You're of course going to hang on to him in dynasty/keeper leagues, but this injury is a massive blow to your title chances in any league.

Hopefully the team and Wemby can get this issue under control, and he doesn't have to worry about anything moving forward. It's definitely an alarming injury and knocks his long-term value down a little bit.

I'm not saying you should bail on Wembanyama, but I wouldn't label him untouchable right now either.

Fox is already one of the better fantasy options in the league, but should have an even better fantasy outlook for the remainder of the season. The Spurs might not win a lot of games, but Fox should be able to put up some great fantasy totals.

In five games with the Spurs, he's averaged 21.6 points, 3.4 rebounds, 7.8 assists and 1.8 steals across 35.8 minutes. He probably won't play too much more even with Wemby out, but his usage and points should go up a decent amount. He might also see an increase in assists and rebounds too.

I would not sell high on Fox, instead utilizing him for the remainder of the season, because he should be one of the better fantasy options from here on out.

Vassell has the third-most fantasy points among the Spurs' current roster on the season. He's available in about 7% of fantasy leagues.

Again, I wouldn't anticipate him playing too many more minutes than he already is, but more scoring should occur without Wemby around, and more usage could increase his averages in other areas too.

I wouldn't say he should immediately be picked up in the leagues he's available in. Looking at his averages now, Vassell actually looks a bit over-rostered, because his averages aren't really all that good outside his scoring.

Johnson should get a bump in minutes with Wemby out, and that should help him increase his averages across the board pretty much. 

Johnson is only rostered in 26% of fantasy leagues right now, and I'd expect that to jump way up now with Wemby done for the season. In time, I could see Johnson maybe working his way into some standard leagues. Definitely keep a close eye on him over the team's next few games.

Sochan should also get a decent bump in playing time, which should increase his fantasy numbers a good amount.

Sochan is rostered in 53% of leagues already, and I'm not sure he'll ever be deserving of a standard league spot. The Wemby absence should solidify Sochan as a deep-league keeper though.

Don't write Sochan off for standard leagues though, because he might do enough at the center spot to be worth utilizing in those leagues moving forward.

Paul won't see a huge impact from Wembanyama being out, but a bit more playing time and more usage could raise his numbers up a touch.

He's a pretty solid fantasy asset on scoring and assists alone, and I wouldn't be surprised if his own percentage moves from 95% to 100% in the next couple weeks, especially if he improves his averages a little bit.

Barnes could be a sneaky good add after the injury, although it would help if he was a big man instead of a forward.

A little increase in scoring and rebounding might be enough to roster Barnes in most deep leagues. He's currently rostered in 38% of fantasy leagues.

Champagnie might be another sneaky good fantasy add after the injury.

An increase in points and rebounds with some more playing time might make Champagnie a pretty good deep-league option. He's rostered in 11% of fantasy leagues right now.

Castle could take on a larger role, which could pay huge dividends for him in the long run. He's averaging 25.5 minutes a game now, but might play more so the Spurs can get him ready for the coming seasons.

Castle has already had a special rookie season, and without Wembanyama around, can step more into the spotlight now. It might be hard to do with so many guards on the team, but I think it'd be a wise move for the team to make. 

Keep a close eye on him over the next few games, as I think his own percentage could skyrocket. He's at 74% rostered right now.

Someone has to cover Wembanyama's minutes and play the center spot, and after Sochan, Bassey and Mamukelashvili are the most likely options right now. I don't think either will turn into anything more than a deep-league fantasy option, but you never know.

Branham, Wesley and McLaughlin are all guards, but could take on bigger roles if the Spurs end up playing small ball lineups often the rest of the season.

I think it's likely that the Spurs add a center to the mix soon, because Sochan isn't really a true big, and Bassey and Mamukelashvili aren't very experienced bigs.