About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of Victor Wembanyama's pay reduction on the Denver Nuggets and their players.

Victor Wembanyama just took a potential $51,000,000 pay reduction in order to make sure the San Antonio Spurs can keep all of their players and this DIRECTLY effects Nikola Jokic and Peyton Watson for Denver. Is the CBA, and it's aprons, just an excuse for ownership to avoid the cost of putting together a competitive roster as consistently as they should? Let's find out.

People in this episode

Hosts: Matt Moore, Ryan Blackburn, Swipa

Topics covered

• Denver Nuggets
• Nikola Jokic
• Victor Wembanyama
• CBA
• NBA contracts
• team roster management

Keywords

• Denver Nuggets
• Nikola Jokic
• Victor Wembanyama
• CBA
• NBA
• pay reduction
• roster management

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: San Antonio Spurs, CBA

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