JULY 17: Bassey’s new deal has been officially completed, the Spurs announced in a press release.
JULY 16: The Spurs are re-signing center Charles Bassey to a fully guaranteed one-year, $2.2MM contract, Shams Charania of The Athletic tweets.
Bassey has played with San Antonio the past two seasons. The addition of Bassey will give San Antonio a full 15-man roster. San Antonio also reached an agreement with Sandro Mamukelashvili on Tuesday.
San Antonio waived Bassey earlier this month in order to complete the three-team trade with the Kings and Bulls highlighted by DeMar DeRozan and Harrison Barnes.
Bassey, 23, suffered a torn left ACL in December while playing for San Antonio’s G League affiliate, the Austin Spurs. Bassey was averaging 3.3 points and 4.0 rebounds in 10.8 minutes per game with the NBA club in 19 appearances prior to the injury. He made $2.6MM last season.
There haven’t been any updates on Bassey’s condition but obviously the Spurs felt comfortable enough about his rehab to give him a guaranteed deal. The terms reported by Charania suggest it’ll be worth the minimum — for a player with Bassey’s three years of service, that would be $2,162,606.
The big man was drafted by the Sixers in the 2021 second round and spent one year in Philadelphia.
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I like Sando signing but not this. If I was Bassey I would look for a better opportunity. San Antonio should look for a veteran to help Wemby not another young C. Trading the pick along with not drafting Cody Williams at #8 and not drafting Ajay Mitchell, signing Paul who will not help anyone along with Barnes, I understand veterans but Danny Green and Patty Mills are out there etc etc etc. Spurs already messing up the rebuild rushing it because Wemby looks nice in his first year.