By Marilyn Dubinski | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2026-07-10 23:17:43
今年夏天，马刺的首要任务一直是在可预见的未来里锁定他们的建队基石，正如预期的那样，他们与维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 正是这么做的。在经历了一些额外的时间以及有传言称他将降薪之后，他签下了一份为期五年、价值2.52亿美元（占工资帽25%）的顶薪提前续约合同。所谓的“降薪”体现在，他还放弃了合同中的触发条款。如果他在2026-27赛季入选最佳阵容、荣膺MVP或最佳防守球员，这些条款本可以让他的合同转化为价值3.03亿美元（占工资帽30%）的超级顶薪合同。
这份合同将于明年夏天开始生效，一直持续到2031-32赛季（打出这行字感觉怪怪的），并在2031-32赛季拥有球员选项。
突发：消息人士透露给ESPN，圣安东尼奥马刺队的文班亚马已经签下了一份为期五年、价值2.52亿美元的新秀顶薪提前续约合同，并在第五个赛季拥有球员选项。pic.twitter.com/NwbTiIkurd
— 沙姆斯·查拉尼亚 (Shams Charania) (@ ShamsCharania) 2026年7月10日
据ESPN的沙姆斯·查拉尼亚报道，马刺向文班提供了多种方案和架构，包括超级顶薪，但这次降薪是文班自己的决定。这种神似蒂姆·邓肯 (Tim Duncan) 的牺牲为马刺提供了未来的灵活性，让他们在斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 和迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper) 等球员面临续约时，有更大的几率保留他们的年轻核心阵容。
在与马刺探讨了多种合同框架后，文班亚马决定选择25%的顶薪，而不是可达到3.03亿美元的30%超级顶薪触发条款。对于这位即将进入第四个赛季的最佳阵容球星兼最佳防守球员来说，这是一个重大的决定。
圣安东尼奥方面与文班亚马及其经纪团队密切合作，提供了全额超级顶薪以及不同形式的续约方案。但文班亚马最终选择在合同上做出牺牲，旨在让他和球队有更大的能力围绕他打造一支具有持续竞争力的争冠球队。
马刺在2023年赢得终极乐透大奖后选中了文班亚马。他只是马刺队史上的第三位状元秀，加入了马刺传奇球星大卫·罗宾逊 (David Robinson) 和邓肯的行列。在新秀赛季场均斩获21.4分、10.6个篮板、3.9次助攻和3.6次盖帽，入选最佳防守阵容一阵，并出战了目前生涯单季最高的71场比赛后，他很快便追随前辈的脚步，成为队史第三位年度最佳新秀（卡斯尔在一年后也加入了这一行列）。尽管他的第二个赛季因深静脉血栓形成而被迫缩短，但他依然入选了全明星，并且在仅出战46场比赛的情况下领跑全联盟盖帽榜。在他确诊之前，马刺看起来最差也能打进附加赛，而到了他的第三个赛季，他们以几乎超乎想象的方式实现了重大突破。
他们远超预期地赢下了62场比赛，高居西部第二。文班创下了场均得分（25分）、篮板（11.5个）和投篮命中率（51.2%）的生涯新高，同时入选全明星，荣膺最佳防守球员，在MVP评选中位列第三，入选最佳阵容一阵和最佳防守阵容一阵，并再次领跑全联盟盖帽榜。但更重要的是，他们不仅打破了长达六年的季后赛荒，还一路杀进了总决赛。这其中，在没有主场优势的情况下，他们在西部决赛中通过惊心动魄的七场大战击败了卫冕冠军雷霆队，文班也荣膺西决MVP。
尽管马刺最终与总冠军失之交臂——在比赛的最后阶段显得精疲力竭，并在对阵以逸待劳的尼克斯队时挥霍了四次两位数的领先优势——但这个赛季依然只能用成功来形容。就文班个人而言，他在季后赛登场时交出了历史级的数据，包括+196的总正负值（场均+8.91），同时以+9.4的估算正负值 (Estimated Plus-Minus)追平了勒布朗·詹姆斯 (LeBron James)（2009年）和科怀·伦纳德 (Kawhi Leonard)（2017年），并列单次季后赛历史最高纪录。（这些惊人的数据究竟更多地说明了文班的强大，还是马刺替补席的拉胯，这一点尚有争议，但毫无疑问，正是他在场上的表现将球队带到了如此高度。）
最后，他继续证明了自己在职业生涯结束时，极有可能成为NBA历史上的盖帽王。在对阵森林狼队的次轮第一场比赛中，他不仅单场送出12次盖帽，创下了季后赛单场纪录（他可能不会再尝试这样做了，因为这消耗了他在进攻端的体力，导致球队最终输掉了比赛），而且他还超越了迪肯贝·穆托姆博 (Dikembe Mutombo) 保持的球员首次季后赛之旅69次盖帽的纪录，在总决赛结束时累计送出78次盖帽，场均达到惊人的3.5次。
疯狂的是，在经历了这一切之后，他现在也只有22岁，依然有巨大的成长和进步空间。除了保持健康之外——本赛季他因小腿拉伤等原因缺席了18场比赛，多亏了马刺打进季中锦标赛决赛，他才勉强达到了评奖所需的65场最低出场要求——他还有一些可以做得更好的地方，比如三分球投射（他场均出手5.5次，命中率略低于35%的联盟平均水平，但表现不够稳定）、出手选择以及持球时的整体决策。（虽然他的失误每个赛季都在减少，但对于一名非控球后卫来说，场均2.4次失误依然偏高。）
季后赛也表明他还需要更加成熟，因为在面对身体对抗时，他有几次让情绪失控，这导致他在第二轮中因肘击纳兹·里德 (Naz Reid) 的颈部而被判二级恶意犯规并被驱逐出场。幸好他是初犯，才勉强避免了禁赛。在总决赛第四场中，他还因为肘击卡尔-安东尼·唐斯 (Karl-Anthony Towns) 的下巴而被判一级恶意犯规。如果马刺在第五场中将比赛拖入第六场，他本可能会被禁赛——因为在第五场中，裁判漏判了文班对杰伦·布伦森 (Jalen Brunson) 三分出手时的“扎扎式”扑防。如果该动作在赛后被联盟追加复查并升级为恶意犯规，那将是他季后赛的第4个恶意犯规积分，这将自动触发禁赛。
最后，在总决赛结束后，他直接退回更衣室而没有进行赛后握手，这（理所当然地）让他面临了舆论的口诛笔伐，这确实有失风度，也树立了一个坏榜样。无论如何，每位年轻球员都会经历让他们变得更强大的成长阵痛，这对于文班以及整个马刺年轻核心群来说无疑是一次宝贵的学习经历，希望在未来能收到回报。他今天为了球队未来而做出的理智牺牲，无疑是迈出了巨大的一步。
文班并不是马刺目前唯一需要处理续约事务的球员。马刺在10月31日之前可以执行卡斯尔第四年的新秀合同选项，以及哈珀和卡特·布莱恩特 (Carter Bryant) 第三年的选项（但他们不太可能拖到那么晚才做决定）。马刺已经处理好的其他内部事务包括续约朱利安·尚帕尼 (Julian Champagnie) 和哈里森·巴恩斯 (Harrison Barnes)，以及与他们的首轮秀（杰登·昆坦斯 (Jayden Quaintance) 和小塔里斯·里德 (Tarris Reed Jr.)）签下标准合同，并与次轮秀（贾科比·吉莱斯皮 (Ja’Kobi Gillespie) 和马利克·布朗 (Maliq Brown)）签下双向合同。他们还引进了老将前锋托拜厄斯·哈里斯 (Tobias Harris)，这使得大名单还剩两个空位待填补（但只需填补一个即可）。
欢迎在未来的漫长岁月里继续留守圣安东尼奥，文班！（也谢谢你终于把这事办成了！自从周一早上签约冻结期结束以来，我就写好了这篇文章并一直在后台候着，尽管期间还进行了一些意料之外的修改。）
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查看原文：Victor Wembanyama signs maximum contract extension with Spurs, waives super max escalator
Victor Wembanyama signs maximum contract extension with Spurs, waives super max escalator
The Spurs’ number one priority this summer was always going to be to tie down their franchise player for the foreseeable future, and as expected, they’re doing just that with Victor Wembanyama. After some extra time and rumors suggesting he was taking a discount, he is signing a maximum contract extension worth $252 million (25% of the salary cap) across five years. Where the discount comes in is he’s also waiving the escalators that would allow it to turn into a super max contract worth $303 million (30% of the salary cap) if he earns All-NBA honors or wins MVP or Defensive Player of the Year in the 2026-27 season.
The contract kicks in next summer and lasts through the 2031-32 season (which feels weird to type), with a player option for 2031-32.
BREAKING: San Antonio Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama has signed a five-year, $252 million maximum rookie-scale contract extension, with a player option in the fifth season, sources tell ESPN. pic.twitter.com/NwbTiIkurd
— Shams Charania (@ ShamsCharania) July 10, 2026
According to ESPN’s Shams Charania, the Spurs offered Wemby multiple scenarios and layouts, including the super max, but this discount was Wemby’s decision. The Tim Duncan-esque sacrifice allows the Spurs future flexibility, giving them better odds of keeping their young core together when it’s time for players like Stephon Castle and Dylan Harper to start looking at their extensions.
Wembanyama decided on the 25% maximum instead of the 30% supermax escalators to $303M, after he and the Spurs went through multiple frameworks. A major decision for the All-NBA star and Defensive Player of the Year entering his fourth season.
San Antonio worked in close partnership with Wembanyama and his representatives, offering the full super max and different variations of extensions. But Wembanyama ultimately chose a contract sacrifice rooted in giving him and the organization increased ability to build a sustained title contender around him.
The Spurs drafted Wembanyama after winning the ultimate lottery jackpot in 2023. He was only their third ever no. 1 pick, joining Spurs legends David Robinson and Duncan. He soon joined them as their third ever Rookie of the Year (with Castle joining the club a year later) after averaging 21.4 points, 10.6 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 3.6 blocks, making first team All-Defense and appearing in what is for now a career-high 71 games. Although his second season was cut short by deep vein thrombosis, he was still named an All-Star and led the league in blocks despite only appearing in 46 games. While the Spurs appeared on the way the play-in at worst before his diagnosis, they broke through in almost the biggest way imaginable in his third season.
They far exceeded expectations by winning 62 games and finishing second in the West. Wemby posted career highs in points (25), rebounds (11.5) and field goal percentage (51.2%) while making the All-Star team, winning Defensive Player of the Year, coming in third in MVP voting, making the All-NBA and All-Defense First Teams and again leading the league in blocks. But more importantly, they not only busted their six-year playoff drought, but they made it all the way to the Finals, including beating the defending champion Thunder in a dramatic seven-game series despite not having homecourt advantage in the Conference Finals, where Wemby was named MVP.
Although the Spurs ultimately fell short of a championship, blowing four double-digit leads to the well-rested Knicks while looking exhausted down the stretch of games, the season could only be considered a success. For his part, Wemby posted historical numbers while on the floor in the playoffs, including a plus/minus of +196 (+8.91 per game) while tying LeBron James (2009) and Kawhi Leonard (2017) for the highest Estimated Plus-Minus of a single playoff run with +9.4. (Whether or not those staggering numbers say more about the Wemby or the performance of the Spurs’ bench is debatable, but there’s no doubt his play on the court is what lifted them so high.)
Finally, he continued to show he will likely be the block king of the NBA before all is said and done. Not only did he set a single-game playoff record with 12 blocks in Game 1 of the second round against the Timberwolves (which he probably won’t try again since it sapped his energy on the other end and they ended up losing), but he surpassed Dikembe Mutombo’s record of 69 blocks in a player’s ever first playoff run, recording 78 by the end of the Finals for a whopping 3.5 per game.
The crazy thing is, after all that, he’s still just 22 years old and has plenty of room to grow and improve. Beyond just staying healthy — he missed 18 games this season, mostly due to a calf strain, and only met the 65-game minimum for awards thanks to the Spurs making the In-Season Tournament Finals — there’s still some areas he could be better, such as three-point shooting (he shot a league average of just under 35% on 5.5 attempts but was inconsistent), shot selection and overall decision making with the ball in his hands. (While his turnovers have gone down each season, 2.4 is still high for a non-point guard.)
The playoffs also showed he has a little more maturing to do, as he let his emotions get the better of him a few times over physical play, which led to him elbowing Naz Reid in the neck for a flagrant 2 and ejection in round 2. He only barely avoided suspension thanks to being a first-time offender. He also got a flagrant 1 in Game 4 of the Finals for elbowing Kart-Anthony Towns in the chin, and he could have been suspended had the Spurs forced a Game 6 after the refs missed a Zaza closeout on a Jalen Brunson three in Game 5. Had it been reviewed by the league and upgraded to a flagrant after the fact, it would have been his 4th flagrant point of the playoffs, which is an automatic suspension.
Finally, he (rightfully) faced backlash for retreating to the locker room and not shaking hands after the Finals were over, which was not a good look and set a poor example. Regardless, every young player has their growing pains that make them stronger, and this was certainly a learning experience for Wemby and the entirety of the Spurs’ young core that will hopefully pay off down the line. Today’s mindful sacrifice for the future of his team is certainly a big step.
Wemby isn’t the only current player the Spurs have business to attend to. They have until October 31 to exercise Castle’s 4th-year rookie option and Harper and Carter Bryant’s third-year options (but odds are slim they’ll take that long). Other in-house business the Spurs already took care of was re-signing Julian Champagnie and Harrison Barnes, as well as signing their first round picks (Jayden Quaintance and Tarris Reed) to standard contracts and second round picks (Ja’Kobi Gillespie and Maliq Brown) to two-ways. They also added veteran forward Tobias Harris, which leaves two roster spots left to be filled (but only one required).
Welcome to San Antonio for the extended future, Wemby! (And thanks for finally getting it done! I’ve only had this written and waiting in the wings since Monday morning when the moratorium period ended, although some unexpected edits were required.)
By Marilyn Dubinski, via Pounding The Rock
