He is also eligible for a contract extension worth up to four years, $60-ish million.) Tre Jones: Bird Rights, qualifying offer $6.26 million (Due to starting over 41 games this season, Jones’ qualifying offer rose from 125 percent of his current salary, which would have worked out to about $2.2 million, to the equivalent of the 21st overall pick from the 2019 draft.The Spurs have five (!!!) players whom they could extend qualifying offers and make them restricted free agents if they so desire (stats courtesy of Spotrac): Zach Collins: $7.7 million fully nonguaranteed.The Spurs also have one player on a fully nonguaranteed contract for next season, but surprisingly to no one, Gregg Popovich has basically confirmed he will be back: (Note: The Spurs will still owe Josh Primo $4.34 million next season because they picked up his third-year player option last October before waiving him, but obviously he does not count towards the roster itself, just the payroll.) Nonguaranteed for the 2023-24 season Devin Vassell: $5.9 million (fourth-year team option picked up in October 2022, eligible to sign an extension this summer or become a restricted free agent in 2024).Blake Wesely: $2.5 million next season, 24-25 and 25-26 team optionįinally, there are three Spurs who will be on expiring contracts entering next season:.Malaki Branham: $3.07 million next season, 24-25 and 25-26 team option. Jeremy Sochan: $5.17 million next season, 24-25 and 25-26 team option.Charles Bassey: $2.6 million next season, 24-25 and 25-26 nonguaranteed.Devonte’ Graham: $12.1 million next season, 24-25 partially guaranteed.They have five more players whose contracts also go beyond next season but are not fully guaranteed after 23-24: Keldon Johnson: begins four-year/$77 million extension, $20 million owed next season (with the amount regressing each season after.Only one of those players is guaranteed beyond next season (as of today): The Spurs have nine players on guaranteed contracts heading into next season. (Contract information is courtesy of Basketball Reference.) Guaranteed for the 2023-24 season We will take a look at which players are currently under contract next season, which ones aren’t yet but could be, and who qualifies as restricted and unrestricted free agents. Martin scored 26 points in Game 2 and assumed a bigger role in the remainder of a series the Spurs eventually closed out in six games, but not before Martin’s buzzer-beating layin gave the Kings a 94-93 win in Game 3.The 2022-23 season has come to an end, and while there will be plenty more to say about it, it’s also time to start looking ahead, beginning with a breakdown of what the Spurs roster will look like heading into free agency and on into next season. He started Game 2 of that series after teammate Ron Artest – now known as Metta World Peace – was suspended for throwing a punch at Manu Ginobili in Game 1. Spurs fans may recall Martin’s play in the Spurs’ 2006 first-round playoff series against the Sacramento Kings. The 6-foot-7 veteran of 11 previous NBA seasons had played in 39 games with the Timberwolves this season, averaging 10.6 point per game and shooting 36.9 percent (38-of-103) from 3-point range. The club began the season with six new players and have added two more in the most thorough re-shuffling of the Tim Duncan era. Martin is the 17 th player to have been on the Spurs roster this season. He spreads the floor he gets to the free throw line and he knows how to play.” “He’s an experienced NBA player and he scores. “Kevin’s’ basically a scorer,”’ Popovich said. In 11-plus seasons he has averaged 17.6 points per game and shot 38 percent from 3-point range. Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said the decision to add Martin and waive veteran guard Rasual Butler – a player who had helped the Spurs in their run to a 54-10 record with some outstanding games as a deep reserve – was driven by Martin’s proven ability as a scorer. 1 thing in my decision,” the newest Spur said after a Thursday morning practice session at the team’s complex.
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