Victor Wembanyama has pledged his future to the San Antonio Spurs and told fans he will do ‘whatever it takes’ to win an NBA Championship with the team.
The Frenchman took to social media on Friday to speak out on swirling rumors across the NBA that Wembanyama will turn down the $251m deal he is eligible for and sign one worth less money to allow his team greater freedom to spend in a rebuild.
‘Spurs family, I’m here to say,’ he wrote on X, adding a black heart to the words: ‘Whatever it takes.’
Had Wembanyama put pen-to-paper on the five-year deal it would have had incentives to take the overall value up to around $300m, making it the biggest in the history of the Spurs.
Victor Wembanyama could sign a deal worth less than the $251m he’s eligible for at the Spurs
Wembanyama’s team came agonizingly close to championship glory last season, losing the Finals 4-1 to the New York Knicks.
The 7-foot-4 star became the villain of the series in the eyes of the New York fans, who repeatedly targeted him both on the court and away from it during the five games.
Fans even threw an egg at him as he returned to his Manhattan hotel after Game 4, with it narrowly missing him before security rushed him inside at the Ritz-Carlton in NoMad, Manhattan.
But despite emerging as a divisive figure during a series with glory on the line, Wembanyama’s impact on the Spurs has been nothing short of transformational since they drafted him with the first pick back in 2023.
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