{"id":506409,"date":"2026-07-18T21:07:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T19:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=506409"},"modified":"2026-07-18T21:07:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T19:07:12","slug":"kyle-kuzma-addresses-athletes-wealth-debate-40m-after-taxes-is-still-40m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/kyle-kuzma-addresses-athletes-wealth-debate-40m-after-taxes-is-still-40m\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyle Kuzma Addresses Athletes\u2019 Wealth Debate: \u201c$40M After Taxes Is Still $40M\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kyle Kuzma <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kylekuzma\/status\/2077536424543592588\">took to X<\/a> to share his thoughts on a topic that is often discussed among professional athletes: the impact of taxes, fees and lifestyle choices on their earnings.<\/p>\n<p>The Milwaukee Bucks forward wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cNgl it\u2019s exhausting hearing athletes break down how their millions \u2018aren\u2019t really millions\u2019 after taxes and fees. 40M after taxes is still 40M. The real issue isn\u2019t the system, it\u2019s lifestyle creep. Nobody told you to live like a king, buy 5 cars, or move with a 10-person entourage. Modest is allowed.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Kuzma speaks from experience, having earned just over $100 million from NBA contracts throughout his career, not including the approximately $20.5 million salary expected for the final season of his current deal with the Milwaukee Bucks.<\/p>\n<p>The forward was likely responding to recent comments from Odell Beckham Jr., the New York Giants wide receiver, who discussed the financial challenges professional athletes face after taxes, agent fees and other expenses are taken into account.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Odell Beckham Jr. reveals the real math on a $100,000,000 NFL contract:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 On paper \u2192 $100,000,000<br \/>\n\u2022 Actually guaranteed \u2192 $60,000,000<br \/>\n\u2022 After taxes \u2192 $12,000,000\/yr<br \/>\n\u2022 Car, house for mom, living \u2192 $4,000,000\/yr<br \/>\n\u2022 What\u2019s left \u2192 $8,000,000\/yr<br \/>\n\u2022 Five years. Then it\u2019s\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IzZPYMjaGT\">pic.twitter.com\/IzZPYMjaGT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 katsu (@katsuxbt) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/katsuxbt\/status\/2076309440509132889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The forward was likely responding to recent comments from Odell Beckham Jr.,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":148,"featured_media":506408,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[399],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-506409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/07\/kyle-kuzma.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/148"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=506409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/506408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=506409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=506409"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=506409"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=506409"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=506409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}