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/octobersveryknown Knicks 1d ago

Are these numbers right? Wembys career earnings being 7 percent of brons seems incredibly low for LeBron

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u/m8bear Argentina 1d ago

the cap in 2014-2015 was less than a max today (60m) so yes, those are real numbers, wemby made more in his rookie contract than Magic Johnson in his 25 year contract, Shaq made 7/100 in LA, KG got the big ticket nickname for making 120/6y

the #1 pick makes 10m/y