Player The unfortunately low-ceilinged Shaolin monastery of Victor Wembanyama

Good thing Rafael Stone has proven himself to be pretty shrewd with his extensions compared to some if Amen is going to set the market for Castle next year somewhat.
 
Correct Crusader said:
Anyone who says that last point you said is liar
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Anyone who isn't French. Impossible isn't French. Victor and FrenchFred are French. Unlike Americans, many Europeans, Asians, etc., many French people don't place that much importance on money. No one wants to be a millionaire in France.

But.... Where this last sentence (It's the same way everyone jerks off to "oh, if I were a billionaire, I'd give so much of it away...!!", yet none of the actual B's are doing it... Wonder why.) rings true for the French is that when you are a millionaire (and there are many of us in France), you are even less inclined than anywhere else to share it. This applies to taxes (my millionaire colleagues know better than anyone how to organize themselves to avoid paying taxes) as well as to charitable works.

Even millionaires in France believe that it is up to the state to provide for the most basic needs of the needy. Millionaires in France don't set up foundations to ease their conscience or promote their egos: they stay in their corner and piss off the lower classes.

The only millionaires who launch such operations are the nouveau riche, and most fortunes in France are the result of inheritance.

Athletes are the nouveau riche. Does that mean Victor doesn't care about those 50 million? Unlikely. Victor is no longer French; he is Bernard (Arnauld)'s friend (I don't yet have that honor) and he is now a French multimillionaire. The mindset tends to... become less French.

Ah, in France, we're less interested in money than elsewhere, but... we're just as stingy. The more we have, the more we want. You never know, in case of a crisis. And it's always money that won't go to the poor.

Yabusele bought out his contract with Europe's biggest club to go to the NBA, and he has just agreed to give up a second guaranteed year to go to Chicago. My hypothesis is that, paradoxically, it's harder to turn down $50 million when you're promised $250 million than it is to turn down $5 million when you were promised $10 million. The richer you are, the more you want. As a modest multimillionaire, I would probably say something different if I were a billionaire, for example. Don't ever trust me.

Rest assured, I didn't earn my millions through my studies in sociology. I simply inherited them like everyone else. And the main thing they allow me to do is demand that my financial experts always do more.

Never become a millionaire. You will exploit your fellow human beings with the idea that they are inferior to you. Let's not confuse class privilege with merit or superiority. However talented or generational Victor may be, he doesn't deserve $250 million, or even $50 million. He'll get it. But no one should decently have such a sum at their disposal. Like fascism, the idea of an ever-widening Ovorton window leads us to believe that the more we are exposed to it, the more acceptable it is.
Fascism and vast fortunes are symptoms of failing democracies. 250 million, like 50, like 10, are anomalies, cries for help that we don't want to hear.

"AND ONE! AND yet another!"

Wasn't it Jalen Brunson who accepted a pay cut precisely to free up cap space for the Knicks?

(I am a millionaire poet. You can subscribe to my newsletter for the super-rich for $40,000.)
 
TimmyBuckets said:
Exactly. He'll take the full max, and the Spurs will still surround him with great players. I'm not concerned.
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dn0774 said:
The rookie max extension is called the “fun max” for a reason. You pay him it, no negotiation needs to be had. Don’t get cute and overthink it or risk offending your franchise player with some pie in the sky idea.

Castle and Harper extensions are more likely to be the tough ones (unless they progress to the point of being no brainer max extensions).
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if Castle and Harper "deserve" the max, then we won't have any means to surround them with anybody
 
scott said:
I think Amen's extension is going to tell us a lot this offseason. Have seen discussion from Rox fans that they don't think it should be bigger than Sengun's (which averages $37MM over the duration, maxing out at $39MM and has it's highest % hit this year at 21.95%).

Amen is a better defender than Castle, but Steph is trending to be a more effective offensive player (though the impact metrics don't currently suggest that). I think his deal is going to be quite telling, though there is also a decent probability that Amen's offensive limitations get further exposed in the playoffs and make this a really bad comparison.

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I think Amen will get exposed by Wemby style defenses in the playoffs. The plain hard truth is that he can’t fucking shoot. His jumper is Sochan class, and teams will make him shoot, and play off him, killing passing angles.
 
spursistan said:
Wemby needs a huge statement game and a win vs Cade & Pistons if he wants to build momentum for his MVP case
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wemby needs to average atleast 29ppg(which is highly unlikely because of load managment)the rest of the season with spurs getting the first seed if he wants yo have a chance to win MVP.
 
wEmBoY said:
wemby needs to average atleast 29ppg(which is highly unlikely because of load managment)the rest of the season with spurs getting the first seed if he wants yo have a chance to win MVP.
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If Wemby gets his PPG to 25 and the Spurs finish 1st, there's a big chance he wins MVP, imho. It shouldn't make a difference, but there's a huge visual distance between 24 and 25 ppg, tbh.:st-lol:
 
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DAF86 said:
If Wemby gets his PPG to 25 and the Spurs finish 1st, there's a big chance he wins MVP, imho. It shouldn't make a difference, but there's a huge visual distance between 24 and 25 ppg, tbh.:st-lol:
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I dont think so. He needs to beat or atlleast get it close to sga 31ppg, luka 32ppg and jokic 29ppg triple double average.

Sga is having a great season with 31/3/6 55%fg. Thats hard to beat if wemby only average 25ppg.lmao
 
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I dont think so. He needs to beat or atlleast get it close to sga 31ppg, luka 32ppg and jokic 29ppg triple double average.
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Nah, Wemby has the card of being by far the best defender in the league. 25 ppg, 11 rbds, #1 seed and DPoY should do the trick.
 
DAF86 said:
Nah, Wemby has the card of being by far the best defender in the league. 25 ppg, 11 rbds, #1 seed and DPoY should do the trick.
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Defense is not a factor on mvp award voting. There is an award for defense and thats dpoy.

25ppg is low in today’s league. Thats an allstar average not superstar.
 
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Curry won unanimous mvp without playing defense. Even harden won it. There is an award for best defensive player and thats dpoy.
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I didn’t say the mvp award is a best defense award, so no need to put those words in my mouth.

David Robinson didn’t win league mvp when he was the scoring champ but won it the following year when he wasn’t the scoring champ

Curry was a godly offensive player who was an adequate defender.
 
spurraider21 said:
I didn’t say the mvp award is a best defense award, so no need to put those words in my mouth.

David Robinson didn’t win league mvp when he was the scoring champ but won it the following year when he wasn’t the scoring champ

Curry was a godly offensive player who was an adequate defender.
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What in saying is defense is not a factor when choosing MVP.. MVP is offensive stats/impact + winning.
 
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wEmBoY said:
What in saying is defense is not a factor when choosing MVP.. MVP is offensive stats/impact + winning.
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I know that is what you are saying but it’s wrong. Tim Duncan never would have won an mvp award if this was the case

It’s an award that leans offense to be sure, but elite defense also ends up a factor even if it’s not AS much a factor as offensive production
 
spurraider21 said:
I know that is what you are saying but it’s wrong. Tim Duncan never would have won an mvp award if this was the case

It’s an award that leans offense to be sure, but elite defense also ends up a factor even if it’s not AS much a factor as offensive production
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Duncan was elite on offense when he won mvp. He was 5th in scoring in his first mvp and 7th on his 2nd MVP. And also duncan played heavy minutes (39mpg)on in his first 8 seasons in the NBA( including MVP years 2002 and 2003).

Wemby ia not wven in ghe top 10 inscoring. His 24ppg ranks 19th.
 
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wEmBoY said:
Duncan was elite on offense when he won mvp. He was 5th in scoring in his first mvp and 7th on his 2nd MVP. And also duncan played heavy minutes (39mpg)on in his mvp years.

Wemby ia not wven in ghe top 10 inscoring. His 24ppg ranks 19th.
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There were better offensive players than him but his defense put him above them
 
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