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FWC: ESP v BEL LIVEWembanyama signs contract extension with Spurs
Reuters • July 11th, 2026 2:00 pm
Forward Victor Wembanyama has signed a multi-year contract extention with the San Antonio Spurs | Photo: AP
The San Antonio Spurs have signed Frenchman Victor Wembanyama to a multi-year contract extension.
Financial details were not disclosed by the Spurs on Friday, but the franchise confirmed a deal had been done.
According to sources it will be the richest contract ever signed by the Spurs, believed to be in the region of $US250 million ($NZ433 million) over five years.
"Spurs family, I'm here to stay. Whatever it takes," the 22-year-old wrote on social media.
Wembanyama became the youngest player to win the Defensive Player of the Year award this past season and helped guide the Spurs to the NBA Finals, where they lost to the New York Knicks in five games.
Victor Wembanyama reacts after a call in the NBA Finals against the New York Knicks | Photo: EPA
The first overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft averaged career highs of 25 points, 11.5 rebounds and 3.1 assists in 64 regular-season games.
The seven-foot-four Frenchman also recorded a league-leading 3.08 blocks per game and 1.03 steals, becoming only the seventh player in NBA history to average at least 25 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks in a season.
Wembanyama was the Most Valuable Player of the Western Conference finals this past season, finishing third behind Oklahoma City's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Denver's Nikola Jokic in the overall MVP voting for the season.
He has led the league in blocks per game in all three of his NBA seasons so far, and this year led San Antonio to a 62-20 record and the No.2 seed in the West.
