Amazing draft fortune comes with heavy price tag Spurs must soon pay

As the dust settles from what was a highly successful NBA Draft for the San Antonio Spurs, they find themselves with a good problem. The Spurs have plenty of young talent that, if they pan out, they will have to eventually pay.

With the current collective bargaining agreement (CBA) making it much harder to pay more than two stars, the Spurs may soon run into that problem. They will likely sign De'Aaron Fox to a max contract extension this offseason and will eventually have to pay Victor Wembanyama a supermax contract.

That's not to mention the Spurs' other young talent. Fortunately for the Spurs, their contracts are staggered, with Wembanyama's rookie max contract not taking effect for two more years while Stephon Castle's extension wouldn't kick in for three years.

Lastly, Dylan Harper and Carter Bryant wouldn't get paid big bucks until four years from now. That will help the Spurs to keep costs down.

The Spurs young core comes with a heavy price tag

A lot will depend on what happens with the Fox and Jeremy Sochan's potential extensions this summer. The Spurs may have already agreed to a 4-year max extension worth $229 million prior to him being traded to San Antonio.

However, if they hadn't then, a 3-year max or even a 4-year extension with the fourth year being a player option would be far better for the team. In that scenario, he would potentially come off the books by the time Harper and Bryant's extensions kick in.

Meanwhile, Sochan is also up for an extension, and it's anyone's guess as to what that could look like. But they can get him on an affordable deal by signing him prior to next season, and then they could end up with a steal of a deal. That's with Sochan working on his jumper this offseason.

The Spurs might be saved by the CBA

There is also the chance that the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) gets revamped, helping the Spurs. The CBA runs through the end of 2029-2030, five seasons away. If both the players and owners agree to relax the restrictions for the first and second aprons, which penalize great teams with multiple stars, then the Spurs would benefit.

Wembanyama would be entering year four of his second contract, while Castle and Harper would be entering year three and year two of their big contracts. The Spurs could be very expensive by then, but if the CBA rules change, then keeping those players together would be far easier than in the current CBA.

Overall, the Spurs will eventually have to pay their young core, and it will cost them. Luckily, the Spurs won't have to pay them all at one time, hopefully allowing them to keep their core together.