SYSTEMIC: Denver Nuggets, Nikola Jokic at RISK After Victor Wembanyama's CONTROVERSIAL Deal

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4.7 • 741 Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

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.

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0:00.0	Well, the NBA has done it again.
0:04.0	They have managed to find a good person to take a deal to benefit the team at the expense of their own personal finances.
0:14.8	That's Victor Wimmyne Yama signs of Supermax, but only at 25% value when he could have taken a supermax with
0:22.1	30% of the cap with escalators that could have gotten him to well over $303 million.
0:32.1	Instead, he will make $252 million.
0:35.4	And y'all, we got to talk about this because this is implications not just for the
0:40.7	spurs and the rest of the NBA, but potentially for the Denver Nuggets as well as they are in their
0:45.9	own conundrum financially. And I think there's a lot of stuff we got to get into about why the
0:52.8	CBA is screwing over players.
0:56.0	Y'all know what time it is.
0:57.4	This is Locked on Nuggets.
1:04.8	You are Locked on Nuggets.
1:06.7	Your daily Denver Nuggets podcast.
1:10.0	Part of the Locked On Podcast Network, your team every day.
1:16.3	What's going on?
1:17.1	You're welcome to Locked On Nugget.
1:18.9	This is your daily Denver Nuggets podcast.
1:22.7	I'm your host, Wiper, here to talk to you about all things, NBA, all things, Denver Nuggets.
1:27.7	The Denver Nuggets are currently in their own negotiating right now with Peyton Watson,
1:31.4	who's a restricted free agent, Pinscher-Jones, who's a restricted free agent.
1:35.4	We got it announced today that Trayvon, Brazil officially signs his rookie contract.
1:40.8	And with this deal, the first two years are going to be guaranteed on this deal.
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