Julian Champagnie Rumors

Tom Orsborn: After his well-earned time off, Victor Wembanyama is back at work today at the Spurs practice facility. Julian Champagnie also got in a lengthy workout at the Vic.

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Dusty Garza: Victor Wembanyama was in the house to watch his Spurs defeat the Raptors 125-118. Keldon Johnson scored 12 of his 23 points in the fourth quarter, and Julian Champagnie shot 66.7% from deep. Stephon Castle notched another 20 point game to go with 8 boards and 6 assists.

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Bobby Marks: The 82 game club Chris Paul, Jalen Green, Mikal Bridges, Jarrett Allen, Harrison Barnes, Jaden McDaniels, Julian Champagnie, Bub Carrington, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Malik Beasley, Buddy Hield

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While Champagnie was shuttling back and forth between the G League for much of the past three seasons, he seriously contemplated whether he’d ever stick in the NBA. “To be honest with you, I probably thought about quitting three or four times,” Champagnie explained. “I always told myself no matter what happens, stay grounded, remember where you came from, keep doing what you’re doing, and let it be what it’s going to be.”

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Devin Vassell scored 25 points, Julian Champagnie had 20 and the San Antonio Spurs won their third straight game by routing the Toronto Raptors 123-89 on Sunday.

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A testy third-quarter scuffle nearly erupted into a full-blown fight Sunday, resulting in three ejections, during the Oklahoma City Thunder's 146-132 win over the San Antonio Spurs. "We had an altercation?" Oklahoma City's Jalen Williams asked jokingly during his postgame interview on the court with ESPN. "It made us refocus, figure out what's important." Officials issued double technicals to Kenrich Williams and Julian Champagnie as well as Jeremy Sochan and Lu Dort after the incident. Williams, Champagnie and Dort were ejected.

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With three minutes left in the third quarter, Williams was elbowed in the jaw while guarding Champagnie as he passed to Stephon Castle, who found Sochan cutting under the basket for a two-handed dunk. As that play unfolded, Williams and Champagnie stood near the scorer's table, shoving each other. "When people are aggressive, there are a lot of coincidental elbows or contact," Spurs coach Mitch Johnson said. "I don't really know who was at fault, to be honest. But it just looked like that was what initiated it. And then there was the response on both ends. [It] just looked like Kenrich Williams was being aggressive, and Julian was opening up. I don't know if that's an offensive foul now. I don't know where that line is of what space you're allowed."

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Tom Osborn: Julian Champagnie said the Spurs had someone in mind when they took the court tonight: "I ain't going to front, that's for Vic. We know how bad he wants to be out here and how bad he wants to play and how much this team means to him, and we feel for him that he can't be out here with us."

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Tom Orsborn: Even with the stress of dealing with his family having to evacuate to stay clear of the wildfires, Chris Paul is looking out for his teammates. "These past couple days, he's just been telling us, if we need anything, text him," Julian Champagnie said. "He's the king of LA."

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Tom Orsborn: Mitch Johnson on Spurs' sluggish start: "We did not have the proper approach, energy, discipline, attitude, force, conviction, a ton of words...You can see it, you can feel it. Everybody in this room could." Added that Julian, Keldon & Tre brought much-needed energy off bench.

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Tom Osborn: Wemby also said his teammates' play has impressed him: “I think about Julian, Jeremy. I mean, it’s just been a pleasure sharing the court with them...(Their) impact, especially on the defensive end is just, as I said, it's a pleasure to play with them."

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Michael Scotto: The San Antonio Spurs will fully guarantee Julian Champagnie’s $3 million salary for the 2024-25 season, league sources told @hoopshype. Champagnie started 59 of 74 games played for the Spurs last season and shot 36.5 percent from 3-point range.

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Paul Garcia: Got some clarity from one of the best cap experts around @YossiGozlan: by waiving Bassey and Champagnie, and if Paul signed for $11 mil, the Spurs could absorb Barnes' $19.85 mil salary with about $366K left. Here's what that would look like: pic.twitter.com/uk0NaCazzJ

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Paul Garcia: With Graham going to Charlotte, the Spurs now have $25.7 million in cap space. They can get up to $28.9 million by waiving or trading Champagnie and Bassey

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