The Spurs have signed D.J. Stewart Jr. and Robert Woodard II to two-way contracts, our JD Shaw tweets. San Antonio had both of its two-way spots open after promoting Devontae Cacok and Joe Wieskamp to the 15-man roster. The Spurs now have a full 17-man roster.
Stewart, 22, went undrafted in 2021 after a couple of seasons with Mississippi State. He hasn’t made his NBA debut yet, but he’s put up solid numbers in the G League with Miami’s affiliate, the Sioux Falls Skyforce. Through 33 games (36.2 MPG) with the Skyforce, he’s averaging 18.7 PPG, 5.4 RPG, 2.9 APG, and 1.3 SPG on .497/.388/.737 shooting.
Like Stewart, Woodard is a Mississippi native who played two seasons with the Bulldogs in college. The two were teammates during the 2019/20 season, and now will be reunited with the Spurs. Woodard was the 40th overall selection of the 2020 draft. He’s barely played in the NBA, logging a total of 87 minutes across 25 games the past two seasons for the Kings.
Woodard was waived by Sacramento on February 10 to make room for the team’s trade additions. He later signed a G League contract and appeared in six games with the Oklahoma City Blue, the Thunder’s affiliate. However, he was still technically an NBA free agent, as no team held his rights until the Spurs signed him. Through 11 G League games split between the Blue and the Stockton Kings, Woodard is averaging 15.8 PPG, 8.1 RPG, and 1.8 APG on .473/.346/.611 shooting.
A couple of Mississippi State Bulldogs #Starkvegas
It’s always worth taking a flyer on Miami G-League standouts, especially doing so before Miami themselves promotes them with a 3-yr minimum contract (Robinson, Nunn, etc.).
deuces wild.
Damn. As a Heat fan, DJ Stewart really stood out to me in summer league, and he has improved significantly since then, growing throughout the season offensively. I liked Woodard a lot in his draft, and was hoping he could get a look, even maybe this year, or in training camp, at the 4/5. Woodard plays extremely hard, and is a very versatile defender. Spurs have needed help at that position for a long time, and they had him on their G-league team last year, where he was all over the floor on both ends, so not hard to figure out why they signed him
Both guys give them defense, athleticism, and effort at their main positions of need. Cool to see them add a bunch of guys that play hard, with Cacock and now these guys. Wieskamp has some remedial Duncan Robinson qualities to him as well. Definitely been a fan of Cacock for a few years, and am happy to see him earn that NBA contract, but also be with an organization that values his type of effort
I’m a little surprised the Heat hadnt called up Stewart yet themselves, considering they could use help at his position, but also b/c bringing back Javonte Smart should have arguably made Kyle Guy expendable. He has especially been on a tear lately too