By Jeje Gomez | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2024-10-19 08:34:25
由生成式人工智能翻译，译文内容可能不准确或不完整，以原文为准。
索汉、布拉汉姆和韦斯利将至少在 2026 年休赛期前一直持有合同，而文班亚马应该会在圣安东尼奥待很长时间。
在结束季前赛后，马刺队进行了一些人员调整，执行了维克托·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)的第三年选项以及杰里米·索汉(Jeremy Sochan)、马拉基·布拉汉姆(Malaki Branham)和布雷克·韦斯利(Blake Wesley)的第四年选项。
在 2022 年 NBA 选秀大会上，索汉、布拉汉姆和韦斯利分别在第一轮第 9、20 和 25 顺位被选中。索汉很快成为首发球员，身披马刺战袍已经征战了超过 3500 分钟，因此马刺队执行他的选项毫无疑问。而布拉汉姆和韦斯利的情况则并非如此明朗，他们在职业生涯中经历了起起伏伏。布拉汉姆曾有机会将自己确立为球队核心的一部分，但他表现过于不稳定，未能如愿。韦斯利大部分时间都在奥斯汀发展联盟磨练，并在季前赛中展现出进步，但他在联盟中的未来仍然存在疑问。管理层显然相信这两位年轻后卫仍有潜力，并打算将他们留在队中，帮助他们兑现天赋。
作为 2023 年 NBA 选秀大会的状元秀，文班亚马在新秀赛季的表现就超出了所有人对他的高期望值，并被视为未来的超级巨星，因此他的选项不可能被拒绝。除非出现灾难性事件，否则马刺队将在下个休赛期执行他的第四年选项，并最终在他进入受限制自由球员市场之前为他提供一份顶薪合同。这份四年新秀合同和不可避免的续约合同将使这位大个子在获得完全自由球员身份之前在圣安东尼奥效力数年。
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Spurs pick up team options on Wembanyama, Sochan, Branham and Wesley
Sochan, Branham and Wesley will be under contract until the 2026 offseason at minimum while Wembanyama should be in San Antonio for a long time.
After finishing their preseason, the Spurs did some housekeeping by picking up Victor Wembanyama’s third-year option and the fourth-year options of Jeremy Sochan, Malaki Branham, and Blake Wesley.
Sochan, Branham and Wesley were selected 9th, 20th and 25th, respectively, in the first round of the 2022 NBA draft. Sochan immediately became a starter and has logged over 3,500 minutes in a Silver and Black jersey already, so there was no question that the Spurs would pick up his option. Things weren’t as clear-cut for Branham and Wesley, who have had their up and downs as pros. Branham got opportunities to establish himself as a part of the core but was too inconsistent to do it. Wesley spent a lot of time in Austin developing in the G League and showed improvement in preseason but there are still questions about his future in the league. The front office clearly believes the two young guards still have potential and intends to keep them around to help them reach it.
There was no way Wembanyama’s option would be declined since the 2023 No. 1 overall selection exceeded everyone’s lofty expectations of him as a rookie and projects to be a superstar. Barring a disaster, the Spurs will pick up his fourth-year option next offseason and will eventually offer him a max contract before he enters restricted free agency. The four-year rookie contract and the inevitable extension should keep the big man in San Antonio for several years before he even reaches unrestricted free agency.
By Jeje Gomez, via Pounding The Rock