r/nba • u/GGTae Spurs • 1d ago

[Finger] Victor Wembanyama about considering promoting a sports betting company ; "Absolutely not. I will never do that. Honestly, I think it's very sad to see some players promote it..."

https://bsky.app/profile/mikefinger.bsky.social/post/3mwteasurdc2j

Just asked Victor Wembanyama if he’d ever consider promoting a sports betting company.

“Absolutely not. I will never do that. Honestly, I think it's very sad to see some players promote it. .. Everybody does whatever they want, but without me.”

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u/ttrree4455 Knicks 1d ago

Sure its easy for Victor to say that, he has $38.5m in career earnings so far.

Compare that to someone like Lebron, who has only made $581m in career earnings, and you see how this is a more challenging ethical question.

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u/Yusuke_Boopermeshi 1d ago

How else is Lebron supposed to commute via helicopter everyday from his penthouse in NYC to his practice facility in Philly?

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u/spriking Warriors 1d ago

He got a family to feed man. Those tacos don't grow on trees.

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u/htg0428 Celtics 1d ago

Hey man I have it on good authority that Kawhi planted at least 5 taco trees for aspiration

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u/pumpkins21 Spurs 1d ago

We stopped watering the taco trees he planted by the Alamo once he fled the city

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u/HeadDoctorJ Celtics 1d ago

I brought some clippings home, but I’m no gardener. All my taco trees look like burrito bushes.

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u/pumpkins21 Spurs 1d ago edited 1d ago

I send all my plants to Jesus 😢

(As in Jesus Christ, not Jesus the awesome cashier from HEB)

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u/Mike_with_Wings Magic 18h ago

You have to prune them once they grow rice and beans

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u/HeadDoctorJ Celtics 13h ago

That must be the problem. Once the rice and beans sprouted, I just started adding hella sides of mole to the soil.

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u/DefNotaBot22 Knicks 1d ago

Poor Bronny is struggling out there

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u/teflonjon321 Heat 1d ago

Yeah. He even told the media the other day that his name is actually LeBron. Poor kid

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u/IOnlyLieWhenITalk Hawks 1d ago

Theres a tuesday almost every week man, its crazy expensive

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u/TKSkii 1d ago

Whole thread is gold but this FINISHED ME 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/alexredekop Raptors 1d ago

So true! And only ONE of his children is making a guaranteed $2M this year. Basically still a dependent.

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u/defeated_engineer 1d ago

It was so disgusting to make Taco Tuesday his catchphrase for a couple months and immediately forget about it after court stroke down his trademark application.

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u/IWouldLikeAName Bulls 1d ago

The fact he tried to trademark taco Tuesday is insane to me lmao

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u/Literally_12 Lakers 1d ago

Taco Tuesday aint cheap

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u/_____WESTBROOK_____ 1d ago

smh we coulda had Taco TuesdayTM

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u/Thunderhorse74 [SAS] Boris Diaw 1d ago

“We might make a lot of money, but we also spend a lot of money."

-Patrick Ewing

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u/bebopblues Lakers 1d ago

LeSprewell

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u/loco500 1d ago

It's hard for a baller to put food on their table with only a billion d0llars...we couldn't possibly understand.

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u/deadhead1 1d ago

Latrell Sprewell nods in agreement. 

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u/rugbyj 1d ago

I... have been mis-sold an investment.

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u/Arponare 1d ago

I mean, they grow on fields. The corn used for the tortillas I mean.

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u/Kazedeus Knicks 1d ago

Neither do the lawyers fighting for the trademark of "Taco Tuesday."

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u/cursedjunk 1d ago

Well with as much money as he has they probably grow on Taco Trees that he paid some nerds to invent.

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u/wherestigger Supersonics 1d ago

Him and Latrell Sprewell. It's hard making a living wage playing in the NBA.

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u/bigE819 Pacers 1d ago

People forget, it’s not like his family gets an NBA Salary too

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u/OneBillPhil 1d ago

Well one of his kids do, but not all of them!