{"id":513520,"date":"2026-09-04T08:24:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T06:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=513520"},"modified":"2026-09-04T08:24:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T06:24:16","slug":"braxton-key-calls-for-euroleague-salary-transparency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/braxton-key-calls-for-euroleague-salary-transparency\/","title":{"rendered":"Braxton Key calls for EuroLeague salary transparency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Braxton Key<\/strong> has opened a debate over financial transparency in the EuroLeague, calling for player and coach salaries to be made public.<\/p>\n<p>Key argued that knowing the figures would give fans valuable context when evaluating performances. He believes transparency would be even more important for players negotiating in a league without a traditional hard salary cap and with widely differing team budgets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t negotiate your value if you don\u2019t know the market,\u201d <strong>Key<\/strong> wrote on X. He added that publishing salaries would generate more conversations, storylines and engagement, ultimately creating additional value for the EuroLeague.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I\u2019ve always wondered why Euroleague salaries aren\u2019t public.<\/p>\n<p>Not because the fans need to know how much is in someone\u2019s bank account, but because salary is a part of the context of professional basketball.<\/p>\n<p>If a player is making 500K and playing like a 1.5M player or greater,\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Braxton Key (@braxton_keyy) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/braxton_keyy\/status\/2095512361486397937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 3, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key believes making salaries public would benefit players, fans and the competition\u2019s overall growth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":498346,"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":[305,199],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-513520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-acb","category-euroleague"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/05\/Braxton-Key.jpg","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513520","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\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=513520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/498346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=513520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=513520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=513520"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=513520"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=513520"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=513520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}