The Spurs have claimed DaQuan Jeffries off waivers, tweets Shams Charania of The Athletic.
This is the second time this season that the 23-year-old shooting guard has been claimed on waivers. The Rockets claimed him in early April, and he appeared in 13 games, averaging 4.9 points and 3.2 rebounds per night, before being released Thursday.
Jeffries started the season with the Kings, averaging 3.5 PPG and 1.6 RPG in 18 games before they waived him April 3. He also played 13 games for Sacramento as a rookie last season.
San Antonio has a roster opening, so another move won’t be necessary to add Jeffries. As was the case when he was claimed off waivers by the Rockets, Jeffries will take his existing contract with him as he joins the Spurs, so he’ll still have a $1.7MM team option for 2021/22.
The Spurs will close out their season Sunday afternoon against the Suns before heading to the play-in tournament.
Good for him, this puts the Rockets almost $2M under the luxury tax now.
And Fertitta keeps getting happier and happier…
Fertitta is just as cheap as the other 23 owners who aren’t over the luxury tax right now, and even less cheap than the 19 owners with payrolls smaller than the Rockets. Not every team is lucky enough to have a spendthrift like Joe Lacob who is willing to waste $117M every year on luxury taxes on a team that won’t even get past the first round of the playoffs (assuming they get through the play-in tournament first). And the Warriors won’t be better in 2022 either.
It’s funny how you have to attack other teams to build yours up. Shows that deep down you know what we all do, the Rockets are a stage 5 dumpster fire and will be a perennial doormat for a long time