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Victor Wembanyama is about to get paid in a massive way. The San Antonio Spurs are set to hand their generational big man a contract extension worth over three hundred million dollars, which would rank among the most lucrative deals in NBA history. The kid is already rewriting the record books before he's even hit his prime.
And speaking of the Spurs, they are in the NBA Finals. San Antonio and the New York Knicks tip off Wednesday night at Frost Bank Center in what is a rematch of the nineteen ninety nine championship. The Spurs gutted out a seven-game war against Oklahoma City while the Knicks swept Cleveland with authority. This one has all the makings of a classic, and Wembanyama against New York's frontcourt is the matchup to watch.
Shifting to the diamond, the college softball world has its own high-stakes drama playing out at the Women's College World Series. Texas Tech and Texas are squaring off in a battle that has become a flashpoint for the NIL era, with the Red Raiders leaning hard into transfer portal spending and big-money backing to challenge a Longhorn powerhouse that has long owned this sport.
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