{"id":696524,"date":"2026-04-03T20:43:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T20:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/696524\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T20:43:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T20:43:12","slug":"soccer-star-kylian-mbappe-shoots-his-shot-for-an-nba-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/696524\/","title":{"rendered":"Soccer Star Kylian Mbappe Shoots His Shot for an NBA Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kylian Mbappe\u2019s postmatch locker-room clip prompted NBA back-and-forth, highlighting a cross-sport moment ahead of the 2026 World Cup. In a video shared on X, the France captain dribbled a soccer ball like a basketball and sank it into a trash can. The NBA reposted the clip and Mbappe replied, &#8220;10-day contract???\u2026 @NBA,&#8221; before the league responded again. The exchange followed France\u2019s 3-1 win over Colombia at Northwest Stadium on March 29. A 10-day contract is commonly used to cover injuries or evaluate short-term talent during the regular season. While the possibility exists in theory, an NBA appearance remains unlikely this season, and commitments toward FIFA World Cup 2026 further narrow the window.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kylian Mbappe\u2019s postmatch locker-room clip prompted NBA back-and-forth, highlighting a cross-sport moment ahead of the 2026 World Cup.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":696525,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[43157,7,21700,1552,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-696524","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-2026-world-cup","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-kylian-mbappe","11":"tag-moment","12":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116342725499364407","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=696524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/696525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=696524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=696524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=696524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}