By Jared Weiss | The Athletic, 2026-08-01 01:02:25
联盟和行业消息源告诉 The Athletic，维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 已与耐克达成续约协议，其中将包括一款个人签名鞋。
在圣安东尼奥马刺队闯入NBA总决赛期间，文班亚马进一步成为了该品牌的标志性人物。他将加入勒布朗·詹姆斯、凯文·杜兰特、扬尼斯·阿德托昆博、德文·布克、贾·莫兰特和谢伊·吉尔杰斯-亚历山大，成为耐克现役NBA球员签名鞋系列中的一员。
ESPN率先报道了这笔交易。消息人士以匿名形式向 The Athletic 透露此事，因为这款签名鞋的协议尚未正式公布。
现年22岁的文班亚马，上赛季成为NBA历史上首位全票当选年度最佳防守球员的球员，并在MVP票选中排名第三。在季后赛期间，耐克开始投放更多以文班亚马为主角的社交媒体广告，庆祝他在通往总决赛之路上的胜利。文班亚马主要穿着耐克的G.T.系列球鞋，鞋上带有一个小外星人标志，这是该品牌在2022年（马刺队选中他的前一年）宣布他成为耐克旗下运动员时首次公布的。耐克已经发布了G.T.系列文班亚马特别版，但这将是他在该品牌的首款个人签名鞋。
在耐克和文班亚马于周五在社交媒体上发布的一段视频中，他们展示了一个形式更为含蓄的新款文班亚马外星人标志。新标志设计了一个风格化的V叠加在W之上，在负空间中创造出一个外星人的形象。
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视频展示了一次超新星爆发，随后转变为脉冲星，揭示了全新的“VW”外星人标志。耐克表示，选择这一意象是为了表明文班亚马是NBA最耀眼的新星。而脉冲星则与该现象的早期研究有关，彼时科学家们一度怀疑其信号是外星生命的迹象。
“我们很自豪能继续支持维克托·文班亚马在耐克的旅程，”耐克在给 The Athletic 的一份声明中表示。“作为世界上最独特、最具影响力的运动员之一，维克托是一位划时代的天才，持续激励着下一代篮球运动。我们对我们共同创造的一切感到兴奋，并期待未来取得更多胜利。”
耐克近期与文班亚马合作推出了一个特别的“Nike Atelier”胶囊系列，其中包括一款经过重新设计的 T90 Laser III 足球鞋生活版。
文班亚马与耐克签下这份长期合约，就在他与马刺队签下5年2.52亿美元续约合同的几周之后，这份合同将让他留守圣安东尼奥直到2031-32赛季结束。文班亚马原本有资格签下价值3.01亿美元的超级顶薪，如果他在下一个赛季再次满足多项奖项标准之一，其中包含大约5000万美元的奖金。但这位马刺球星做出了罕见的决定，选择了标准顶薪合同，他告诉 The Athletic 的记者杰森·琼斯：“当今NBA的现实是，球队的潜力常常因为金钱问题而无法兑现。我只想确保这种情况永远不会发生在我们的球队上。”
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查看原文：Spurs' Victor Wembanyama is getting his own signature shoe with Nike: Sources
Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama is getting his own signature shoe with Nike: Sources
Victor Wembanyama has agreed to a contract extension with Nike that will include a signature shoe, league and industry sources told The Athletic.
Wembanyama, who further became a face of the brand during the San Antonio Spurs’ run to the NBA Finals, will join LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Devin Booker, Ja Morant and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in Nike’s current NBA player signature shoe collection.
ESPN was the first to report the deal. The sources spoke with The Athletic on the condition of anonymity because the signature shoe deal has not been formally announced.
Wembanyama, 22, was the first unanimous winner of the NBA’s Defensive Player of the Year award and finished third in MVP voting last season. During the postseason, Nike began running more social media advertising featuring Wembanyama, celebrating his wins on the road to the finals. Wembanyama has primarily played in Nike’s G.T. series of shoes, featuring a small alien logo the brand first unveiled when he became a Nike athlete in 2022, the year before the Spurs drafted him. Nike has released a special-edition Wembanyama version of the G.T., but this will be his first signature shoe with the brand.
In a video Nike and Wembanyama posted to social media Friday, they unveiled a new Wembanyama alien logo that takes on a subtler form. The new logo features a stylized V over a W, creating the image of an alien in the negative space.
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The video shows a supernova eruption that then turns into a pulsar, revealing the new “VW” alien logo. This was chosen to signify that, according to Nike, Wembanyama is the NBA’s brightest rising star. The pulsar ties back to early research on the phenomenon, which had scientists wondering if their signals were signs of alien life.
“We are proud to continue supporting Victor Wembanyama’s journey with Nike,” Nike said in a statement to The Athletic. “As one of the most unique and influential athletes in the world, Victor is a generational talent who continues to inspire the game’s next generation. We are excited about all that we’ve built together and look forward to more wins ahead.”
Nike recently released a special “Nike Atelier” capsule collection in conjunction with Wembanyama, featuring a reimagined lifestyle version of the T90 Laser III soccer shoe.
Wembanyama signs his long-term deal with Nike just weeks after signing a five-year, $252 million extension with the Spurs that will keep him in San Antonio through the 2031-32 season. Wembanyama was eligible to sign for the $301 million supermax, which includes around $50 million in bonuses if he once again met one of several award criteria next season. But the Spurs star took the rare decision to settle for the standard max, telling The Athletic’s Jason Jones, “The reality of today’s NBA is that often, the potential of teams is not fulfilled because of money. I just want to make sure it’s never our case.”
By Jared Weiss, via The Athletic
