{"id":755344,"date":"2026-07-10T20:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T20:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/755344\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T20:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T20:46:09","slug":"spurs-wembanyama-considering-non-max-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/755344\/","title":{"rendered":"Spurs’ Wembanyama Considering Non-Max Extension?"},"content":{"rendered":"

There have been rumblings in Las Vegas suggesting that Spurs star Victor Wembanyama<\/a>, who is eligible for a rookie scale extension this offseason, is considering the possibility of signing for less than his maximum salary in order to afford the team more salary cap flexibility going forward, reports Jake Fischer of The Stein Line (Twitter link<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\"\"Wembanyama, the reigning Defensive Player of the Year who finished third in MVP voting, is eligible until the last day of the offseason to sign a five-year contract worth up to a projected standard maximum of $252.3MM or a potential \u201cRose rule\u201d maximum of $302.8MM. Wembanyama could qualify for a Rose rule max \u2013 which would start at 30% of the 2027\/28 salary cap instead of 25% \u2013 by making an All-NBA team or earning MVP or Defensive Player of the Year honors next season.<\/p>\n

There has long been an expectation that Wembanyama will get essentially whatever contract he wants from San Antonio this summer, even if that means it features player-friendly Rose rule language and perhaps a fifth-year player option.<\/p>\n

However, the 22-year-old is coming off an NBA Finals loss to a team whose star player \u2013 Jalen Brunson<\/a> \u2013 who was widely lauded for signing for less than his full maximum salary in order to give the Knicks the flexibility to build a deep, talented roster around him. That could be influencing Wembanyama\u2019s thinking as he weighs his options this summer.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s worth noting that when Brunson signed his four-year, $156.6MM in 2024, it was the maximum amount he could receive at that time. The NBA\u2019s extension rules limited the percentage of the raise Brunson could receive on an extension, so he would have to go all the way to unrestricted free agency in 2025 in order to sign a far more lucrative contract (up to $269MM over five years). Still, the fact that the star guard decided not to wait allowed New York to carry several other players on sizable salaries \u2014 he was only the third highest-paid player on the roster last season, with Karl-Anthony Towns<\/a> and OG Anunoby<\/a> above him on that list.<\/p>\n

We should also point out that the players\u2019 union typically doesn\u2019t love seeing the league\u2019s best players settle for below-market deals in their prime years, so it seems likely they\u2019ll touch base with Wembanyama before his next contract is finalized.<\/p>\n

Still, Wembanyama appears to be hinting that an announcement may not be far off. He published a tweet<\/a> less than an hour ago that reads, \u201cSpurs family, I\u2019m here to stay. Whatever it takes.\u201d<\/p>\n

If Wembanyama were to sign for less than his maximum salary, it would make it easier for the Spurs to accommodate lucrative new deals for rising stars Stephon Castle<\/a> and Dylan Harper<\/a> in the coming years \u2014 and perhaps set a precedent for those players to accept slightly more team-friendly terms as well. The team already has one maximum-salary player \u2013 De\u2019Aaron Fox<\/a> \u2013 under contract through 2029\/30.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There have been rumblings in Las Vegas suggesting that Spurs star Victor Wembanyama, who is eligible for a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":755345,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[99,32090],"class_list":["post-755344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-sports","tag-victor-wembanyama"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=755344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/755345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=755344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=755344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=755344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}