Do you fly much, Victor?

"People who travel long distances ... may be at risk for blood clots"

The NBA’s next standard bearer, Victor Wembanyama, is out, likely for the rest of the season, with a diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis. PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP/GETTY IMAGES

I’m not a doctor. I haven’t seen Victor Wembanyama’s medical chart nor his family history. But I have google, and can see that Victor does not seem to have many of the leading factors contributing to deep vein thrombosis. He’s not over 60, he’s not immobile, he’s not pregnant, on birth control pills, nor obese. He might be French but I don’t think he smokes nor, heaven forbid, do I suspect this 21-year-old of harboring cancer.

But there is this one evident factor in his medical profile: travel.

The Centers for Disease Control says: "people who travel long distances, whether by air, car, bus, or train, may be at risk for blood clots."

Since Halloween, Victor has had the following public itine…