{"id":292889,"date":"2026-07-11T00:21:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T00:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/292889\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T00:21:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T00:21:10","slug":"victor-wembanyama-signs-252-million-max-rookie-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/292889\/","title":{"rendered":"Victor Wembanyama signs $252 million max rookie extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Victor Wembanyama is getting paid \u2014 but is helping out his team in a big way. <\/p>\n<p>The Spurs superstar has signed a maximum rookie extension for $252 million over five years, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/2075713504276017655?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">ESPN\u2019s Shams Charania reported Friday<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>However, he took the extension at 25 percent of the salary cap instead of 30 percent escalators, which could help San Antonio build around him. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.33159948;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39641507\" width=\"786\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/061026NBAFinals055CW.jpg\" alt=\"San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama #1 defends against New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson #11 during the second quarter.\" class=\"wp-image-39641507\"  \/>San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama defends against New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson (11) during the second quarter of NBA Finals Game 4 on June 10, 2026. Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BobbyMarks42\/status\/2075714884998946936?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">As ESPN\u2019s Bobby Marks notes<\/a>, Wembanyama will make $43.5 million in the first year instead of $52.5 million he could have with the 30 percent escalators. <\/p>\n<p>Of note, Stephon Castle is eligible for an extension next summer.<\/p>\n<p>This story will be updated. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Victor Wembanyama is getting paid \u2014 but is helping out his team in a big way. The Spurs&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292890,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[21,22612,9,11,10,9138,319,10221],"class_list":["post-292889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-nba","tag-nba-free-agency","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-san-antonio-spurs","tag-sports","tag-victor-wembanyama"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292889\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}