25% of the cap for Victor Wembanyama is actually phenomenal

5% cap discount is actually quite substantial, idk why y’all are downplaying this.

Spurs just have to be smart about it. Thats about $8M in additional room this year and will escalate going forward. You can definitely get a quality player in or bid more competitively on a higher salary player with that space.

Everyone in the other thread saying “so much for a paycut” don’t understand how All-NBA and DPOY selections increase your max contract and he elected not to take it.

So opted out of 50Ms from bonus of wining NBA awards interesting

A pay cut is a pay cut. It still helps the team to some extent. 

People are clowning but this is a big deal for the spurs and Wemby could’ve easily gotten the supermax. This gives a lot more room for the spurs to contend going forward.

So much for the “so much for the paycut” posters

This is huge. We don’t deserve Vic but I’m glad to have him!

The other thread is filled with people just saying “so much for a pay cut” this was literally a huge pay cut.

Y’all want him to play for the minimum.

Dude is walking the talk. He wants to win and keep this core. Leading by example. Now everyone else gotta fall in line

That’s gonna pay off when other guys have to get paid.

That’s an extra rotational player, not a small deal

So many fucking dumbass in previous thread about wemby’s contract smh

Oh shit I didnt think it would be that big of a paycut, respect

That 5% discount gonna be handy when another superstar joins the team

Huge!

this is stupid, players should be paid the max they are worth. why you taking less to build better teams. owners should be winning to pay for these teams. the cba and aprons fucked t e players.

—” ‘Yeah, yeah, yeah, but you still should be taking less to win,’ “ Bryant said. “Why do we have to do that? Because the owners locked us out and imposed a hard cap where we ‘have to’ take less in order for them to generate more revenue. Right? But meanwhile, they go and sign a TV deal that’s a billion dollars up from the last one, but that doesn’t get talked about. Nobody complains about that.”

-kobe

an extra 10 mil per year is ridiculous man what.

And if his teammates do the same it’ll be even more space. This is how you can keep a dynasty together with multiple stars.

This is awesome. idk why so many people were trying to dunk on him in the first announcement post

Meanwhile Spida will be making 35% of the cap at age 33.

If I’m a GM I’m never offering a contract like that to someone that isn’t a two-way player

25% is so awesome.

Thank you GOAT.

🙏

This is way more money than Brunson is going to actually end up having lost out on by signing his max a year early (and that was the actual max he could get at the time, while this is not).

I look forward to people being equally weird about conspiracy theories for this.

Thank you ALIEN 🙏

Pretty substantial pay cut all things considered. No way the players union would accept anything less than this

And the owners win again

HEB is going to make up the difference. He’s gonna get $50 million and not have to do those cheesy commercials

This is big because it will set the tone with the rest of the young guys in that locker room. He took a page out of JB’s book and then some.

Edit: He’s actually going beyond what JB did since he left actual money on the table today instead of a year from now

gg

He saw Tyler nickel play a half of a summer league game and got scared

Fox still being the highest-paid player on the Spurs after Wemby’s extension is so disgusting lmao

Credit where it’s due, he took less to win. $10M a year is not nothing. Championship teams win on the margins

Compare this vs LeBron James at 42 years old holding the league hostage. There’s levels to this

With this + jaylen brown trade, can we say escalators are finished and max is now 25% (or vet max 30%?)

Every rookie extension conversation will now be: “look at wemby even he didnt get 30% escalators” “do you wanna end up like brown and sent out of a championship team?” Or “you already make a lot of money dude”

Well guess what who makes more. Team owners who dont wanna pay luxury tax to remain under second apron

You may not like lebron for many things but at least up until today he didnt leave any meaningful money on the table (except miami where he sacrificed a few millions to get bosh) because he explicitly said he didnt want to set a precedent. Ok this year he will play for token money but he’s older than my fuckin grandpa

Its not wemby’s job to financially build a team!

No state income tax he’s still winning

My goat

On the books yeh 

Damn that’s Austin reaves money /s

Player Option for Year 5 is VERY important… For the League.

And this is even scarier for the rest of the nba. Hes making sure he can bring his friends along gor the ride, for at least 5 years!

This is significant considering the cap hasn’t increased as much as expected

🐐 type work 💪

Over for the league

wemby sacrificed 10 million dollars a year, what a hero!

This is objectively bad for the sport and the players. CJ McCollum should be ashamed of himself

Report was that he was “considering” taking less than the 25%. People love moving the goal post

Damn that is actually substantial.

This sacrifice is way more so than Jalen Brunson imo

Who said that where you at

Honestly shocked. Apart from Brunson is there much historical precedence for this? Especially since it’s the team that drafted him (Wemby). Good for him anyway I’m impressed

smart move. if he starts winning championships and legitimately starts contending for top 10 all time status, his lifetime earnings will dwarf the little paycut he took here

Shocked of the number of people that so not understand the Rose Rules.

He is only eligible for 30% if he is DPOY, MVP or ALL NBA next season.

It is the last season that count or  two of the last three when it comes to All Nba or DPOY

Just goes to show how serious he is about winning, willing to forgo the extra money and give the Spurs that increased flexibility to atay competitive longer.

Shit is not an insignificant cut either. That’s my economical king!

Am I tripping or is he literally not eligible for the super max yet? Doesn’t he need the awards for two out of the previous three years? It’s not a pay cut, it’s the maximum he could get right now.