As expected, the Spurs used their room exception to finalize the signing of shooting guard Bryn Forbes, according to Keith Smith of Spotrac (Twitter link). Forbes’ deal with San Antonio, which is worth $4.5MM, only covers one year, so he’ll be an unrestricted free agent in 2022.
Although Forbes’ contract technically doesn’t use up the Spurs’ entire room exception, the amount left ($410K) isn’t big enough to be used on a second player. It’s possible it could come in handy very late in the season, when the prorated portion of the room exception exceeds the prorated minimum salary, but I’d expect it to just go unused.
Our full breakdown of how teams are using their mid-level/room exceptions this season can be found right here.
Here are a few more contract details from around the NBA:
- The one-year extension that Josh Richardson signed with the Celtics is worth $12,196,094, which represents a 5% raise on 2021/22 salary ($11,615,328), tweets Smith. Because Richardson was traded to Boston just a few weeks ago, extend-and-trade rules limited his raise to 5% of his previous salary.
- Smith also provides the specifics, down to the dollar, of Robert Williams‘ rookie scale extension with the Celtics (Twitter link). We took a closer look at that deal, along with details on some of the incentives, last week.
- Julius Randle‘s new four-year extension with the Knicks includes a 15% trade kicker, according to ESPN’s Bobby Marks (via Twitter). Unlike several other deals with 15% trade kickers, Randle’s contract is well below the maximum, so he’d be in position to earn a sizeable bonus if he’s traded in the coming years.
If Randle continues to play well he could certainly be traded to a serious contender.
Not gonna happen
He’s not coming to Houston.
i hope you’re not suggesting houston is a serious contender raz.
Oh dear god no lol
Randle is 26 and still getting better. He may not be a one or two. But he’s definitely a third star on a team. We just need to find those two. RJ, Grimes maybe. Or we can trade for one. With our players starting to show. We have 3 number 1 picks next yr.
Knick dont need another rookies.they should trade that picks for superstar.
Better yet, a superduperstar. Can’t be shy about it.
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