Wembanyama turns down $303m supermax: NBA News Roundup, 10 August 2026
Victor Wembanyama sacrifices supermax money for roster flexibility, Golden State faces a huge 2027 free agency crunch, and Ben Simmons eyes an NBA return via Australia's minicamp.
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The big talking point today is money on the table. Victor Wembanyama walked away from a $303 million supermax to help San Antonio build around him, while Golden State are already staring down a 2027 offseason that could break up their core. Ben Simmons, meanwhile, is just trying to get back on a court at all.
Wembanyama turns down the supermax to keep the Spurs flexible
Victor Wembanyama turned down a $303 million supermax deal and signed a cheaper extension instead, a move designed to keep San Antonio's young core together rather than max out his own pay day. It's a rare show of long-term thinking from a 22-year-old superstar, and it hands the Spurs real roster flexibility heading into the season.
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Golden State's 2027 free agency headache, explained
Bobby Marks lays out the questions facing Golden State's 2027 offseason, with Stephen Curry, Jimmy Butler and Draco Green all potentially hitting free agency in the same summer. Keeping that trio together, at that age and that price, is the sort of puzzle that ends dynasties as often as it extends them. Worth watching from a long way out.
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Ben Simmons joins Australia's minicamp as he eyes an NBA return
Ben Simmons has joined Australia's national team minicamp as he looks to work his way back towards the NBA. He sat out last season entirely while recovering from back issues and other injuries. Staying healthy has been the whole story for Simmons for years now, and that's the only question that actually matters here.
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A Spurs side built around a Wembanyama who took less money to keep his mates is exactly the sort of team worth drafting for a run at going unbeaten. See if you can build better around him than San Antonio just did.