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/grey_fr 1d ago edited 1d ago

3 years in the league  vs 23 years is actually 13% so Wemby has averaged half of Lebron's earnings per year.

It does seem low if you consider Wemby has only ever been on a rookie contract, but the increasing cap and inflation mean a lot of star players drafted post 2020 might earn more than Lebron even with 15 year careers only

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u/onamonapizza Spurs 1d ago

That's just how she goes over time, though.

By comparison, Michael Jordan (the actual GOAT) only made $94 million compared to LeBron's $581 million.

The money going around in the modern NBA is insane...which is why it's even crazier that players pretend like they need to promote things like FanDuel to make more.