MARCH 2: The Spurs have officially promoted Barlow to the standard roster and signed Bouyea to a two-way contract, tweets Tom Orsborn of The San Antonio Express-News.
MARCH 1: The Spurs are converting Dominick Barlow‘s two-way deal into a standard contract, agent Todd Ramasar tells ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski (Twitter link).
San Antonio will fill Barlow’s former two-way spot by signing free agent guard Jamaree Bouyea, reports Shams Charania of The Athletic (via Twitter).
Barlow went undrafted out of the Overtime Elite league in 2022 and caught on with the Spurs that summer, signing a two-way contract. The 20-year-old forward/center re-signed with San Antonio last offseason, inking another two-way deal.
Barlow has appeared in 51 games with the Spurs over the past two seasons, averaging 4.2 points and 3.6 rebounds in 14.0 minutes per contest. San Antonio had an open spot on its standard roster, which means no subsequent roster move is necessary to promote Barlow.
Bouyea, 24, has appeared in 11 NBA games with the Heat, Wizards and Trail Blazers over the past two seasons, averaging 2.3 points in 11.6 minutes. While he struggled in his limited run with Portland in 2023/24, the former San Francisco star has been on fire in the G League of late, averaging 29.3 points, 11.3 assists, 9 rebounds and 2.3 steals over his last three games, per Charania.
Bouyea, who went undrafted in 2022, has spent most of his first two professional seasons with Miami’s NBAGL affiliate, the Sioux Falls Skyforce.
Seems obvious Spurs should be looking at Hayes. Probably the best place for him. IMO Sixers should be looking at him too.
I’m surprised the Spurs haven’t given Killian Hayes a shot, due to his youth and him being French like Wemby.
If the Spurs chose to give a shot to players for such simplistic reasons, they wouldn’t be the organization they are. I’m sure they and all of the other rebuilding teams have done their homework on Hayes and, rightfully, don’t see enough there to bring him in and have minutes poached from more deserving/higher upside players like Blake Wesley.
Players who can’t shoot, score, or break down defenses have no future in the league until one of those factors changes in a significant way. And if that happens for Hayes, it’ll probably have to happen overseas before a possible return to the NBA.